"With my long, red hair flying as I beat them half to death, I got a new nickname: The Bloody Habanero." — Kushina, Naruto
In Hollywood, you have your Dumb Blondes, your Brainy Brunettes... and your Fiery Redheads.
A Fiery Redhead is a red-haired character who is strong, passionate, outgoing, usually outspoken, and almost always female. She has a big personality and she's not afraid to use it. Whatever you do, don't get on her bad side, or there will be hell to pay. (Especially if Personality Powers are present: she likes Playing with Fire.)She will be unladylike unless it's the rare case of a redheaded Spirited Young Lady. She might be One of the Boys, a tomboy, or a lad-ette. Heroes might like redheads but when it's an issue redheads tend not to like their looks.
This hair-color stereotype probably developed since red hair was associated with the Irish for a long time, and Irish people ended up being stereotyped as loud, strong, and passionate. Maureen O'Hara was practically the embodiment of this stereotype and probably did a lot to spread it. On the other hand, it's even found in Eastern Europe where any association would have been with Russians or Swedes, nationalities not generally stereotyped as hotheaded.
In addition to this; it extends even into ancient texts from Babylonian and Scandinavian Oral Historian. In The Edda Prose, Odin is depicted as blonde, green-eyed, cool and calculating - while his son Thor is a redheaded, blue-eyed (something of an omen of war/perfection in Scandinavian culture) fire-breathing stereotypical Viking (the raiding kind) who treats Earth as a giant freshman mixer. Gilgamesh is also a Fiery Redhead with blue eyes whose duties include... well... being a good precursor to Thor, for the most part - though with more reservation and a cooling trend at near the end of his life (this makes both an eerie paradigm of Fiery Redheads at the creation of their respective peoples' writings). The whole "red-haired, blue-eyed" thing is usually split in Japan between two people.
Although real redheads can have Green Eyes, this association is exaggerated in fiction.
Compare Heroes Want Redheads, Dark Skinned Redhead, Evil Redheads, Rose-Haired Girl, Red-Headed Stepchild, and Red-Headed Hero. In anime, could be a Shana Clone. If you have a blonde, a brunette, and a redhead in close proximity (i.e. in the main cast), it's Blonde, Brunette, Redhead. Contrast Shy Blue-Haired Girl for Red Oni, Blue Oni.
Lirin of Saiyuki definitely qualifies. While most of her behavior is more like "annoying", she has a hair-trigger temper and will scream at or drop boulders on people who annoy her.
Ayano Kannagi from Kaze No Stigma is a red haired fire magic user .
Shana, the Flame-Haired, Fire-Eyed demon huntress from Shakugan no Shana.
Another literal example is Rin from Yes! Precure 5. Her hair even turns into a flame-esque style after her transformation.
Mai Tokiha of Mai-HiME is a subversion: she's a redhead with fire-based powers, and presented as an example of this trope in the first episode with her violent outbursts at Yuuichi, but after that, she's shown to be compassionate and caring, and remains that way until things go really bad for her and everyone else.
The manga plays it a bit more straight, giving Mai more of a loose temper that her anime counterpart kept under better control. Both versions were played as "gutsy" and "passionate", which could fall under the redhead stereotype.
Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha has Vita, Teana, Agito, and Nove, who are all redheads with short fuses. For an extra kick, Agito is a literal fire elemental.
Nove's sister Wendi also has red hair. Unlike the other examples, she's quite cheerful.
Ahiru from Princess Tutu isn't very strong in terms of combat, but she otherwise fits the description perfectly. (And she does catch the local Jerkass off guard once).
Kallen Stadtfeld from Code Geass. In fact just about everything about her is red, from her rebel headband, to her mecha, hell even the outfits she wears are associated with the color red.
Mai Shiranui is one of these in the second Fatal Fury OVA and The Movie. She is passionate, outgoing and outspoken, and has fire based attacks to top it — although her physical strength is sadly underplayed. Note, however, that in most of the thegames, she is usually represented with brown or black (with purple highlights) hair, but her cheerful, combative personality is pretty much the same and she gets to keep her Action Girl credentials.
