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18->''"Red. Red. RED. '''RED''', Charlie boy. Red is the color of sex! Burgundy is the color of hot water bottles! Red is the color of '''sex''' and '''fear''' and '''danger''' and signs that say, [='=]'''Do. Not. Enter.'''[='=]"''
19-->-- '''Lola''', ''Film/KinkyBoots''
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21Lady in Red is something of an old-fashioned trope, where TheVamp or the FemmeFatale was designated by having her wear bright red formal wear. A Lady in Red is sexy. The Lady in Red wasn't necessarily a slut, but she was strongly sexual, and often had a strong personality. In more prudish times the Lady in Red was considered almost dangerous. [[red:Red]] clothing is also associated with prostitutes, chorus girls and other dancers, and other women attempting to be sexy.
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23''This trope is about the character type, not the dress itself.'' A character wearing a red outfit does not always make her a Lady in Red. For example, according to Chinese mythology, a woman who dies in a red dress, or commits suicide in one, is able to come back to haunt those who wronged her, which leads to a multitude of ladies in red dresses in Hong Kong horror movies. These ladies are not necessarily a Lady In Red. Additionally, in UsefulNotes/{{Bollywood}} and throughout Southeast Asia, red is more associated with marriage and love than with sex. Thus, a woman in a red sari is almost never a Lady In Red. The basis of this trope comes mostly from Western culture.
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25This trope is for grown women only; for little girls, see LittleDeadRidingHood and compare PrincessesPreferPink.
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27Compare LittleBlackDress, PinkMeansFeminine, PinkIsErotic. Contrast with VirginInAWhiteDress, WidowsWeeds, and RedHotMasculinity. The GlamorousWartimeSinger is often a Lady In Red, as is TheChanteuse; sometimes, the dress will be a HappyHolidaysDress or SexySantaDress.
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29JustForFun/NotToBeConfusedWith ''Film/TheWomanInRed'', though Kelly [=LeBrock=] certainly wears one in the film and all promotional materials.
30** On the other hand [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0sHb5gaDWk there's this]].
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36* ''Anime/BlackButler'' has Madame Red (her real name is Angelina Dalles-Barnett but it's a nickname she earned due to her red hair), Ciel's aunt. She's a free-spirited young widow who likes to have fun and is flirty with everyone she meets. She wears red because [[spoiler: it's the color of blood: she is Jack the Ripper.]]
37* Erica Blandelli of ''Literature/{{Campione}}'' is a quite beautiful MagicKnight LadyOfWar, often seen wearing an elegant red dress ([[RedBaron she's even known as]] "[[GratuitousItalian Diavolo Rosso]]", which means "[[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Red Devil]]" in Italian). She's very passionate and forward about her feelings for [[TheHero Godou Kusanagi]], making her a rare heroic example of a FemmeFatale.
38* ''Manga/HonooNoAlpenRose'': In the anime, Jeudi gets dolled up in a red dress when the Count abducts her to his BigFancyHouse and shows her off to the partygoers at the ball.
39* ''Anime/{{Madlax}}'' wears a crimson red cocktail dress in the first episodes [[ImpossiblyCoolClothes into battle]]. And even the man she's about to kill admits she looks gorgeous.
40* Kaolinite from ''Franchise/SailorMoon''. Interestingly, she changes to black after her [[spoiler: apparent death and resurrection]].
41* ''Manga/OnePiece'': In her introductory arc, Boa Hancock wore a revealing red blouse [[NavelDeepNeckline that showed much of her chest]] and a loose sarong that exposed her long, slender legs.
42* Yumi Komagata from ''Manga/RurouniKenshin''. Notably, she used to be [[HighClassCallGirl an oiran]] before [[UnholyMatrimony joining up with Shishio.]]
43* ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'': Played for laughs with Ranma Saotome's [[GenderBender girl form]]. She's one of the most (if not ''the'' most) attractive women in the entire series. She knows it and [[ManipulativeBastard plays it up for all the benefits she can possibly get]], especially in the manga. Ranma's seductive ways are highlighted by her typical red shirt, her red hair in the anime, and, at one point, a red UsefulNotes/{{Qipao}} dress from some official art. Plus, in general, she's just seen in a lot of red clothing.
44* ''Anime/PhantomQuestCorp'': Ayaka Kisaragi is stunning for a woman her age and is the series' resident [[MsFanservice fanservice character.]] Each episode opens with her wearing a form-fitting red dress (also featured on the cover art), which has [[SexyBacklessOutfit a low-cut back]] and a split seam to show off her legs, along with a matching pair of high-heels. It gives her the look of a lounge singer,[[note]]fittingly enough, Ayaka actually sings the opening number at the start of each episode, and [[KaraokeBox karaoke]] is one of her hobbies in-series[[/note]] but she's actually an OccultDetective.
45* Ran of ''Anime/RyuTheCaveBoy'' is a dark-skinned woman who wears a red dress and no shoes, alongside a pretty red flower in her hair.
46* ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena'':
47** In the anime version of ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena'', Anthy wears a red dress during the Rose Duels as she's the bride and the prize of the tournament. The sexual and dangerous connotations become more and more apparent as the show goes on [[spoiler: as it's realized that she's [[SiblingIncest sleeping with her brother]], serves as his [[TheDragon Dragon]] and seduces and tempts various other characters (often at Akio's behest)]]
48** Touga and [[spoiler: Akio]] are a RareMaleExample. Touga is associated with red roses, has red hair and his outfit is lined with red. [[spoiler: Akio]] wears red and drives a red sports car. They're both a bit slutty, serve as the main [[MrFanservice Mr. Fanservices]] and use sex and love to manipulate and charm everyone around them.
49* ''Anime/ZombieLandSaga'': Yugiri's association with red and the adult nature of her work as an oiran evoke this trope. Though she subverts the moral ambiguity of the classic Lady in Red, instead being a kind and heroic figure. Her red dress while performing "Saga Jihen" evokes the image even further, as the song itself is written as a tragic song of romantic yearning.
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53* ''ComicBook/{{Batwoman}}'': Kate Kane in her first appearance in the DCU series ''ComicBook/FiftyTwo''. She's described as having "the kind of beauty that leaves you ''breathless''," while wearing a brilliantly red dress.
54* ''ComicBook/{{Crimson}}'': The series had two prominent ladies in red: the resident monster hunter Scarlet Thinbaut X, who wore an all-red sexy combat suit evocative of ''Literature/LittleRedRidingHood'' and the BigBad Lisseth, dressing in a long-red gown sporting some NavelDeepNeckline. While both characters qualify as MsFanservice, they fit the trope in different ways with Lisseth being [[TheVamp openly seductive]], while Scarlet serves as TheHero's LoveInterest. Scarlet's ancestor [[HighClassCallGirl Marraine]] also used to be one, wearing a red cape that marked her as off-limits to any lower louts and available only to noblemen.
55* ''ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}'': ComicBook/{{Elektra}} wears a red LeotardOfPower and is as known as a devilish temptress as she is for her deadly fighting skills.
56* ''ComicBook/LadyDeath'': Satasha wears a red {{Stripperiffic}} outfit and is a LipstickLesbian. Her friend Wargoth harbors feelings for her despite being aware of her orientation.
57* ''ComicBook/TheMightyThor'': When Thor was first dating Jane, Odin did not approve of his son dating a mortal, so he sent [[Characters/MarvelComicsTheEnchantress Amora the Enchantress]] to seduce him and break them up. Amora chose the best vamp outfit she could: a red slinky dress complimented with [[PrettyInMink a white mink coat]].
58* ''ComicBook/{{Raptors}}'': Camilla Molina wears a bright-red fetishistic bondage gear with a red coat, as befitting a sexy vampire temptress like her. [[spoiler:At the end of the series, [[ActionGirl Vicky Lenore]] [[TakingUpTheMantle takes up her mantle]] by wearing the same outfit and continuing Camilla's mission]].
59* ''ComicBook/SinCity'': The title character in "The Babe Who Wore Red" is a beautiful DamselInDistress whose striking red dress is the [[SplashOfColor only object of color]] in the otherwise black-and-white noir story. [[spoiler:She turns out to be a subversion of the trope, as she's actually a nun who considered forsaking her vows.]]
60* ''ComicBook/{{Vampirella}}'': Vampirella is a female vampire who wears a red sling-bikini and whose seductiveness is her trademark.
61* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'': In ''ComicBook/TheLegendOfWonderWoman2016'', Etta spends months trying to get Diana "Prince" to wear something that flatters her, and when she finally manages it at a dance Diana is in a floor-length sparkling red dress that clings to her curves and leaves ComicBook/SteveTrevor momentarily speechless.
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65* ''Fanfic/EverydayLifeAsASupportingCharacter'': Miia inherited her red scale pigmentation from her mom, Layra; however, Miia is an aversion to the trope, in contrast to Layra, who is not as prudish as her daughter is.
66* ''Fanfic/OnceMoreWithFeeling'': Asuka wears a very "adult" red dress to the school dance, one that takes Shinji's breath away.
67* ''FanFic/RampageOfTheRailBandits'': Bonnie purposely invokes this to get the trucks to do her will.
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71* ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'': When Jafar takes over, he puts Jasmine in a skimpy red harem dress, [[VillainousCrush for obvious reasons]]. She is still wearing it when she tries to seduce him.
72* Esmeralda wears a red pole-dancing outfit in "Topsy Turvy" in ''WesternAnimation/{{The Hunchback of Notre Dame|Disney}}''. Ironically, in RealLife, red is considered bad luck for the Romani, and Judge Frollo was watching her dance in public... Bad luck indeed.
73* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSwanPrincess'', the imposter Odette's dress was slinky [[RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver red and black]], as opposed to Odette's usual virginal white.
74* Subverted, then the subversion is [[LampshadedTrope lampshaded]] by Jessica Rabbit from ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit''. She's gorgeous and wears a very revealing long slinky shiny dress, showing some legs and lots of cleavage, but she is a NiceGirl through and through.
75-->'''Jessica:''' I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way.
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80* ''Film/EightWomen'': Of the cast of ColorCodedCharacters, it's Pierrette, the seductress who has no shame in being a whore by profession and takes pride in her sexual freedom, who wears bright red clothes.
81* ''Film/{{Ava}}'' downright features in the poster the scene where the title protagonist played by Creator/JessicaChastain is KickingAssInAllHerFinery with a red dress.
82* In ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'', [[Franchise/WonderWoman Diana Prince]] (Creator/GalGadot) is introduced wearing a red dress that certainly [[DistractedByTheSexy gets her noticed]] by [[Comicbook/{{Batman}} Bruce]] even while she steals [[note]]well, borrows, since she fully intends to give Bruce the drive containing the files back when she's finished with it[[/note]] a hacking device containing all of [[Comicbook/LexLuthor Lex's]] files from under his nose.
83* ''Film/Bedazzled2000'': The vast majority of the Devil's costumes are red such as the cocktail dress she's wearing when Elliot first sees her. Aside from the obvious color association with the devil, the red costumes were chosen deliberately to play up the seductive nature of the character.
84* Violet from ''Film/{{Bound 1996}}'' is a FemmeFatale who spends a good chunk of the film in a red dress.
85* ''Film/BoyEatsGirl'': While Glenda is the least assertive of the boy-crazy GirlPosse, she does wear a striking red dress to the school dance and flirts with an older guy to get him to buy drinks in a later scene (although she's not wearing red then).
86* ''Film/BramStokersDracula'': Lucy Westenra wears a red gown whenever she is attacked by {{Dracula}}, and these attacks are often sexualized.
87* In ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'', Peggy Carter (Steve Rogers' ally and LoveInterest) wears a rather [[MsFanservice impressive]] red dress in one scene, which particularly stands out in a pub full of drab-uniformed soldiers, [[DistractedByTheSexy all of whom fall silent when she enters]].
88* The title character in ''Film/CarlotaJoaquinaPrincesaDoBrasil'' is a completely insatiable man-eater that takes several men as lovers (both young and old) and is dressed exclusively in red all the time.
89* ''Film/TheCityOfLostChildren'': The woman in the bar who tries and comically fails to seduce One wears a red dress. At the time, he is devastated by the death of Miette.
90* ''Film/CriesAndWhispers'': This movie is famous for the red decor of the setting, but the only character to actually wear red is Maria, who engages in extramarital affairs with zero shame and wears a lacy red dress while seducing David.
