History Main / SignificantGreenEyedRedhead

* The protagonist of the first ''Literature/WarriorCats'' books is a green-eyed, red furred cat named "Rusty" who runs off to live in a feral cat community. Rusty is given the MeaningfulRename of "Firepaw" [[spoiler:(which ultimately becomes "Firestar")]] after joining Thunderclan due to his pelt colour.

* ''Series/BreakingBad'' actually ''inverted'' this when green-eyed Creator/BryanCranston dyed his naturally reddish hair (as seen in his earlier appearance on ''Series/TheXFiles'')[[note]]Incidentally, ''Breaking Bad'' creator Creator/VinceGilligan wrote [[Recap/TheXFilesS06E02Drive the episode in question]] and was so impressed with Cranston's performance that the actor became Gilligan's first choice to play Walter White a decade later.[[/note]] a duller brown shade to represent VillainProtagonist Walter White's bland existence before the character turns to a life of crime. Later in the first season, after starting down the road to evil, Walt [[BaldOfEvil shaves it all anyway]] once he starts losing hair during chemotherapy. But you can still see the red in his [[GoodHairEvilHair facial hair]], which he grows into a [[BeardOfEvil goatee]] starting in the third season.

* ''Series/BreakingBad'' actually ''inverted'' this when green-eyed Creator/BryanCranston dyed his naturally reddish hair (as seen in his earlier appearance on ''Series/TheXFiles'')[[note]]Incidentally, ''Breaking Bad'' creator Creator/VinceGilligan wrote [[Recap/TheXFilesS06E02Drive the episode in question]] and was so impressed with Cranston's performance that the actor became Gilligan's first choice to play Walter White a decade later.[[/note]] a duller brown to represent VillainProtagonist Walter White's bland existence before the character turns to a life of crime. Later in the first season, after starting down the road to evil, Walt [[BaldOfEvil shaves it all anyway]] once he starts losing hair during chemotherapy. But you can still see the red in his [[GoodHairEvilHair facial hair]], which he grows into a [[BeardOfEvil goatee]] starting in the third season.

** ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' has Pyrrha Nikos, who funnily enough bears a passing resemblance (and also shares a voice) with Agent Carolina. She's TheAce of her team, being a world-renowned talented fighter that is also beautiful, has been blessed with incredible opportunities and a supportive family. [[spoiler:If that wasn't enough she also just so happens to be scouted as the perfect Fall Maiden replacement after the current one was assaulted by Cinder Fall. Unfortunately she would meet her end in Volume 3 in Cinder's hands.]]

* Probably the most significant figure of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries was UsefulNotes/GenghisKhan, who had red hair and green eyes according to Mongol and Kazakh folk tales and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rashid-al-Din_Hamadani Rashid al-Din]]'s histories. Red hair and green eyes are [[AluminumChristmasTrees more common in Central Asia than one might expect]],[[note]]albeit often more muted than in the West--for example, Central Asian red hair is browner than the bright red shades seen in Northern Europe[[/note]] but modern depictions usually ignore these traits, perhaps because [[RealityIsUnrealistic today's audiences would have a hard time believing that an Asian man could have red hair and green eyes]].

It's more often applied to women than it is to men, and is almost always either found as a trait of [[RedIsHeroic the hero]] or [[HeroesWantRedheads the hero's]] LoveInterest. They're likely to be a FieryRedhead as green eyes often connote a [[HotBlooded similar kind of personality]]. If ElementalPowers apply, they're probably PlayingWithFire. To qualify for this trope, it's important that:

This trope might have been [[TropeCodifier influenced a lot]] by Creator/MaureenOHara and her various roles, which also cemented this as the PhenotypeStereotype for an [[{{Oireland}} Irish]] person. Compare RedheadInGreen.

* Lancerow Durell of ''Anime/AfterWarGundamX'' isn't TheHero or a LoveInterest, but he ''was'' Jamil Neate's {{Rival}} during the last war, an ex-Newtype, and an AntiVillain in the Space Revolutionary Army. He plays a very important part of the final arc [[spoiler:and ultimately switches to the heroes' side]].

* Nakaba from ''Manga/DawnOfTheArcana'' is the protagonist. Her bright red hair causes her to be discriminated against and her green eyes turn red when she uses her powers. She's also in the middle of a love triangle between the romantic lead and her ChildhoodFriend.

* ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'s'' Pip Bernadotte, the leader of a group of mercenaries working for the Hellsing Organisation and the eventual LoveInterest of Seras Victoria.

* [[spoiler:Brief]] in ''Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt'', whose red hair emphasizes his geeky qualities, and then, with the reveal of his eyes [[spoiler:emphasizes he is attractive.]]

* Misty from ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' was the leading female for the Kanto and Johto arcs. She was often portrayed with blue eyes but since the leap to digital has been almost always consistently depicted as having green eyes. In the manga adaptation ''Manga/TheElectricTaleOfPikachu'' she was originally a [[AdaptationDyeJob brunette]] but was later redesigned more similarly to her anime design.

* Kurama of ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'', at least in his human form, [[AdaptationDyeJob but only in the anime]]. The crimson hair/leaf-green eyes combination in this case is a warning [[BewareTheNiceOnes not to underestimate]] [[GuileHero him]], because, like his [[SuckMyRose roses]], he has [[TranquilFury thorns]]. It's also a hint at his nature as a [[AsianFoxSpirit demon fox]] as there are folk stories of red-headed green-eyed people actually being foxes in disguise and the shade of red being decidedly unnatural for a human.

* ''Franchise/TheFlash'' has [[SidekickGraduationsStick the third Flash]] ComicBook/WallyWest.

