Their shirts are even Color-Coded for Your Convenience!
Animated Film examples of Red Oni, Blue Oni.- Genie and Carpet from Aladdin. Energetic and boisterous Genie is the red to Carpet's blue.
- Happens a lot in the Barbie movies:
- Barbie & The Diamond Castle: Melody is the red to Dori and Phaedra's blue. Melody is the passionate one who either gets extremely giddy or goes into panic mode, where Dori and Phaedra are the wiser, more "adult" Muses. Melody even wears red and Dori wears partly blue.
- Barbie in A Christmas Carol: The Spirits have this dynamic too, with Past and Present being energetic (Past is a fangirl, Present is somewhat of a troll) while as soon as you're introduced to her, you know that Future, being Future, means business.
- Barbie in the Nutcracker: Clara is the red to Nutcracker's blue. Clara's shown to have somewhat of an attitude when she chastises the Mouse King, particularly during the final battle when she calls the King a "coward hiding behind a magic wand", in comparison to the always calm Nutcracker who never once shows any signs of a temper.
- A similar parallel between the passionate and rebellious Annika and her practical and reserved sister Brietta happens in Barbie and the Magic of Pegasus.
- In Barbie in a Mermaid Tale 2, Ambassador Kattrin (the energetic speedster) is the red to Renata (the stoic), Mirabella and Selena (the friendly but mature)'s blues.
- Barbie In Rock N Royals: Aubray (the ditzy, childish and sometimes clumsy one, who happens to be an Irish redhead) is the red to Genevieve (the posh, collected Brit)'s blue.
- Big Hero 6:
- Hiro is reckless while his older brother Tadashi is comparatively levelheaded. After Tadashi dies, Baymax becomes the Blue Oni owing to his trait of being EXTREMELY calm.
- Cheerful and outgoing Honey Lemon contrasts Go Go Tomago's quietude and snarkiness.
- Fred is just a total whack-a-doodle, while Wasabi is Obsessively Organized.
- Lightning McQueen and Doc Hudson from Cars. Appropriately their respective colors are red and blue. Lightning plays the energetic, hot-tempered red oni to Doc's calm, experienced blue oni.
- In Frozen, sisters Anna and Elsa. Anna is energetic, impulsive and headstrong; Elsa is distant, reclusive and cautious. Anna has red hair and Elsa primarily dresses in blue.
- Help! I'm a Fish: Fly (the red) is a boy with an optimistic and brave attitude who prefers action to planning and thinking things through. His cousin Chuck (the blue) is a bright boy who is rather pessimistic and devoid of initiative. However in the final act, Fly is severely injured by Crab and the dynamic flips: Chuck is forced to take initiative to save his cousins, and Fly has to beat Joe by outsmarting him.
- The Incredibles:
- Frozone is the blue to Mr. Incredible's red, down to the color of their suits post time-skip. He's more mellow and aware of how dangerous their vigilante hobby can be.
- Dash is the red to Violet's blue. He is more boisterous, impulsive and willing to rush into situations (for which his super speed can help), while Violet prefers to think things out.
- In Kung Fu Panda 2, destined enemies Po and Shen. Po is the action-loving, clumsy and buffoonish but passionate red, while Shen is his elegant, sharp-tongued and cunning blue opposite.
- Lilo & Stitch: Lilo (red) and Nani (blue). They are both sisters, which helps this trope. Lilo is more adventurous, outgoing, and more reckless while Nani is more cautious, strict, and very protective of Lilo. Also, Lilo wears a red muumuu while Nani wears a light blue shirt.
- Aliens Jumba (red) and Pleakley (blue). Jumba is more reckless, masculine, impulsive, and would take aggressive approaches to complete tasks while Pleakley is more laid back, sensitive, effeminate, and cautious towards finishing tasks.
- Although its not evident in the first film, Gantu (red) is paired up with Reuben in "Experiment 625" (blue). Gantu is very aggressive, impulsive, and reckless and would go through violent and extreme means in capturing experiments while Reuben is more sensitive, laid back, lazy, and more focused on making sandwiches than capturing experiments. Ironically, Gantu's skin color is bluish-gray while Reuben's fur color is yellow.
- The Lion King (1994):
- Mufasa (red) relies more on his strength and passion whereas Scar (blue) relies more on his intelligence and planning skills.
- When Simba is young, he's the red to Scar's blue. The former is a rambunctious child who doesn't consider that his father has to die for him to be king, while the latter is very cunning and resourceful.
- Timon (red) and Pumbaa (blue). It's not very evident in the film but is more present in their own series and later films. Timon is sarcastic, self-centered, reckless, and has a more impulsive temper while Pumbaa is more sensitive, kind, caring, cautious, and has a more controlled temper.
- Monsters, Inc.: We have enthusiastic, snarky, and comical Mike (red) and stoic but gentle Sulley (blue).
- Mulan: Mushu and Cri-kee qualify. Colour-Coded for Your Convenience, with Mushu being hot-tempered yet scheming while Cri-kee is calmer, more polite, and cautious.
- The Princess and the Frog:
- Charlotte and Tiana. They also fit the Tomboy and Girly Girl mold as well, with Charlotte being the loud, over-dramatic, ditzy, Spoiled Sweet dreamer and Tiana being the quieter, more down-to-earth working girl. One scene has Charlotte in a pink ballgown with Tiana in a (borrowed) blue dress.
- Tiana and Prince Naveen, with Tiana being a serious Workaholic and Naveen being overly laid back and lazy.
- Louis the alligator (blue) and Ray the firefly (red). Ray is more crude and sarcastic and often charges into a fight while Louis is more laid back, sensitive, and afraid of guns.
- The Prince of Egypt:
- The Distant Duet "The Plagues
" has Moses in orange light and Ramses in blue shadows at the end of the song. Their clothing choices throughout the film follow the same color scheme. It fits their overall personalities as well, with Moses being the impulsive and exuberant one that gets them both into trouble, and Rameses being the overly thoughtful, in-control type hailed as a great leader. (Though ultimately, Moses's passionate nature results in empathy and compassion and enables him to save his people; whereas Rameses's analytical, rule-following stoicism makes him cold and ruthless and causes his greatest fear—ruining his father's legacy—to come to pass.) - Moses' siblings, Aaron and Miriam, are a good beta example of this trope: Aaron is cautious and comes off as cold and uncaring while Miriam is passionate, warm, and impulsive. Like many other pairs, their clothes are a reflection of this.
- The Distant Duet "The Plagues
- Rise of the Guardians has three good examples:
- North and Bunny who are also Colour-Coded for Your Convenience, the former wears a red coat and is boisterous and loud, while the latter has bluish-grey fur and is more stoic and meticulous.
- The chatty and flighty Tooth (red) and the quiet and laid-back Sandy (blue).
- Jack is mischievous, fun-loving, and impulsive(red), and Pitch is cold, cunning, and suave (blue).
- The Road to El Dorado:
- Though they sometimes trade roles, Miguel and Tulio are usually red and blue respectively. Miguel tends to be more idealistic and curious, while Tulio tends to be more cautious and calculating. Again, clothing reflects this.
- Tzekel-kan is a fiery and superstitious red, while Chief Tannabok is a chill and secular blue.
- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: Any of the seven dwarfs can qualify but Grumpy is seen as red and Dopey as blue. Grumpy is most angry, reckless, impulsive, and very loud while Dopey is soft-spoken, sensitive, silent, and happy-go-lucky. Grumpy also wears red clothing while Dopey wears green clothing and a purple hat.
- Rapunzel and Flynn from Tangled. Rapunzel is an energetic, innocent, stubborn, and emotional dreamer and Flynn is a laid-back, snarky, somewhat grumpy, and jaded criminal. Appropriately, Rapunzel wears a pink dress and Flynn wears a blue vest.
- Tarzan: Kerchak (red) vs Kala (blue). The former is short-tempered, and the latter is calm.
- Toy Story: Particularly in the first movie, Woody (red) and Buzz (blue). Woody tends to be much more expressive emotionally, whereas Buzz is a stoic officer of the Galactic Alliance.
- In the second film, Jessie (red) is upbeat and sassy, and Woody (blue) is more serious-minded and calm.
- Turning Red:
- Initially, Abby is the exciteable Red Oni to Miriam's, Mei's, and Priya's more levelheaded Blue Onis. After Mei gets more comfortable with her red panda form, she becomes more of a hyped-up and excitable individual which makes the dynamic evenly balanced out between the four of them. When Tyler joins the group, he stands somewhere in-between but leans more into "Blue Oni" territory.
- Mei's parents also qualify. Ming is the overprotective, overbearing Red to Jin's hands-off, freeform Blue. Ming becomes a literal example when she unleashes her red panda form.
- Wolfwalkers has the two main characters, Robyn (blue) and Mebh (red). Mebh is a boisterous Fiery Redhead, while Robyn is calmer and more cautious and has Innocent Blue Eyes.
- Wreck-It Ralph: Ralph and Felix respectively. Passionate and mellow, impulsive and long-term thinking, their clothes are even Color-Coded for Your Convenience.
- Zootopia
- Judy is energetic, naïve, and impulsive while Nick is laid-back, cynical, and cool-headed. In a touch of irony, their colors are reversed, as Judy wears a blue police uniform and Nick has red fur.
- Chief Bogo is hot-headed, strict, muscular, and more masculine while Benjamin Clawhauser is more laid-back, sensitive, compassionate, and effeminate.