91* ''Film/DeepRising'': This is Trillian's outfit for the first half of the movie, as she was a thief and conperson on the cruise liner who used it to distract the captain so she could steal his keycard as part of her scheme.
92* ''Film/EveOfDestruction'': Eve steals a red leather jacket from a clothing shop, which she later uses to seduce a bar patron.
93* ''Film/FatalInstinct'': Lola Cain, the FemmeFatale, appears in a red dress when she seduces Ned Ravine.
94* ''Film/FinalGirl'': Veronica appears in a red dress during the hunt at Jameson's request. She definitely looks classy in it, but it's also to make her DamselOutOfDistress nature a surprise.
95* ''Film/{{Frantic}}'': Emmanuelle Seigner changes from her [[HellBentForLeather black leather look]] to a tight red dress when they go to an expensive nightclub; it's probably not a coincidence she [[MatingDance dances uncomfortably close]] to Harrison Ford in this scene.
96* In a film which combines [[FreakyFridayFlip bodyswap tropes]] with HorrorComedy''Film/{{Freaky}}'' when the [[StockSlasher Blissfield Butcher]] is in the body of petite blonde teen girl Millie he dresses her in a [[HellBentForLeather Red Leather Jacket]] over a black low cut [=halter-top=], blue jeans, and matching red lipstick whilst going on his murder rampage in her body.
97* ''Film/{{Ghostbusters|1984}}'': Dana Barrett, the Ghostbusters' first client, wore a shiny, bright red dress after becoming possessed by Zuul, one of Gozer's demon dogs. Under [[DemonicPossession demonic possession]] her behavior was overtly sexual, initially attempting to seduce Peter Venkman then kissing and mating with Louis Tully, who was also possessed by a demon at the time.
98* ''Film/GhostShip'': Francesca, the ship's former singer, was dressed like this. She reappears on the ship as a [[TheVamp vamp-like]] ghost and is later revealed to have participated in the original massacre, tempting one of the crewmen to kill the other conspirators for her.
99* A different take in ''Film/TheGirl'' (1987), where the FilleFatale wraps herself in a red towel when seducing Franco Nero's character (having already stripped off her blue dress).
100* In ''Film/GoneWithTheWind'', when rumors abound that Scarlett and Ashley have been caught in an illicit embrace (Scarlett is married to Rhett at the time), Rhett demands that she wear a red dress to Ashley's birthday party.
101-->'''Rhett:''' I want you to look your part tonight.
102* Downplayed in ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallowsPart1''. Hermione wears a red dress to Bill and Fleur's wedding and when she first appears wearing it, Ron can be seen gazing at her with a slight look of lust on his face. In the book, the dress was [[GracefulLadiesLikePurple lilac]] and it was more of a SheCleansUpNicely moment.
103* ''Film/HeadInTheClouds'': Mia favors [[https://c8.alamy.com/comp/BPNCHE/penelope-cruz-head-in-the-clouds-2004-BPNCHE.jpg wearing]] [[https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BOWM5MzE2ZDYtZGFlOS00MTJiLTkxZDktYTZmZGRmYmJhOGYzXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNDE5MTU2MDE@._V1_.jpg a lot]] [[http://images.fanpop.com/images/image_uploads/Head-in-the-Clouds-pen-C3-A9lope-cruz-224959_550_400.jpg of red,]] befitting her status as a LatinLover, often acting sultry and work as a stripper.
104%%* ''Film/{{Heathers}}'':
105** Heather Chandler embodies this trope.
106** After Heather Chandler death, Heather Duke began wear Red.
107* In ''Film/HorrorsOfTheBlackMuseum'', Bancroft's [[TheMistress mistress]] Joan combines this with PrettyInMink. It is especially noticeable when she is dancing solo to the jukebox and drawing the eye of every male in the room.
108* ''Film/{{Hunk}}'': The [[HotAsHell Devil's assistant]], at one of the parties.
109* ''Film/IdleHands'': Tanya wears a bright red [[HotAsHell sexy demon]] costume to the Halloween dance and spends a while flirting with and kissing Pnub.
110* In ''Film/IngloriousBasterds'', near the climax, Shoshanna wears a red gown and lipstick as she uses herself as a HoneyTrap.
111* ''Film/JamesBond'':
112** In ''Film/DrNo'', Bond is introduced playing baccarat with Sylvia Trench, who's wearing a red dress, and she's why [[TheNameIsBondJamesBond Bond introduces himself in his iconic fashion]].
113--->'''Bond:''' I admire your courage, Miss...
114--->'''Trench:''' Trench, Sylvia Trench. I admire your luck, Mister...
115--->'''Bond:''' Bond, James Bond.
116** In ''Film/CasinoRoyale2006'', Vesper Lynd is wearing this in her final scenes. Aside from the fact that her duplicity has just been discovered, the color helps Bond spot her as he searches for her in the crowd--note that absolutely no one else in that scene is clad in red. This was deliberately done by the filmmakers to make her stand out.
117* In ''Film/{{Jezebel}}'', Julie Marsden (played by Creator/BetteDavis) scandalizes polite society when she shows up to her débutante ball wearing a red dress instead of virginal white.[[note]]The dress itself was actually rust-colored because it showed up better in black-and-white than red.[[/note]]
118* ''Film/JurassicCity'': Stephanie, the assertive sorority pledge-master wears a tight red dress throughout the film, and once Pippi loses her jacket, it's revealed she has one on as well.
119* The Empress wears either red or black for most of ''Film/LegendOfTheBlackScorpion''. Scenes emphasizing her sexual dominance over the Emperor show her in or surrounded by red fabric.
120* Early in ''Film/TheMask'', Tina shows up at the bank wearing a clingy red dress, distracting Stanley while innocently inquiring about opening an account and surreptitiously casing the joint.
121* ''Film/LoveMeIfYouDare'': Discussed by Sophie when she talks about the red dress she put on in a climactic scene to look pretty for Julien:
122-->'''Sophie:''' Like my dress? I hesitated. Nabbed it off my sister. She has another red one, like a thermonuclear bombshell... That's the one I should've worn.
123* ''Film/TheMatrix'': In the Agent Training Program, Mouse has inserted a lady in a red dress in order to [[DistractedByTheSexy distract Neo]] as well as allow Morpheus to make a point about the illusory and transient nature of the Matrix. Mouse later tells Neo he could arrange a "date" with the program. His older crewmates mock him and call him a "digital pimp".
