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14	Nintendo seems to love this trope with [[{{Pun}} a burning passion]].
15	* ''Franchise/FireEmblem'':
16	** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade'': The FinalBoss is a furious [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Fire Dragon]]. While it may lack hair due to being a hairless reptile, its [[RedIsViolent blood-red scales]] and [[RedEyesTakeWarning eyes]] lend itself perfectly for bringing the intimidation factor alongside bellowing [[RoarBeforeBeating ear-splitting roars right before]] it turns whoever is in its way into nothing more than a [[KillItWithFire smoldering wreck on the ground]]. That's before you take into account that its brethren were killed, [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge and it has decided to burn the whole damn continent it's standing on to the ground]].
17	** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemPathOfRadiance'' and ''VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn'': Instead of having attractive looks as many examples before, Oliver is unique in that he is [[BigFun morbidly obese]], balding and [[FashionVictimVillain offensively overdressed]]. He can be quite [[AxCrazy zealous]] and [[BewareTheSillyOnes extreme]] when protecting things he deems as beautiful and desirable. What's more, on top of being ''really'' powerful, putting the "sinister" in SinisterMinister, and having lost his DirtyCoward traits in favor of being NotAfraidToDie, this guy has the '''[[TheFightingNarcissist audacity to believe that he is the most beautiful man in the world!]]'''
18	** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'': Sully, the redheaded ActionGirl from Chrom's Shepherds group. This can be potentially played straight by either Owain, Cynthia, or [[{{Tsundere}} Severa]] [[spoiler: from the KidFromTheFuture team]] too, but only if [[spoiler: either of them is fathered by a redheaded man; i.e, Gaius or a red-haired male Avatar.]] Averted by [[BadassBookworm Miriel or Laurent]], however.
19	** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'':
20	*** The HighlyVisibleNinja Saizo's red hair goes perfectly with his HotBlooded personality, and the aforementioned Severa's {{expy}} Selena [[spoiler: (who actually ''is'' Severa, under a disguise)]].
21	*** Hayato, diviner of the Wind Tribe, is an InsufferableGenius and ChildProdigy who acts [[TheStoic stoic]] and detached in an [[AdorablyPrecociousChild attempt to seem mature]], but he's got a highly [[SpiritedCompetitor competitive side]] in which he's much more energetic and excitable.
22	** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemWarriorsThreeHopes'': Monica has bright red hair and is a very passionate and devoted general of the Adrestian Empire. Compared to her more stoic fellow vassal and {{foil}} Hubert, she gets angry whenever anything threatens their liege, Emperor Edelgard. At one point during the Scarlet Blaze campaign, Hubert warns Monica not to get so "flush with rage" that she makes a critical error during battle.
23	* ''VideoGame/KirbyStarAllies'': Taken both figuratively and [[PlayingWithFire very, VERY literally]] with Flamberge. Every time the heroes encounter her, she is already beyond ready to fight and [[ScreamingWarrior is quite prone to raising her voice]].
24	* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'':
25	** [[BigBad Ganondorf]] appears more calm and collected compared to other examples, but he's still prone to outbursts when he faces defeat, as shown in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess Twilight Princess]]''.
26	** ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess Twilight Princess]]'':
27	*** [[TheImp Midna]] has red hair and is quite hotheaded. She can also be kinda a JerkWithAHeartOfGold sometimes.
28	*** At first, [[EvilSorcerer Zant]] looks like a collected antagonist, but once you reach his throne and he takes his helmet off (revealing red hair at the extremity of his balaclava), he goes through a SanitySlippage, and his boss fight is as much a [[FinalExamBoss megamix of the previous boss fights]] as it is [[ConfusionFu a festival of crazy moves]] [[CreepyHighPitchedVoice and loud noises from the usurper]]. At the end of the fight, Midna tells Zant in his face that his unstable temper is the exact reason he was refused the throne in the first place (a flashback prior to the fight also reveals that after this refusal, he was crying [[PsychopathicManchild like a child who was denied a present]]).
29	* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'':
30	** The [[MakingASplash Water-type]] Gym-leader Misty from ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue'' has shades of this in ''VideoGame/PokemonHeartGoldAndSoulSilver'', where after you reach her in her gym, she yells at your character after they ruined her date on Route 25.
31	** ''VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire'': Flannery, pictured above, is a [[PlayingWithFire Fire-type]] Gym Leader and lets know her passion for fighting. This is especially prominent in ''VideoGame/PokemonOmegaRubyAndAlphaSapphire'', where her text is accompanied with funny moves.
