History Main / LittleDeadRidingHood

* In the ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' episode "Bedtime Stories", a little girl in a red jacket [[spoiler:literally takes the place of Little Red Riding Hood, as a ghost is making the inhabitants of the town reenact fairy tales. Her grandmother is killed, and she is abducted by a man with a Wile-E Coyote tattoo, but Dean saves her.]]

* In ''ComicBook/ThroughTheWoods'', the final story ''In Conclusion'' is about a red hooded girl going through the woods to visit her mother, noting that she’ll need to be sure to avoid the wolf. Despite the danger, she has a peaceful and safe journey to her mother’s house and back, all without seeing hair or hide of the wolf. After she makes it safely home and gets ready for bed, she confidently states that she knew the wolf wouldn’t find her. [[spoiler: Then the wolf himself appears through her window and tells her that while she may have been lucky enough to avoid him today, she will eventually have to go through the woods again. And while she has to avoid him every single time, he only needs to catch her '''[[EvilOnlyNeedsToWinOnce once]]''']].

* The RPG Maker game ''The Dark Side of Red Riding Hood'' by Creator/{{Charon}}. When staying on the path, nothing will happen, but if Little Red Riding Hood strays from the path, then she will [[spoiler: be eaten by her cannibalistic grandmother, be raped by the hunter/wolf or be sold by her mother as a slave]]. The two endings that are at least somewhat harmless are the one where [[spoiler: Red kills her grandma with an axe because her mother asked her to]] and the one where she [[spoiler: gets lost and starves in the woods]]. It is also implied that there are [[spoiler: several Little Red Riding Hoods, since both the slave owner and grandma mention how she isn't the first and certainly not the last that they will get their hands on]].

* ''Film/{{Carrie}}'' by Creator/StephenKing. Well, it was a red prom dress, but that's fairly close... Definitely at least qualifies for the blood-shade color-coding in the related trope BringMyRedJacket.

* ''Film/BramStokersDracula'': Lucy Westenra is wearing red every time she is bitten by Dracula. She seemingly dies after the third and final attack, but rises as a vampire instead.

* In ''Comicbooks/OverTheGardenWall,'' the Woodsman's daughter ([[NamedByTheAdaptation Anna]]) dons a red, hooded cloak when she heads into the woods and meets [[SatanicArchetype the Beast]]. As fans of [[WesternAnimation/OverTheGardenWall the show]] know, [[spoiler:she escapes back home]], while her fallen cloak is found by her father.

* ''Film/BramStokersDracula'': Lucy Westenra is wearing red everytime she is bitten by Dracula. She seemingly dies after the third and final attack, but rises as a vampire instead.

This is OlderThanSteam, considering that some of the older endings for ''Little Red Riding Hood'' really ''do'' end with the wolf killing and eating her, notably the 1697 Charles Perrault telling that predates the more popular (and less grim) Grimm Brothers version. The Perrault retelling seems much more aimed at older Red Riding Hood, and the "wolf" is really a man that will charm her pants off(literally) and leave her in a bad spot. A terrible fate in 1697. Its ending "As you're pretty so be wise- a wolf may lurk in any guise." (Ironically, another early version of the story where the protagonist survives was one written in 1890 by Andrew Lang called "The True History of Little Goldenhood". As the name suggests, she does not wear red at all, and what makes it ironic is, she is saved by the golden hood itself, which is enchanted. Lang's narration explicitly states that the earlier story had been mistold.)

* Theatre/RedTheRedRidingHoodMusical has TheBigBadWolf reference this trope during his solo in the song "Back To The Scene Of The Crime." This song actually provides the current page quote.

* ''Roleplay/SurvivalOfTheFittest'' v4 character Carol Burke is usually seen wearing a red hoodie. Said character is a WideEyedIdealist in a KillEmAll type story. This trope has actually been [[WordOfGod confirmed by her handler]].