Misty in her early appearances in the Pokémon anime. Ironically, she specializes in Water-type Pokémon.
Flannery, on the other hand, does use Fire-types. Both typecasting and hotheadedness worked to her detriment in the manga back at Mt. Chimney, but she puts up a hell of a fight while stalling Kyogre later on.
I'm not afraid of you! Just come and face me... Sapphire!
Let us not forget Jessie, the most Badass member of the Team Rocket trio.
Naruto's mother Kushina was one of these, though she mellowed(slightly) with age. She was nicknamed "the Bloody Habanero" because her face resembled a tomato... and because she beat the pulp out of every person that called her "Tomatohead".
Nami from One Piece. Even her punches are emotionally charged.
Boa Marigold is just a shade lighter than red, but she earns mention for combining Prehensile Hair and Infernal Retaliation to pull off this trope literally.
Kiddy Phenil of Silent Möbius, but only in the TV series. Her hair is green in every other version.
Admiral Bittenfeld from Legend of the Galactic Heroes and Alliance soldier Katerose von Kreutzer. Averted with Admiral Kircheis, a fellow redhead.
Renji Abarai and Ichigo Kurosaki from Bleach. That's all.
Subverted with Orihime, whose hair is the same orangey color as Ichigo's. However, she's so sweet-tempered that she hardly ever gets mad even when Rukia says she should.
Ranma 1/2 sort of has the titular character. As a teenager who was raised his entire life to fight and win in martial arts duels, Ranma Saotome has the general hot-headed, impulsive, passionate personality to fit into this trope. However, in his normal form, he's a black-haired boy. Thanks to Jusenkyo and an Adaptation Dye Job, he can gain the right sex and hair color and loses none of the attitude that lets him qualify.
Nami from Full Metal Panic, who encompasses most of the cliches that go with it. Hot tempered, passionate about what she does, outgoing and fiery... the only thing is that, she's not nearly as violent as TsundereKaname, and more often than not, actually tries to be gentle and nice around Sousuke, the guy she likes.
That might have something to do with the fact that, in the original novels, she doesn't have red hair — her hair is described as "brown and unkempt". The red version was strictly the illustrator's fault. Then again, in the novels Kaname doesn't have blue hair, either...
The titular character from Cutey Honey. No matter what hair colour she has, she's still very fiery.
Mana the tomboy in Onegai My Melody: a martial arts expert who is not adverse to using her kicks.
Subverted in Solty Rei with Accela, who is very shy and timid (at least until she goes Laughing Mad in the last few episodes).
Averted with Mikuru from Haruhi Suzumiya, who is probably the meekest, most timid member of the main cast and definitely a contrast to the fiery brunette main character.
Hanaukyo Maid Tai. Ryuuka in La Verite. In the first season she had brown hair.
Nakiami from Xam'd: Lost Memories is a subversion. She has red hair; but is taciturn and shows little to no interest in romance. She is an undeniable Badass, though...
Trinity Blood: Astaroth Aslan used to be a redhead when she was young (a traumatic event turned it gray/white of grief, all but a streak). Esther Blanchett also applies, specially in the manga. She has more a grounded personality in the novels.
One Piece features one of both genders. More familiar is the protagonist Nami, who meets her nakamas' idiocy with violent outbursts, and more recently the introduction of Eustass "Captain" Kidd, a sociopath who would also qualify for evil redhead.
Nobunaga of Sengoku Otome was told to squeeze a pipe to calm her down whenever she became frustrated. She does this but it doesn't stop her from threatening ghosts who aren't scared of her stories.
Terrence, the hero of Dreamland subverts this: he is a redhead and has fiery powers but is nonchalant and not really eager to fight. Eve however plays the trope straight.
Both of the Grant brothers in Marmalade Boy, but specially Brian. Michael is more of a Keet.
Comic Books
X-Men, Jean Grey and Rachel Summers, who not only fit the personality trope but also happen to manifest their powers in the form of giant birds made of fire. Rahne Sinclair too, though it's hidden under repressive piety most of the time.