32	** ''VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl'':
33	*** Mars, one of the Team Galactic admins, has bright red hair and a short temper.
34	*** Elite Four member Flint, a Fire specialist with a [[AfroAsskicker puffy red afro]], also has a similarly fiery attitude.
35	** ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'': Darmanitan, an absolutely ''berserk''-looking daruma doll gorilla, is covered in red fur. A literal example too, as it's a [[PlayingWithFire Fire]]-type.
36	** ''VideoGame/PokemonConquest'': Kai, who has ''literal'' fiery red hair. Not in the FlamingHair sense; this woman's hair ''shapes'' like flames when she gets angry and looks like an explosion when she gets shocked. Fittingly, her Perfect Link is Darmanitan, a Fire-type.
37	** ''VideoGame/PokemonLegendsArceus'': [[AmazonianBeauty Security Corps Captain]] Zisu is a red-haired, HotBlooded [[ActionGirl martial artist]] who acts as a Move Tutor, and psyches herself and your team up with a roar whenever you enlist her services. She's also [[AmbiguouslyRelated heavily implied to be]] the ancestor of Flint.
38	* ''VideoGame/PunchOut'': The auburn-haired, militant steel machine, Von Kaiser.
39	* ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'':
40	** [[Characters/SuperMarioBrosBowser Bowser]], [[BigBad King of the Koopas]], has red hair (which coincidentally look like flames) and is known as much for [[PlayingWithFire his fire powers]] as for [[BoisterousBruiser his explosive temperament]].
41	** [[Characters/SuperMarioBrosBowserJr Bowser Jr]] (who looks like [[OverlordJr a mini version of Bowser]]) has nothing to envy to his father in this department, as he is also prone to rage when he faces defeat.
42	** A more benign example is the auburn haired [[TomboyPrincess Princess Daisy]] (who only appears in sports and party games after ''VideoGame/SuperMarioLand'', at least up until ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBrosWonder'') who [[PassionateSportsGirl takes every competition with extreme passion]] and [[CuteButCacophonic lets everybody know about it]].
43	* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'': The redheaded Roy acts rather HotBlooded, though he's [[WiseBeyondHisYears quite]] [[GuileHero different]] in canon, [[http://www.sourcegaming.info/2015/12/13/sakurai-fe25/ because]] ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosMelee'' was [[EarlyBirdCameo released before his canon debut]], ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBindingBlade The Binding Blade]]'', and Creator/MasahiroSakurai based his personality only on his visual design.
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47	* ''VideoGame/{{Arknights}}'': Sniper operator Fiammetta is this trope both figuratively and literally - she's a phoenix-themed Liberi with bright red hair, wields powerful pyrokinetic Originium Arts for her weapons, and has a HairTriggerTemper that gets set off at the slightest provocation.
48	* ''Franchise/BlazBlue'': Tsubaki is a rare example of this trope being {{Double Subver\|sion}}ted. She's a redhead, but for all of the first game (where she was an NPC), she was a studious, level-headed, rather pleasant YamatoNadeshiko. Where the double subversion kicks in is when she is introduced as a playable character with her own story in the second game: she's actually a deeply wounded ClingyJealousGirl to her love-interest Jin. [[spoiler:It goes so far that not only does she become a vengeful, screaming maniac whenever someone gets too close to him, she actually tries to murder her friend Noel after BigBad Hazama convinces her that Noel stole away her chance to be with him, and she performs a FaceHeelTurn. Fortunately, Tsubaki ''can't'' bring herself to kill Noel, and later both Noel and Makoto can bring her back to the side of good.]]
49	* ''VideoGame/BodyBlows'': Danny is a redheaded {{Delinquent\|s}} from Boston who puts his anger to good use in battle against various other street fighters, martial artists, robots, and aliens. For that matter he, to quote his character profile from the first game, "has learnt to control rage to [[KamehameHadoken produce bolts of pure aggression]]."
50	* ''VideoGame/DarkChronicle'': Monica Raybrandt. Even though the game's point of view is centered on Max, she's the leader in the team and has a... unique sense of humor, especially where Firbits are concerned.
51	* ''VideoGame/DarkParables'': In the seventh installment, the Fairy Tale Detective meets Literature/{{Rapunzel}}'s betrothed, Prince Ross. He's a red-haired, red-eyed {{Hunk}} who wields both a FlamingSword and ElementalPowers of fire, and he's rather intense and comes across as more than a little angry. He's an extremely good person, however, and he loves Rapunzel devotedly.