* The RPG Maker game ''The Dark Side of Red Riding Hood'' by Creator/{{Charon}} takes this UpToEleven. When staying on the path, nothing will happen, but if Little Red Riding Hood strays from the path, then she will [[spoiler: be eaten by her cannibalistic grandmother, be raped by the hunter/wolf or be sold by her mother as a slave]]. The two endings that are at least somewhat harmless are the one where [[spoiler: Red kills her grandma with an axe because her mother asked her to]] and the one where she [[spoiler: gets lost and starves in the woods]]. It is also implied that there are [[spoiler: several Little Red Riding Hoods, since both the slave owner and grandma mention how she isn't the first and certainly not the last that they will get their hands on]].

* ''Theatre/JasperInDeadland'' begins when Agnes drowns while wearing a red hoodie.

* Theatre/RedTheRedRidingHoodMusical has the BigBadWolf reference this trope during his solo in the song "Back To The Scene Of The Crime." This song actually provides the current page quote.

* Averted/Subverted in ''Manga/DetectiveConan''. During the bus hijacker case, Haibara wears a red coat. Then she feels the presence of a member of the Black Organization, pulls her hood up, and spends the rest of the case scared out of her wits. At the end, she's convinced that she only attracts evil and tries to commit suicide on the exploding bus. Conan comes and saves her and gives her one of his "Suicide is bad, don't give up" speeches.

* ''Series/TiereBisUntersDach'' has an episode long homage to Little Red Riding Hood, with Lilie wearing red while walking to school alone through the forest at the same time there's a dangerous wolf on the loose. Naturally they come face to face, but [[RealityEnsues the wolf doesn't attack her]].

* ''Film/BridgeToTerabithia'': Leslie Burke wears a variety of outfits throughout the movie, but the very last scene where [[spoiler: she's seen alive]], she's wearing a red raincoat.

This is OlderThanSteam, considering that some of the older endings for ''Little Red Riding Hood'' really ''do'' end with the wolf killing and eating her, notably the 1697 Charles Perrault telling that predates the more popular (and less grim) Grimm Brothers version. The Perrault retelling seems much more aimed at older Red Riding Hood, and the "wolf" is really a man that will charm her pants off(literally) and leave her in a bad spot. A terrible fate in 1697. It's ending "As youre pretty so be wise- a wolf may lurk in any guise." (Ironically, another early version of the story where the protagonist survives was one written in 1890 by Andrew Lang called "The True History of Little Goldenhood". As the name suggests, she does not wear red at all, and what makes it ironic is, she is saved by the golden hood itself, which is enchanted. Lang's narration explicitly states that the earlier story had been mistold.)

This is OlderThanSteam, considering that some of the older endings for ''Little Red Riding Hood'' really ''do'' end with the wolf killing and eating her, notably the 1697 Charles Perrault telling that predates the more popular (and less grim) Grimm Brothers version. (Ironically, another early version of the story where the protagonist survives was one written in 1890 by Andrew Lang called "The True History of Little Goldenhood". As the name suggests, she does not wear red at all, and what makes it ironic is, she is saved by the golden hood itself, which is enchanted. Lang's narration explicitly states that the earlier story had been mistold.)

* ''Film/BridgeToTerabithia]]: Leslie Burke wears a variety of outfits throughout the movie, but the very last scene where [[spoiler: she's seen alive]], she's wearing a red raincoat.

* ''Film/HardCandy'': Hayley wears a red hoodie. The precocious young girl seems to be ignoring signs of danger as she enters the lair of a predator. [[spoiler: {{Subverted}} by the end. She leaves that lair wearing the same hoodie, having demonstrated that ''she is'' the predator.]]

* In ''Film/InglouriousBasterds'' [[spoiler:Shosanna is wearing a red dress when she and Zoller shot each other.]]

* ''Film/BramStokersDracula'': Lucy Westenra is wearing red everytime she is bitten by Dracula. She seemingly dies after the third and final attack, but rises as a vampire instead.

* ''Film/DontLookNow''. A little blond girl in a hooded red coat. She drowns. And the ghost of her is seen as such... [[spoiler:turns out to be a dwarf murderer in a coat.]]

It can be considered an AlwaysFemale version of BringMyRedJacket. [[WomanInWhite Dressing all in white]] is often a [[WhiteShirtOfDeath dangerous choice]] for girls and women, too. Contrast LittleRedFightingHood, where the blood and danger associations are meant for her enemies.