History Main / RollOutTheRedCarpet

This trope tends to come in two flavors: either the palace of the King or wealthy man will be decorated with red carpet, or a literal red carpet will be rolled out to mark his/her arrival at some event. The chance of seeing an actual red carpet being rolled out (rather than already being set on the floor when the scene begins) by servants or attendants is increased if watching an animated work. That way it is easier to show a red carpet being rolled out the exact moment the [=VIP=] sets his/her foot on the ground.

* ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2''. Ayesha makes a BigEntrance with a ridiculously long entourage, including two minions deploying a carpet (albeit a blue one) from a roller so her feet won't get cold in the snow. [[FailedAttemptAtDrama Then the roller gets jammed.]]
* ''Film/MarsAttacks''. One is rolled out for the FlyingSaucer, which obligingly [[OurDoorsAreDifferent rolls out a tongue-like ramp to connect with it]]. [[KillAllHumans It doesn't do any good.]]
* ''Film/Dune2021''. A SpheroidDropship bearing a herald of the Emperor of the Known Universe and other assorted dignitaries lands on Caladan, where a broad carpet and an honor guard have been arranged on the wet landing pad as befits the FeudalFuture of the year 10,191 AG. Even the dropship's ramp has its own carpet! The carpets are of a bluish color, rather than red.

* ''Literature/CharlieWilsonsWar''. Lampshaded when Wilson advises President Zia to "roll out the reddest carpet" for Congressman 'Doc' Long, chairman of the Appropriations Committee that doles out foreign aid. Zia obliges. Not only does Long get the literal red carpet, he also gets a brass band, a guard of honor, and even children handing him flowers.

* ''Series/DoctorWho''. Lampshaded in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS38E10TheTimelessChildren The Timeless Children"]] when the Master is inviting the Cybermen in to conquer Gallifrey.

* ''Series/{{Farscape}}''. In "Into the Lions Den: Lambs to The Slaughter", Scorpius has given DiplomaticImpunity to the crew of Moya (enforced by both Scorpius and John Crichton wearing {{Synchronisation}} bracelets). As they land on his Command Carrier, there's a red carpet and a guard of honor, but everyone's more tense than honored. When Aeryn twists Crichton's thumb to test the bracelet and Scorpius snarls in pain, half the assembled troops point their guns at them until their officer cools things down.
* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration''. In "Code of Honor", Captain Picard and his senior officers wait for Lutan, king of the planet Ligon III, to teleport on board. Instead his entourage beams up first, unrolls a red carpet, and ''then'' the king beams up.

* One is rolled out in front of the gates to Wonka's Factory in the 2013 stage musical ''Theatre/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory''.

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* ''Roleplay/FenQuest'': Lady Lily is introduced surrounded by retainers laying down stone slabs for her to step on. She later explains it's because [[spoiler:she's not actually allowed to [[ExactWords step on foreign land]] by imperial law]].
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* Brainy in ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs1981'' episode "Brainy's Smarty Party" gives Papa Smurf the red carpet treatment when he invites him to be the first guest of his ItsAllAboutMe party, which Papa Smurf refuses.
* In ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLegendOfKorra'' Varrick rolls out the red carpet for the premiere of his "The Adventures of Nuktuk" mover.

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* In the ''Animation/BreadBarbershop'' episode "Potato Chip's Chip", one of the things Choco does after Bread becomes suspiciously generous is to roll out a red carpet in front of one of the customers to make them seem more special.

* Brainy in ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs'' episode "Brainy's Smarty Party" gives Papa Smurf the red carpet treatment when he invites him to be the first guest of his ItsAllAboutMe party, which Papa Smurf refuses.

* Captian Hook's ship in ''Film/{{Hook}}'' invokes the trope by having a mechanism installed in the stairs leading to the captain's quarters which, when kicked in the right spot on a nearby post, will flip open a series of hidden panels with red carpeting on it down the stairs. Hook always waits for the carpeting to appear before descending the stairs. It even gets Inverted when Peter shows up and challenges Hook -- the carpeting is "un-rolled" back up the stairs in a display of rather petty snobbery by Hook as the whole pirate crew mocks Peter before the latter simply flies up to confront him.

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* Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt: Appearances of [[EvilCounterpart Scanty and Kneesocks]] are always prefaced by a rolling red carpet out of nowhere. A RunningGag is that the carpet always hits poor [[ButtMonkey Brief]], sending him crashing into the nearest trash bin.

* ''Roleplay/FenQuest'': Lady Lily is introduced surrounded by retainers laying done stone slabs for her to step on. She later explains it's because [[spoiler:she's not actually allowed to [[ExactWords step on foreign land]] by imperial law]].

* ''RoleplayFenQuest'': Lady Lily is introduced surrounded by retainers laying done stone slabs for her to step on. She later explains it's because [[spoiler:she's not actually allowed to [[ExactWords step on foreign land]] by imperial law]].

* In ''The Runaway Carpet'', the doorman to the ''Bellevue'' rolls out a red carpet in preparation for the Duke of Sultana's visit...and it keeps rolling all the way to the dock.