During the first twelve years of her existence Jean Grey did not have a very fiery personality - for instance in a 1982 interview Dave Cockrum described the pre-Claremontean Marvel Girl as a "wimp" and a typical "Stan Lee girl" who dressed like a Young Republican.
Started out with black hair and was only "revealed" as actually a redhead in her ASM #86 makeover. Did not become appreciably fierier after the change.
Disney's The Little Mermaid- Ariel is the first rebelliousDisney Princess with a thirst for adventure and tendency toward recklessness. The creators of Enchanted say (strawberry) Giselle owes her spunkiness to her.
Syndrome from The Incredibles is a male example. Heck, his hair's even shaped like a flame, and his personality is suitably over-the-top. Elastigirl as well.
Tigress, the leader of the Furious Five from Kung Fu Panda, who just happens to be an anthropomorphic wild cat with mostly orange fur.
Treasure, the wannabe leader of the Female Furies, from Superman/Batman: Apocalypse. Too bad the four Female Furies killed her, left her as a bloody mess on the ground, and decided to "let the dogs clean up the mess".
Film — Live-Action
Down with Love - Renee Zellweger's character stops being a wimpy woman and to show it, she dyes her hair red.
Diamonds Are Forever. When James Bond first meets Tiffany Case, she's outspoken, is quite rude to him and has a bit of a temper. She changed wigs (from blonde to brunette), then appeared as a redhead.
James Bond: I don't care much for redheads. Terrible tempers. But somehow it seems to suit you. Tiffany: It's my own.
The Ur-Fiery redhead, Mary-Kate Dannaher in John Ford's The Quiet Man. As another character puts it, "That red hair is no lie!" She tries to slug out John Wayne himself! Maureen O'Hara's finest Fiery Redhead hour.
Bortai, the redheaded Tartar princess played by Susan Hayward in the John Wayne flop The Conqueror.
Ginny Weasley from Harry Potter is a double subversion as she is usually soft spoken but:
Harry: Okay, so this morning I'm going to be putting you all though a few drills, just to set things straight... [everybody keeps talking] Harry: Quiet, please! [nobody listens to him] Ginny: SHUT IT! [silence] Harry: ...thanks.
Ann Sheridan in several movies from the late 1930s/early 1940s.
Shapeshifter Mystique, usually doing infiltration and other covert ops in the X-Men comics, is more like the mutant version of the Angry Black Man in the movies. She's red-headed in both incarnations.
Shannon of Far and Away fits this easily.
Joseph: I warn you. That redhead has a bite that stings.
In the "Tales of the Branion Realm" series by Fiona Patton, the royal family of an alternate Britain is this - literally. The sovereigns are the Jesus-style avatars of a fire god, and since there are strong Celtic elements to the series they commonly have red hair. They also have tempers, which is not surprising given that effectively having a fire god inside you is not good for your mental stability.
As is her son, Ben Skywalker. The striking similarities between the two (particularly their personalities) are brought up fairly often in profic, especially in Sacrifice, and a LOT in fanfic. To be honest, probably the only notable physical feature he inherited from Luke are his eyes.
Ygritte from A Song of Ice and Fire. All redheads are believed to be "kissed by fire" in the wildling culture and have a reputation for spirit.
Ginny Weasley of Harry Potter, as well as her Molly and the rest of the Weasleys are just as fiery as their hair colors. The more mellow is Percy, and he, well...
Harry's mother, Lily, was also like this, mostly around James before they ended hooking up. Hmm, maybe the Potter men have a thing for fiery redheads.
Ciaphas CainHERO OF THE IMPERIUM's comrades Colonel Kasteen and Trooper (later Corporal) Magot fit this trope to a T, Magot almost to the point of being a Psycho Lesbian. And, no, the two redheads are not a couple.
Justified with Anne Shirley of Anne of Green Gables, whose temper was at its fieriest when she was teased about her red hair (being one of the few characters who's fire is connected to her coloring). She chewed out the neighborhood busybody (big mistake...), and also responded to being called "Carrots" by breaking her slate over a schoolmate's head.
But nobody ever teased her about her red hair again, after the social snubbing Gilbert got for five or so years. Ironically, they end up marrying.
