History Main / RedheadsAreUncool

* ''ComicBook/RobinSeries'': Philmont Denlinger is a readheaded geek with freckles who gets relentlessly bullied.

* ''Series/Bridgerton'': The Featheringtons are treated mostly as uncouth pariahs, and all of the women have dark red hair.

* Carl from ''WesternAnimation/JimmyNeutronBoyGenius'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius'' is chubby, awkward, and frequently uses his inhaler as well as receiving other injuries (specifically injuring his scapula.)

They're often gingers, redheads with pale skin and freckles, but not necessarily. They might have intellectual hobbies like [[{{Bookworm}} reading]]. Their clothes are probably far from stylish and they are likely to have minor health problems. They are easily picked on for these things, not necessarily for their hair color, unlike the RedHeadedStepchild. They also have a tendency to be a ShrinkingViolet. If they're not then they'll be an uncontrollable FieryRedhead who gets into big trouble. Despite how different they are, they can grow out of it and by the time they mature they can be expected to blossom into a self-assured person who is calm, strong, and elegant. In the mean time they will probably make a loyal friend.

On the other hand, mature redheads are [[HeroesWantRedheads wanted by heroes]]. Its TruthInTelevision varies between individuals.

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* Creator/JessicaChastain talks about getting bullied for her red hair, and how she was frequently called 'carrot-top'. One day she turned around with the comeback "[[LogicBomb carrot tops are green!]]"
* Creator/AmyAdams commented on the ValuesDissonance between America's attitudes to redheads and Europe's.
--> "In the States if you're a redhead, you're like [[FieryRedhead sassy and fiery]] and [[HeroesWantRedheads ready to go]]. Over here it's like 'you're a ginger'."
* While Geri Halliwell was considered the sexy one of the Music/SpiceGirls she still got lots of people calling out "Oi Ginger!" on the street to her.
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* [[TheGrotesque Quasimodo]] from ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'' plays this trope straight. He is the deformed bell-ringer of the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notre-Dame_de_Paris Notre-Dame de Paris]] cathedral and, as a result, is the outcast of Parisians [[spoiler: until he was finally accepted as the hero at the end of the film]].

* [[TheGrotesque Quasimodo]] from ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'' plays this trope straight. He is the deformed bell-ringer of Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral and, as a result, is the outcast of Parisians [[spoiler: until he was finally accepted as the hero at the end of the film]].

* [[TheGrotesque Quasimodo]] from ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'' plays this trope straight. He is the deformed bell-ringer of Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral and, as a result, is the outcast of Parisians [[spoiler: until he was finally accepted as the hero]].

* [[TheGrotesque Quasimodo]] from ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'' plays this trope straight. He is the deformed bell-ringer of Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral and, as the result, is the outcast of Parisians [[spoiler: until he was finally accepted as the hero]].

* [[TheGrotesque Quasimodo]] from ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'' plays this trope straight. He is the deformed bell-ringer of Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral and the outcast of Parisians [[spoiler: until he was finally accepted as the hero]].

* Carl from ''WesternAnimation/JimmyNeutronBoyGenius'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutron'' is chubby, awkward, and frequently uses his inhaler as well as receiving other injuries (specifically injuring his scapula.)

* The eponymous Eleanor of ''Literature/EleanorAndPark'' gets picked on for being a FatGirl ''and'' having red hair, which she's suitably insecure about. Her time with Park leads her to rise above this.

* ''Literature/AnneOfGreenGables'' is a very cheerful person, but at times could get very careless and cause mishaps. Her relationships with the people of Avonlea began unusually friendly or openly hostile because they teased her about her red hair, which she hoped would some day darken into a real handsome auburn.

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* [[{{PrettyBoy}} Nathanael]] from ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' spends a lot of his time drawing, and is made fun of by [[{{Alpha Bitch}} Chloe]] for his crush on another classmate. This leads him [[spoiler: to turn into a villain for one episode and attempt to get revenge on her.]]

* The "Ginger Kids" episode of ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' features Cartman turning his bigotry on red heads, claiming that they're soulless and unattractive to the point of being frightening. Subverted halfway through when the other boys make Cartman look like a ginger to teach him a lesson: Cartman immediately starts a ginger supremacy group and tries to kill all of the non-ginger kids. [[spoiler: Several seasons later, this becomes a double subversion: [[WhamEpisode 201]] sheds some light on Cartman's true father, and Scott Tenorman, whose parents had been previously murdered by Cartman reveals that they are half-brothers on their father's side, meaning Cartman himself is in his own eyes half-ginger. Cartman is also one of the most unpopular kids at South Park Elementary, not at all helped by the fact he's a sociopath.]]

** Pud'n is Endsville's resident ButtMonkey and [[{{TheChewToy}} Chew Toy]].
** Averted with [[{{AlphaBitch}} Mindy]], who is the most popular girl in school.

* WesternAnimation/TotalDrama:

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