52	* ''VideoGame/Disgaea2CursedMemories'': What Adell lacks in gender, he makes up in ridiculous levels of fieriness -- both [[HotBlooded figuratively]] and [[PlayingWithFire literally]].
53	* ''VideoGame/DontStarve'': Wigfrid is a redheaded actress LostInCharacter as a [[BloodKnight battle-hungry Valkyrie]], with the personality this implies.
54	* ''Franchise/DragonAge'':
55	** ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'': At first glance, this trope is averted, as the pious "good girl" Leliana is a redhead and the "bad girl" Morrigan is a brunette. However, Morrigan is a frosty kind of dark -- sexual but not emotional; whereas Leliana is a former seductress-assassin and potentially an affectionate romance option for the player's character (whether male or female).
56	*** If Leliana becomes "hardened" due to her personal quest, she plays this trope perfectly straight from then on.
57	*** And Oghren plays the trope straight into your face from the moment you meet him. His personality alone deserves its own slot in the party selection.
58	%%** ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'': Aveline also seems to be one, and various redheaded [=NPCs=] play it straight, subvert it, etc.%%ZCE, examples aren't ambiguous.
59	* ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'':
60	** ''VideoGame/DragonQuestII'': The red-haired Prince of Cannock is rather bold and hot-headed. Bonus points for being the only party member who learns Fire spells.
61	** ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIV'': Alena is princess who would sooner punch her problems away than act like the stereotypical princess her father wants her to be.
62	%%** ''VideoGame/DragonQuestVI'': Ashlynn [[BlackMagicianGirl specializes in offensive magic]] and thus is also fiery.
63	** ''VideoGame/DragonQuestVIII'': [[BlackMagicianGirl Jessica]] is a classic [[{{Tsundere}} Tsunde-redhead]] with the [[GirlishPigtails pigtails to match]]. She's also the games' richest [[{{Stripperific}} source]] of Grade-A [[MsFanservice fanservice]].
64	* ''VideoGame/{{Dune}}'': House Harkonnen. While this trope may not be entirely noticeable in ''VideoGame/DuneII'' and ''Dune 2000'', this is very prevalent in ''VideoGame/EmperorBattleForDune''. Several of the Harkonnen people notably have red hair (including Baron Rakan, Copec, and plenty of the house's infantry) and this very house is known to be cruel even to their own. The Baron does not hesitate one bit to scold a field general who failed a mission, giving a warning like "if this inept performance continues, I'll have you skinned alive!" Indeed, when you view the first FMV cutscene for this house, you hear the previous general cry out in agony, getting tortured by a slow and excruciatingly painful death because he failed his superior leaders. In the cutscenes, Copec and Rakan have short tempers. In the first cutscene when Gunseng attempts to help his ailing father, Rakan pushes Gunseng away with a hint of anger and tells him to go away. The whole House of the Harkonnen is corrupt and only consider their own desires, hence the artificial alterations to most of Geidi Prime; hardly anything can grow there by itself and new things require the expense of older substances to develop.
65	* ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'':
66	** ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'': Cass is a [[TheAlcoholic hard drinkin']], [[ClusterFBomb foul-mouthed]] spitfire of a woman who also happens to be mighty handy with a shotgun.
67	%%** ''VideoGame/Fallout3'': Nadine from the ''Point Lookout'' expansion pack.
68	** ''VideoGame/Fallout4'': Cait is a HotBlooded FightingIrish pit fighter.
69	* ''VideoGame/GalaxyAngel'': Zigzagged with Forte Stollen; despite having red hair, she's the most level-headed and the calmest girl in the Angel Brigade. Played straight during game battles, as she will frequently crow that enemies can't get away from her, and will curse if she misses her target.
70	** The SequelSeries ''VideoGame/GalaxyAngelII'' has Anise Azeat, though her hair is closer to magenta but she's very hotheaded and impulsive.
71	* ''VideoGame/GhostTrick'' gives us an excellent example in the [[PluckyGirl determined]], [[HotBlooded passionate]] and [[GenkiGirl energetic]] Lynne.
72	* ''VideoGame/GianaSisters'': Punk Giana from ''VideoGame/TheGreatGianaSisters'', ''VideoGame/GianaSistersDS'' and ''VideoGame/GianaSistersTwistedDreams'' is a daring, enthusiastic, adventurous pyrokinetic redhead.
73	* ''VideoGame/GoldenAxe'': Excepting the game versions and art which depict her as a blonde or brunette, Tyris Flare is a fiery redhead in that she can summon explosions and dragons with her magic.