124* It's some crimson-clad satin seduction after strobe room for Max in ''Film/MaxPayne'' when he meets Natasha.
125* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse: Scarlet Witch uniforms colour coded with Red.
126* ''Film/{{Polar}}''. Vivian wears a red coat in her final confrontation with the protagonist, to contrast with her black-clad mooks in their [[VanInBlack black SUVs]].
127* Gal Gadot again as the ClassyCatBurglar Sarah Black in ''Film/RedNotice''.
128* ''Film/PromNight1980'': AlphaBitch Wendy Richards wears red as her main color; in the present day, she wears a red blouse to school and later a glittery red dress to the prom. She [[spoiler:winds up getting killed in it by a murderous masked axeman.]]
129* Inverted in ''Film/RequiemForADream'', in which an elderly woman destroys herself trying to fit into her old red dress.
130* Astarte in ''Film/TheScorpionKing II: Rise of a Warrior'' is a seductive LoveGoddess dressed in crimson robes that leave her cleavage exposed. She also doubles as an evil example by virtue of being the GreaterScopeVillain of the movie.
131* ''Film/SwingKids'': After being called a "priss" and presumed to be uptight for the earlier part of the movie, Evey shows up at a swing party in a bright red dress. The look on Peter's face when he sees her is priceless.
132* ''Film/TheThinBlueLine'' [[ConversationalTroping references]] the famous woman in red who shot notorious gangster John Dillinger. The movie then goes on to note that the woman was actually wearing orange at the time, it just seemed red because of the lighting. This ties into the theme of inaccurate memory.
133* In the film adaptation of the Creator/StephenKing short story ''[[Literature/NightmaresAndDreamscapes Umney's Last Case]]'', the wife of the [[RageAgainstTheAuthor author who created]] the 1930's PrivateDetective protagonist dresses up in a slinky red dress in order to seduce him, acting like TheVamp character from one of her husband's books.
134* ''Film/{{Valentine}}'': Creator/DeniseRichards' character Paige Prescott is described in-story as the "[[MsFanservice sexy one]]", and follows through on that with her clothing choices. These include a red dress in the prologue during a middle-school dance, a red shirt under a leather jacket in a turbo dating session, and another red dress during a Valentine's Day party for the film's climax.
135* ''Film/{{Videodrome}}'': When Max is on a talk show to defend his low-brow network, he notes that that the red dress of Nikki, one of his co-guests, is quite alluring. They strike up a relationship not long after. During one of his later sexual-themed hallucinations, she reappears in a red dress.
136* ''Film/WestSideStory1961'': Maria wears a red dress in the film's final scenes. Very symbolic as she's recently lost her virginity, and regarding all the blood that's been shed up to this point. It also harks back for her first scene, where she asked if they could dye her [[VirginInAWhiteDress white]] party dress red so she would look more grown up – by the end, she is more grown up, but not in the way she wanted to be.
137* In ''Film/WingsOfDesire'' [[EveryoneLooksSexierIfFrench French babe]] Marion wears a fancy red dress when she finally meets [[spoiler: former angel]] Damiel.
138* The Creator/GeneWilder vehicle ''Film/TheWomanInRed'' features model [=Kelly LeBrock=] as the titular character, which was a ForeignRemake of ''Un éléphant ça trompe énormément'' and was [[FollowTheLeader riding on the success]] of ''Film/Ten1979''. Best known for the Music/StevieWonder classic "I Just Called To Say I Love You", which earned the film its sole UsefulNotes/AcademyAward for Best Song. He also sings "[[TitleThemeTune The Woman In Red]]".
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142* In ''Declarations of War'' by Creator/LenDeighton, a woman traveling with the protagonist has two dresses, black and red. She declines to wear the red one in a small Latin American town, as it is pointed out that only one type of woman wears red in those types of towns.
143* ''Literature/DoraWilkSeries'': Dora Wilk, a pseudo-succubus, puts a red dress on for a vampire party. Fittingly, she has red hair as well.
144* ''Literature/HiveMind2016'': Buzz's love of tight, revealing, red dresses shows her forceful personality and ShamelessFanserviceGirl tendencies. When she wants to get back together with Forge, she puts on a red dress, commenting, "I think red suits me better than black." He completely agrees and they make plans to see each other that night.
145* ''Literature/InDeath'': a number of female characters put on red outfits in the series. Eve put on a red outfit to seduce Roarke in ''Witness In Death'' and Magdalana wore a red dress early on in ''Innocence In Death''.
146* Phèdre at the Midwinter Masque in ''[[Literature/KushielsLegacy Kushiel's Chosen]]'', which she plays up by wearing a gown that exposes [[SexyBacklessOutfit her entire back]], letting all the peerage of Terre d'Ange know that she is returning to Naamah's Service; that is, going back to being a HighClassCallGirl.
147* In ''Literature/APrayerForOwenMeany'', the narrator's mother only dresses in black and white, except for a single red dress she wears for special, mysterious occasions.
148* ''Literature/ShamanBlues'': Konstancja, Witkacy's FemmeFatale, always has most of her clothes and accessories red.
149* ''Literature/SixOfCrows'': Slightly downplayed example. Nina, whose favorite color is red and to whom the color is most associated, is also sensual, really knows how to enjoy the finer things in life, and is "built like the figurehead of a ship carved by a generous hand". She also works in a brothel and could be considered a FemmeFatale (literally, if you take into account her Grisha abilities).
150* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'': Cersei doesn't always wear red, but she wears it enough that it's noticeable. Justified, because it's her family color. And Melisandre, who ''always'' wears red. Also justified: she wears red for religious reasons.
151* ''Literature/WhiteAsSnow'': At the height of her beauty, power, and sexuality, Arpazia is seen wearing a particular red gown.
152* ''Woman in the Dark'' (Creator/DashiellHammett, 1933): Luisa Fischer is not a FemmeFatale in the [[Literature/TheMalteseFalcon Brigid O'Shaughnessy]] class. But when she shows up on Brazil's doorstep in a red dinner dress, signs that she will bring him trouble are well and fully telegraphed.
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156* ''Series/AgentCarter'': Her signature look is a long red coat with matching wide-brimmed hat. In this case, her glamorous appearance is used to contrast with the suit-and-tie-wearing male agents she works with.
157* ''Series/AmericanGods2017'': Bilquis is a LoveGoddess who's a seductress and seems to favor shades of red.
158* Number Six from the reimagined ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|2003}}''. It's her default outfit: tight, revealing, sexy. She's a Cylon and seduces Baltar.
159** In "Unfinished Business", flashbacks show Laura Roslin wearing a bright red dress to a ceremony on New Caprica. While the dress is relatively modest, it still catches Bill Adama's attention as he tells her it's a good color on her in a flirtatious way.
160* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'':
161** In "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E10Amends Amends]]", Willow wears a tight red dress to show Oz she's ReadyForLovemaking. In the same episode, the First is trying to incite Angel into having sex with Buffy so he'll lose his soul; when Angel runs into Buffy [[IDidntMeanToTurnYouOn in her bedroom]] wearing a [[WarmBloodBagsAreEverywhere blood-red dress that exposes her neck]], he has to jump out the window to stop himself from jumping on her then and there.
162** In "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E13Surprise Surprise]]", Drusilla wears red in contrast to the [[VirginInAWhiteDress virginal Buffy]], Drusilla having already been 'corrupted' by Angel like Buffy soon will be. In conjunction with her dark hair, RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver also applies, given Drusilla's role [[spoiler:as the killer of Kendra, and the wanton who turns Spike and Angelus against each other.]]
163** In "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS4E6WildAtHeart Wild at Heart]]", sultry nightclub singer Veruca [[ArousedByTheirVoice makes love to the microphone]] while wearing a red blouse and red lipstick, all the while [[HeldGaze locking eyes with Oz]]. Willow is not happy; quite rightly as it turns out, as Oz cheats on her with Veruca later in the episode.
164** Glory, the BigBad of Season 5, as befits her personality. She vamps everyone she talks to and is quite TheFashionista.
165* ''Series/TheCape'': In the final act of her titular episode, Dice strolls into Peter Fleming's party in a very tight red dress, with a complex plan to kill him that owns the scene.
166* ''Series/DoctorWho'': [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E14TheNextDoctor "The Next Doctor"]] has Miss Hartigan, who wears a bright red dress while crashing a funeral and responds to a cleric's criticism with "Is it too exciting?" Given the time period, such bright outfits were commonly worn by prostitutes to attract the attention of potential clients, hence their outrage when she should be wearing something more somber.
167* ''Series/{{Firefly}}'': Inara Serra is a classy companion, which is something between a therapist, geisha, and courtesan. Captain Mal Reynolds would describe her profession as whoring. She wore such a dress at the beginning of "Shindig". It is bright red and in two pieces, conveniently showing Inara's midriff. The skirt part is very long and rather slinky and tight.
168* Daphne wears a stunning red dress in the classic ''Series/{{Frasier}}'' episode "Moon Dance", where she and Niles dance a [[MatingDance passionate tango]] and come within a hair's breadth of a LoveConfession, after their {{UST}} gets ramped up higher than it had ever been before.
169* ''Series/{{Glee}}'': This is what the local MsFanservice Santana picks for her prom dress. [[TheFashionista Kurt]] even lampshades it, saying it goes wonderfully with her personality.
170* In ''Series/TheGoldenGirls'', Blanche's ''wedding gown'' was red. Considering Blanche, it suited--she admits that even ''she'' would not have been able to keep a straight face had she worn a white dress.
171* Played for drama in ''Series/TheHandmaidsTale'' where all handmaids are assigned with red uniforms, but not because they are sexy but to represent their fertility as {{breeding slave}}s, in contrast to the menial servants that wear green (Marthas), the training overseers that wear brown (Aunts) or the commanders' wives that wear blue.
172* In C-drama ''Series/TheHolyPearl'', Mo Yin wears red throughout her EstablishingCharacterMoment (sentencing the main character to death), marking her as a more sensual and passionate person than her white-clad sister.
173* ''Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyinPhiladelphia'': In "The Janitor Mops Twice", the black-and-white noir motif is interrupted by the waitress in a red dress. She's designed to be an object of desire for Charlie.
174* ''Series/JaneTheVirgin'':
175** Jane briefly has an advisor who--upon reading the romance novel she's working on--gives her the vague and frustrating advice to "turn up the volume" and "make it all more sparkly". Jane briefly tries using this trope to do so, before concluding that it's just not working.
176--->''She was wearing a red dress. Not because she looked good in red. But she wanted to have been wearing red, later, in the retelling of the story.''
177** At one point, Luisa gets ''very'' into describing how good Rose looked in a form-fitting red dress, to the point of making Michael uncomfortable.
178* ''Series/KamenRiderRevice'': Aguilera, the CuteAndPsycho leader of the Deadmans, wears a fanciful mariachi-style red dress. She wears a different red dress for her marriage ceremony to the cult's idol Giff.
179* ''Series/Lucifer2016'': Eve is often dressed in red when she's encouraging Lucifer to indulge in his impulses for sex and violence. She also tells Trixie that it's her favorite color.
180* ''Series/MagnificentCentury'': Hürrem wears red noticeably more often than any other color. Sexiness aside, the red of her dress reinforces the red of her hair and her role as a FieryRedhead.
181* ''Series/MurdochMysteries'': Late in "Twentieth Century Murdoch", it's New Year's Eve 1899 and Julia is slowly getting ready to accompany her husband Darcy to a private party hosted by one of his colleagues. Darcy chides her as she's fussing with jewelry to go with her dark, long-sleeved gown (they're long overdue at the party), then [[IWantMyBelovedtoBeHappy he tells her she should be with whom she chooses that night]] and leaves the room. She next appears at the constabulary's New Year's gala ball in an off-the-shoulder red dress with a beaded fringe, together with a red feathered hair ornament. After telling William about her decision to become a psychiatrist, he expresses doubt that she came there to tell him that, and she blurts out that she and Darcy have separated. Moments later, [[TheBigDamnKiss they're kissing, framed in a doorway with fireworks exploding in the sky around them]].
182* ''Series/TheNanny'': The opening theme lampshades that Fran is Lady in Red: "She's the lady in red while everybody else is wearing tan". In the pilot episode, she comes down the stairs to a party wearing a red dress while the piano player sings "The Lady in Red".