Well, ironic for Anne. That was Gilbert's goal [[Love at First Punch: since the beginning]].
Anne never quite gets over her dislike of her red hair. She didn't even like it when her children inherited it. When Jem is born and the nurse tells her his hair will be red, Gilbert reports to Marilla that "Anne is furious with her, and I'm tickled to death!"
From the same series, a male example — the boisterous King Smoit, who is jolly and personable with his friends, but unleashes a warrior's temper on those who anger him.
Aviendha (and, to a lesser extent, all Aiel women) from the Wheel of Time behave like this. They are quite proficient with the spears and knives they threaten men who make unwanted advances with.
Pippilotta Delicatessa Windowshade Mackrelmint Ephraim's Daughter Longstocking, from the Pippi Longstocking series (and subsequent adaptations). Don't mess with this tank of a little girl.
In Robert Graves' King Jesus, Jesus has red hair, that being one of the eight "signs of royalty."
Herrenna the Henna-Haired Harridan, a side character in The Light Fantastic has red hair (per her title) and absolutely no patience or pity for either Rincewind or Twoflower. Oh, and she has a very big sword.
Squirrelflight of Warrior Cats would qualify as a Fiery Redpelt.
Her mother, Sandstorm, was one as well.
Nerdanel, Maedhros, Amrod and Amras from The Silmarillion are pretty much the only characters to be described as redheads in J.R.R Tolkien's books. The trope is perhaps averted with Nerdanel and Maedhros: being Fëanor's wife and eldest son, they're respectively strong-willed and slightly unhinged...but still much more cool-headed than ther rest of their family.
Mahtan.
Karen in the Three Worlds Cycle. Specifically in the first quartet, where she appears as a main character. I mean, she takes on freaking Rulke, for Io's sake, not to mention harassing pretty much every main character through the whole quartet. And she just happens to be described as having "extremely fiery red hair"...
Jennsen Rahl in the Sword of Truth series. In-story, red hair is often (falsely) stereotyped as the hair color of a witch among the blond-haired D'Haran purebloods, rather than indicative of personality.
Red in Aaron Allston's Galatea In 2 D; not only does Penny play Women Are Wiser in their Battle Couple, when Penny is dying and only their boss can save her, Red clearly has to fight to keep begging him to do so instead of attacking him.
In Terry Brooks' Voyage of the Jerle Shannara introduces Rue Meridian, who steals airships single-handed and kills lizard-men, and you had better not tell her she can't.
Bronwyn in Bronwyn's Bane. Living with a serious curse increases her anger management issues.
Clementine from The Liberation of Clementine Tipton.
Maggy Mulligan from Faraway Dream.
Gwen Jones from the Cherry Ames mysteries.
Madeline from Madeline.
The Fire-witches in the Enchanted Forest Chronicles deserve special mention: when they get angry enough (which is often), their hair explodes.
Sioned, Sionell, and Feylin, among others of Melanie Rawn's Dragon Prince and Dragon Star trilogies.
I, Robot has engineer Mike Donovan, described as possessed of perpetually unkempt red hair, a short temper, and a generally Hot Blooded personality, in contrast to his calmer dark-haired work partner Gregory Powell.
Felicity of the American Girls Collection is a spunky, spritely colonial girl, full of energy and independence.
Princess Elizabeth of The Royal Diaries' Elizabeth I: Red Rose of the House of Tudor can swear up a storm when she wants to.
The main character of the Dear America book A Coal Miner's Bride: The Diary of Anetka Kaminska complains about everything about her looks except her red hair. At one point she suddenly remembered that she was her mother's fiery redhead and atarted yelling at her ungrateful husband with a list of all the things she does for him.
'Red' Kelly and his sister Kelly Kelly in the Young Bond novels. In fact, the whole Kelly clan might qualify.
'Red' Blaze from the Civil War and Floating Outfit novels of J.T. Edson. Blaze is the most hotheaded and impetuous of Edson's heroes.
In Death: Feeney has ginger hair. He may seem rather calm, but he can be explosive when he's angry.
