History RedOniBlueOni / LiveActionTv

* In ''[[{{Battlestar Galactica Classic}} Battlestar Galactica]]'', Apollo is blue and Starbuck is red. Boomer can be the blue to Starbuck's red as well.

** Their father Dan is the {{Jerkass}} red while their CoolUncle Keith is the obvious blue.

** And, in flashbacks, Lilly and Veronica. Lilly was the brash, wild one (red), whereas Veronica was sweet and demure (blue) ([[BreakTheCutie things changed]]).

* In ''[[{{Battlestar Galactica Classic}} Battlestar Galactica]]'', Apollo is blue and Starbuck is red.

** The two Jays are a [[IncrediblyLamePun straighter]] example. J. Alexander (Miss Jay) is the FunPersonified EccentricMentor while Jay Manuel (Mister Jay) is the more serious and level-headed one.

* In ''{{Starsky and Hutch}}'', the street-smart Starsky (red) and the book-smart Hutch (blue).

* In ''{{Starsky and Hutch}}'', the street-wise Starsky (red) and by-the-book Hutch (blue).

* In ''{{Stasky and Hutch}}'', Starsky is usually the red to Hutch's blue.

* In ''Series/BattlestarGalacticaClassic'', Apollo is blue and Starbuck is red.

** ''KamenRiderRyuki'' has two main heroes: Kido Shinji (Ryuki), who is [[DumbIsGood impulsive and idealistic]], and Akiyama Ren (Knight), who is [[TheStoic stoic]], [[{{Badass}} cool]] and sometimes dangerously close to JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope. Ryuki's armour is red; Knight's armour is normally black, but later in the series he acquires a powerup that turns him blue so that [[ColorCodedForYourConvenience the colours fit the trope]].

** ''KamenRiderBlade'' has Blade as the Red Oni (And TheHero) and Garren as the Blue Oni (And TheLancer). Played with in that their main colors are the opposite of their personality (Blade, the Red Oni, is mostly blue in color, while Garren, the Blue Oni, is mostly red.)

** ''KamenRiderDecade'' has Tsukasa/Decade and Daiki/[=DiEnd=], although Tsukasa is normally more blue in personality... until Daiki shows up. Their suits mostly match their roles, although Decade is [[RealMenWearPink magenta, not red]].

*** Kamen Riders: Eiji / OOO and Goto / Birth [[spoiler:(2nd)]].

** ''Series/KamenRiderFourze'' has Gentaro, the loud, excitable, dim wit Red Oni, and Kengo, the quiet, stoic, intelligent Blue Oni.
*** And again with Gentaro/Kamen Rider Fourze, the loud, excitable dim wit Red Oni and Ryuusei/Kamen Rider Meteor the quite, stoic, intelligent, and sarcastic Blue Oni.
* Although Justin and Alex, from ''{{Wizards of Waverly Place}}'', are both sarcastic and, to an extent, {{Deadpan Snarker}}s, they have really different personalities. While Alex is witty, prankish and lazy, never taking anything seriously (represented by red), her older brother, Justin, is responsible, much more mature, studious and collected (represented by blue).

* Jack O'Neill and Dr Daniel Jackson from ''{{Series/Stargate SG-1}}'' could fit into this trope as many of the earlier episodes conflict came from O'Neill's emotional pragmatism conflicting with Daniel's intellectual desire to study and understand various things. Interestingly, this is often reversed in later seasons - Jack descends into rational, Black-Ops mindset as Daniel plays up his I-empathize-with-everyone side.