183* ''Series/RedDwarf'':
184** Kochanski is Dave Lister's LoveInterest and, most would agree, out of his league. In season 7, Kochanski's default outfit is a tight red shiny uniform that screams "sexy lady". In one episode, Lister gives Kochanski a beautiful red sparkly dress as a present, but she wears it only in Kryten's ImagineSpot where he imagined Lister and Kochanski as a couple who sent him away.
185** Princess Bonjella, rescued by Ace Rimmer from Space Nazis in "[[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonVIIStokeMeAClipper Stoke Me a Clipper]]", wears a long tight red dress. There'll be time for explanations later. And hopefully, some sex...
186* ''Series/RobinHood'': In the series 2 episode "The Booby and the Beast", Marian wears a red dress to attract Count Friedrich at the insistence of the Sheriff.
187* ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'': In "[[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS02E09SecondSight Second Sight]]", Fenna isn't really a FemmeFatale, but she's mysterious, extremely sexy, and ''deep trouble''... and a besotted Sisko can barely give Odo a more specific description of her than "she was wearing ''red!''" Turns out she's a telepathic projection by Nidell, a professor's dutiful Halanan wife; Nidell looks exactly like Fenna but is distinguished by a much dowdier outfit.
188* Creator/{{Toei|Company}} {{Tokusatsu}} series of the late '80s and early '90s loved this, with both villainesses and heroines donning what was essentially the same figure-hugging red dress with some modifications in between.
189** In episode 41 of ''Series/HikariSentaiMaskman'', the heroic Momoko wears the red dress as she and Haruka play the role of brainwashed armed robbers.
190** In episode 22 of ''Series/SekaiNinjaSenJiraiya'', the villainous Butterfly Ninja Benikba wears the red dress as a disguise.
191** In episode 12 of ''Series/KidouKeijiJiban'', the red dress is worn by the henchlady Karsha (Ami Kawai).
192** In episode 7 of ''Series/ChoujinSentaiJetman'', Kaori wears a red dress while posing as the jilted lover of Ryu.
193** In episode 17 of ''Series/NinjaSentaiKakuranger'', the Yokai Amikiri (also Ami Kawai) wears a red dress in her human form, not so different than the one from ''Jiban''.
194** In episode 9 of ''Series/ChourikiSentaiOhranger'', Ohranger ladies Juri and Momo both try on the red dress.
195*** In episode 44, Multiwa wears the dress in her human form to seduce the Ohranger men.
196* Jilly Kitsinger from ''Series/TorchwoodMiracleDay'', playing the temptress role for a convicted paedophile and murderer, no less.
197* In ''Series/VeronicaMars'', a flashback shows Lily and the titular character picking out dresses. Veronica -- [[TookALevelInBadass then]] a fragile, demure handmaiden for richer characters -- chooses a pink dress, but Lily insists that red suits her more. The scene shows how well Lily understood her friend and serves as in-universe {{Foreshadowing}} for the sort of person Veronica would become.
198* ''Series/TheXFiles''. Agent Scully wears a red cocktail dress in "[[Recap/TheXFilesS06E03Triangle Triangle]]", where she's [[AndYouWereThere an OSS spy in 1939]]. It's notable that this is the [[KissMeImVirtual first time Mulder kisses Scully]], and quite passionately too, though she still gives him a MegatonPunch in response.
199* ''Series/Zoey101'': Zoey wears one for the beauty pageant in the episode "Miss PCA."
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201
202[[folder:Music]]
203* Music/TheBeatles' song "Yes It Is" is about a man pleading with his lover ''not'' to wear red because it would bring up painful memories of a lost love for him.
204* Music/ChrisDeBurgh's "The Lady in Red".
205--> I've never seen so many men ask you if you wanted to dance\
206Looking for a little romance\
207Given half the chance
208* Music/TheGratefulDead mention one in the song "Casey Jones".
209-->"Trouble ahead, a lady in red!/Take my advice, you'd be better off dead..."
210* Music/RebaMcEntire: "Fancy" is about an 18-year-old girl whose ailing mother, desperate to save her from the horrible poverty they live in, spends the last of their money to buy her a very nice red satin dress and turns her out to become a prostitute.
211-->It was red, velvet trimming, and it fit me good\
212Standing back from the looking glass, there stood a woman\
213Where a half-grown kid had stood.
214* Lorrie Morgan's "Something in Red." The red dress is what first attracted the singer's husband to her, and she asks for a similar dress decades later to rekindle their romance.
215* The song "Red Dress" by Music/TheRadiatorsUS is an homage to the concept:
216-->The parking lot's busting out in fistfights--\
217Such disturbance, just to catch her eye.
218* There is a gem of a song from Allie Wrubel: "The Lady in Red, the fellas are crazy for the Lady in Red..."
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221[[folder:Music Videos]]
222* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcnySvBW_X8 "Panic"]] by the Czech band Lucie is largely centered around a GiantWoman in a red minidress and matching heels (giving her a dose of HighHeelPower as well). She's shown to be seductive and sexually enticing by the way the lead singer is enamored with her, and the way she seems to playfully toy with him throughout the video. However, she's shown to be dangerous at the end when she happily devours him alive and tops it off with a BurpOfFinality.
223* Music/ThePrettyReckless: In the "25" music video, MsFanservice Taylor Momsen wears a magnificent red dress and [[ThreeMinutesOfWrithing writhes in it]].
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226[[folder:Mythology and Religion]]
227* In the Literature/BookOfRevelation of Literature/TheBible, the Whore of Babylon is described as wearing red (well, scarlet) and purple (which wasn't always distinguished from red in ancient times) robes.
228* Myth/JapaneseMythology: Kuchisake-Onna, a vain, murderous, and ([[GlasgowSmile mostly]]) extremely attractive {{youkai}}, has gone from a red kimono to a slinky red dress, with a surgical mask to hide her mouth. In some modern retellings, she even drives a red sports car.
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231[[folder:Pinball]]
232* In ''Pinball/CactusCanyon'', Rosie the saloon bargirl is wearing a low-cut red dress.
233* Trixie, the mafia {{Moll}} in Creator/{{Capcom}}'s unreleased ''Pinball/{{Kingpin}},'' wears a sexy red dress that emphasizes her cleavage and legs.
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236[[folder:Poetry]]
237* In Edward Arlington Robinson's "Llewellyn and the Tree", the titular character escaped from a miserable marriage and excessive timidity by running off with a "scarlet" woman, who is described in terms of the roses, coral, and the rouge she wears. Since her effect on Llewellyn was positive, the connotations of red shift from the sin that neighbors impute to her to life and vibrancy instead.
