History Main / HeroesWantRedheads

* Chiharu Shinonome from ''{{Eiken}}'' is male protagonist Densuke Mifune's crush the entire series. Everone else in her family are redheads too.

* Music/TaylorSwift's character, [[http://www.animationmagazine.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/Audrey-voiced-by-Taylor-Swift-in-DR.-SEUSS-THE-LORAX.jpg Audrey]], in ''WesternAnimation/TheLorax''. She's not in the book; she's an [[CanonForeigner inserted]] love interest for Creator/ZacEfron's character, who is presumably the guy who finds the Once-ler.

* ''Series/{{Revolution}}'': Emma in the episode "Home". Back in the day, she was Miles Matheson's highschool fiance. [[spoiler: Then she ends up revealing that she cheated on him with Sebastian Monroe and gave birth to Monroe's son]].

* ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'' :

* Asuna of ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'' is Negi's main love interest. No points for guessing her hair color. Bonus points for being the [[FirstGirlWins first girl he met]]. The series also features a subversion in Anya, Negi's [[ChildhoodFriendRomance Unlucky Childhood Friend]] of whose affection he is ''completely'' unaware.
** But then again, she and every other heroic member of Negi's UnwantedHarem fall prey to this, as Negi is also a redhead.

** [[spoiler:Asuna turns out to be a subversion too, as she doesn't end up as his love interest at all.]]

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[[caption-width-right:265:A {{Hero}} [[HeldGaze gazes lovingly with]] his [[PrettyInMink beautiful]] {{Redheaded Hero}}ine.[[note]]Considering [[ComicBook/{{XMen}} who]] is doing the gazing here, let's just hope his glasses don't [[EyeBeams fall off]].[[/note]]]]

Considering that less than 1% of the world's population have red hair (mainly in Scotland, Ireland, and Scandinavia, and among Eastern European Jews), there is a disproportionate number of red-haired female characters out there, and an inordinate number of them are The Hero's winning [[LoveInterests Love Interest]]. (On top of that, she is also inordinately likely to have [[SignificantGreenEyedRedhead green eyes]] to go with it.)

Perhaps surprisingly to outsiders, given the (''relatively'') higher proportion of [[UsefulNotes/{{Ireland}} Irish]] redheads, this trope does not seem to exist in Ireland. Redheaded female leads do appear, of course, but they are heavily outnumbered by the more common blondes and brunettes. This may be that, unlike almost everywhere else, red hair is not really seen as especially "exotic" in Ireland and Irish made media reflects this.

* While it's left to your imagination what really happened, [[TheHero 25th Baam]] and Hwa Ryun from ''TowerOfGod'' travelled together for five years between the first two seasons.

* ''Anime/UFORoboGrendizer'': Although Duke was interested in Hikaru, he [[spoiler:was engaged with Rubina, daughter of the BigBad, and he loved her openly.]] [[StarcrossedLovers It ended in tears]], but not for the reasons you might think of (she was not an EvilRedhead at all). The other heroes of the ''[[Anime/{{Mazinger}} trilogy]]'', though, avoided the trope: ''[[Anime/MazingerZ Kouji Kabuto]]'' prefered brunettes, and ''[[Anime/GreatMazinger Tetsuya Tsurugi]]'' favored raven-haired babes.
* Mayla from ''Mega Man NT Warrior'' develops a crush on Lan Hikari throughout the series (and they eventually get married in the Mega Man Battle Network games).

* MagicKnightRayearth: both Lantis and Eagle want RedHeadedHeroine Hikaru.

* Lina Inverse of the ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}'' universe. Gourry chose her over his black-haired UnluckyChildhoodFriend Sylphiel, after all.

* [[ManipulativeBastard Lelouch]] from Anime/CodeGeass really cared about [[WideEyedIdealist Shirley]], even after [[spoiler:Rolo killed her in R2.]]

* Male subversion in ''FushigiYuugi'': when given the chance, the heroine Miaka chose the [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair blue-haired]] Tamahome over the redheaded Tasuki in the OAV. Though, to be honest, [[FirstGirlWins Tasuki had it lost from the start...]]

* Maruko from ''YokohamaKaidashiKikou'' is arguably a subversion of this trope, as she's somewhat off-putting towards some of the characters (including the main character) and it may be partially the author's intention to convey that to the audience. Quite a bit of the audience aren't listening, though, and as far as they're concerned, she's a straight-up trope example.

* Flay Allster of ''GundamSEED'' may have been the Scrappy, but Kira had a crush on her at the beginning of the series and it grew into something more. They [[spoiler:have sex, even if she was manipulating him]], and it's clear he still cares greatly for her at the end of the series. Also, she ''did'' come to care for him after her CharacterDevelopment, [[spoiler:but ends up dead.]]

*** In fact, by the end of ''[[GundamSEEDDestiny Destiny]]'', all three main heroes end up paired with redheads: Kira, with Lacus, Athrun, with [[spoiler:Meyrin]], and Shinn, with [[spoiler:Lunamaria]].

* The main OfficialCouple in ''BrainPowerd'' is Yuu and Hime...and Hime is a red-haired {{Tsundere}}!

* Lead character Izumi Noa of {{Patlabor}} becomes a redhead about three seconds into the OVA opening animation. Apparently, they'd already started animating, then decided that she needed to be more visually distinctive.
* Kenshin from Manga/RurouniKenshin is also a redhead - despite his Japanese origins. He's pursued by both Kaoru and Megumi. [[spoiler:The first wins.]]

* Asuna of ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'' is Negi's main love interest. No points for guessing her hair color. Bonus points for being the [[FirstGirlWins first girl he met]]. The series also features a subversion in Anya, Negi's UnluckyChildhoodFriend of whose affection he is ''completely'' unaware.

* Kenshiro's fiancee, Yuria, in the ''FistOfTheNorthStar'' anime, was the unrequited love interests of other characters as well (namely Shin, Toki, Raoh, and even her half-brother Juza), while her look-alike Mamiya attracted the attention of Rei and Yuda. It should be noted that both women were originally dark-haired brunettes in the manga.

* Could be said about Kyo Sohma from ''Manga/FruitsBasket'', [[spoiler: as he gets the heroine, beating WhiteHairedPrettyBoy (well, kinda) rival Yuki]].

* Subverted in ''Manga/PokemonSpecial'', where Red is ObliviousToLove, but played straight in ''PokemonZensho'' and the first 4koma.
* ''AyashiNoCeres'' heroine Aya Mikage had the choice between the sandy brown-haired Yuuhi Aogiri or maroon-haired (''honestly''. Just live with it, okay?) Tooya. Not only does she get the redhead, they also fall into [[spoiler:BabiesEverAfter]].
* Katerose von Kreutzer in ''Anime/LegendofGalacticHeroes'', as prior to her introduction, the only romantic interest introduced for [[spoiler:Julian Minci]] is the older of Alex Czellenu's daughters.

* GaoGaiGar has this trope in spades. If [[TheHero Gai]] and {{Mi|ssionControl}}koto and [[TagAlongKid Mamoru]] and [[ToyShip Hana]] aren't enough, FINAL strongly hints that [[TheLancer Soldat J]] and [[ActionGirl Renais]] had become a BattleCouple or are on their way to it. Does red and pink hair remind them of their hearts burning with courage or something??

** Except, in the [[SteinsGate game]], Kyouma can give up for whatever reason before then for the sake of one of the other girls' happiness, though the route the anime took certainly is the true ending. There's also the fact that she's only a redhead in the anime: in the game, she has brown hair.
* Technically, the Tai/Sora/Matt LoveTriangle from "Anime/DigimonAdventure" and "Anime/DigimonAdventure02" is all about which guy gets Sora (who has auburn hair and therefore is a Red Head)...unless, of course, you [[HoYay ship the hypotenuse]].

** Auburn-haired Juri fulfills this trope in "Anime/DigimonTamers."
* ''KiniroNoCorda'': most of the guys towards Hino.

* Anime/"YuGiOh5Ds" does this with Yusei Fudo, "TheHero", and Aki Izayoi the psychic/(psycho) powered red head. Not that there was much competition aside from Sherry LeBlanc, the blonde rival to Aki in this sense. Yusei basically confirms this trope in the final episode of the series.

