History Main / RedHotMasculinity

* ''Anime/CaptainHarlock'' is Leiji Matsumoto's ideal of masculinity, brave, strong, determined. He also has a cape lined on the inside with red velvet, which is commonly seen thanks to the DramaticWind that seems to follow the man everywhere.

* ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'':
** Kamina wears [[CoolShades red shades]] and a red [[BadassCape cape]]. He is a boisterous, well-built young man who prides himself on being "manly and tough".
** Kamina takes the red motif after Ryoma Nagare from ''Manga/GetterRobo'', who wears a red scarf and is similarly boisterous and HotBlooded, to the point of not being [[AxCrazy quite sane]]. Ryoma also pilots the Getter 1, which gives the resulting Getter Robo combination a mostly red color.
* ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'': When Rei Saotome attempted to enroll Duel Academia during Judai's first year, she disguised herself as a boy, and therefore was placed in the Osiris Red dorm where's donning the Red dorm's boys uniform. Had she not done that, she might have been placed in Obelisk Blue like all the others girls. When she finally officially enrolls Duel Academia during Judai's third year, she decides not to wear the Obelisk Blue girls uniform and wears an Osiris Red uniform instead, with an open jacket and hot pants instead of a miniskirt. She continues to talk like a boy despite not trying to hide her gender again.
* ''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds'': While Jack Atlas mostly wears white, his ace monster is Red Dragon Archfiend, a fiery red dragon with a HeroicBuild along with high ATK and powerful destruction effects, reflecting his fierce and HotBlooded personality and aggressive Dueling style. His ''Anime/YuGiOhArcV'' incarnation takes the theming further, with almost every card in his deck having either "Red" in its name or a fiery motif, and while he's a bit more subdued there, he's still a passionate, hot-blooded Duelist.

* ''WesternAnimation/SuperRobotMonkeyTeamHyperForceGo'': Sprx is the Red Monkey and the most stereotypically masculine of the male monkeys, being cocky, arrogant, stubborn, boorish, and flirtatious.

The color [[red:red]] is often associated with courage, vigor, strength, rage, drive, and various other traits attributed to males. This can be found in fiction as well where red is worn by [[RatedMForManly hypermasculine men and boys]].

* ''VideoGame/Borderlands2'': Mister Torgue is a muscular, [[RatedMForManly manly guy]] obsessed with [[StuffBlowingUp explosions]], to the point of screwing up a task just because of the mere possibility of a massive explosion. While he goes [[WalkingShirtlessScene shirtless]], he wears a red cap on his head, and the higher rarity Torgue weapons tend to have red stripes somewhere on their frames.

* ''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds'': While Jack Atlas mostly wears white, his ace monster is Red Dragon Archfiend, a fiery red dragon with a HeroicBuild along with high ATK and powerful destruction effects, reflecting his fierce and HotBlooded personality and aggressive Dueling style. His ''Anime/YuGiOhARCV'' incarnation takes the theming further, with almost every card in his deck having either "Red" in its name or a fiery motif, and while he's a bit more subdued there, he's still a passionate, hot-blooded Duelist.

** ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'': Sora is a female variation. She is a {{Tomboy}}, wears red gloves, has a red [=DigiVice=] (in {{Transformation Sequence}}s) and her Digimon turns red when she evolves.

*** Daisuke is the most stereotypically masculine of the male Chosen Children, being hotheaded, impulsive, and competitive to a fault. He has burgundy hair, wears [[HotPaintJob a jacket with a red flame design]] and his Digi-Egg of Courage is red.
*** Similar to Sora above, Miyako is a Tomboy and has a dark red [=DigiVice=].

** ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'': Sora is a female variation. She is a {{Tomboy}}, wears red gloves, has a red Digivice (in {{Transformation Sequence}}s) and her Digimon turns red when she digivolves.

*** Davis is the most stereotypically masculine of the male Digidestined, being hotheaded, impulsive, and competitive to a fault. He has burgundy hair, wears [[HotPaintJob a jacket with a red flame design]] and his Digi-Egg of Courage is red.
*** Similar to Sora above, Yolei is a Tomboy and has a red Digivice.

** ''Anime/DigimonDataSquad'': Marcus is a HotBlooded street fighter who [[BloodKnight loves a good brawl.]]. His outfits feature either orange or red.

*** Jason Lee Scott is TheLeader, speaks in a ''very'' [[NoIndoorVoice loud tone]], commands a [[KingOfTheDinosaurs Tyrannosaurus]] AnimalMecha (which later becomes a dragon) and participates in just about any athletic activity under the sun from martial arts to weightlifting to scuba diving.

The color red is often associated with courage, vigor, strength, rage, drive, and various other traits attributed to males. This can be found in fiction as well where red is worn by [[RatedMForManly hypermasculine men and boys]].

*** Jason Lee Scott is TheLeader, speaks in a ''very'' [[NoIndoorVoice loud tone]], commands a [[KingOfTheDinosaurs Tyrannosaurus]] AnimalMecha (which later becomes a [[InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons dragon]]) and participates in just about any athletic activity under the sun from martial arts to weightlifting to scuba diving.

* ''Film/ThreeHundred'': The Spartan Army wears red capes. They are also passionate, proud, muscular, and vicious fighters.

** Shotaro Kaneda is a tough, cocky JapaneseDelinquent who acts fights, does drugs, leads a biker gang, and rather leap before he looks. He also wears a red motorcycle jacket and rides a red CoolBike.

* ''Anime/SaintSeiya'': The titular character is a stubborn, impulsive, and headstrong teenage boy who wears red armor.

* ''VideoGame/Borderlands2'': Mister Torgue is a muscular, [[RatedMForManly manly]] fellow]] who's obsessed with StuffBlowingUp, to the point of screwing up a task just because of the mere possibility of a massive explosion. While he goes [[WalkingShirtlessScene shirtless]], he wears a red cap on his head, and the higher rarity Torgue weapons tend to have red stripes somewhere on their frames.

* In ''[[VideoGame/{{Gauntlet}} Gauntlet Legends]]'' and the updated expansion, ''Dark Legacy'', red-colored characters appear to be from some Nordic, ''[[Franchise/{{ConanTheBarbarian}} Conan]]''-styled tribe. Furthermore, the male-exclusive Attack classes, Warrior and Dwarf, always appear in their Red costumes on the cover art.

* ''VideoGame/Disgaea5AllianceOfVengeance'': Red Magnus red skin, loves muscles and tests of strength, and is as macho as a guy could be.

* In the worlds of ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'', ''TabletopGame/WarhammerAgeOfSigmar'' and ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'', the forces of the Chaos God of Violence, Khorne, primarily wear red, are generally muscular, and focus almost entirely on aggressive melee combat, eschewing most forms of ranged attacks and forsaking the concept of magic. What few magical effects are present take the form of fire and heated weapons.

* ''WesternAnimation/MaoMaoHeroesOfPureHeart'': Mao Mao's armor and clothing are all red and he has an uncharacteristically deep and masculine voice.

*** Jason Lee Scott is TheLeader, speaks in a ''very'' [[NoIndoorVoice loud tone]], commands a [[KingOfTheDinosaurs Tyrannosaurus]] AnimalMecha (which later becomes a dragon and participates in just about any athletic activity under the sun from martial arts to weightlifting to scuba diving.