History Main / BullSeeingRed

* In the Adam West ''Series/{{Batman}}'', the trope is subverted when Batman escapes a deathtrap of being tied to the ground to be trampled by a herd of bulls. He frees himself and waves his cape to make the charging herd avoid him. When Robin notes he was able to do that without the cape being red, Batman tells him that cows are [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cows#Anatomy colorblind]] so the color of his cape didn't matter.

In real life, it's not the color of the cape the matador's waving; it's the fact ''that'' he's waving it. The fact that the color is irrelevant [[JustForFun/TropesExaminedByTheMythBusters was proven]] long before the ''Series/MythBusters'' tackled it on their show. Characters may also occasionally mention that bulls are colorblind, but this is also untrue (though the range of colors they can see is narrower than a human's). As this awareness has grown over time, expect to see many deconstructions and aversions, with the characters pointing out these significant bits of information.

In real life, it's not the color of the cape the matador's waving; it's the fact that he's waving it. The fact that the color is irrelevant [[JustForFun/TropesExaminedByTheMythBusters was proven]] long before the ''Series/MythBusters'' tackled it on their show. Characters may also occasionally mention that bulls are colorblind, but this is also untrue (though the range of colors they can see is narrower than a human's). As this awareness has grown over time, expect to see many deconstructions and aversions, with the characters pointing out these significant bits of information.

[[caption-width-right:300:RedEyesTakeWarning... what? No, [[FurryReminder I was talking to him.]] Get some eye drops or something!]]

* In the BerensteinBears cartoon this trope was averted when the characters are told to distract the bull by waving their brown scout hats. As the smart one points out, its not the color so much as the motion that the objects that makes them upset.

* ''GreenLantern'' #52 reveals that [[spoiler:the Rage Entity is a red bull]]/
* In one ArchieComics story taking place at a rodeo, a bull escapes from his pen and it looks like he's about to hurt the cowgirls- but then it sees Archie's red hair and goes after ''him''. Afterwards, Archie is applauded for [[AccidentalHero "distracting"]] the bull.

[[caption-width-right:300:[[SuperMode Someone get him some eye drops already!]]]]

->''"The devilish color\\
This enemy of mine\\
Strawberry, tomato, everything like that\\
The skin of an apple\\
Is a scary, deadly hurdle\\
Devious red assaults my eye!"''
-->-- ''Anime/EtoRangers'', '''Hols the Bull'''[='s=] ImageSong, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5ntfMUVD6w&t=15m45s Devilish Red]]" (roughly translated)

[[quoteright:350:[[Anime/JuuniSenshiBakuretsuEtoRanger http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ab2cfa09fcc5955e7a110b147a6cf79d.PNG]]]]
[[caption-width-right:350:From RedEyesTakeWarning to [[EmptyEyes No Eyes At All]]. [[SingleIssueWonk He's not going to look at anything else until it's gone]].]]

Devious red assaults my eye!\\
MOO!"''

-->-- '''''Anime/EtoRangers'', Hols the Bull's ImageSong,''' "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5ntfMUVD6w&t=15m45s Devilish Red]]" (roughly translated)

* The ''ComicStrip/{{Popeye}}'' cartoon "For Better Or Nurse" has Bluto deliberately trying to injure himself (as is Popeye) so he can be near nurse Olive at a hospital. He tucks a red towel under his chin and taunts a nearby bull. Unfortunately for Bluto, the bull is smitten with the cow mascot of a dairy product ad billboard. When that script was [[RecycledScript recycled]] for the cartoon series that renamed Bluto as "Brutus", Popeye paints himself red to taint a bull. Brutus pours invisible ink on Popeye to make the bull miss him.

* The ''ComicStrip/{{Popeye}}'' cartoon "For Better Or Nurse" has Bluto deliberately trying to injure himself (as is Popeye) so he can be near nurse Olive at a hospital. He tucks a red towel under his chin and taunts a nearby bull. Unfortunately for Bluto, the bull is smitten with the cow mascot of a dairy product ad billboard.

In real life, it's not the color of the cape the matador's waving; it's the fact that he's waving it. The fact that the color is irrelevant [[TropesExaminedByTheMythBusters was proven]] long before the ''Series/MythBusters'' tackled it on their show. Characters may also occasionally mention that bulls are colorblind, but this is also untrue (though the range of colors they can see is narrower than a human's). As this awareness has grown over time, expect to see many deconstructions and aversions, with the characters pointing out these significant bits of information.

* ''GreenLantern'' #52 reveals [[spoiler: the Rage Entity is a red bull]]

* Some ''Franchise/Pokemon'' games' Pokédex entries on Tauros state outright that the color red is their BerserkButton.

In real life, it's not the color of the cape the matador's waving; it's the fact that he's waving it. The fact that the color is irrelevant [[TropesExaminedByTheMythBusters was proven]] long before the ''MythBusters'' tackled it on their show. Characters may also occasionally mention that bulls are colorblind, but this is also untrue (though the range of colors they can see is narrower than a human's). As this awareness has grown over time, expect to see many deconstructions and aversions, with the characters pointing out these significant bits of information.

** The same happens in a DonaldDuck comic story, ''"The colorblind bull"'', where Grandma Coot has a - [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin yeah]], and said bull starts rampaging at the sight of anything that's ''light blue''. Then a light blue hot air balloon appears...

* Danny [=DeVito=]'s character in ''JohnnyDangerously'' is whacked by handing him a Schlitz malt liquor and a red smoking jacket. Sure enough, the Schlitz Bull comes charging through the wall at him.
** Which, for those not aware, is a ShoutOut to Schlitz's famous late 70's/early 80's ad campaign where a bull would do a Kool-Aid Man wall crash at the end of each commercial.

* Busted in one episode of ''{{Mythbusters}}''. The experiment culminated with a terrified Tory in a red jump suit standing very still in a rodeo ring with a temperamental bull. While rodeo clowns ran around distracting the bull, Tory was completely ignored. It did look for a time like he should have brought some [[BringMyBrownPants brown pants]]