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240[[folder:Professional Wrestling]]
241* Some of Wrestling/LeiDTapa's [[LeotardOfPower Leotards Of Power]] are red. However, she is portrayed as a big {{Amazonian|Beauty}} ass-kicker, not a seductive FemmeFatale.
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244[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
245* ''TabletopGame/{{Clue}}'': The eponymous Lady in Red, Miss Scarlett. Always represented with a red token, Miss Scarlett is consistently depicted as more sexualized than the other female characters and often written as something of a femme fatale.
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248[[folder:Theatre]]
249* In ''Theatre/AnyoneCanWhistle'', "Ze Lady from Lourdes" who comically seduces Hapgood is Nurse Fay Apple + [[WigDressAccent red dress + wig + outrageous French accent]].
250* In ''Theatre/{{Follies}}'', Phyllis wears a fringe-skirted dress in flaming red for "The Story of Lucy and Jessie." The chorus boys' top hats and tails match her color.
251* Maria Reynolds--the woman with whom Hamilton has an affair and opens himself up to {{Blackmail}} from her husband--wears red in ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}''.
252* In the 2000 revival of ''Theatre/JesusChristSuperstar'', Mary Magdalene wears a slinky red dress.
253* ''Theatre/SomeLikeItHot'': Daphne accepts a red dress from a colleague for the night out in Tijuana, the first not-so-conservative outfit she wears as a woman. Not only does it reflect her growing confidence, it also fits the Latin-inspired dance of "Let's Be Bad" and the budding romance with Osgood.
254* In ''Theatre/WestSideStory'', Maria complains about the "babyish" [[VirginInAWhiteDress white]] dress she has to wear to the dance and wants to dye it red instead. In the final scene, after having lost her virginity and gone through a tragic coming-of-age arc, the original stage and film versions have her finally wearing a red dress.
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257[[folder:Video Games]]
258* ''Franchise/BlazBlue'''s [[AnimeChineseGirl Litchi Faye Ling]]. Red UsefulNotes/{{Qipao}}? Check. {{Stripperiffic}} and [[{{Fanservice}} flattering]]? Due to NavelDeepNeckline present, check. It's slightly sleeveless, revealing her shoulders, so semi-check on that. [[ShowSomeLeg Reveals luscious legs?]] Check. Is she the resident MsFanservice of the game? Hell yes.
259%%* ''VideoGame/BushidoBlade'': Red Shadow.
260* Carmilla in ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadow2'' plays with this trope: she attempts to seduce Gabriel while wearing a red, hooded robe, which is quite modest unlike most examples of this trope (except for its open cleavage). She still manages to make it sexy enough to [[VoluntaryVampireVictim trick Gabriel into biting her]].
261* Marcia in ''VideoGame/ColosseumRoadtoFreedom''. She is the mistress of Emperor Commodus who wears a red dress. She initially appears to be a mysterious and charming gladiator patron who takes an interest in the player character. Her charm is all to get the player wrapped up in a scheme to [[spoiler: assassinate the Emperor]]. She already has another gladiator named Narcissus in on her plan who is infatuated with her and jealous of the player.
262* Ever since her debut, ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive's'' [[EveryoneLooksSexierIfFrench Helena Douglas]] has worn an elegant red tailcoat as one of her costumes. ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive6'' adds a red UsefulNotes/{{Qipao}} to her wardrobe [[AndYourRewardIsClothes that can be unlocked]].
263%%* ''VideoGame/DoubleSwitch'': Elizabeth, the apartment manager
264* Marian from ''VideoGame/{{Double Dragon|1}}'' is the object of desire for both Lee brothers. In the original arcade game, she wears a short red dress. If both players complete the game together, the game will force them to fight each other and she will kiss the last man left standing, making her a bit of a homewrecker.
265* Mai Shiranui of ''VideoGame/FatalFury'' and ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'' wears a red {{Stripperiffic}} ninja garb and is very famous for her sex appeal.
266* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' features the [[MeaningfulName aptly-named Scarlet]], the dangerous and violent head of Shinra's weapons development department. The original game doesn't emphasize her sexiness so much, possibly due to [[TechMarchesOn graphics limitations at the time]], but [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake the remake]] puts her into full [[TheVamp vamp]] territory.
267** The Remake also gives Aerith this look for the Corneo mansion infiltration, provided you jumped through enough hoops to earn it. It's a frilly, cleavage-bearing number and she looks so stunning in it that the protagonist actually drops his [[NinetiesAntiHero mercenary tough guy]] act.
268* Princess Caeda from ''Videogame/FireEmblemShadowDragonAndTheBladeOfLight'' wears red and sometimes uses her ''very'' good looks to get what she needs. [[GuileHero Her]] [[RedemptionEarnsLife seductions]] [[HeelFaceTurn save lives]].
269* Max in ''VideoGame/TheGodOfCrawlingEyes'' starts colour blind, only to suddenly start seeing the colour red. On the first red things he sees. Lily's dress.
270* Vira Lillie in ''VideoGame/GranblueFantasy'' wears a primarily red dress with a red-colored blade, showing off both her nobility as the Lord of Albion Island. Made even more apparent in her promo-exclusive Fire alt which spots her in a formal red dress and dark red lipstick.
271* ''VideoGame/JingiStorm'': Takezaki Asuka from this obscure 3D fighting game by Atrativa is a RavenHairIvorySkin beauty clad in a red kimono and will in her pre-match dialogue speak in a seductive manner. However, she invokes this more for [[DistractedByTheSexy the sake of distracting opponents]] than for any sort of erotic pleasure.
272* ''VideoGame/LoveNikkiDressUpQueen'' has the retired LadyOfWar Lu Yinian, a RavenHairIvorySkin beauty whose signature outfit is a lovely, luxurious red and golden ''hanfu''.
273* Miranda Lawson in ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'' dons one in her second Citadel DLC personal scene in the casino, in a thematically appropriate 80's futuristic style.
274* The Witch Queen in ''VideoGame/TheMatrixPathOfNeo'' wears a short hemmed, long-sleeved red, corset-topped dress with ShowSomeLeg.
275* ''VideoGame/NeonWhite'' exemplifies this with the appropriately named Neon Red. With red as her motif color, she's elegant, aloof, flirtatious, and frighteningly competent with a sniper rifle.
276* Kaileena in ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaWarriorWithin'' where she wears a revealing red outfit. Kaileena was designed by Ubisoft developers to be a sexually alluring temptress.
277* Ada Wong of the ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil'' series. She [[AntiHero plays both sides of the fence]], is less than upfront about her motives, and wears a stunning red dress.
278* The ''[[VideoGame/{{Rhem}} RHEM]]'' games feature a few women wearing long red coats throughout the series, starting from the 2nd game. Archaeologist Kales speculates all of RHEM's inhabitants are dressed like this.
279* ''VideoGame/SentinelDescendantsInTime'': Dormeuse, the [=AI=] who guards Tomb 35, is always seen wearing a red dress.
280* ''VideoGame/TheSims'': A vamp character in a red or black dress.
281** Bella Goth in all four games (even as a little girl in the third one), is always depicted in her trademark red dress, usually strapless.
282* ''VideoGame/StoryOfSeasons'' uses this to fit its RetroUniverse aesthetic:
283** Eve from ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon1'' is the local bartender and a bachelorette. She is the "sexiest" of the bachelorettes and wears a red dress. ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonMagicalMelody'' makes her a woman in white (and pink), which fits her StepfordSmiler personality as well.
284** Muffy from ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonAWonderfulLife'' is an {{expy}} of Eve. She's the local bartender. She's the most flirtatious bachelorette. If you marry her in the UpdatedRerelease version she will trade her skimpy red-and-black dress for a more conservative [[TrueBlueFemininity baby blue]] one.
285* Anna Williams of ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'' is the series' most prominent MsFanservice and wears a red UsefulNotes/{{Qipao}}. She wore a red satin dress in the first game and ''Tekken Tag Tournament 1''. Her ending in 6 has her in a red mini dress.
286%%* The [=PC=] of ''VideoGame/VampireTheMasqueradeBloodlines'' if you play as a female and choose the Tremere clan.
287* ''VideoGame/ZeldaIITheAdventureOfLink'': In most towns, there is a woman in a red dress who will take [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Link]] into her house and bring him to full health. This has still led to some speculation that Link is visiting a prostitute.
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290[[folder:Visual Novels]]
291* Tamara from ''VisualNovel/DoubleHomework'' has shades of this. She wears fairly revealing clothing, and generally acts in a way to get sexual attention - but only from the protagonist.
292* Vivienne Tang in ''VisualNovel/QueenOfThieves'' is the Seductress of the Gilded Poppy, the CaperCrew that is the focus of the story. Her signature color is accordingly red, and every outfit she wears prominently features bright scarlet. Even her lipstick, nail polish, and lingerie are red.
293* ''VisualNovel/TogainuNoChi'': [[FemmeFatale Emma]] is never seen without her long red coat, which conceals a SpyCatsuit and [[spoiler: her severed left arm]].
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296[[folder:Webcomics]]
297* ''Webcomic/TheFoxSister'': The [[AsianFoxSpirit Kumiho]] wears a sexy red dress when she seduces her first victim.
298* In ''Webcomic/LoveAndCapes'', [[http://loveandcapes.com/lnc/?p=57 Mark complains about how long Abby takes to dress until she appears in a red dress.]]
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301[[folder:Western Animation]]
302* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'': In her [[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE5PrettyPoison debit episode]] Pamela Isley is seen wearing a sexy red cocktail dress while having dinner with Harvey Dent.
303* ''WesternAnimation/BettyBoop'' used to wear a black dress because she was around before the invention of colour, then she switched to a skimpy red one.
304* The music video for the Music/AlvinAndTheChipmunks song "Crocodile Rock" from ''WesternAnimation/TheChipmunksRockinThroughTheDecades'' shows Alvin pining for a pretty female chipmunk with blonde hair in a red dress wearing heels. [[AgeInappropriateDress She doesn't look much older than Alvin]].
305* From ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'', Gadget wears a red dress with a slit up the skirt in the episode "Double 'O Dale" as part of her femme fatale costume, and one of the few times that she shows awareness of her own sexuality (though later she notes that it's all "part of the act").
306* In the ''Snow White'' adaptation episode of ''WesternAnimation/HappilyEverAfterFairytalesForEveryChild'', White Snow's father remarries an ObviouslyEvil woman named "Sly Fox". While everyone else dresses in traditional clothes, she wears a (rather modern-looking) western-style red dress with traditional designs on the trimmings.
307* Jessica Cat from ''WesternAnimation/TheJungleShow'' is always seen in a red dress.
308* ''WesternAnimation/TheMask'': Eve who is the alter ego of Evelyn wears a red dress with her legs showing and the colour of her heels is the same as her dress which does make her very attractive despite her quirks.
309* The singer/showgirl/stripper in ''WesternAnimation/RedHotRidingHood''. She's even unofficially named "Red", probably as much from her hair as her costume (which is white in several of the shorts). In any case, her clothing certainly draws attention. Her grandmother also wears a red dress, her behavior is anything but sexy.
310* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS24E20TheFabulousFakeBoy The Fabulous Fake Boy]]": Bart has a huge crush on Zhenya, his piano teacher. He imagines himself as playing the piano while Zhenya as a seductive [[TheChanteuse chanteuse]] who is dressed in a tight-fitting red dress. She's also SittingSexyOnAPiano.
311* ''Creator/{{Terrytoons}}'': In a short called "The Wolf's Pardon", a grown-up Red Riding Hood wears a very sexy red dress. She is later revealed to be hideous in looks.
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314[[folder:Real Life]]
315* The late, great baseball personality Buck O'Neill had a stated fondness for women in red dresses; he once told his biographer, "Son, in this life, you never walk by a red dress." At his funeral, all the women wore red.
316* Scarlet red in [[UsefulNotes/{{Kimono}} Kimonese]] stands for sexuality and vigour of youth, being a suitable background colour for a young girl's ''furisode'' or the wedding costume's overcoat ''uchikake'', as well as accessories -- however, red ''underkimono'' has been downright scandalous for many a decade, and the only people who get away with wearing it are geisha and such.
317* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ana_Cumpănaș Anna Sage]] became known as the Lady in Red when she helped the FBI bring down John Dillinger.
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