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* From a review of the ''Series/BlakesSeven'' episode "[[Recap/BlakesSevenS1E13Bounty Bounty]]":

* ''Series/Powerless2017''. When the alarm starts blaring, Emily starts going through a giant binder to identify the code, while the others try to remember it.

* ''Series/Powerless2017''. When the alarm starts blaring, Emily starts going through a giant binder to identify the code, while the others try to remember it.
-->'''Ron:''' Which alarm is that? Zombie virus?\\
'''Wendy:''' Alien invasion.\\
'''Jackie:''' Giant spider robots from another dimension where the Nazis won?\\
'''Teddy:''' No, that one goes eeyoo-eeyoo-awdub-awdub...\\
'''Wendy:''' Ah, yeah.

* In ''[[Pinball/Doom2016 Doom Pinball]]'', the table turns red [[RedFilterOfDoom with terror]] when a wave of demons spawn after you 1) fail a {{Minigame}} in "To Hell and Back", or 2) start the "Hell on Mars" side mode. Better get rid of those demons quick!

* From a review of the ''Series/BlakesSeven'' episode "Bounty":

** In the final episode, MasterComputer Orac is preventing the ship's computer Slave from interrupting his conversation. Slave eventually cuts in by triggering the red alert, which is appropriate as [[NotNowKiddo he wanted to let them know that the ship was about to be attacked!]]

** The first example kicked off with an exchange highlighting how pointless it was in their circumstances:

** A new shade -- brown. That can't be pretty.

** And combined with CurseOfBabel with Holy.

Often, all the ordinary lights in the building will be instantly replaced with ominous red lighting, making it abundandtly clear to the audience that the Alert is indeed ''Red''. (In RealLife, it's generally helpful to keep using ordinary lighting so you can actually see what you're doing.)

Often, all the ordinary lights in the building will be instantly replaced with ominous red lighting, making it abundandtly clear to the audience that the Alert is indeed ''Red''. (In real life, however, it's generally helpful to keep using ordingary lighting so you can see what you're doing.)

*** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E12TheStolenEarth "The Stolen Earth"]]: UNIT starts off the episode on Red Alert because, well, look at the title. When they learn [[spoiler:the [[OmnicidalManiacs Daleks]]]] are attacking, they switch to ''[[UpToEleven Ultimate]]'' [[FromBadToWorse Red Alert]].

'''Captain''': ''(immediately turns around to face the XO)'' [[RedAlert Sound General Quarters.]] Deploy the flying squad, start with the ventilation systems, and alert sickbay to the situation and have them stand by.

* ''Series/BattlestarGalactica1978'' has the requisite rush for the warriors to get their flight gear. In addition, a battlestar is so big a ship that the scramble run includes a internal railcar system running the length of the ship to ensure that pilots report to the launch areas at once.

*** On a Carrier however, this changes. Carriers require '''''everyone''''' to man their assigned fire stations and prepare to fight a fire. Not reacting to these alarms can result in serious injury or death as was the case with the USS Forestall, many of the people killed in the fire were ''asleep'' when the fire broke out on the flight deck, and were killed when the fire spread to their quarters after two large bombs detonated. The policy changed after that, and came in really handy a year and a half later when a similar fire broke out aboard USS Enterprise. Having all hands assisting with fire suppression enabled the ship to get the fire under control within a matter of hours, losing only 28, compared to the 134 aboard Forestall.

* Used reasonably in the ''VideoGame/EscapeVelocity'' series: a warning alarm sounds when a hostile vessel turns its attention on you - and then promptly shuts up, letting you frag the baddies and/or get the heck out of Dodge as appropriate. (If you have an [[EnemyDetectingRadar IFF Decoder]], you may also get to see the enemy vessel's dot turn red at this moment.)

* In ''Disney/AladdinAndTheKingOfThieves'', Genie calls for an over-the-top Code Red when the titular King of Thieves shows up at the palace, but calls it off when Aladdin introduces him as his father.

* The ''VideoGame/EvilGenius'' video game has three alert levels: Normal (green button, normal duties), Warning (yellow button, everybody is armed and ready), and Danger (red button, everybody is armed, ready, runs, and fires at will). Warning and Danger both cause a klaxon to sound continually in the background. [[DarthWiki/MostAnnoyingSound This gets annoying really fast]], especially at Yellow Alert. All you want is for your minions to walk around armed, in case enemy soldiers show up. So why do you have to keep listening to that annoying klaxon? There is, fortunately, a glitch, where if you double-tap the button in rapid succession the klaxon stops.