At least early on Willow from Buffy is a subversion - quiet, plain (in a Hollywood Homely way), not especially strong and easily the most intelligent and intellectual of the teenage characters. In fact Oz probably counts too.
Not coincidentally, Willow's hair got distinctly more and more red as her character became more assertive and less nerdy and quiet.
However, the stereotype was completely avoided when Willow went berserk at the end of Season 6. Her hair turned black. So the only time she is seen as a truly badass redhead is via the alternative-universe Fetish Fuel Vampire Willow.
Amy Dumas (Lita of the WWE) was a pretty decent personification of this, being flashy, outgoing, and pretty damn willing to jump in the middle of just about anyone who crossed her, male or female.
Red of Fraggle Rock with her extreme tomboy nature, her... very high self-esteem, and her dominant personality (which itself causes numerous conflicts), not to mention her own explicitly stated desires ("The Tale of the Triumphant Princess" anyone?).
Captain Janeway from Star Trek: Voyager, though as she's The Captain she doesn't have to lose her temper, just give them the Glare of Death. Strong, very expressive and touchy in her body language even though she's a Celibate Hero, and quickly gets Badass on anyone who threatens her ship or crew.
Dr. Beverly Crusher from Star Trek: The Next Generation - do not piss her off or you will find yourself dropped by Klingon martial arts faster than you can say 'hypospray'.
Major Kira Nerys from Deep Space Nine. Former Bajoran resistance fighter, current second-in-command of Deep Space Nine, and an always fiery personality. She once beat the shit out of a serial killer while the equivalent of nine months pregnant.
Addison Montgomery - former Montgomery-Shepherd - in Grey's Anatomy and Private Practice. She's also pretty successful with men (Derek, Mark, Alex, Kevin, Noah, Archer) so she's also an example of Heroes Want Redheads.
Oookay, you do realise one of the men you listed there is her brother?!
Ashka, the callous, mean, chronically double-crossing and power-hungry bitch from Spellbinder.
My So-Called Life: Central character Angela Chase evokes this trope by dying her hair "crimson glow". Former best friend Sharon Cherski is a lot calmer and more manageable than Angela, but she still easily fits the trope. Same goes with Hallie Lowenthal, the series' resident adult Fiery Redhead.
Inverted on Glee, the only redheaded character is the super sweet Emma. Every other female character (except Brittany and Tina) is extremely fiery.
In The Sentinel we have: Naomi Sandburg, who seems like a peace-loving ex-flowerchild, until you threaten her son; Jim's ex-wife Carolyn; and Megan Connor, the Antipodean Amazon.
Castle is surrounded by fiery redheads (with varying degrees of redness): his spacy but tough mother, his sweet daughter who isn't afraid to tell him off when necessary, and his police detective partner who is a BadassAction Girl with a gun.
Vice-President Mackenzie Allen (Commander In Chief) was encouraged by everyone to resign when death by aneurysm got a hold of the President. Instead she took the Oath of Office, won the country and was generally a spitfire who shouldered the responsibility of the Presidency without getting drunk on power - and God help you if you stood in her way. Fiery Redhead, indeed!
Tess Mercer from Smallville. You do NOT want to get in her way or get her angry.
Jaime Edmondson from The Amazing Race, and to a lesser extent her team-mate Cara Rosenthal.
Raven Whitney from The Edge of Night.
When Assistant District Attorney Casey Novak of the Special Victims Unit isn't on the scene with guns blazing and taking a hands-on approach to the cases she is in softball batting practice or bicycling to work.
Melanie Jonas (formerly Melanie Layton Kiriakis) on Days of Our Lives. Despite being downright saccharine at times, if you get on her bad side she'll really let you have it. Also, since she's about to gain her sixth love interest in less than three years, she definitely qualifies as an example of Heroes Want Redheads.
Magic: The Gathering gives us ChandraNalaar, a young and impulsive pyromancer who is as short-tempered as she is dangerous. This makes her, both figuratively and literally, a fiery redhead. And literally on two levels—both in that her powers involve fire, and in that in most of her official art, her hair is actually on fire.