* Mary Jane Parker (still married to Peter in the Creator/StanLee approved [[ComicStrip/SpiderMan newspaper strip]])), love interest of ''Franchise/SpiderMan''.
** In the actual comics, highly unpopular love interest for Peter, Carlie Cooper, is subject to a ''severe'' case of DependingOnTheArtist for almost every subsequent appearance she's made. She's been depicted as a redhead twice now (to the point where, in the second occurrence, certain fans weren't sure if Peter had gotten back together with Mary Jane or not, until Carlie's name came up in the text).
* ComicBook/{{Cyclops}}' longtime love interest was Jean Grey, who's even nicknamed "Red". The first time he thought she was dead, he married her (obviously redheaded) clone, Madelyne Pryor. After she [[GoMadFromTheRevelation went crazy from that and committed suicide]], he dated Jean for a number of years before she proposed to him and they married.
** Meanwhile, {{Wolverine}}'s fixation on Jean Grey is apparently the latest in a long line of redheads going back to his childhood, where his first love, Rose, was a dead-ringer for Jean.
* All of [[Comicbook/IronMan Tony Stark's]] most significant romantic relationships: Pepper Potts, Bethany Cabe, Natalia Romanoff. Redheads.
** Although Bethany [[DependingOnTheArtist sometimes appeared as a brunette]] and Natasha originally had black hair that was later retconned to red.
* King Mob of ''TheInvisibles'' ends up in a relationship with the red-haired Ragged Robin.

* In addition to the characters named above, there's Batgirl/Oracle, the new {{Batwoman}}, Black Widow, Dawn, Hawkwoman/Hawkgirl, Hellcat, Lana Lang, Julie Power/Lightspeed, Maxima, Lady Medusa, Siryn, Firestar, and so on.
** When Yvonne Craig portrayed Batgirl on the old Adam West live-action series, Barbara Gordon had short-cropped brunette hair. Batgirl's long red tresses were part of her cowl, part of her identity-concealing costume, and the same technique is currently used for the new Batwoman, whose extraordinarily long flaming red hair (so long that Batman actually advised her to cut it, since any {{mook|s}} could grab it in a fight) is actually a wig over her ''much'' shorter, darker, real hair.
** Jason Todd is also a redhead. [[RetCon Some of the time.]]
* Cheryl Blossom, who steals [[ArchieComics Archie's]] heart from BettyAndVeronica.

* Looker of the '80s and '90s Outsiders was portrayed as highly attractive and desirable, even when she wasn't literally hypnotize bad guys into doing her bidding.

* The marvelous, much sought after Mina in ''ComicBook/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'' is a redhead, though her character in the original ''{{Dracula}}'' novel is blonde.

* [[ChickMagnet Nightwing's]] two major canon love interests are both red-heads; Barbara Gordon ([[ActionGirl Batgirl]] / [[HandicappedBadass Oracle]]) and [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe Koriand'r]] ([[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Starfire]]).
** And if that counts, GirlOfTheWeek Cheyenne was a red-head. Nightwing has even stated himself that he has a thing for red-heads when first meeting the new Batwoman in ''52''.
** And in the 2011 series, his love interest is Raya Vestri. Guess what color her hair is.

* Sally, from the Sonic comics published by Archie, is a redhead. Fiona, too.

* The prevalence of redheaded heroines, villainesses and love interests in superhero comics is neatly summed up by [[http://www.shrani.si/f/1b/sQ/jXHDesC/littlemarvels2.jpg this image]], showing [[{{Gen13}} Caitlin Fairchild]], [[ComicBook/{{X-Men}} Jean Grey]], {{Batwoman}}, [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Medusa]], [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Poison Ivy]], [[Comicbook/TeenTitans Starfire]], [[ComicBook/{{X-Men}} Mystique]], Comicbook/{{Batgirl}}, [[ComicBook/{{X-Men}} Siryn]], [[{{Spider-ManAndHisAmazingFriends}} Firestar]], and [[Franchise/SpiderMan Mary-Jane Watson]]. Notably missing Comicbook/BlackWidow, oddly.
* The original Spider-Woman, Jessica Drew, had a "roommate," Lindsey [=McCabe=], who was a redhead. Considering the colossal amount of [[LesYay lesbian subtext]] (It was pretty clear that the writer, Chris Claremont, would have portrayed them as a lesbian couple if Marvel would have let him) between them, this is at least an honorable mention.

* Film/JamesBond has slept with four redheads and only killed one of them! [[SeanConnery Connery's]] Bond stated in ''Film/DiamondsAreForever'' that he did really like redheads. Other Bonds' opinions on the matter are unknown.

* And while we're on the topic of {{Pixar}} films, Buzz Lightyear seems to hold a torch for Jessie in ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3''.
** [[spoiler:Not just a torch anymore after their relationship upgrade in the third movie.]]
* Screatte (a red Sabertooth Squirrel) to Scrat from [[IceAge Dawn of the Dinosaurs.]]
* In the ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy'', KirstenDunst dyed her blonde hair to play the redheaded love interest Mary Jane. Ironically, in ''Film/SpiderMan3'', Bryce Dallas Howard dyed her red hair to play the blonde rival love interest Gwen Stacy.
* Gwyneth Paltrow dyed her hair red to play Pepper in ''Film/{{Iron Man|1}}''. In [[Film/IronMan2 the sequel]], Scarlett Johannsson dyed her hair red to play Black Widow.

* ''TheQuietMan'': John Wayne's love interest? The quintessential redhead, MaureenOHara.

** That same Green Space Babe later plays Scarlett in the Film/GIJoe movie, who is lusted after by Ripcord (who is black).

* The redheaded Lucy in Francis Ford Coppola's ''{{Dracula}}'' is pursued by three suitors who all turn heroic by the end of the film. In the original novel, the character is a brunette.
** Sadie Frost (who played Lucy) dyed her natural brown hair red because she and Winona Ryder looked too similar.

* Both of Benjamin's romantic relationships in ''TheCuriousCaseOfBenjaminButton'' involve redheads.

* TaylorSwift's character, [[http://www.animationmagazine.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/Audrey-voiced-by-Taylor-Swift-in-DR.-SEUSS-THE-LORAX.jpg Audrey]], in ''WesternAnimation/TheLorax''. She's not in the book, she's an inserted love interest for ZacEfron's character, who is presumably the guy who finds the Once-ler.
* CateBlanchett's character in ''Film/{{Bandits}}'' has [[TriangRelations two]] [[OddCouple very different]] [[AntiHero Anti-Heroes]] who want her.
* ''{{Film/Far and Away}}'': Joseph takes quite a liking to Shannon, an Irish immigrant with unsurprisingly red hair. At least a couple of the more minor characters are attracted to her as well.

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Epic}}'' Nod falls in love with MK.
* ''Film/{{Oblivion 2013}}'' : Victoria is a redhead, and presented as a LoveInterest. [[spoiler:It turns out that both her and Jack are repeatedly cloned and made to work together.]]

* Ginny Weasley of ''Literature/HarryPotter''. Harry, of course, follows in the footsteps of his father James, who loved Lily Evans. Dumbledore also had red hair when younger. Creator/JKRowling has stated she likes redheads.
** Funnily, the other two main characters end up together; brunette Hermione ends up with redhead Ron, brother of Ginny.

* Ygritte, a wildling woman who becomes Jon Snow's TemporaryLoveInterest in ''ASongOfIceAndFire''. Wildling society as a whole favors redheads, believing them to be "kissed by fire". Jon also thinks of Melisandre (another woman with red hair [[note]] along with red eyes and always red clothing[[/note]]) as very beautiful, if a little cold. And he's not the only POV character to take interest in redheads. At the beginning of the series, Ned Stark is happily married to auburn-haired Catelyn Tully and their daughter Sansa (who took after her mother) ends up being married to [[spoiler:Tyrion Lannister]] who admits that he is very attracted to her. Jaime Lannister, another POV character, found Catelyn's sister (that has the typical Tully coloring) rather pretty and Catelyn herself interesting as a teenager. There's also Rohanne Webber with whom Duncan, the protagonist of the [[{{Prequel}} Dunk&Egg tales]], is infatuated.

* Dr. Isis Proserpina [=McDonald=] of the ''BabylonRising'' series. (And she's Scottish, to boot!)
* Dave from ''[[http://www.johndiesattheend.com/ John Dies at the End]]'' ends up with a girl with copper-colored hair.