74	* ''VideoGame/GoldenSun'': Mars Adepts typically partner this trope with {{Hot Blood\|ed}} and PersonalityPowers, making them good cases of ColorCodedForYourConvenience. Red hair = [[PlayingWithFire fire!]] As of ''VideoGame/GoldenSunDarkDawn'', we have:
75	** Garet (hair is more brown in his character art, but red on his sprite and he fits the personality). Garet's siblings both demonstrate this trope; his parents, less so.
76	** Jenna (hair is maroon, but the personality fits).
77	** Akafubu of Kibombo (subverting MagicalNegro in the process).
78	** Karst (surprisingly, the only Fire Clan member to follow this trope).
79	** Tyrell (considering Garet's his father).
80	* ''VideoGame/HeavenlySword'': Nariko. There has perhaps never been so much red coming out of one head. Excepting, perhaps, cases of [[YourHeadAsplode massive cranial trauma]].
81	* ''VideoGame/InThe1stDegree'' presents Ruby Garcia. She is a redhead, her first name refers to red, and she has the attitude. She is the girlfriend of the defendant James Tobin, and she wants to believe that he's not a murderer. In fact, asking the wrong questions (especially questions that make Tobin sound like a murderer) will get you an explosive outburst from her.
82	* ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'':
83	** Lea/Axel. Bonus points for having [[PlayingWithFire literal fire powers]] in addition to his temper and passion.
84	** While normally a brunette, Sora has red hair in [[Franchise/MonstersInc Monstropolis]], and at one point, becomes impulsive enough to try and smash a terminal with the Keyblade if it means escaping a burning section of the factory.
85	* ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'': Miss Fortune is red-headed and passionate... but falls more into the territory of cool-headed, teasing, and seductive FemmeFatale MsFanservice, yet still has a competitive edge. That is, until she's told to use her ultimate skill, Bullet Time, in which she goes very fiery and lets out a great laugh as she pelts you with bullets.
86	* ''VideoGame/LoveOfMagic'': Literally in Katie's case; she's an Evoker who specializes in fire magic, in addition to having a fiery temperament. Bella is a downplayed version, as she keeps herself under tight control because she's a werewolf and losing control lets out the beast.
87	* ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'':
88	** The Normandy crew has two redhead [=NPCs=]. One is ThePollyanna, but the other is a hotheaded BraveScot who fits even if he's an engineer rather than a fighter.
89	** PlayerCharacter Commander Shepard can be one depending on player choices, especially as the default female Shepard in ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'' is a SignificantGreenEyedRedhead.
90	* ''Franchise/MegaMan'': ''VideoGame/MegaManClassic'': ''VideoGame/MegaMan1'': Fire Man, who was a [[{{Pun}} red fieryhead]]. His ''VideoGame/MegaManPoweredUp'' depiction is HotBlooded to the point of sounding like [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Yosemite Sam]].
91	%%*** There's also [[MadBomber Blast Man]] from ''VideoGame/MegaMan11''.
92	%%** ''VideoGame/MegaManZXAdvent'': Atlas uses fire attacks when merged with Model F. She doesn't mess around.%%And is an example why?
93	* ''VideoGame/MinecraftStoryMode'' has hotheaded ActionGirl Petra.
94	* ''VideoGame/TheOrionConspiracy'': Brooks plays this trope straight to a T. She can cuss, she can fight, she can have sex, she can do a lot.
95	* ''VideoGame/PlanescapeTorment'' features the sharp-tongued, passionate, brash tiefling thief Annah-Of-The-Shadows.
96	* ''VideoGame/{{Postal}}'': PlayedWith in the case of the Postal Dude. While he can sound very angry [[AtomicFBomb when yelling]] and [[EvilLaugh chuckles that sounds very maniacal,]] he is most of the time relaxed when [[AnArmAndALeg cutting off limbs,]] [[YourHeadAsplode bashing heads off,]] [[OffWithHisHead beheading,]] [[MoreDakka shooting]] and [[LudicrousGibs blowing up]] people who get in the way of a task he is doing. As a bonus, he is even able to use [[KillItWithFire fire-themed weapons]] such as {{Molotov Cocktail}}s and a [[AerosolFlamethrower Can of Stynx.]] In the enhanced version of the game, ''he is even able to turn his pee into fire!''
97	* In ''VideoGame/PotionPermit'', Runeheart is a hotheaded redhead who's passionate about blacksmithing. She hates being compared to her mother Opalheart, a legendary blacksmith, and she cools off at the tavern by playing darts with Reyner.