Star Trek: The Next GenerationTabletop RPG (Last Unicorn Games) supplement "Planetary Adventures". The adventure "The Enemy You Know" has a redheaded female engineer, who "can be hot-tempered and impulsive" and has a "tendency to charge into situations". She overhears a Vulcan woman speak a phrase in Romulan and confronts her, calling her a "dirty Romulan spy".
The redhead Helena Daphnotarthius, a cleric of the Immortal Valerias, in the Dungeons & DragonsDawn of the Emperors boxed set. She was "fiery in anger, in romance, in the pursuit of things she wants." She wanted to live "life to its fullest and promote the questionable virtues of reckless abandon and thoughtless enjoyment".
Warhammer 40,000 has Angron, Primarch of the World Eaters. After he becomes a Daemon Prince, he's a literal redhead.
Friend and unconfirmed cousin of Princess Peach, the redhead Daisy was stated as a tomboy in Mario Tennis, her first modern appearance, and is known for her energetic, loud, and competitive character traits.
Nariko from Heavenly Sword. There has perhaps never been so much red coming out of one head.
Excepting the game versions and art which depicted her as a blonde or brunette, Tyris Flare of the Golden Axe series. Literally a Fiery Redhead in that she was able to summon explosions and dragons with her magic.
Tasha/Zadia from Advance Wars: Days of Ruin/Dark Conflict.
Aika from Skies Of Arcadia. She seems to be aligned with the Red Moon, which embodies heat, as well.
Akafubu of Kibombo (subverting Magical Negro in the process)
Karst (surprisingly the only Fire Clan member to follow this trope)
Tyrell (no duh, considering Garet's his father)
Eoleo the Champa (debuted in The Lost Age, but grew into the personality for Dark Dawn)
Planescape: Torment features the sharp-tongued, passionate, brash tiefling thief Annah-Of-The-Shadows.
Of all the Redheads in The Witcher, Princess Adda is the one who could be called fiery. Triss has her moments but is more often the tactician in combat or politics, as does Shanni but is more often motherly.
MonicaRaybrandt in Dark Cloud 2. Even though the game's point of view is centered on Max, she's pretty much the leader in the team, and has a... unique sense of humor, especially where Firbits are concerned.
Subverted in Final Fantasy X with Wakka, who is probably the most laid back character in the game. He has his angrymoments, though.
House Harkonnen from the Dune games. While this trope may not be entirely noticeable in Dune 2 and Dune 2000, this is very prevalent in Emperor: Battle for Dune. 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. Note that 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 says to go away. Heck, 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.
But can be played straight by Commander Shepard in both games, depending on player choices.
Especially now that the default female Shepard in Mass Effect 3 is a Green Eyed Redhead.
Also inverted in Neverwinter Nights, in which (by hair color) Aribeth is the closest thing to a redhead among all of the NPCs but is also the most rational and collected of the entire cast (until the dreams begin).
At first glance the trope is averted in Dragon Age: Origins, where pious "good girl" Leliana is a redhead and "bad girl" Morrigan is a brunette. But 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).
If Leliana becomes "hardened" due to her personal quest, she plays this trope perfectly straight from then on.
Aveline from Dragon Age 2 also seems to be one, and various redheaded NPCs play it straight, subvert it, etc.
Lilith from Borderlands takes this trope literally and has Elemental Powers in a game otherwise mostly devoid of sorcery.
Pokémon example: Darmanitan, the absolutely berserk-looking daruma doll gorilla, is covered in red fur. A literal example too, as it's a Fire-type. The series has a few other examples like this.
And Alena from Dragon Quest IV, who (despite the pointy hat) isn't even a magic user, but instead a princess who would sooner punch her problems away than act like the stereotypical princess her father wants her to be.
Joanna Dark from Perfect Dark and its prequel Perfect Dark Zero. Although, in the first game her hair looks more brown than red, her personality is still Fiery Redhead.
Subverted hard with Khalid in Baldur's Gate, who is anything but fiery.
Nalia in the sequel is a straightforward example however.
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 a la Bomberman.