* Renn, the female lead of ''TheChroniclesOfAncientDarkness'', is red-haired.

* Eilonwy in LloydAlexander's ''PrydainChronicles''.
** Her hair is actually described as "reddish gold", but yeah, it's the same idea.

* ''Literature/TheWarAgainstTheChtorr''. [[ColonelBadass Colonel]] 'Lizard' Tirelli, the protagonist's love interest -- may be one of several deliberate Creator/RobertAHeinlein references in this sci-fi series.
* Starting with ''The Titan's Curse'', the titular character of the series ''PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'' has two main love interests: blonde Annabeth and redhead Rachel. Eventually subverted in the final book, as Rachel [[spoiler:dumps him (when they weren't going out in the first place, no less) in favor of becoming the new Oracle of Delphi. [[FirstGirlWins He gets Annabeth in the end.]]]]

* April Rose, MackBolan's LoveInterest throughout the 1980's when he worked for [[HeroesRUs Stony Man]].

* In Kristin Cashore's ''Fire'', there are certain beings called "monsters" with brightly colored hair in unusual shades, who are extraordinarily attractive and entrance people with their appearance. The titular heroine is one of these monsters and has shimmering hair in multiple shades of red, with occasional strands of pink and orange that make it look like a sunset. Like all other monsters, she is seen by everyone around her as incredibly beautiful. Her father, also a monster, had gleaming silver hair with hints of blue, making him a WhiteHairedPrettyBoy - [[spoiler:the evil kind.]]

* Sylvia Romano from the ''{{Dinotopia}}'' books.

* ''Sisterhood'' series by FernMichaels: Bert Navarro wants Kathryn Lucas, who has red hair. ''Weekend Warriors'' had Jack Emery hanging out with a redhead, who turned out to be his sister-in-law, and he did that just to make his blonde girlfriend, Nikki Quinn, jealous. Ted Robinson really likes redheads, if his relationship with Maggie Spritzer is anything to go by.

* ''Series/BattlestarGalacticaReimagined'': President Laura Roslin is a redhead and has no shortage of male admirers in spite of her age, health, and position. She is also a change for partner Bill Adama, whose previous interests in flashbacks have been blondes.
* ''TheBill'': In one episode, DC Banks and DC Webb have a tough interview with a suspect, who is aided by a red-haired solicitor. Webb comments he'd like to sleep with her. It's established that Banks does sleep with her - she's his wife, using her maiden name for work.
* ''Series/{{Bomb Girls}}'': Betty with Kate.

* ''Series/{{Castle}}'': Almost every important woman in Richard Castle's life is a redhead, from the 'one who got away' to his first ex-wife, even his mother and his daughter. Seemingly averted by Kate Beckett, his LoveInterest in the show -- until you realize that her brown hair is a curiously red shade of brown.

* Creator/JaymaMays: This Beautiful redhead has been this in all of her parts. She was wanted by the Hiro on ''Series/{{Heroes}}'', Will on ''Series/{{Glee}}'', and an episode of ''PushingDaisies''. Even ''Paul Blart: Mall Cop'' wanted her. InvertedTrope on ''UglyBetty'', where she was an EvilRedhead.

* ''Series/TheOfficeUS'': The American version has Pam, who not only is part of the OfficialCouple with Jim, but, early on, was part of a LoveTriangle with her in between two guys. She is also considered the office hottie with several of the other guys attracted to her. The show also has Meredith, who is widely considered to be a gross LadyDrunk, yet somehow also ReallyGetsAround.

* ''RobinOfSherwood'': Seems to have firmly established Maid Marian (or Marion, if you will) in the collective unconscious as a feisty redhead.

* ''Series/ToddAndTheBookOfPureEvil'': AvertedTrope. The main character, Todd, continually spurns the advances of the redheaded science geek who has a massive crush on him, focusing all his energy on Jenny, his would-be LoveInterest.
* ''UglyBetty'': InvertedTrope with Charlie.

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** doubles as VillainsWantRedheads, since the protagonist of the song is a petty criminal.

* In the ''ComicStrip/FoxTrot'' arc where Roger writes ''[[HerCodenameWasMarySue His Codename Was]] [[TropeNamer the Fox]]'', his (blond) wife gets particularly upset over the fact that "Agent Fox" has a fling with a redhead.

* While JerkJock Brett has a BettyAndVeronica with a blonde and brunette in ''Theatre/ThirteenTheMusical'', our hero Evan is trying to date cute redhead Patrice.

* In [[VideoGame/SakuraTaisen Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love]] Gemini Sunrise is the main romantic option.

** Subverted in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'': in Act I, Hawke can attempt to initiate [[RomanceSidequest romance]] with another Orlesian redhead, Aveline Vallen, but she ultimately rejects him/her for [[spoiler:Guardsman Donnic]] in Act II.

* The orange-haired redhead [[SuperMarioBros Princess Daisy]] is said to be Luigi's answer to Mario's Peach, and various indications in sports games have been shown to support this.
* Aika from ''VideoGame/SkiesOfArcadia''
* Leena from ''VideoGame/ChronoCross'' is a seeming subversion as she had the misfortune of being Serge's UnluckyChildhoodFriend, and thus loses out to the blond girl. However, the [[MultipleEndings Good Ending]] pushes a reset button that erases Serge's memories of the blonde and puts her back to the top of the list, until the credits roll and we learn that [[StrangledByTheRedString Serge ended up with the blond anyways]].
* ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' did it, naturally - Snake had the lovely redheaded [[FauxActionGirl Meryl]].
** And Johnny Sasaki, who, after a massive amount of [[TookALevelInBadass level grinding]], swept her off her feet and married her in the 4th game.

* Kairi of the ''KingdomHearts'' series. Sora (and possibly Riku) falls for her.

* Not exactly a hero, but the main character in the ''HarvestMoon'' games has almost always a redhead as one of the potential brides to choose.
** To be precise: Ann from SNES, her descedant also named Ann from 64. Ann appears again in Back To Nature, Friends of Mineral Town, and DS (FOMT Ann's descendant). Katie in Save the Homeland (and Lyla who has pink hair). Nami from A Wonderful Life, A Wonderful Life Special Edition, and DS (AWL Nami's desendant). SNES Ann appears in Magical Melody (though that may be her descendant), and Katie apparently moved to Flower-Bud. Melody, Lynette, and Lara have pink hair (well, Lara's is almost violet), from Rune Factory 1. Chelsea, Julia, and Natalie from Island Of Happiness and Shining Sun and Friends. Cecilia from Rune Factory 2. Maya and Selena from Tree of Tranquility and Wakuwaku Animal March.

* Elly from VideoGame/{{Xenogears}} is a redhead and the love interest of the hero.

* ''NeverwinterNights2'' has [[TheWoobie Neeshka]] and [[HeWhoFightsMonsters Bishop]]; while neither is an "official" LoveInterest, they were intended to be so, and there's enough remnants of their romantic dialogue to imply ''something'' was going on between them and the [[PlayerCharacter Knight-Commander]] if s/he rejected Elanee or Casavir.

* Though the main heroine is a blond, most of the heroines of {{Tsukihime}}, and a few non-heroines as well, are redheads. Since the hero can score with any of the heroines, an overwhelming majority would make this game fit this troupe.
** Akiha, Hisui, Kohaku, Aoko; that's half of them. More, if you don't count [[MeltyBlood Sion]].

* ''PlanescapeTorment'' has two "romance" options (in quotation marks because the game doesn't really consummate the relationships). The one you can get farthest with, giving a deep and passionate kiss to, is the redhead Annah.
* Both the heroine and her love interest are redheads in ''LauraBow 2: The Dagger of Amon Ra''.

* Riza in ''TreasureOfTheRudra''.
* ''VideoGaem/TheWitcher'' positively overflows with red haired "love" interests to the point where you can safely assume it's possible to sleep with a woman if she has red hair. The game even features a BettyAndVeronica triangle where ''both'' women are red-heads.

* Inverted: Ritz, the literal red head (who actually has white hair) from ''FinalFantasyTacticsAdvance'', has some feelings for Marche. So, it's the red head who wants the hero.