* ''VideoGame/RayCrisis'': "[[CriticalAnnoyance Encroachment over 90%!]] [[BrokenRecord Encroachment over 90%!]] [[DarthWiki/MostAnnoyingSound Encroachment over 90%!]]"

* The ''VideoGame/EvilGenius'' video game has three alert levels: Normal (green button, normal duties), Warning (yellow button, everybody is armed and ready), and Danger (red button, everybody is armed, ready, runs, and fires at will). Warning and Danger both cause a klaxon to sound continually in the background. [[MostAnnoyingSound This gets annoying really fast]], especially at Yellow Alert. All you want is for your minions to walk around armed, in case enemy soldiers show up. So why do you have to keep listening to that annoying klaxon? There is, fortunately, a glitch, where if you double-tap the button in rapid succession the klaxon stops.

* ''VideoGame/RayCrisis'': "[[CriticalAnnoyance Encroachment over 90%!]] [[BrokenRecord Encroachment over 90%!]] [[MostAnnoyingSound Encroachment over 90%!]]"

* ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyModernWarfare2'': "[[DeusExNukina TACTICAL NUKE INCOMING!]] [[OhCrap BROOWEEP! BROOWEEP! BROOWEEP! BROOWEEP!...]]"

-->'''HANDEL Warning Console:''' Attack warning RED! Attack warning RED!
-->'''Food Officer (Roger Fisher):''' Is it for real?
-->'''Accommodation Officer:''' Attack warning's ''for bloody real!''
-->'''Clive Sutton:''' Right, get to your stations!

--->'''The Doctor''': Oh, the misunderstandings! All those Red Alerts, all that dancing...

** [=UNIT=] in particular has been shown to have a penchant for red, employing "Red Alert", "Code Red Sontaran", and "''Ultimate'' Code Red" in season 4.
** The TARDIS has what could be considered a type of Red Alert, the cloister bell, which rings to signify a galactic disaster, i.e. the end of the universe. In the new series, it has also been used to signify a serious threat to the TARDIS.

* Averted in ''Series/AlteredCarbon''. Realising the CaperCrew have successfully hacked their system, the BigBad orders TheDragon not to sound the security alert as that will tip the heroes off that their intrusion has been discovered. Instead the hack is tracked back to their base and TheDragon is sent to kill or capture everyone there.

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* When the tennis player from the [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/14p2 Death Volley arc]] in ''Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja'' is injured, he sounds a [[IncrediblyLamePun Med Alert.]]

** The [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HANDEL HANDEL system]], which was the UK's Nuclear Attack warning system and companion to the BIKINI states, also had this, with "Attack Warning Red" being the cue to set off the Four Minute Warning. Other colours included "Fallout Warning Black," which meant imminent fallout danger, "Fallout Warning Grey" which was for expected fallout and "Attack Warning White" which was the all clear.

* In the ''Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse'' novel ''[[Literature/HandOfThrawn Specter of the Past]]'', we are treated to two separate chapters starting with the battle alarm going off at an unfair moment for [[BadassNormal Wedge Antilles]]: the first time in the middle of dessert, the second in the middle of the night. (His commander was feeling hunchy, though, and so Rogue Squadron were already sleeping in their ships...)

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** Earlier, the Temporal Security Annex has this when the time rip occurs: "Warning. Warning. Warning. Temporal rip detected. Alert status: powerful. Temporal distortion imminent. Agent 5, proceed to Ready Room."

The phrase "Red Alert" comes from the naval tradition of "General Quarters" ("Action Stations" if you're British), where a ship prepares for battle. Much of the procedures are the same. The alert is sounded by a drum or over an intercom. Off-duty sailors report to their stations, cannon are loaded, and the decks are cleared of non-essential items. On modern ships, lights flash, klaxons sound and all watertight doors are closed, thus if the ship is holed the leak is contained. '''BREET BREET''' Ah, great.. See SelfDemonstrating/RedAlert right away, the Wiki's gone on SelfDemonstratingArticle mode. '''BREET BREET GENERAL QUARTERS'''. Often accompanied with ThisIsNotADrill.

* ''Literature/ThereWillBeSoftRains''. When the SmartHouse is on fire, it shouts repeated warnings of "Fire!" and "Run!", the irony being that its residents have long since been killed in a nuclear war.