Brooks in The Orion Conspiracy plays this trope straight to a T. She can cuss, she can fight, she can have sex, she can do a lot.
In The1st Degree presents Ruby Garcia. She is a redhead (Captain Obvious), her first name refers to red, and she has the attitude. She is the girlfriend of the defendent 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.
His half-sister Ange is also a subversion of this trope.
Aoko and Akiha from Tsukihime and Melty Blood. Aoko's hair is probably dyed, as it was brown when she was younger. Aoko is one of the strongest mages in the world who enjoys messing with people and blowing stuff up. Akiha's hair is normally a severe black, as befitting an ojou, but it Turns Red when she consciously or unconsciously calls upon her demonic blood to power up. She fits this trope well, since she gets redder the more fiery she gets, and gets more fiery the redder she gets. She's still in control until the point that her eyes turn red too, which is the sign that she's gone insane.
Akiha once claimed that the redness was her "true" hair color, but only in the sense that her "true" nature is demonic — she was being rather negative at the time. Her cousin, Kouma, has more demon blood than she does and still normally has black hair, and he's not the kind of guy who would bother with disguises.
Webcomics
MAG ISA — (subversion) Claudita is a red-head but violence is always her last resort.
Oasis from Sluggy Freelance. She tends to alternate between extreme giddiness (usually when Torg acts nice to her) and extreme jealousy and rage (usually when something comes between her and Torg). Justified since these emotions were programmed into her by Dr. Steve. In addition, she's frequently accompanied by fire-related motifs such as The Phoenix. It turns out that "fiery" is literal; she's pyrokinetic.
Surma from Gunnerkrigg Court. Her daughter, Antimony, also has some of this personality, but it's almost completely tempered by her stoicism.
Reynardine: (to Antimony) Haha! Well, you may have everyone fooled with your stoic facade, but not me! You have a fire in you, child, a fire that belonged to your mother!
Given Annie's talent in creating and manipulating fire with the Blinker Stone, it would seem she's literally fiery.
It turns out that Surma and Antimony are indeed descendants of a fire elemental.
Haley is a bit of a subversion: she suffers from considerable self-loathing and feels it necessary to hide her true feelings much of the time, believing people wouldn't like her if they really knew her.
Dave from Homestuck, sort of - though the comic is mostly in black and white, fan art depicted him with red hair so much that the author eventually decided to declare that he does via Word Of God.
Anja Baker from Regular Guy. Though she mostly keeps it on a low simmer, she is also the character least likely to put up with BS.
Benny of Looking for Group is a hot, redheaded troll with a very short temper. She happily beats the living daylights out of anyone that irritates her... and she's a priestess.
SKO and TKO from Elf Blood are normally generally quite calm and reserved, even kindly. Get them in the same room together and watch their tempers flare.
Marron, the eggroll/bondage emporium waitress turned artist, from Voodoo Walrus is an example of this as her introduction involves threatening a co-worker with an iron maiden and then smashing a phone book into the skull of one of the main characters when he gets a little too blatant with his flirtations.
Mac could be seen as another example of this, but its been over a year since she was last depicted with her natural red hair color.
Mal from Head Trip. She can be calm, rational, and logical, but she is definitely a Heroic Sociopath, and a lot more fun when she's being violent to the stupid people.
Web Original
Aptly-nicknamed Emily "Phoenix" Shifter from Orderly Chaos is a sweeter, girlier version who still packs plenty of passion into a little package.
Fireball of the Whateley Universe. Red hair, short temper. Oh, and that fire manifestation power. And she's Ax Crazy.
Powerful mage Fey counts too. Do ''not'' piss her off. Plus, when it comes to fire, no one else has what she has.
Kyle from South Park is this, often instigated as a result of Cartman's antisemitism, racism or greed. This can lead to his own Jerkass tendencies, approaching Knight Templar at times.
He comes by it honestly given his mother is a full blown fiery Jewish Knight Templar redhead.
Every woman in the Slaghoople bloodline in The Flintstones — Wilma's mother, Wilma, and Pebbles.