* Mitsuru Kirijo from ''Persona3'' is one of several love interests. Yukari Takeba's hair color is an auburn that's closer to brown than red, but there's definitely some red in there. The latter is also the closest the game has to a default romantic interest.
* Rise Kujikawa from ''Persona4''. She's only one of several romantic options, but she's the only one who falls for the protagonist whether you choose to date her or not. Redheads Want Heroes?

* It depends on your video card and your PlayerCharacter, but [[KnightsofTheOldRepublic Carth Onasi]] appears to be auburn-haired under high-end graphics cards. Oddly enough, none of the PlayerCharacter options are gingers.
* [[StarCraft Jim Raynor]] wanted Sarah Kerrigan, who was a redhead pre-infestation.

* ''AtlantisTheLostTales'': Seth and Anna.

* Dahlia Hawthorne in ''PhoenixWright'', Phoenix's college love interest, is a redhead.

* Jade, and later Miranda, from ''Webcomic/PVP''.

* Princess Voluptua in ''TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob''. Granted that her human form is an illusion and she is actually a giant alien butterfly - which Bob knows and which prevents any possible relationship between them - but even her butterfly form has those same long flowing locks of (presumably red) hair.

* [[http://www.smbc-comics.com/?db=comics&id=2105#comic This]] ''SaturdayMorningBreakfastCereal'' manages to combine this trope for women with RedHeadedStepchild for men.

* All of Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses wants WebVideo/ObscurusLupa. Except the [[Webcomic/{{Benzaie}} ones]] who want WebVideo/{{Marz|Gurl}}[[YouGottaHaveBlueHair Gurl]].

* In the Literature/WhateleyUniverse, Stalwart is hot for red-headed [[TheFairFolk Fey]], but so is most of the campus. [[AvertedTrope Averted]] in the cases of Lancer and Phase, who both pursue brunettes.

* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'''s Peter Griffin is (most of the time) a hero to his wife, Lois. The cartoon couple above this got a mention in "Dammit Janet". A scene in an episode of this show has the main character being described as a "[[UglyGuyHotWife fat man inexplicably married to an attractive redhead]]". The police sketch a drawing of Fred Flinstone.
*** Simpso.... er, Flintstones did it first!!!!

** Come to think if it, it's difficult to find a red head (or former redhead) that ''hasn't'' got some on that show. The Question (redhead! Surprise!) has something with Huntress; Lex (but how do you tell what color his hair...ahhh...) was doing Mercy and Tala, and as for the Flash...well, let's just say there's truth behind the "Wally's a pimp" meme.

* In the 80's ''Franchise/GIJoe'' cartoon, redheaded intelligence officer Scarlett was vaguely presented as a love interest for the heroic male lead, Duke. In the comics, she was the main squeeze of primary character Snake-Eyes.
* April O'Neil, yellow-jumpsuited friend of the Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles, was an object of the boys' affection in both the cartoon and the movies (especially for Mikey) and for Casey Jones.
** Especially in the 2003 series. There, she was far more of a redhead than she's ever been in any other media series up until then.

* On the animated show ''WesternAnimation/{{Huntik}}'', there are two female heroines: the sultry, raven-haired Asian beauty, Zhalia, and the fiery redhead British hottie, Sophie. Guess which one is the main character's love interest?

* Parodied in ''WesternAnimation/MegasXLR''. The gang is picked up by a CaptainHarlock {{Expy}} (but is really more of a {{Jerkass}} than a hero) who immediately starts hitting on Kiva. We don't know, though, that the guy has a thing for redheads until Kiva finds a portrait gallery filled with paintings of all his old, strictly redheaded girlfriends...[[GettingCrapPastTheRadar and one redheaded dude]]. Played straight when, [[spoiler:in the BadFuture, Jamie and Kiva get together.]]

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVtS05uAtSI This]] biblical cartoon actually makes Eve (of Adam and Eve) herself into a redhead. Although, really, it depends greatly on whether you would call Adam a "hero".

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'' is a subversion/aversion, as while Mary Jane does appear and is originally built up as if she's going to be his love interest...She makes it clear the next time they see each other that they're just friends and then refuses to date anyone seriously, until Mark Allen/Molten Man shows up anyway. WordOfGod has stated that they try to draw mostly from the roots of the franchise, so MJ was relegated to her original role as a {{Foil}} for Gwen, the primary LoveInterest.

* The short lived ''WesternAnimation/FishPolice'' includes a fish-themed variant, with Gill's main LoveInterest being the diner waitress Pearl, who has red scales and fins.

* Dipper has something of a {{Precocious Crush}} on the red-haired Wendy in ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls''.

* WesternAnimation/ClassOfTheTitans: Male heroes Jay and Archie paired with redheaded heroes Theresa and Atlanta respectively.

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* Issei from ''HighSchoolDXD'', while he has no shame in admitting he wants to have his own harem, it's also rather blatantly obvious the one girl who has the biggest hold over his feelings is Rias Gremory, the very one who [[spoiler: brought him back to life as a devil]] and made said dream possible in the first place.

* ''ShakuganNoShana'' wins points by having fiery red hair, with an emphasis on the fire. Her hair color is actually part of her ''name''.

* ''Anime/UFORoboGrendizer'': Although Duke was interested in Hikaru, he [[spoiler:was engaged with Rubina, daughter of the BigBad, and he loved her openly.]] [[StarcrossedLovers It ended in tears]], but not for the reasons you might think of (she was not an EvilRedhead at all). The other heroes of the ''[[{{Mazinger}} trilogy]]'', though, avoided the trope: ''[[Anime/MazingerZ Kouji Kabuto]]'' prefered brunettes, and ''[[Anime/GreatMazinger Tetsuya Tsurugi]]'' favored raven-haired babes.
* Mayla from Mega Man NT Warrior develops a crush on Lan Hikari throughout the series (and they eventually get married in the Mega Man Battle Network games).
* Mamori Anezaki of {{Eyeshield 21}} was a brunette for the first manga volume, but the author quickly changed her hair to an orangey-red color to make her stand out more. Deuteragonist, Hiruma Yoichi, ends up being her (sorta) love interest.

* In ''RanmaOneHalf'', Tatewaki is a [[WindmillCrusader Don Quixote]] whose Dulcinea is Ranma's sexy redheaded female form. And his [[StalkerWithACrush fangirls]] still [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer chase]] after him too, even in this form.

* Princess Sakura in ''TsubasaReservoirChronicle'', who has red-tinted hair in the manga, but is something between a brunette and a bleached blonde in the anime.

* Kaito Doumoto from ''MermaidMelodyPichiPichiPitch'' is a male example.

* Ai Tanabe from ''{{Planetes}}'' is a redhead.
* Lina Inverse of the ''[[LightNovel/{{Slayers}} Slayers]]'' universe. Gourry chose her over his black-haired UnluckyChildhoodFriend Sylphiel, after all.

* Anime/MobileSuitGundam has a few examples. Amuro's UnluckyChildhoodFriend Frau Bow has reddish-brown hair and Lt. Matilda is a full-on redhead who is [[HelloNurse lusted after by every male member of the White Base crew]]. Then there's Margaret Blair, Char's love interest in the 3rd volume of the novelization. The fact that she's a chubby, GirlNextDoor type secretary who manages to bed an AcePilot whose other love interests have all been mysterious, waifish girls with tragic pasts is a testament to the awesome power of the trope.

* Mikuru Asahina, the [[MoeMoe Moe-blob]] in ''SuzumiyaHaruhi'', has reddish brown hair (or brownish red hair? ''Orange''? [[TheseAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow We may never know]]) and might be Haruhi's closest competition for Kyon's heart. Not 100% love interest, but Kyon is still very fond of her [[spoiler:and she triggered Haruhi's second unconscious universe warping when she thought Mikuru and Kyon were ''too'' close.]]

* Keitaro Urashima of ''LoveHina'' has the red-headed Naru Narusegawa ([[UnwantedHarem among others]]), although he's not much of a hero. [[TookALevelInBadass Initially]].

* Asuna of ''MahouSenseiNegima'' is Negi's main love interest. No points for guessing her hair color. Bonus points for being the [[FirstGirlWins first girl he met]]. The series also features a subversion in Anya, Negi's UnluckyChildhoodFriend of whose affection he is ''completely'' unaware.

* Could be said about Kyo Sohma from ''FruitsBasket'', [[spoiler: as he gets the heroine, beating WhiteHairedPrettyBoy (well, kinda) rival Yuki]].