98	* ''VideoGame/ProjectXZone'': [[BigGood Mii Koryuji]] gets riled up by pretty much everyone. [[ActionGirl She also kicks lots of ass]] and is a cheerleader straight out of high school with green eyes.
99	* ''VideoGame/QueenAtArms'': Captain Lorimette is a regal and dignified LadyOfWar -- but she's also very much this when her buttons are pressed.
100	* ''VideoGame/{{Rosenkreuzstilette}}'' presents to us Zorne Sepperin, who's a short-tempered, impulsive, and moody little girl with love affections towards Graf Michael Sepperin (whom she regards as her father despite the absence of blood ties) and a knack for creating and throwing bombs [[{{Expy}} a la Bomberman]].
101	* ''VideoGame/RuneFactory4'': Doug is a hot-tempered, red-headed dwarf. [[spoiler:But he's also capable of being cool and calculating, as his plot to get revenge on Ventuswill shows.]]
102	* ''VideoGame/{{Sacred}}'': The red-headed Gladiator is the BigGuy among playable characters and a specialized mêlée fighter. According to the lines he occasionally shoots when fighting, he is also [[BloodKnight very enthusiastic to fight and kill]].
103	%%* ''VideoGame/SkiesOfArcadia'': Aika seems to be aligned with the Red Moon, which embodies heat, as well.
104	* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' series gives us Knuckles the Echidna, whose temper is just as fierce as his punches.
105	* ''VideoGame/SoulSeries'': Hildegard von Krone is a badass German {{Warrior Prince}}ss with red hair and... [[SubvertedTrope a]] [[TheStoic graceful, thoughtful and level-headed attitude]]. [[DoubleSubvertedTrope But she]] ''[[PatrioticFervor does]]'' [[DoubleSubvertedTrope get quite hammy in battles.]]
106	* ''VideoGame/TheSpellcastingSeries'': [[MeaningfulName Ursula Unquenchablefire]], the Amazon leader. [[InformedAbility Apparently quite the warrior and leader]], but not real big on foreplay.
107	* ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'': Shae Vizla, a.k.a. Torch, is a HotBlooded [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Mandalorian]] bounty hunter who fights the PlayerCharacter in a flaming arena the first time they meet. Her [[ActionGirl combat prowess and tactical ability]] eventually led to her being named the next Mandalore and leading the clans.
108	* ''VideoGame/{{Suguri}}'''s ''Acceleration of Suguri'': Kae is a redhead, an energetic and cheerful girl who [[BloodKnight loves fighting]], and has [[PlayingWithFire fire powers]], although she prefers melee combat, interestingly contrasting with Kyoko, a blue-haired girl who is calmer and more composite, has [[AnIcePerson ice powers]], and prefers to stay [[BarrierWarrior at the defensive]].
109	* ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsJudgment'': Among the three main subpilots, Festenia "Tenia" Muse is the most HotBlooded, passionate and outspoken, and has red hair to match her personality. This also translates into the gameplay, since she focuses on increasing the mech's power and damage output, and her finishers tend to be [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown rapid, unending barrages of close-range attacks]].
110	* Despite her starting position as a simple healer, Sybil from ''VideoGame/SymphonyOfWar'' has a hot temper and a lust for action. It feels far more fitting when she becomes a paladin after completing a sidequest later in the game.
111	* ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss'': Asch is rude, crude, and liable to shout at everyone [[spoiler: Except Natalia.]] [[spoiler: He has his reasons, such as a clone replacing him and his family leaving him for dead because of it.]]
112	* ''VideoGame/{{Temtem}}'': Murdag is a HotBlooded BraveScot who's the [[ElementalRockPaperScissors Melee-type Dojo Master]] of the island of Arbury.
113	* ''VideoGame/TwistedWonderland'': Riddle Rosehearts is the redheaded leader of the Heartslabyul dorm who is very quick to anger, often caused whenever someone breaks one of the dorms many rules. He mellows a little after the events of Chapter 1, though his fiery temper still remains.
114	* In ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'', the captain of the Royal Guard [[{{Determinator}} Undyne]] first appears as a cold-blooded mercenary, then she drops her helmet and reveals [[JapaneseSpirit her passionate side]] to the player, especially her taste for "human history" ([[ItMakesSenseInContext which happens to be anime and manga which are presented as such in the monster world]]).
115	%%* ''VideoGame/TheWitcher'':
116	%%** Princess Adda is a redhead who can be called fiery.%%Why?
117	%%** [[MagicWarrior Triss]] has her moments but is more often the tactician in combat or politics, as does [[TheMedic Shanni]], but she is more often [[TeamMom motherly]].%%So are they examples or not?
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