Averted by Jasmine "Jazz" Fenton of Danny Phantom. She wasn't a spitfire. She was a stuck-up (but caring) know-it-all. But her mother, Maddie on the other hand...*
But she's got brown hair in fact most fans think Jazz and her brother are adopted.
If a headband counts as hair, Raphael certainly qualifies. Subverted in the comics though as all the turtles have red headbands.
Quinn Morgendorffer in Daria, when she gets really worked up. Note also that Daria Morgendorffer herself is auburn-haired (red-brown), and when annoyed... bad things happen in her presence. Prime example: in the Season 1 finale, a former student (and perennial Jerk Jock, as well as a Jerkass) disses Daria and her best friend - and moments later, is killed when a goalpost falls on him. Even the passive Fiery Redhead girls can cause damage.
Cliffjumper of Transformers is a hotheaded little red Autobot who is extremely paranoid and eager to blindly charge into a fight.
The V.E.N.O.M warrior, Vanessa Warfield, from MASK... although you may notice the dark streak on her hair.
Averted by Sheila the Thief, of the Dungeons & Dragons cartoon, for she is not a boisterous fighter as her blonde little brother, Bobby.... or her Black Best Friend, Dianah.
Subverted with Kyle Broflovski in South Park, being as how he's one of the most levelheaded characters on the show. There have been instances where Cartman has had him spitting nails, though.
Speedy, aka Red Arrow, in Young Justice. He was tickedoff at constantly being Green Arrow's sidekick and set off on his own. Despite this, he genuinely cares about his friends and looks after them. In secret, of course.
Tyrone from The Backyardigans is usually a pretty mellow Deadpan Snarker, but he's been shown to have quite a temper in some episodes, like "Best Clowns in Town" and "Sinbad Sails Alone".
The Adventures Of Teddy Ruxpin has the young Hot Blooded Prince Arin, whom the others often have to restrain from going off half-cocked charging into everything. (Though his red hair is usually hidden underneath a helmet.)
My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic: Rainbow Dash plays this trope two ways. Her bangs are warmer colors (red, orange, and yellow) and are more prominent, while the cooler colors (green, blue, and purple) are mostly hidden behind her neck.
One of her idols in the Wonderbolts, Spitfire, has hair that looks like a fiery blaze, but she averts this trope so far as she seems to have an easy going and laid back personality.
Sassette from The Smurfs was basically this before Papa Smurf changed her into a real Smurf. That's where she gets her name.
Otto Osworth from Time Squad. While he's generally outgoing and friendly towards everyone around him, he doesn't appreciate it when adults are being mean to him or when they do something incredibly stupid. Sometimes the attitude towards these types of people are just plain spiteful, He will often argue and a few times lose his temper all together. Sometimes he will work out a plan that has the purpose to simply humiliate someone, let alone get a mission completed.
Sissle, from Stunt Dawgs, especially since she uses explosives!
Seeing as most of the photographs we have of him are monochrome, you'll be forgiven for not knowing this.
William Bailey-Rose aka Axl Rose is prime example of this. He even beat up an audience member during a concert who was taping him.
Dave Mustaine from Megadeth, probably best known for his bitter rivalry with his ex band mates from Metallica and his anger in his music and lifestyle.
Queen Elizabeth I, who once boxed the ears of a courtier she considered overdressed. (Didn't help that the woman had secretly married her formerly-faithful Heterosexual Life Partner). She could also curse like a sailor, and had a real-life Death Glare.
Also her descendant and grandson to the actual Queen Elizabeth II, Henry of Wales aka Prince Harry.
Actually, since Queen Elizabeth I was the Virgin Queen, she did not have any descendants. According to the other wiki, she is the current queen's first cousin fourteen times removed. They do share common ancestry, however, so the recessive gene still shows up.
Statistically speaking, the Scottish have more redheads per capita than any nationality, and we all know the stereotypes about Scots. In addition the United States has more redheads than anywhere else in the world.
Both the Scots and the Irish inherited their red hair from Scandanavian (predominantly Danish and Norwegian) invaders. In fact, the predominance of red hair among the Norse (Vikings) and Danes is likely the source of the vast majority of redhead stereotypes in European cultures.