* Katerose von Kreutzer in ''LegendofGalacticHeroes'', as prior to her introduction, the only romantic interest introduced for [[spoiler:Julian Minci]] is the older of Alex Czellenu's daughters.

* GaoGaiGar has this trope in spades. If [[TheHero Gai]] and [[MissionControl Mikoto]] and [[TagAlongKid Mamoru]] and [[ToyShip Hana]] aren't enough, FINAL strongly hints that [[TheLancer Soldat J]] and [[ActionGirl Renais]] had become a BattleCouple or are on their way to it. Does red and pink hair remind them of their hearts burning with courage or something??

* Sanji from ''OnePiece'' is enamored with the flame-haired Nami, though he's enamored with anything female that isn't a complete Gonk.

* Mary Jane Parker (still married to Peter in the StanLee approved [[ComicStrip/SpiderMan newspaper strip]])), love interest of ''Comicbook/{{Spider-Man}}''.

* All of [[IronMan Tony Stark's]] most significant romantic relationships: Pepper Potts, Bethany Cabe, Natalia Romanoff. Redheads.

** When Yvonne Craig portrayed Batgirl on the old Adam West live-action series, Barbara Gordon had short-cropped brunette hair. Batgirl's long red tresses were part of her cowl, part of her identity-concealing costume, and the same technique is currently used for the new Batwoman, whose extraordinarily long flaming red hair (so long that Batman actually advised her to cut it, since any {{mook}} could grab it in a fight) is actually a wig over her ''much'' shorter, darker, real hair.

* The marvelous, much sought after Mina in ''TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'' is a redhead, though her character in the original ''{{Dracula}}'' novel is blonde.

* In the ''ComicBook/{{Static}}'' comics, Frieda Goren is Virgil's first love interest. She's also caught the eye of Hotstreak - so much so that he really goes out of his way to capture her - and she has a boyfriend named Larry Wade, who is one of Virgil's friends. In [[StaticShock the cartoon]], she's still Virgil's first love interest and Hotstreak still has the hots for her AND two boys named Jimmy and Nick really like her, too; Jimmy's and Nick's attraction to Frieda fuels Nick's bullying of Jimmy and Jimmy's feeling like no one really cares about him, which leads to the climax of the episode when Jimmy brings a gun to school. In the first episode, she lists off how many boys have asked her to the dance as Virgil is trying to ask her out.
* XFactor's Rictor has exclusively dated Rahne and Shatterstar, two very violent redheads.
* Lana Lang, Superman's high school sweet heart, is traditionally a red head.
** Which inverts the trope when Superman chooses the brunette Lois over Lana.

* ScottPilgrim's romantic life consists of Kim (redhead), Natalie, a.k.a. "Envy" (redhead), Knives (temporarily had red highlights), and Ramona (her hair ''was'' red for a time, [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair but it changes often]]). More obvious in the Game [[spoiler:where his ending involves him dating Kim, Envy, and Knives all at once, and all three are pictured with him, and they all have red hair]].
* The prevalence of redheaded heroines, villainesses and love interests in superhero comics is neatly summed up by [[http://www.shrani.si/f/1b/sQ/jXHDesC/littlemarvels2.jpg this image]], showing [[{{Gen13}} Caitlin Fairchild]], [[ComicBook/{{X-Men}} Jean Grey]], {{Batwoman}}, [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Medusa]], [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Poison Ivy]], [[Comicbook/TeenTitans Starfire]], [[ComicBook/{{X-Men}} Mystique]], Comicbook/{{Batgirl}}, [[ComicBook/{{X-Men}} Siryn]], [[{{Spider-ManAndHisAmazingFriends}} Firestar]], and [[{{Spider-Man}} Mary-Jane Watson]]. Notably missing Comicbook/BlackWidow, oddly.

* {{Captain Atom}}'s first and second wives, [[DeathByOriginStory Angela Adam]] and [[DatingCatwoman Bette Sans Souci]], were both redheads (or maybe strawberry blondes). In between, he dated women with different hair colors, but both of the women he married were redheads.

* Elastigirl/Helen Parr of ''TheIncredibles''; at least, when she was younger.

* In ''Film/{{Spider-Man}}'', Kirsten Dunst dyed her blonde hair to play the redheaded love interest Mary Jane. Ironically, in ''Spider-Man 3'', Bryce Dallas Howard dyed her red hair to play the blonde rival love interest Gwen Stacy.
* Gwyneth Paltrow dyed her hair red to play Pepper in the film ''Film/IronMan''.
** In the sequel, Scarlett Johannsson dyed her hair red to play Black Widow.
* Princess Fiona in ''{{Shrek}}''.

* Layla in ''SkyHigh''

* Sally from ''TheNightmareBeforeChristmas''.

* Satine in ''MoulinRouge''.
* In the {{Terminator}} series, Catherine Brewster, introduced in the third film, becomes John Connor's wife (and mother of his child) in the future war.
* In {{Titanic}}, Rose finds a hero in Jack.
* ElvisPresley woos Ann-Margret in ''VivaLasVegas''.

* Fiona of ''TheGiver''.
* Ginny Weasley of ''Literature/HarryPotter''. Harry, of course, follows in the footsteps of his father James, who loved Lily Evans. Dumbledore also had red hair when younger. JKRowling has stated she likes redheads.

* Shira Brie and Mara Jade from ''StarWars'' were both Luke Skywalker's love interests, and the latter became his wife. [[spoiler:And remained with him until her death in ''Sacrifice''...thought to have been at the hands of the other, interestingly, until it was revealed to have been Jacen who killed her.]]
** Don't forget Dani! The Bantam era preferred brown hair, but he ultimately got a redhead. As well, as a Zeltron, she had red ''skin''...
** Another ''StarWars'' example: Jacen Solo and Tenel Ka (who is a QUEEN, to boot).

* Garion, of the ''{{Belgariad}}'', has Ce'Nedra...and their partnership is an exciting one, given her temper.

* ''TheWarAgainstTheChtorr''. [[ColonelBadass Colonel]] 'Lizard' Tirelli, the protagonist's love interest -- may be one of several deliberate Creator/RobertAHeinlein references in this sci-fi series.

* Alanna in [[TortallUniverse Alanna: Song of the Lioness]], being a hero herself, was romantically pursued by the three greatest heroes in the story; namely, her WarriorPrince (Jonathan), The King of Thieves (George), and The Shang Dragon (Liam).

* ''TheAndyGriffithShow'': Andy Taylor's long-time girlfriend (and eventual wife) [[HotTeacher Helen Crump.]]

* ''DesperateHousewives'': Orson Hodge had a wife, a mistress, and a second wife, all red heads. Even lampshaded when wife #1 (who'd vanished before he met and married Bree, the second wife) reappeared.

* ''FraggleRock'': [[FieryRedhead Red]] would be a case of "redheads want heroes".
* ''{{Grimm}}'': Juliet, the lead character's girlfriend.

* ''Series/{{The X-Files}}'': Scully. Scully's redhair became a trademark for the show, as did the UST between Mulder and Scully.

* NeilYoung's "Cinnamon Girl".
* BruceSpringsteen's "Red-Headed Woman". Dedicated to/inspired by Patti Scalfa, no doubt.
* In DollyParton's "Jolene", the eponymous temptress is described as a incomparable beauty, with "flamin' locks of auburn hair", who has bewitched the hapless speaker's husband. She's got [[SignificantGreenEyedRedhead green eyes]] to boot.
* RichardThompson's "1952 Vincent Black Lightning":

* In the ''FoxTrot'' arc where Roger writes ''[[HerCodenameWasMarySue His Codename Was]] [[TropeNamer the Fox]]'', his (blond) wife gets particularly upset over the fact that "Agent Fox" has a fling with a redhead.
* The Little Red-haired Girl from ''{{Peanuts}}''.

* Hmm, the list of redheaded Lita's suitors - Dean Malenko, Matt Hardy, Kane, and Edge. Two of these were in real life as well.
* Maria Kanellis really got around as a redhead - Santino Marella, Dolph Ziggler, The Great Khali, Matt Hardy, and, um, [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer Candice Michelle]].

* One of the romance options for Shepard in ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' is [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Yeoman]] Kelly Chambers, your [[SignificantGreenEyedRedhead green-eyed [redheaded]] [[BridgeBunnies personal assistant]]. As is the default female Shepard, to further float your boat.

* In the ''VideoGame/GoldenSun'' games, Isaac, the player character from the first game has {{official couple}} status with [{FieryRedhead Jenna]].

* Jade, and later Miranda, from ''PVP''.

* Guinevere in ''ArthurKingOfTimeAndSpace''.
* White Mage from ''[[Webcomic/EightBitTheater 8-bit Theater]]''. Black Mage comments on this when she first appears.

* Tai and Ellen from ''QuestionableContent'', the latter a supporting character's ex-girlfriend, the former a college [[HotLibrarian librarian]] in an all-girl LoveDodecahedron.
* Torg's [[UnwantedHarem unwanted]] MagicalGirlfriend Oasis from Webcomic/SluggyFreelance.

* ''IrregularWebcomic'' has Ginny Smith. Nothing did come out of it for a long time, but after a TimeSkip, she is now [[spoiler:married to Erwin.]]

* Chel, from ''AlienDice'', is the heroine of the story and Lexx's love interest. True to the trope, Chel is fiery and independent, and it's her stubborn nature which brings them together and prompts Lexx to fall in love with her. He finds her hair color strange (but pretty).

* In ''LookingForGroup'', the heroic Cale falls for the hot redheaded [[AllTrollsAreDifferent (possibly hybrid or pureblood) troll]] Benny.

* Penny in DrHorriblesSingAlongBlog has red hair.

* All of Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses wants ObscurusLupa.
** Except the [[{{Benzaie}} ones]] who want {{Marz|Gurl}}[[YouGottaHaveBlueHair Gurl]].

* In the WhateleyUniverse, Stalwart is hot for red-headed [[TheFairFolk Fey]], but so is most of the campus. [[AvertedTrope Averted]] in the cases of Lancer and Phase, who both pursue brunettes.

* [[TheFlintstones Fred Flintstone's]] wife, Wilma.
* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'''s Peter Griffin is (most of the time) a hero to his wife, Lois.
** The cartoon couple above this got a mention in this cartoon. A scene in an episode of this show has the main character being described as a "[[UglyGuyHotWife fat man inexplicably married to an attractive redhead]]". The police sketch a drawing of Fred Flinstone.

* Shayera, aka Hawkgirl, in ''JusticeLeague''.

* On ''CloneHigh'', Abe spent most of his time in love with black-haired Cleopatra, but, in the last episode, realized he was in love with magenta-haired Joan of Arc.

* In ''{{Daria}}'', Daria's little sister, Quinn Morgendorffer is the teen queen of this trope, as almost every guy who sees her is immediately hypnotized by her bouncy carrot-top (and ''tiny, cute pores!''). In fact, the only guys who see her and AREN'T interested are those who see her as a WellExcuseMePrincess type (Trent Lane, David Sorenson), are part of an OfficialCouple (Kevin), or where FirstGirlWins (Young Master Thomas Sloane, aka Tom, who also beautifully subverts that trope by ending up with Daria, the star of the show, after coming aboard as part of a BetaCouple with Jane).

* In the 80's ''GIJoe'' cartoon, redheaded intelligence officer Scarlett was vaguely presented as a love interest for the heroic male lead, Duke. In the comics, she was the main squeeze of primary character Snake-Eyes.

* Teela, from ''HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse'' would be another definite candidate, if [[ChasteHero He-Man]] was interested in women...

* [[{{Peanuts}} Charlie Brown's]] Crush is a little redheaded girl.
* On the animated show ''{{Huntik}}'', there are two female heroines: the sultry, raven-haired Asian beauty, Zhalia, and the fiery redhead British hottie, Sophie. Guess which one is the main character's love interest?

* Roxanne for Max in ''AGoofyMovie''.
** Sylvia for Goofy in the sequel.

* Firestar of ''SpiderManAndHisAmazingFriends'' was at times the crush of both Spidey and Iceman.
** Considering that Firestar (who was originally created exclusively for the show) is actually based off of Mary Jane Watson, to the point where she is practically a clone of the original John Romita design but with superpowers...

* Parodied in ''MegasXLR''. The gang is picked up by a CaptainHarlock {{Expy}} (but is really more of a {{Jerkass}} than a hero) who immediately starts hitting on Kiva. We don't know, though, that the guy has a thing for redheads until Kiva finds a portrait gallery filled with paintings of all his old, strictly redheaded girlfriends...[[GettingCrapPastTheRadar and one redheaded dude]]. Played straight when, [[spoiler:in the BadFuture, Jamie and Kiva get together.]]
* ''{{Undergrads}}'': Kimmy, object of Nitz's affections, is a red head.
* One episode of ''FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'' features Mac, Bloo, a Prince Charming friend, and a pizza boy all falling for the red-headed Frankie, in addition to her own date. Another episode featured two nerdy guys falling for her as well. Mac continues to have a long time crush on her throughout the series.

* ''TheSpectacularSpiderMan'' is a subversion/aversion, as while Mary Jane does appear and is originally built up as if she's going to be his love interest...She makes it clear the next time they see each other that they're just friends and then refuses to date anyone seriously, until Mark Allen/Molten Man shows up anyway. WordOfGod has stated that they try to draw mostly from the roots of the franchise, so MJ was relegated to her original role as a {{Foil}} for Gwen, the primary LoveInterest.
* Emma, from ''{{Stoked}}''. However, [[{{Jerkass}} Reef]] is an aversion!

* A good deal of {{UST}} and out-and-out flirting existed between Linka and the red-haired Wheeler on ''CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers'', though this is a gender inversion.
* A sort of inversion in ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'', where the titular hero is the redhead and her main LoveInterest in her best friend/sidekick.

* ''StarchaserTheLegendOfOrin''. Orin and the red-headed governor's daughter, Aviana, end up together at the end of the film.

* ''Superjail!'': The Warden exhibits unrequited love for red-haired Alice (a male-to-female transsexual).
* ClassOfTheTitans: Male heroes Jay and Archie paired with redheaded heroes Theresa and Atlanta respectively.

* Ginny Weasley of ''HarryPotter''. Harry, of course, follows in the footsteps of his father James, who loved Lily Evans. Dumbledore also had red hair when younger. JKRowling has stated she likes redheads.

* ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': Would Willow Rosenberg be a case of Werewolves and Lesbian Witches want Redheads? Also, annoying potential slayers and occasionally Xander. And a demon/robot.

* ''{{Film/Far and Away}}'': Joseph takes quite a liking to Shannon, an Irish immigrant with unsurprisingly red hair. At least a couple of other characters are attracted to her as well.
--> '''Coniff:''' I think the prettiest girl in this factory, the one with the prettiest eyes, and the prettiest red hair, is Joseph's sister [[note]]They're only pretending to be brother and sister[[/note]]- if you don't mind me saying so, Joseph.

* Shannon of ''Far and Away''. Due to her being an Irish immigrant, it's unsurprising.

** Cruelly averted by ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' with red-haired Cordelia and Chrom: She can't even ''support'' with him, much less marry him! Can be played straight with Chrom and the female Avatar if one makes said Avatar a redhead.

* ''Series/{{NCIS}}'': Gibbs has been married four times and all of his wives were redheads. His first wife Shannon was killed while they were still married and the other three wives are ''ex''-wives. He's also had an affair with his (redheaded) boss and was dating a redheaded Army investigator. And everyone else recognizes it. When he first met the investigator, the other team members noted the growing attraction and pointed out the red hair as proof it was inevitable. Tony even said that "Gibbs just met his fourth ex-wife". Possibly hereditary - his father had Betty Grable painted on the nose of his P-51, but Gibbs' mother was a redhead.
* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
** In the MadeForTVMovie, the Doctor's love interest Grace Holloway is a redhead.
** Not to mention the Tenth Doctor's...relations with Queen Elizabeth I.
** Amy Pond's fiancé, Rory, since [[spoiler:he spent two thousand years, without so much as a magazine to read, guarding her while she was in kinda-stasis, kinda-death so that the Doctor could use the powers of the TimeyWimeyBall to bring her back to life after he was reincarnated as a killer robot.]]
* ''Series/ILoveLucy'': Lucy. SubvertedTrope, Lucy freely admitted that she was not a natural red head on the show and in real life.
* ''Series/{{The X-Files}}'': Scully. Scully's redhair became a trademark for the show, as did the UST between Mulder and Scully.

* ''Series/TheOfficeUS'': The American version has Pam, who not only is part of the OfficialCouple with Jim, but, early on, was part of a LoveTriangle with her in between two guys. She is also considered the office hottie with several of the other guys attracted to her. The show also has Meredith, who is widely considered to be a gross LadyDrunk, yet somehow also ReallyGetsAround.
* ''Series/TheWestWing'': Someone behind the scenes, probably Creator/AaronSorkin, has a thing for redheads. CJ, Zoey, Margaret, Mallory, Andy, Abby, Joey, Ginger, and Jenny are all some shade of red.
* ''UglyBetty'': InvertedTrope with Charlie.
* ''Series/{{Smallville}}'': Lionel Luthor has shown an attraction to redheads -- his wife, mistress, and Martha Kent all have or had red hair. Though the 'hero' part is [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor rather questionable]].
* ''Swingtown'': Everyone, [[LesYay including women]], wants Susan.
* ''Series/MadMen'': Notably an AvertedTrope; the hero dates brunettes, marries a blonde, and is the only (straight) man on Earth who's apparently ''oblivious'' to [[HelloNurse Joan Holloway]] (played by the...''voluptuous'' Christina Hendricks), one of the greater redheads of this or any time. Avoided by Don. Roger Sterling and Paul Kinsey, who certainly agree with the trope.
* ''TheBill'': In one episode, DC Banks and DC Webb have a tough interview with a suspect, who is aided by a red-haired solicitor. Webb comments he'd like to sleep with her. It's established that Banks does sleep with her- she's his wife, using her maiden name for work.
* ''FraggleRock'': [[FieryRedhead Red]] would be a case of "redheads want heroes".

* ''RobinOfSherwood'': Seems to have firmly established Maid Marian (or Marion, if you will) in the collective unconscious as a feisty redhead.
* ''Series/TwentyFour'': This trope, combined with their SlapSlapKiss dynamic, is what happened between Jack Bauer and Agent Renee Walker [[spoiler:a few minutes before she was killed]].
* ''Series/That70sShow'': He's not exactly a hero, but this show had main character Eric Forman's love interest be the red haired Donna. Forget the last few seasons where she was blonde. We all try to. After winning over Donna, Eric Foreman became ''my'' hero.

* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'': Had the gorgeous Dr. Beverly Crusher, who Picard has been in love with for years; [[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine DS9]] had Major Kira Nerys, who Odo had been after for six years before finally getting her in "His Way"; and then, of course, there's Chakotay's blatantly obvious feelings for Captain Kathryn Janeway in ''Series/StarTrekVoyager''.
* Almost every important woman in Richard Series/{{Castle}}'s life is a redhead, from the 'one who got away' to his first ex-wife, even his mother and his daughter. Seemingly averted by Kate Beckett, his LoveInterest in the show -- until you realize that her brown hair is a curiously red shade of brown.
* ''Series/LieToMe'': Almost every important woman in Cal Lightman's life is redheaded, too. His daughter Emily has long red hair, his mother (in flashbacks) is shown to have had an auburn shade, and his [[MostImportantPerson partner]] Gillian is a strawberry-blonde (though it's not natural, unless her dark hair in the "Sweet Sixteen" flashbacks was dyed).
* Beautiful redhead Creator/JaymaMays has been this in all of her parts. She was wanted by the Hiro on ''Series/{{Heroes}}'', Will on ''Series/{{Glee}}'', and an episode of ''PushingDaisies''. Even ''Paul Blart: Mall Cop'' wanted her. InvertedTrope on ''UglyBetty'', where she was an EvilRedhead.
* ''Series/{{Firefly}}'':
** Has Saffron, which is a SubvertedTrope by Mal not showing any initial interest in her. [[spoiler:Flipped on it's head when she appears to seduce him and then flipped right back into subversion again when she knocks him out and reveals herself to be a conwoman, then almost flipped back into played straight when she reappears and, after a successful, heist they seem to have a "moment", and then bounced right back to subverted when she double crosses him.]]
** Don't forget Nandi.
** Saffron was, of course, played by Christina Hendricks, mentioned above for Mad Men.

* ''Series/ToddAndTheBookOfPureEvil'': AvertedTrope. The main character, Todd, continually spurns the advances of the redheaded science geek who has a massive crush on him, focusing all his energy on Jenny, his would-be LoveInterest.
* ''Series/{{Community}}'': Troy and Abed [[GenreSavvy avoid]] the LoveTriangle fight over the redhead librarian with a surprisingly un-ZanyScheme.
* ''Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder'': [[ShipTease Possibly]] Tommy and Hayley. The writers left it open in case they wanted to bring back Catherine Sutherland as Kat, but Tommy and Hayley certainly flirt quite a bit.
* ''{{Grimm}}'': Juliet, the lead character's girlfriend.

* ''TheAndyGriffithShow'': Andy Taylor's long-time girlfriend (and eventual wife) [[HotTeacher Helen Crump.]]
* ''Series/{{Bomb Girls}}'': Betty with Kate.

* Gibbs from ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' has been married four times and all of his wives were redheads. His first wife Shannon was killed while they were still married and the other three wives are ''ex''-wives. He's also had an affair with his (redheaded) boss and was dating a redheaded Army investigator. And everyone else recognizes it. When he first met the investigator, the other team members noted the growing attraction and pointed out the red hair as proof it was inevitable. Tony even said that "Gibbs just met his fourth ex-wife". Possibly hereditary - his father had Betty Grable painted on the nose of his P-51, but Gibbs' mother was a redhead.
* In the ''Series/DoctorWho'' MadeForTVMovie, the Doctor's love interest Grace Holloway is a redhead.

* Lucy of ''Series/ILoveLucy''.
** In a subversion, Lucy freely admitted that she was not a natural red head on the show and in real life.
* Scully of ''Series/{{The X-Files}}''. Scully's redhair became a trademark for the show, as did the UST between Mulder and Scully.
* A flashback episode of ''Series/{{Angel}}'' had a character bringing this up, mentioning this trope.
** Though it seems that Angel and The Doctor share tastes. After all, his romantic interests have almost all been blonde (Kate, Nina, Buffy, Darla), and it was said that he and Spike slept together once (offhanded comment by Spike in S5 implied it was ONLY once).
* The American version of ''Series/{{The Office|US}}'' has Pam, who not only is part of the OfficialCouple with Jim, but, early on, was part of a LoveTriangle with her in between two guys. She is also considered the office hottie with several of the other guys attracted to her. The show also has Meredith, who is widely considered to be a gross LadyDrunk, yet somehow also ReallyGetsAround.
* Someone behind the scenes of ''Series/TheWestWing'', probably Creator/AaronSorkin, has a thing for redheads. CJ, Zoey, Margaret, Mallory, Andy, Abby, Joey, Ginger, and Jenny are all some shade of red.
* Inverted with Charlie on ''UglyBetty''.
* On ''Series/{{Smallville}}'', Lionel Luthor has shown an attraction to redheads-- his wife, mistress, and Martha Kent all have or had red hair.
** Though the 'hero' part is [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor rather questionable]].
* ''Swingtown'': everyone, [[LesYay and I do mean everyone]], wants Susan.
* Notably avoided in ''Series/MadMen''; the hero dates brunettes, marries a blonde, and is the only (straight) man on Earth who's apparently ''oblivious'' to [[HelloNurse Joan Holloway]] (played by the...''voluptuous'' Christina Hendricks), one of the greater redheads of this or any time.
** Avoided by Don. Roger Sterling and Paul Kinsey, who certainly agree with the trope.
* In an episode of ''TheBill'', DC Banks and DC Webb have a tough interview with a suspect, who is aided by a red-haired solicitor. Webb comments he'd like to sleep with her. It's established that Banks does sleep with her- she's his wife, using her maiden name for work.
* [[FieryRedhead Red]] of ''FraggleRock'' would be a case of "redheads want heroes".
* President Laura Roslin from ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|Reimagined}}'' is a redhead and has no shortage of male admirers in spite of her age, health, and position. She is also a change for partner Bill Adama, whose previous interests in flashbacks have been blondes.
* ''RobinOfSherwood'' seems to have firmly established Maid Marian (or Marion, if you will) in the collective unconscious as a feisty redhead.
* This trope, combined with their SlapSlapKiss dynamic, is what happened between [[Series/TwentyFour Jack Bauer and Agent Renee Walker]] [[spoiler:a few minutes before she was killed]].
* He's not exactly a hero, but ''Series/That70sShow'' had main character Eric Forman's love interest be the red haired Donna. Forget the last few seasons where she was blonde. We all try to.
** After winning over Donna, Eric Foreman became ''my'' hero.
* Would Willow Rosenberg be a case of Werewolves and Lesbian Witches want Redheads?
** Also, annoying potential slayers and occasionally Xander. And a demon/robot.
* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' had the gorgeous Dr. Beverly Crusher, who Picard has been in love with for years; [[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine DS9]] had Major Kira Nerys, who Odo had been after for six years before finally getting her in "His Way"; and then, of course, there's Chakotay's blatantly obvious feelings for Captain Kathryn Janeway in ''Series/StarTrekVoyager''.

