Misused (needs wick checking/cleaning): Lady In Red

One imagines it would depend on whether that comes to be a characteristic trait or is only used once. A character must be regarded as sexy and be associated with wearing attractive red clothing for the trope to count.

In the particular case in question, it would probably count as an Invoked Trope, since they're deliberately trying to use it within the story. You can tell with lines like, "She'll look even hotter in that red dress," or, "Oh my god I never knew red could make her look so sexy!"

edited 15th May '14 10:17:08 AM by Fighteer

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"

Aw dang, didn't notice the reply, gonna rip my edits off the previous page then.

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rereading the current definition, yes, it does say (but it's very hard to notice) that "it will become her default outfit".

Why limit it to this? this pretty much limits the trope to Anime Chinese Girl, Dragon Lady, The Chanteuse, and other characters who's very likely to have a sexy red uniform. In contrast with it's general name.

Also, a lot of the current context-ed example are "worn once, but also plot point". which as you said, is Invoked Trope.

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as for 76, yes. That's a good distinction, but with the name as it is, it's not likely to be noticed even if we rewrite the whole thing to focus on that.

And if changed, it better reflect that it's not "<character type> in Red". Because it's about red dress characterizing a woman instead of a female archetype that wears red dress. Say, Red Dress Of Sensuality

Though with that said, I gotta ask:

Is my definition of "female character wears red in order to bring attention to her" a different trope from this?

If you narrow it down. is "sexy character is associated with wearing a sexy red dress" really all there is to this trope?

Or is there more to it like "A red dress brings attention to a woman's sexuality" (regardless of whether she's hollywoodPudgy or supermodel thin)?

Is dast der Zerstorer? Odar die Schopfer?

I've clarified the description to make it clear that this trope is a character type, not the dress itself. I've also deleted ZC Es and examples that were "This character wears red (pnce/a couple times/a lot)" with no explanation of whether they fit the character type from the trope page.

The wicks still need to be checked and cleaned..

...if you don’t love you’re dead, and if you do, they’ll kill you for it.

Wick cleaned W, X, Y, and Z

I've edited the title to note what needs to be done.

Did U and V.

Got through all the Ts finally.

Yay! Your efforts are appreciated!

...if you don’t love you’re dead, and if you do, they’ll kill you for it.

Q, R, and S done.

ETA: Thank you very much c:

edited 25th Jun '14 12:22:21 PM by rexpensive

I may check the A to B wicks as soon as I get time.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman

P wicks are done.

M and O are now done.

Ls are done.

J - K is now done.

A-I is now done, so the wick cleaning has been finished.

You've got roaming bands of armed, aggressive, tyrannical plumbers coming to your door, saying "Use our service, or else!"

Sweet! Closing this now.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman