History Main / RedIsHeroic

* In ''Fanfic/{{Wonderful}}'':

* ''Fanfic/InfinittTrainTeslaStar'': The Star Voyagers wear Red on their clothes (Stella use a red hoodie, Goh use Red in his clothes and Lucy gain a red undershirt) and Scorbunny is a Fire Type, they also are the main Group of the story.

** Spider-Man of course, in ''[[Film/SpiderManHomecoming Homecoming]]'' the techno-spider suit even has red aura when powering up and even red HUD in the eye lenses.

* ''Franchise/StarWars''' [[LaResistance Rebel Alliance]], with their famous "red bird" emblem. On that note, their elite team of {{Ace Pilot}}s is code-named "Red Squadron" (although later renamed "Rogue Squadron").
** The striping on Han Solo's pants, known as Corellian Blood Stripes, comes in two colors, one of which is red. They are an award given by the Corellian military for conspicuous gallantry.
** In addition, in the original trilogy, the starfighters used by the heroes often fired red lasers, compared to the green ones fired by TIE fighters. In addition, Rebel blasters tended towards red while stormtroopers had blue or green blasts, though this was somewhat less universal.

* In ''Film/TheHobbit'', Bilbo wears a red jacket throughout the film. Also Balin, one of the most outwardly virtuous and heroic of the dwarves, wears red robes.

* ''Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse''
** Superman's cape, of course.
** Wonder Woman's chest piece is red, not that she needs much protection. Diana also wears a red dress at Lex Luthor's party in ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice''.
** Naturally the Flash in ''Film/{{Justice League|2017}}'', as the "Scarlet Speedster".

* In the Literature/{{Deryni}} works, the kings of the House of Haldane wear red (as do their liveried servants, pages, and squires), and the coat of arms features a golden lion on a red field.

* Scarlet Benoit of the ''Literature/TheLunarChronicles'' not only has her first name but has red hair and wears a favorite red hoodie throughout the series.
* The redheaded Lord John Roxton in ''[[Literature/TheLostWorld1912 The Lost World]]'' by Creator/ArthurConanDoyle. A GentlemanAdventurer and connoisseur of South American culture, he's made numerous trips up the Amazon, and encountered the natives being oppressed by slavers - all of whom he has personally made war against (adding a notch to his rifle for every slaver he [[PayEvilUntoEvil shoots]]), while the grateful natives refer to him as "The Red Chief." Although there's a little bit of MightyWhitey at work, Roxton is nevertheless a decent guy who goes above and beyond in his heroics, and the fact Doyle mentions his red hair frequently suggests this trope is very much at work.

* Ruby the Red Fairy of ''Literature/RainbowMagic'', the TeamMom of the Rainbow Fairies and one of the most famous fairies in the franchise (fitting, since she was the first one).

* Red and other similar warm colors adorn several of the 'good' factions in ''TabletopGame/BattleTech'', most notably the heroic mercenary units Wolf's Dragoons and the Kell Hounds. The Warden Wolves are known for their prominent red and brown colors, and they are among the most restrained and protectively-minded of the Clans, especially after accepting an invitation to protect part of the Inner Sphere. On a much smaller level, the famous ''Centurion'' [[http://www.sarna.net/wiki/File:Cn9-ylw.png Yen-Lo-Wang]] is pearl-white with a brilliant red sunburst covering its body (and a blood red helmet) and is most known for being piloted by two of the most heroic and talented warriors in the setting, Justin Xiang Allard and his son Kai.

* ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'' protagonist Battler Ushiromiya boasts bright red hair.

* ''Webcomic/{{Redd}}'' is about a girl named [[MeaningfulName Vicky]] [[CharacterTitle Redd]], who fights {{super villain}}s with [[AppliedPhlebotinum bionic]] [[FloatingLimbs floating hands]] that are custom-colored red. [[SarcasmMode She's rotten to the core.]]
* Commander Badass of ''Webcomic/ManlyGuysDoingManlyThings''
* Jigsaw and Daisy of ''Webcomic/LastRes0rt'', as members of Team Andromeda, are the only team that includes red in their color scheme. [[BringMyRedJacket Matching ascots were added later]] after Daisy started getting self-conscious about her neck, adding a further splash of red.
** The unaffiliated Players Mob wears red as well, but theirs is more in the RedShirt sense.
* Webcomic/{{Dasien}} originally wore a red costume.
* In ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', Karkat and Dave are both red-themed heroes, as is Karkat's ancestor, who's a CrystalDragonJesus.

* The bunny protagonist of ''[[Webcomic/FifteenMinds Blue Moon Blossom]]'' has mostly red fur, or is wearing some kind of floor-length red garment with specially shaped sleeves in the hood covering their ears and a hole for their tail. The red is also a bright shade that doesn't really appear anywhere else in the comic.

** It's been said that using red helped to make the Communists more popular during the Russian Civil War since red was traditionally considered a "good" or "beautiful" color in the Russian culture: there are popular sayings like "Even death is red (nice) when there is one's community around" or "the red price" - the highest price a seller can receive). The Red Square in Moscow is called this exactly for this reason.

* In ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'' fanfic ''Fanfic/HellsisterTrilogy'', ComicBook/{{Legion Of Super-Heroes}} member Dev-Em is a redhead.