* ''Series/LieToMe'': almost every important woman in Cal Lightman's life is redheaded, too. His daughter Emily has long red hair, his mother (in flashbacks) is shown to have had an auburn shade, and his [[MostImportantPerson partner]] Gillian is a strawberry-blonde (though it's not natural, unless her dark hair in the "Sweet Sixteen" flashbacks was dyed).
* Beautiful redhead Creator/JaymaMays has been this in all of her parts. She was wanted by the Hiro on ''Series/{{Heroes}}'', Will on ''Series/{{Glee}}'', and an episode of ''PushingDaisies''. Even ''Paul Blart: Mall Cop'' wanted her. Inverted on ''UglyBetty'', where she was an EvilRedhead.
* ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' has Saffron, which is subverted by Mal not showing any initial interest in her. [[spoiler:Flipped on it's head when she appears to seduce him and then flipped right back into subversion again when she knocks him out and reveals herself to be a conwoman, then almost flipped back into played straight when she reappears and, after a successful, heist they seem to have a "moment", and then bounced right back to subverted when she double crosses him.]]

* DesperateHousewives' Orson Hodge had a wife, a mistress, and a second wife, all red heads. Even lampshaded when wife #1 (who'd vanished before he met and married Bree, the second wife) reappeared.

* Averted in ''Series/ToddAndTheBookOfPureEvil''. The main character, Todd, continually spurns the advances of the redheaded science geek who has a massive crush on him, focusing all his energy on Jenny, his would-be LoveInterest.
* [[Series/{{Community}} Troy and Abed]] [[GenreSavvy avoid]] the LoveTriangle fight over the redhead librarian with a surprisingly un-ZanyScheme.
* [[ShipTease Possibly]] Tommy and Hayley in ''Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder''. The writers left it open in case they wanted to bring back Catherine Sutherland as Kat, but Tommy and Hayley certainly flirt quite a bit.
* {{Grimm}}: Juliet, the lead character's girlfriend.
* In ''Series/{{Engrenages}}'', Pierre with Joséphine.
* [[TheAndyGriffithShow Andy Taylor's]] long-time girlfriend (and eventual wife) [[HotTeacher Helen Crump.]]
* In ''Series/{{Bomb Girls}}'', Betty with Kate.

* Parodied in ''Powers''; when a philandering superhero is found dead in bed as a result of [[OutWithABang bedroom-related complications]], the police find a little black book with the names all of the women he tried it on with and have to go and interview all of them. ''Every single one of them'' is a redhead.

* In the ''{{Golden Sun}}'' games, Isaac, the player character from the first game has {{official couple}} status with [[{{Fiery Redhead}} Jenna]].

* Nearly every hero in Terry Brooks' Shannara series fits this trope. Menion Leah and Shirl Ravenlock in ''The Sword of Shannara'', Wil Ohmsford and Amberle Elessedil in ''The Elfstones of Shannara'' (but this is subverted when, [[spoiler:following Amberle's transformation into the Ellcrys tree, Wil marries the black-haired Eretria]]), Par Ohmsford and Damson Rhee in the ''Heritage of Shannara'' quadrilogy, Bek Ohmsford and Rue Meridian in the ''Voyage of the Jerle Shannara'' trilogy, and Panterra Qu with Prue Liss in the ''Legends of Shannara'' duology.

* The prevalence of redheaded heroines, villainesses and love interests in superhero comics is neatly summed up by [[http://www.shrani.si/f/1b/sQ/jXHDesC/littlemarvels2.jpg this image]], showing [[{{Gen13}} Caitlin Fairchild]], [[ComicBook/{{X-Men}} Jean Grey]], {{Batwoman}}, [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Medusa]], [[{{Batman}} Poison Ivy]], [[Comicbook/TeenTitans Starfire]], [[ComicBook/{{X-Men}} Mystique]], Comicbook/{{Batgirl}}, [[ComicBook/{{X-Men}} Siryn]], [[{{Spider-ManAndHisAmazingFriends}} Firestar]], and [[{{Spider-Man}} Mary-Jane Watson]]. Notably missing Comicbook/BlackWidow, oddly.

* The human heroine of ''Epic'' has [[SignificantGreenEyedRedHead red hair and green eyes]] and apparently falls for one of the tiny "elves".

* In ''FireEmblem 6: Sword of Seals'': the redheaded male lord Roy can have ''six'' different possible brides (and one of them, the dancer Lalam, is a redhead as well). In the prequel, ''Fire Emblem 7: Blazing Swords'', his also redheaded father Eliwood can have three possible girlfriends (but no redheads this time).
** In ''FireEmblem: Sacred Stones'', one of Princess Eirika's four suitors is a redhead male, [[CrutchCharacter Seth]] [[TheLancer the Silver Knight]]. This support/ending is also ridiculously easy and fast to get.
** In ''FireEmblem 7'', the redheaded Cavalier named Kent has three possible love interests, the [[FragileSpeedster Pegasus Knight]] [[PromotionToParent Fiora]], her {{Tsundere}} sister Farina, and ActionGirl heroine Lyn.
** For a traditional female version, look no further than WhiteMagicianGirl[=/=]MagicKnight [[TheOjou Priscilla]], who has three official love interests (though she only gets to keep one of them, the others have to go) and arguably has chemistry with two other guys.
** Another male subversion: Natasha of ''Fire Emblem: Sacred Stones'' can support and have a happy ending with ''two'' redheads. Interestingly, they form a BettyAndVeronica dynamic, with Joshua being a gambling addict and Seth being [[TheLancer Seth]], though the triangle never comes up.
** Red-haired Titania in ''FireEmblemTellius'' has ShipTease with [[TheHero Ike]], [[HotBlooded Boyd]] and [[TheMedic Rhys]], though she can't actually pair with them. If you like your LesYay, secondary hero Mist has this with Jill.
** Cruelly averted by ''FireEmblemAwakening'' with red-haired Cordelia and Chrom: She can't even ''support'' with him, much less marry him! Can be played straight with Chrom and the female Avatar if one makes said Avatar a redhead.

** For a traditional female version, look no further than WhiteMagicianGirl[=/=]MagicKnight [[TheOjou Priscilla]], who has three official love interests (though she only gets to keep one of them, the others have to go) and arguably has chemistry with other two guys.

* Mary Jane Parker (still married to Peter in the StanLee approved [[ComicStrip/SpiderMan newspaper strip]])), love interest of ''Comicbook/{{Spider-man}}''.

* All of ThatGuyWithTheGlasses wants ObscurusLupa.

* ''Anime/UFORoboGrendizer'': Although Duke was interested in Hikaru, he [[spoiler:was engaged with Rubina, daughter of the BigBad, and he loved her openly.]] [[StarcrossedLovers It ended in tears]], but not for the reasons you might think of (she was not an EvilRedhead at all). The other heroes of the trilogy, though, avoided the trope: ''[[Anime/MazingerZ Kouji Kabuto]]'' prefered brunettes, and ''[[Anime/GreatMazinger Tetsuya Tsurugi]]'' favored raven-haired babes.

** ''Doujinshi/{{RE-TAKE}}''

* In {{Engrenages}}, Pierre with Joséphine.

** Even {{Anti Hero}}es want Kalen. And she's a {{Tsundere}}, to boot.