** [[TheCaptain Mal]] and [[TheMedic Simon]] are set up at the start to look like Red Oni and Blue Oni, Simon's even set up to look like a villainous Blue Oni. Then the truth is revealed and from that point on, it's very clear that while they superficially look like an ideal RedOniBlueOni example, they're actually a case of NotSoDifferent, as Simon is every bit as passionate and willing to break the rules and law as Mal. As it turns out, [[HiddenDepths he's even got a better talent for crime than Mal]] - at least when it's involving a subject he's familiar with.
** Jayne and Simon have an equally interesting dynamic. Their RedOniBlueOni relationship is deliberately used to play them against each other in almost every scene they share. However, who is Red and Blue actually changes depending on the situation. For all of Jayne's [[HotBlooded hot-headed]] uncultured nature, he's also a very level-headed, CombatPragmatist with sometimes surprisingly accurate assessments of people and situations. This is often used to compare and contrast with Simon's cultured intellectualism that only superficially masks his deeper passion and idealism.
** In a similar sense to Simon and Jayne, Jayne's pragmatism is sometimes used to play villainous Blue Oni against Mal's heroic Red, especially with regards to the issue of keeping Simon and River on [[CoolStarship the boat]]. No-one can deny the sheer logic of Jayne's attitude, but Mal's far too compassionate be swayed by it.

* This trope fits very well with ''{{Series/Lost}}''. Jack - though a doctor, which is very blue in nature - is a very passionate, people-oriented, and frequently rebellious leader. Locke, on the other hand, is more preoccupied with spiritual matters, such as destiny and purpose, as well as more learned in a greater variety of fields. Interestingly enough, though Locke has also frequently shown signs of the blue oni villain through his coldness towards others, Jack's ruthlessness is far more potent, as depicted when [[spoiler: Locke cannot bring himself to shoot Jack in order to stop him talking to the freighter people, but Jack is fully willing to shoot Locke when the two next encounter each other.]]

* Peter and Nathan Petrelli from ''Series/{{Heroes}}'' Nathan takes the role of the AloofBigBrother while Peter is the younger, emotional, and unfortunately for many an IdiotHero. Also, Peter and Sylar, according to how their powers work (Peter's is empathy, Sylar's is intuitive aptitude). However in Season 3, [[spoiler:Peter absorbs Sylar's ability, making him have the ''hunger'', and Sylar has had Peter's ability all along]]. Also deconstructed in a future episode, where Peter summons fire while Sylar summons ice. It makes even more sense since [[spoiler:Peter and Sylar are revealed to be brothers.]]
** Except, [[spoiler: it's later revealed that was [[AssPull just a lie]] and they are in fact not brothers]].
** Also if you compare the heroes with their future selves, who are all apparently ''{{Badass}}''. [[spoiler:It's inverted in the case of ''Sylar'', where he moved into Claire's home, calls himself Gabriel(his real name) and is much nicer than his present self. He even has a ''son'', named ''Noah''.]]
** Inverted in the case of the siblings [[spoiler:Meredith and Flint]]. Meredith has the red fire, but she is much more calmer and level-headed than her younger brother, who's about as bright as a flea but has the blue fire. However, since Meredith is on the side of good, she possesses a genuine warm (pardon the joke) and caring personality for her family while her brother is ruthless and even killed a woman with his powers.
** Also, in an early first-season episode, Mohinder and Sylar are speaking about Mohinder's father (who was actually murdered by Sylar, unknown to Mohinder). At first both are lit by a blue-green light, but when the murder comes up, Sylar turns away from Mohinder and smirks, and his face is lit in a red light. Mohinder's still in the blue light.