* One of the central figures in [[Creator/RaphaelSanzio Raphael]]'s ''The School of Athens'', Plato, is seen wearing a bright red that distinguishes him and his metaphysical ideals from the muted world at his fate.

** After her HeelFaceTurn in ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'', Wanda Maximoff dons a red jacket and [[BattleAura aura]] though she's arguably more of a AntiHero.

** Doctor Strange has the magnificent red [[BadassCape Cloak of Levitation]], which literally kicks more ass than he does.

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* In almost every heroic ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}'' team, the red character, [[FireIsRed always associated with fire]], is {{the hero}} and [[TheLeader leader]]. This is subverted in 2006 with Jaller, who while being the leader of his team, isn't the hero of the Voya Nui saga, nor does he get the most spotlight. That honor goes to ChosenOne Matoro, who is a Toa of Ice clad in white armor.

* In almost every heroic ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}'' team, the red character, [[FireIsRed always associated with fire]], is {{the hero}} and [[TheLeader leader]]. Subverted in the 2006 storyline with Jaller, who while being the leader of his team, isn't the hero of the Voya Nui saga; that's TheChosenOne Matoro, who is clad in white armor.

* In almost every heroic ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}'' team, the red character, always associated with fire, is the hero and leader. Villain teams, on the other hand, mix it up a bit.
** The same goes for William Furno of ''Bionicle'''s successor, ''Toys/HeroFactory''.

** Steve Rogers aka Captain America has red in almost all his outfits, ironically when working for S.H.I.E.L.D. he wore all blue [[spoiler:and S.H.I.E.L.D. turned out to be HYDRA]]. In ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' however the red in Cap's costume has either been ripped peeled off or faded, symbolizing his status as an undercover fugitive and his fall from grace since [[Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar Civil War]].

** After her HeelFaceTurn in ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'' Wanda Maxmimoff/Scarlet Witch certainly fulfills this trope in her attire and color of her [[BattleAura aura]] though she's arguably more of a AntiHero.

** ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' at least when they all wore the red Ravager outfit, Peter Quill aka ''Star-Lord'' wears red all the time, and Drax has red tattoos.

** The heroic android Vision is originally created with red skin, though he later gets a peach-colored skin in order to blend in with humans. His red skin comes out when he uses his special powers, or whenever he's relaxed.

* Simba from ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'' is a lion with a red mane. His father Mufasa qualifies too. Pumbaa is a red-brown warthog, but fits perfectly. Downplayed with Timon, as the only red is a small tuft of hair on his head, and he's a cowardly JerkWithAHeartOfGold.

** Soviet and later Russian military cartographers have used red to denote friendly forces and blue to denote opposing forces. Their NATO colleagues use the reverse scheme. Interestingly, a Tsarist era military atlas [[http://militera.lib.ru/enc/maps_atlas-srazheny-19-veka/index.html]] containing maps of the most important battles of the 19th century also used blue to denote the Russian forces. However, the atlas being a translation from German, it is not clear whether this used to be an established tradition in Tsarist Russia which the Bolsheviks latter flipped, or translators simply kept the original German coloring scheme.

** Soviet and later Russian military cartographers have used red to denote friendly forces and blue to denote opposing forces. Their NATO colleagues use the reverse scheme. Interestingly, a Tsarist era military atlas [[http://militera.lib.ru/enc/maps_atlas-srazheny-19-veka/index.html]] containing maps of the most important battles of the 19th century also used blue to denote the Russian forces. However, the atlas being a translation from German, it is not clear whether this used to be an established tradition in Tsarist Russia which the Bolsheviks latter flipped, or translators simply kept original German coloring scheme.

** Soviet and later Russian military cartographers have used red to denote friendly forces and blue to denote opposing forces. Their NATO colleagues use the reverse scheme. Interestingly, a Tsarist era military atlas [[http://militera.lib.ru/enc/maps_atlas-srazheny-19-veka/index.html]] containing maps of the most important battles of the 19th century also used blue to denote the Russian forces. However, the atlas being a translation from German, it is not clear whether it was an established tradition in Tsarist Russia or translators simply kept original German coloring scheme .

** It's been said that using red helped to make the Communists more popular during the Russian Civil War since red was traditionally considered a "good" color in Russian culture (a common saying even went with "The redder, the better"). Plain Red was also the traditional color of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, as opposed to the blue-white-red and yellow-black-white flags used by the imperial family.

** Red is one of the colors of Gryffindor house, which is associated with bravery and chivalry, and Godric Gryffindor himself is garbed in red and has red beard in his depictions. Also blood red rubies are encrusted into Gryffindor's sword to drive the point home even further.

** the heroic android Vision is originally created with red skin, though he later gets a peach-colored skin in order to blend in with humans. His red skin comes out when he uses his special powers, or whenever he's relaxed.

* The TimeMachine used by Lewis and Wilbur in ''WesternAnimation/MeetTheRobinsons'' is painted red. The TimeMachine used by [[BigBadDuumvirate the Bowler Hat Guy and DOR-15]] is pale blue.

A SuperTrope to PrimaryColorChampion and PinkHeroine. A SubTrope of GoodColorsEvilColors. A SisterTrope to FireIsRed and BlueIsHeroic.