History Main / RedheadedHero

Compare HeroesWantRedheads. (And if a redheaded hero wants a redhead, it's LookalikeLovers.) Contrast EvilRedhead, RedheadedBully, RedHeadedStepchild. Compare & contrast YouGottaHaveBlueHair.

* In Creator/JaneAusten's ''Literature/LoveAndFreindship'', Laura and Sophia conclude another woman's fiancee inadequate on this ground, among others.

** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'' has, on the Hoshido side, princesses Hinoka and Sakura, Saizo, Subaki, Selena [[spoiler: aka Severa]], any of the children except Shigure if their mother (or father, in male!Kana's case) has red hair (and it should be noted that, in official artwork, Asugi is usually shown with hair in the same shade as Gaius's hair, due to being his {{Expy}}, and Caeldori is usually shown with red hair in the same shade as Cordelia's hair, due to being Cordelia's {{Expy}} [[spoiler: and possibly granddaughter]]), Anna if the player recruits her through her DLC chapter, and again, the Avatar can be a redhead if the player chooses to be.

** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'': There're several redheads in the heroes' side: Cordelia, Cherche, Anna, Sully, Gregor, Ricken, Gaius (though he skirts the AntiHero line), [[spoiler: Gangrel, if he's convinced to HeelFaceTurn]], any of the children except Lucina if their father (or mother in female!Morgan's case) has red hair (and it should be noted that Severa is usually shown with her mother Cordelia's red hair) and of course the Avatar can be a redhead if the player chooses to make him/her one.
** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'' has, on the Hoshido side, princesses Hinoka and Sakura, Saizo, Subaki, Selena [[spoiler: aka Severa]], any of the children except Shigure if their mother (or father, in male!Kana's case) has red hair (and it should be noted that Caeldori is usually shown with red hair in the same shade as ''Cordelia's'' hair, due to being Cordelia's {{Expy}} [[spoiler: and possibly granddaughter]]), Anna if the player recruits her through her DLC chapter, and again, the Avatar can be a redhead if the player chooses to be.

** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'': There're several redheads in the heroes' side: Cordelia -a Pegasus Knight-, her daughter Severa (in the event that her father is red-haired), Cherche -a Wyvern Rider-, Anna (a trickster), Sully (a Cavalier)...

* In the Manga/SailorMoon manga, Sailor Mars has red hair in many colored images. Sailors [=ChibiChibi=], Kakyuu, and Vesta have red hair as well. Sailors Moon, [=ChibiMoon=], Ceres, Lethe, and Mnemosyne all have pink hair at some point and all are eventually good guys.

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->''"It's not possible to play as [=FemShep]= without red hair. I'm 100% sure they didn't even bother putting in other colors."''
-->-- '''smoomoo31''', ''Franchise/MassEffect'' {{Reddit}} [[Did one of those wine&paint classes with friends... The peaceful skyline seemed too boring to me. thread]]

->''"Although he seems no more than a simple innkeeper, we know there's more to him than that--he has red hair for a start, and under Article Five of the Fantasy Literature Act of 1972 it is illegal to have a redhead in a fantasy novel who isn't Totally Special ([[Literature/HarryPotter Ron Weasley]] slipped through the net due to the Sidekick Exemption Clause)."''
-->-- '''Daniel Hemmens''', [[http://ferretbrain.com/articles/article-295 "Whistle Down the Wind"]]

%%* ''Film/RedSonja''.

%%* Danielle the archer, in ''TheFlightOfDragons''.
%%* The Mad Hatter in Creator/TimBurton's ''Film/AliceInWonderland''.
* All of Creator/JohnWayne's characters (because Wayne himself was a redhead in RealLife). Also true with Creator/ChuckNorris!!!
%%* ''Film/RunLolaRun'': Lola's hair is fiery red.
%%* Scarlet from ''Film/GIJoeTheRiseOfCobra''.
%%* Will Scarlet from ''Film/RobinHood2010''
%%* Tauriel from ''Film/TheHobbitTheDesolationOfSmaug'' and ''Film/TheHobbitTheBattleOfTheFiveArmies''.

->''"Although he seems no more than a simple innkeeper, we know there's more to him than that - he has red hair for a start, and under Article Five of the Fantasy Literature Act of 1972 it is illegal to have a redhead in a fantasy novel who isn't Totally Special ([[Literature/HarryPotter Ron Weasley]] slipped through the net due to the Sidekick Exemption Clause)."''

Compare HeroesWantRedheads. Contrast EvilRedhead, RedheadedBully, RedHeadedStepchild. Compare & contrast YouGottaHaveBlueHair.

* If that Comicbook/Gen13 one-off counts, ''ComicBook/TheAuthority's'' Midnighter - though you wouldn't know it, as (on the rare occasions he's seen without his mask) every artist gives him a different colour. WordOfGod says he just likes to dye it. Caitlin Fairchild of ''ComicBook/{{Gen13}}'' is a more consistent example of this, as well as being the resident SignificantGreenEyedRedhead.

* Several Creator/RobertAHeinlein protagonists - most notably, Lazarus Long (nee Woodrow Wilson Smith) (biggest role was in ''Literature/TimeEnoughForLove'', he did appear in later Heinlein works) and his mother, Maureen Johnson Smith (most prominent in ''Literature/ToSailBeyondTheSunset'', she plays a minor role in several earlier Heinlein novels). And many were redheaded ''twins''; ''Literature/TheRollingStones'', ''Time for the Stars'', Laz and Lor from ''Literature/TimeEnoughForLove''. Other adventurous or heroic redheads include Podkayne of Mars, one of his more popular Juvenile characters, "Slipstick" Libby, Hazel Stone, and a long list of others.

* Several from the ''Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse'', including four from the Skywalker family/bloodline alone: Mara Jade Skywalker (Luke's wife and the reason there's redheads in the bloodline at all - [[GreenEyes green-eyed]]), Ben Skywalker (her son and the kid in the former article image; this is {{lampshade|Hanging}}d at [[Literature/LegacyOfTheForce one point]] - blue-eyed), Kol Skywalker (her great-grandson - green-eyed, again), Tenel Ka (Jacen's wife and current ruler of Hapes), and Allana (Jacen and Tenel's daughter - [[GrayEyes gray-eyed]]).

* ''Literature/The39Clues'': Amy Cahill - although hers is more "reddish-brown".

** Turlough, at the beginning, had more than a touch of EvilRedhead before he decided to not kill the Doctor after all -- even if he had been tricked into agreeing to do it. (And with him it was actually enforced-John Nathan-Turner made the naturally blond Mark Strickson dye his hair so Turlough wouldn't be mistaken for the Doctor, played by the blond Peter Davison, in long shots).

* From the ''VideoGame/DawnOfWar'' series - Farseer Macha in the original and Taldeer in ''Winter Assault'' (although hers is red rather than auburn). After that, long hair seemed to go out of fashion, so you can't tell for the helmets, but the trope makes a return in ''Dawn of War II'' where the Eldar farseers, again, have red hair. [[CrapsackWorld As much as]] [[EvilVersusEvil anyone]] [[CrapsackWorld in Warhammer 40k]] [[VillainProtagonist can be considered]] [[BlackAndGrayMorality a hero, anyway]].

** Rinko, the heroine of the first season, has unnatural red hair.

** Anna from ''Disney/{{Frozen}}''.