** Felicia "Snoop" Pearson and Chris Partlow, the enforcers for up-and-coming drug dealer Marlo Stanfield in Season Three also form this dynamic. However, the one time Chris truly loses it, even Snoop is amazed.
* Jed Bartlet (red) and Leo [=McGarry=] (blue) from ''TheWestWing'' fit this trope to a tee -- in fact, a good portion of Leo's ''job'' is to act as Bartlet's cool-headed, hard-nosed, deep-thinking Blue Oni counterpart, pulling the passionate, sensitive, deeply moral and idealistic President back from the brink with logical arguments when he gets too angry, vengeful, excited, righteous, irrational, or quixotic.
* [[TheSpock Spock]] (fittingly costumed in blue) is a classic blue oni on ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''; on the occasions when they're not all chumming it up as a PowerTrio, [[TheKirk Kirk]] and [[TheMcCoy McCoy]] each often serve as red oni to his blue, depending on who's playing off whom at the moment. Red and blue aren't specifically used as contrast colors for them--[=McCoy=] wears blue as well--but their red human blood and his "cooler"-colored green Vulcan blood are often contrasted.
** According to Shatner's autobiography, one problem they had with the original pilot, The Cage, is that Captain Pike and Mr. Spock were both too similar. If you were going to have an unemotional Mr. Spock, then the captain needed to be very emotional so that they could play off of each other, and that's how Shatner played him. Also, the show originally was meant to be Kirk and Spock, and the [=Kirk/Spock/McCoy=] trio developed on its own. (Note that only Shatner and Nimoy have "I get what he gets" clauses in their contracts.)
** Also, the show buys into this trope in a more general way: science and medical personnel, the knowledge-oriented "brains" of the outfit, wear blue, while operations, security and engineering, the action-oriented "brawn," wear red.
*** WilliamShatner and LeonardNimoy themselves are RedOniBlueOni. While William Shatner... won't...hesitate...[[LargeHam tochewupthescenery]]...and...MAKE HIS PERFORMANCE LARGER THAN...[[SayMyName LIIIIIIIIIIIIFE]], LeonardNimoy focuses on portraying the complexities of a more nuanced character.

** In a more general sense, the Federation (blue) and the Klingons (red) fit this pretty well in the 24th century, including the color scheme (for instance, the graphics used for their transporters, and their emblems).

** Jadzia is the [[ColorCodedForYourConvenience blue oni]] in her friendship with Kira- Jadzia often being more level-headed and relaxed, while Kira is.... [[FieryRedHead Kira]] .

* ''Series/PrisonBreak'''s protagonists, brothers Lincoln Burrows (red) and Michael Scofield (blue), fill this trope to a T.

* ''Series/BlakesSeven'' has two pairs of these, one on each side, for the first two seasons: red oni Roj Blake, passionate freedom fighter, frequently reckless, and his {{Lancer}}, blue oni Kerr Avon, coldblooded "what's in it for me?" tech, versus blue oni Servalan, primary power of the evil Republic, and her revenge-obsessed red oni general Travis.

* The Casablancas brothers on ''VeronicaMars''. Dick is stupid, impulsive, never thinks things through, loud, and sex-obsessed. Beaver is intelligent, quiet, reserved, [[spoiler:manipulative, secretive and completely ruthless]].

** And, in flashback, Lilly and Veronica. Lilly was the brash, wild one (red), whereas Veronica was sweet and demure (blue) ([[BreakTheCutie things changed]]).
* "The Persuaders!" an English crime series, has two main characters: the aristocratic Brett Sinclair (Blue) who is cultured, clever charming and has a dry British humor, and Danny Wilde, a self-made American rich (red), who is hotheaded, uncultured, and very enthusiastic.
* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' and ''{{Series/Angel}}'' both have this with the vampires Spike and Angel. The former being Red, the latter being the blue. Especially in Season Five of ''Angel''.
** Also Buffy and Kendra. Then Faith and Buffy. And maybe Willow and Tara in season six.
* A nice example in ''Series/HomicideLifeOnTheStreet'' with the duo Bayliss/Pembleton. Bayliss is a somewhat {{Emo}} young man who is tragically unable to keep emotionally distant from his job and is given to outbursts of violence, but is also caring and sensitive. Pembleton is an older, smarter, educated, cold and occasionally smug professional.
* At the end of the pilot of ''{{Series/Leverage}}'' you see a group shot in which the two most hot-headed and aggressive of the crew (Nate and Eliot) have on red ties, and the two most calm and collected members of the team (Sophie and Hardison) are wearing blue. Of course Parker, being the [[HeroicComedicSociopath resident sociopath]], has no color scheme.

** Except as CharacterDevelopment marches on, they switch places: Sam is revealed to be much more hotheaded and reckless, and Dean revealed to be more of a stoic. It's most obvious when you compare [[FiveStagesOfGrief their reactions]] to [[spoiler:each other dying.]] Dean cries perfect single ManlyTears and [[spoiler:[[TalkingToTheDead asks Sam what he's supposed to do now]].]] Both times Sam is faced with[[spoiler:Dean's death (in "Mystery Spot" and during the four months before Dean was resurrected]], he cries first but soon after sets about [[{{Revenge}} avenging him]].

* On ''Series/TwentyFour'', Jack Bauer and Tony Almeida play these roles to each other - with Jack the RabidCop red oni and Tony the (relatively) controlled, businesslike blue oni.

* The main stars of ''Series/MythBusters'' Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman. Both do the same job, but Adam does it flying by the seat of his pants, laughing and exclaiming over every explosion or test result, while Jamie coolly looks on. When one myth required them to use a remote control airplane to test the myth, co-star Grant talked about the differences in personality.

* ''TheVampireDiaries'' has a rather unusual example with the brothers Stefan and Damon, with the younger brother Stefan playing a heroic Blue to his older brother's Red. Damon is impulsive and passionate, and tends to flip between anti-hero and villain on a whim, while Stefan is usually measured and controlled.

* ''BlueBloods'': Henry and Danny are red onis Frank, Erin and Jamie are blue
* ''Series/{{Babylon 5}}'' : Delenn is a Blue Oni. Londo is bluer then G'kar but less blue then Delenn. G'kar is red. Sheridan is very blue.
** Ivanova is an uptight and militaristic officer who is usually blue but she often seems to have a bit of redness buried deep inside. Marcus Cole might go either way but his devotion to an order of WarriorMonk s is more blueish. Garibaldi has more then a bit of redness, surprisingly for a security officer. Franklin is definitely blue.

* In ''Series/BattlestarGalacticaClassic'' Apollo is blue and Starbuck is red.

** Also his sister Deb might qualify as red.

* {{Series/Frasier}} (red) and his younger brother Niles (blue). Note that this does not mean Niles is any less neurotic or eccentric than Frasier, just that he has a far milder temper, their demeanors fit the mold (Frasier's brand of conceited pompousness is overbearing and HotBlooded while Niles' is fussy and sharp-tongued) and is more down-to-earth by comparison whenever Frasier gets caught up in his ridiculously over-emotional trains of thought, irrational schemes and obsessions, and explosions of anger or vengeance.

* On ''GilmoreGirls'' there's the pro/con list making Rory and the frustrated Paris.

* Jack O'Neill and Dr Daniel Jackson from ''{{Series/Stargate SG-1}}'' could fit into this trope as many of the earlier episodes conflict came from O'Neill's emotional pragmatism conflicting with Daniels intellectual desire to study and understand various things. Interestingly, this is often reversed in later seasons - Jack descends into rational, Black-Ops mindset as Daniel plays up his I-empathize-with-everyone side.

* Jack O'Neill and Dr Daniel Jackson from ''{{Series/Stargate SG-1}}'' could fit into this trope as many of the earlier episodes conflict came from O'Neill's emotional pragmatism conflicting with Daniels intellectual desire to study and understand various things.

** ''KamenRiderFourze'' has Gentaro, the loud, excitable, dim wit Red Oni, and Kengo, the quiet, stoic, intelligent Blue Oni.

*** Western adaptation ''KamenRiderDragonKnight'' also qualifies, though Kit Taylor (Dragon Knight) isn't as HotBlooded or impusive as most Red Oni; he really only looks a little that way when compared to Len (Wing Knight).
** ''KamenRiderBlade'' has Blade as the Red Oni (And TheHero) and Garren as the Blue Oni (And TheLancer). Played with in that their main colors are the opposite of their personalit (Blade, the Red Oni, is mostly blue in color, while Garren, the Blue Oni, is mostly red.)

