History Main / RedIsHeroic

Compare HeroesWantRedheads, BringMyRedJacket, HeroesPreferSwords, ColorCodedCharacters, PurpleIsPowerful, LawOfChromaticSuperiority, SatanIsGood, and RedOniBlueOni.

** Aside from [[HeroesWantRedheads her hair]], Natasha Romanoff a.k.a. Black Widow also has red in her outfits and casual clothes.

[[caption-width-right:350:What an ''inc[[red:red]]ible'' color!]]

[[caption-width-right:350:What an ''incredible'' color!]]

* 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).

** The British Army also wore redcoats for a time (and in the case of the Royal Guards, still do).

** In the prequel, ''LightNovel/FateZero'', the Servant Rider (i.e. UsefulNotes/AlexanderTheGreat) is probably the most affable, reasonable, and heroic among the Servants.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'': The Parr family's supersuits are all predominantly red. Edna designed them after all.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars}}'': Race car Lightning [=McQueen=] is red and the central character of the whole franchise, though it's played straighter after his HeelFaceTurn.

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

* [[ParodiedTrope Parodied]] in ''AudioPlay/EvangelionAfterTheEnd''. Asuka pitches the idea of ''Shin {{Sentai}} Evangelion'', because all Sentai main heroes wear red, and she wants to be TheHero and TheLeader.

* About Sandro Botticelli's ''Art/{{Fortezza}}'', the woman's red mantle is a symbol of courage, which is associated with fortitude. Or, in this context, the strength that one must have when overcoming hardship.

** Iron Man, as Tony Stark himself said to [[BenevolentAI Jarvis]] when designing his PoweredArmour.
--->Throw a little hot rod red in there.
** James Rhodes aka War Machine, has a red [[GlowingMechanicalEyes eye-lights]] on his helmet and red arc reactor.
** Natasha Romanoff aside from [[HeroesWantRedheads her hair]], she also has red in her outfits and casual clothes.
** Thor has a red cape and other red highlights in his outfit, in contrast to his brother [[spoiler: and sister]] who wear [[GreenandMean green]]. In ''Film/ThorRagnarok'' the God of Thunder has even more red in his costume, even [[ThisMeansWarpaint on his face]]. Odin, Thor's father also wears a red cape and he was [[TheAtoner for most the part]] benevolent.
** 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]]''.
** Hawkeye has red in his outfit in [[Film/TheAvengers2012 The Avengers]] and [[Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron Age of Ultron]], but changes to purple in Civil War matching his comic book counterpart.
** After her HeelFaceTurn in ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'', Wanda Maximoff aka Scarlet Witch dons a red leather jacket and [[BattleAura aura]] though she's arguably more of a AntiHero.
** Sam Wilson aka ''The Falcon'''s costume is very red, he even names his RobotBuddy ''Redwing''.
** Hank Pym and Scott Lang as the ''Film/AntMan1'' and Janet Van Dyne when she was the ''The Wasp'' have red outfits, Hope (Hank and Janet's daughter) however changes it up having yellow in her costume instead, which is accurate to most comic book depictions of The Wasp.
** ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'': At least when they all wore the red Ravager outfit, Peter Quill wears red all the time, and Drax has red tattoos.
** Red is the most consistent color across all of Spider-Man's outfits, with only two of them (the Stealth suit from ''[[Film/SpiderManFarFromHome Far From Home]]'' and the Gold suit from ''[[Film/SpiderManNoWayHome No Way Home]]'') forgoing it entirely.

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Red shows up a lot when it comes to the heroes of a story, usually the color of their clothing. As their main color motif, it could also be their hair color, gear, BattleAura, or body parts for robots and non-human characters. This could be limited to the main protagonist, or be as wide as an entire BadassArmy. Some ChromaticArrangement trios have the [[LawOfChromaticSuperiority leader wear red.]]

* ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainTeslaStar'': 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.

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[[caption-width-right:350:A {{crossover}} made with this trope.]]