** Speaking of ''PowerRangers'', the original series (''MightyMorphinPowerRangers'') fit the trope to an extent - the Red Ranger was the confident, extremely physical leader of the band while the Blue Ranger was the intellectual brainiac of the bunch. The other three members (the Pink/Girl, Yellow/Asian and Black/Afro-American Rangers) probably fall under UnfortunateImplications...
** Whenever the ''Power Rangers'' writers get lazy and make the Rangers {{Expies}} of ''Sentai'', the theme shows up more. Often ''Sentai'' will have the HotBlooded Red who lives by DontThinkFeel and the calm expert Blue. ''PowerRangers'' tones down the loud screaminess of the Reds but falls back on RookieRedRanger to the point that the dynamic is the same: a Red who's ''winging it'' and an expert Blue, who's actually more likely to be annoyed with Red than in ''Sentai''. It's worse when the Rookie Red is given formal authority. (See, it's known that Red is "always" the leader, but half the time, "Leader" seems to mean "Red stands in the center for the SuperSentaiStance because it's habit." Nobody ever actually said [[PowerRangersLostGalaxy Leo]] or [[PowerRangersOperationOverdrive Mack]] were in charge of anything; but in ''SPD'' and ''Wild Force'', that's ''not'' the case, and the guy who doesn't know what he's doing outranking the one who does is a way to keep the friction going for quite some time.)
* Jack O'Neill and Dr Daniel Jackson from ''{{Stargate SG-1}}'' could fit into this trope as many of the earlier episodes conflict came from O'Neill's emotional pragmatism conflicting with Daniels intellectual desire to study and understand various things.
** Ronon and Teal'c have this kind of relationship in the ''StargateAtlantis'' episode "Midway". Ronon being the aggressive and wild Red Oni and Teal'c being the calm and cultured Blue Oni. And both being TheBigGuy of their respective show.

* In a recent episode of JudgeJudy, a calm woman with dyed-blue hair sued an angry woman with dyed-red hair.

** [[TheCaptain Mal]] and [[TheMedic Simon]] are set up at the start to look like Red Oni and Blue Oni, Simon's even set up to look like a villainous Blue Oni. Then the truth is revealed and from that point on, it's very clear that while they superifically look like an ideal RedOniBlueOni example, they're actually a case of NotSoDifferent, as Simon is every bit as passionate and willing to break the rules and law as Mal. As it turns out, [[HiddenDepths he's even got a better talent for crime than Mal]] - at least when it's involving a subject he's familiar with.
** Jayne and Simon have an equally interesting dynamic. Their RedOniBlueOni relationship is deliberately used to play them against each other in almost every scene they share. However, who is Red and Blue actually changes depending on the situation. For all of Jayne's [[{{HotBlooded}} hot-headed]] uncultured nature, he's also a very level-headed, CombatPragmatist with sometimes surprisingly accurate assessments of people and situations. This is often used to compare and contrast with Simon's cultured intellectualism that only superficially masks his deeper passion and idealism.

* This trope fits very well with ''{{Lost}}''. Jack - though a doctor, which is very blue in nature - is a very passionate, people-oriented, and frequently rebellious leader. Locke, on the other hand, is more preoccupied with spiritual matters, such as destiny and purpose, as well as more learned in a greater variety of fields. Interestingly enough, though Locke has also frequently shown signs of the blue oni villain through his coldness towards others, Jack's ruthlessness is far more potent, as depicted when [[spoiler: Locke cannot bring himself to shoot Jack in order to stop him talking to the freighter people, but Jack is fully willing to shoot Locke when the two next encounter each other.]]

* Peter and Nathan Petrelli from ''Series/{{Heroes}}'' Nathan takes the role of the AloofBigBrother while Peter is the younger, emotional, and unfortunately for many an IdiotHero. Also, Peter and Sylar, according to how their powers work(Peter's is empathy, Sylar's is intuitive aptitude). However in Season 3, [[spoiler:Peter absorbs Sylar's ability, making him have the ''hunger'', and Sylar has had Peter's ability all along]]. Also deconstructed in a future episode, where Peter summons fire while Sylar summons ice. It makes even more sense since [[spoiler:Peter and Sylar are revealed to be brothers.]]

* [[TheSpock Spock]] (fittingly costumed in blue) is a classic blue oni on ''StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''; on the occasions when they're not all chumming it up as a PowerTrio, [[TheKirk Kirk]] and [[TheMcCoy McCoy]] each often serve as red oni to his blue, depending on who's playing off whom at the moment. Red and blue aren't specifically used as contrast colors for them--[=McCoy=] wears blue as well--but their red human blood and his "cooler"-colored green Vulcan blood are often contrasted.

*** WilliamShatner and LeonardNimoy themselves are RedOniBlueOni. While William Shatner... won't...hesitate...[[LargeHam tochewupthescenery]]...and...MAKE HIS PERFORMANCE LARGER THAN...[[TheKhan LIIIIIIIIIIIIFE]], LeonardNimoy focuses on portraying the complexities of a more nuanced character.

** In StarTrekDeepSpaceNine, we have the rival temporal beings the Prophets (very cold in their interactions, theme color blue, basically "good" if kind of confusing about it) and the Pah-Wraiths ([[EvilIsHammy subtle about nothing]], spewing red flames all over the place, unmistakably evil).

* ''PrisonBreak'''s protagonists, brothers Lincoln Burrows (red) and Michael Scofield (blue), fill this trope to a T.
* While not on the same shows (or even the same channel), [[DuelingMovies "dueling"]] pastry chefs Buddy (''CakeBoss'') and Duff (''{{Ace of Cakes}}'') have opposite personalities: Buddy is extremely HotBlooded while Duff is considerably more relaxed; this extends to their surroundings: Buddy's bakery is a neighborhood institution and is mostly staffed with his family (including his [[CoolBigSis four older sisters]]) while Duff only does specialty cakes and is surrounded by his friends.
** The promos for both of these shows does the same. The promos for ''CakeBoss'' are usually with a warm reddish background, with the famous red TLC logo. In contrast, most of the promos for ''{{Ace of Cakes}}'' are done in shades of blue and even color the Food Network logo blue.

** Also, Logan and Duncan. Duncan (blue) is reserved and somewhat emotonally restricted, whereas Logan (red) is pretty much the dictionary definitiopn of HotBlooded.

* ''{{Buffy the Vampire Slayer}}'' and ''{{Angel}}'' both have this with the vampires Spike and Angel. The former being Red, the latter being the blue. Especially in Season Five of ''Angel''.

* A nice example in ''{{Homicide Life on the Street}}'' with the duo Bayliss/Pembleton. Bayliss is a somewhat {{Emo}} young man who is tragically unable to keep emotionally distant from his job and is given to outbursts of violence, but is also caring and sensitive. Pembleton is an older, smarter, educated, cold and occasionally smug professional.
* At the end of the pilot of ''{{Leverage}}'' you see a group shot in which the two most hot-headed and aggressive of the crew (Nate and Eliot) have on red ties, and the two most calm and collected members of the team (Sophie and Hardison) are wearing blue. Of course Parker, being the [[HeroicComedicSociopath resident sociopath]], has no color scheme.
* Dean and Sam from ''{{Supernatural}}'' are red and blue, respectively, especially during the first season.

* ''SaturdayNightLive'' gave us loud, cocky Wayne Campbell (red) and shy, nerdy Garth Algar (blue).
* In ''UnnaturalHistory'', there'sthe adventurous, bold Henry Griffin (red) and his level headed, stick to the status quo cousin Jasper (blue).
* On ''[[TwentyFour 24]]'', Jack Bauer and Tony Almeida play these roles to each other - with Jack the RabidCop red oni and Tony the (relatively) controlled, businesslike blue oni.

* TheMightyBoosh: Many characters pair off and start redding and bluing it up, especially anyone in a conversation with Naboo, the show's resident Blue Oni. Howard and Vince often play with the red and blue chemistry, but they're more like a couple of purples putting up a front.
* [[HairTriggerTemper Fiona]] and [[TheChessmaster Michael]] have been this since the very start in ''BurnNotice''. Now that [[SixthRanger Jes]][[HotBlooded sie]] has been added to the team, (who is both a male Red Oni and also a spy like Michael) it brings up all sorts of interesting chemistry, not to mention the vastly different approaches that Jessie and Michael bring to their job.
* The main stars of ''{{Mythbusters}}'' Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman. Both do the same job, but Adam does it flying by the seat of his pants, laughing and exclaiming over every explosion or test result, while Jamie coolly looks on. When one myth required them to use a remote control airplane to test the myth, co-star Grant talked about the differences in personality.

* {{Series/Merlin}} and Arthur with the quieter, more sensitive Merlin usually in darker, earthier colors while Arthur usually wears brighter, flashier clothing. Somewhat [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] as Arthur is a prince and would wear fancier clothing.

* ''Babylon5'' : Delenn is a Blue Oni. Londo is bluer then G'kar but less blue then Delenn. G'kar is red. Sheridan is very blue.

*** The Shadows are red and the Vorlons are blue. Minbari are blue, humans and centauri are in between and Narns are red.
* In BattlestarGallacticaClassic Apollo is blue and Starbuck is red.

* In BBC's ''{{Sherlock}}'', Sherlock Holmes is the intelligent, aloof Blue Oni to John Watson's more emotional Red Oni.
* ''Seies/{{Torchwood}}'' currently has emotional, impulsive Gwen Cooper and cool, almost perpetually blasé Captain Jack Harkness. In past seasons, hotheaded, profane Owen Harper and reserved, polite Ianto Jones played Red and Blue respectively when interacting with pretty much ''anyone'' else.
* {{Frasier}} (red) and his younger brother Niles (blue). Note that this does not mean Niles is any less neurotic or eccentric than Frasier, just that he has a far milder temper, their demeanors fit the mold (Frasier's brand of conceited pompousness is overbearing and HotBlooded while Niles' is fussy and sharp-tongued) and is more down-to-earth by comparison whenever Frasier gets caught up in his ridiculously over-emotional trains of thought, irrational schemes and obsessions, and explosions of anger or vengeance.

* ''TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir'' has [[TheDanza Will Smith]] and [[BlackAndNerdy Carlton Banks]].
* Of GilmoreGirls there's the pro/con list making Rory and the frustrated Paris.
* AmericasNextTopModel, full stop. At least one model per cycle borders on absolute Red; at least one other borders on absolute Blue; and everyone else falls in between, depending on whom they're compared to.

* AmericasNextTopModel, full stop. At least one model per cycle is the Red; at least one is the Blue; and at least two are both, depending on whom they're compared to.
** The two Jays are a [[IncrediblyLamePun straighter]] example. J. Alexander is the FunPersonified EccentricMentor while Jay Manuel is the more serious and level-headed one.

*** And again with Gentaro/Kamen Rider Fourze, the loud, excitable dim wit Red Oni and Ryuusei/Kamen Rider Meteor the quite, stoic, intelligent, and sarcastic BlueOni

** The two Jays are a [[IncrediblyLamePun straighter]] example. J. Alexander is the FunPersonified EccentricMentor while Jay Manuel is more serious and level-headed one.

* AmericasNextTopModel, full stop. At least one model per cycle is the Red; at least one is the Blue; and at least two are both, depending on whom they're compared to.

* At the end of the pilot of ''{{Leverage}}'' you see a group shot in which the two most hot-headed and aggressive of the crew (Nate and Eliot) have on red ties, and the two most calm and collected members of the team (Sophie and Hardison) are wearing blue. Of course Parker, being the [[HeroicSociopath resident sociopath]], has no color scheme.

* Of GilmoreGirls there's the pro/con list making Rory and the frustrated Paris.

*** Unusual in that Rodney is usually smarter than his Blue Oni, which makes up for his often-times unscientific professionalism. When he plays opposite Samantha Carter, who is the only scientist in the SGC that he accepts as being better than him, McKay plays a bit more traditional Red Oni.

** Rodney McKay is Red Oni to almost any other scientist that appears on the show, notably Zelenka, Beckett, and [[spoiler: Beckett's replacement and [=McKay=]'s love interest, Dr. Keller.]]

** Rodney is Red Oni to almost any other scientist that appears on the show, notably Zelenka, Beckett, and [[spoiler: Beckett's replacement and [=McKay=]'s love interest, Dr. Keller.]]

* ''TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir'' has [[TheDanza Will Smith]] and [[BlackAndNerdy Carlton Banks]].