** ComicBook/JeanGrey is one of the original members of the team, the love interest of ComicBook/{{Cyclops}}, and took center stage in what is arguably the franchise's best known story, ''ComicBook/TheDarkPhoenixSaga''.
** Also Jean's daughter from an alternate future, ComicBook/RachelSummers (though sometimes, they're blue, like her father's), and her clone, [[Characters/MarvelComicsMadelynePryor Madelyne Pryor]].
** Also Hope Summers, a very important player in the X-Men franchise who obviously takes after Jean.

** ComicBook/{{Rogue}} was occasionally colored with just straight-up red hair with green eyes, especially during her most popular years in the '90s, but did eventually move to brown.

* ComicBook/MaryJaneWatson from ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' is the love interest of Peter Parker, has been a supermodel, and is known for striking good looks, as opposed to Gwen Stacy's more traditional GirlNextDoor appearance (despite MJ being the literal girl next door).

* ''ComicBook/SheHulk'': Lyra, daughter of Thundra and the [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk Hulk]], combines this with green skin.
* In ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' comics:
** Two major characters who meet this description. One is ComicBook/LanaLang, his childhood best friend, confidante, and first love (and who briefly acted as a surrogate mother to his cousin, Supergirl). The other is {{archenemy}} ComicBook/LexLuthor, who has envious green eyes and flaming red eyebrows as an adult, and possessed a full head of red hair as a teenager.
** In ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'' series ''ComicBook/SupergirlCosmicAdventuresInThe8thGrade'', Lena Thorul is the green-eyed, red-haired main character's best friend and mad scientist.. Also the Lex's sister in most of continuities. In the Post-Crisis universe, a daughter of Lex Luthor went by Lena (before ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis'' retconned her out of existence)... although in this case her green eyes may have indicated that she was connected to ComicBook/{{Brainiac}}.

* ComicBook/PoisonIvy, whose coloration not only emphasizes her seductive qualities, but also seems more dangerous and earthy.
* ComicBook/{{Starfire}}, with [[AmazingTechnicolorPopulation golden skin]]. Note that while it's true that Starfire has green eyes, that doesn't mean she has normal eyes with green irises... it means her eyes are ''[[MonochromaticEyes solid]]'' green.
* ComicBook/{{Artemis}} is a major player with ludicrously long red locks and bright green eyes.

* Delirium from ''ComicBook/TheSandman'' is this on occasion. She can change her hair color/length at will (but mostly it happens by accident), though it usually has some red in it and is fully red at least once. Usually has one green and one blue eye, though when she composes herself and behaves seriously they are the same color.

* Misty in ''Fanfic/PokemonResetBloodlines'', is the first traveling companion who joins Ash in his journey, as well as the first of his eventual {{Love Interest}}s. Like in the anime, she's portrayed with red-orange hair and green eyes, and she's been noted to be attractive by several characters in-story, including Ash himself.

* ''Fanfic/TheManyDatesOfDannyFenton'': WesternAnimation/KimPossible, [[WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce Gwen Tennyson]] and [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans Starfire]] are these, and are all heroines.

* ''Fanfic/StormOnTheHorizon'' has Aloy, of course, but it also has [[spoiler:Chloe's daughter]], who Max describes as having very striking orange-red hair and hazel eyes when she sees her with her mother [[spoiler:in 2022. An important early clue that that girl is a young Elisabet Sobeck.]]

* Bridget in the first ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTail'' movie. More of an important secondary character than a primary one, but she's Tony Toponi's LoveInterest and, as you might have guessed from her name, she's Irish, most likely being directly inspired by Maureen O'Hara due to the movie taking place in the late nineteenth century.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{FernGully}}'': Although most of the fairies in Fern Gully have green eyes, Pips is the only one that pairs this with red hair. He is [[LoveTriangle Zak's romantic rival]] for Crysta's affections in the first film and is the male lead of the sequel film.

* Jessie as the AffirmativeActionGirl lead in ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2'' as well as being Buzz's LoveInterest in ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3''. Being a cowgirl, she's also a FieryRedhead.

* As played by Sarah Michelle Gellar, Daphne Blake in the live-action ''Film/ScoobyDoo'' movies, whose hair is dyed to give her this look. Daphne was already a redhead in the cartoon, but her actress having green eyes in real life combined with dying her hair for the part resulted in this trope.

* Lily Evans Potter from ''Literature/HarryPotter'' series is a PosthumousCharacter example: a formidable witch of her own, she was the love interest to James, TheHero of the previous generation, the main character's mother, [[spoiler:and friends with [[TheAtoner Severus Snape]], until they [[UnluckyChildhoodFriend had a falling out]], but whose death became Snape's primary motivation.]]

* ''Literature/{{Neogicia}}'' has a variation on this. The (naturally) RedHeadedHeroine lives in a world in which eight different eye colors are possible depending on the magic to which they are the most attuned to at birth. She undergoes a BioAugmentation that cuts people off from the magic system and makes their eyes silver. ''Before'' the procedure, she had a natural predisposition toward the kind of magic that makes people's eyes green.

** The BridgeBunny Kelly Chambers is probably the most trouble-free and relaxing romantic interest, and the only redhead.

* Aveline Vallen in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'', is the first companion you pick up and is a green-eyed redhead. Unusually she's also one of the two companions (besides Hawke's siblings) who cannot be Hawke's LoveInterest. Much of her character plot in the game focuses on her surprising subversion of gender roles, so it's possible this coloration was picked for that reason.

* If you squint hard enough, you'll notice that pre-zergification Sarah Kerrigan from ''VideoGame/StarCraft'' series had grayish-green eyes (especially on that photo Raynor has of her in ''[=SC2=]''), and she was a redhead.
* Luke Fon Fabre from ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss''. This is actually a plot point, as a noble with red hair and green eyes has a great role in a prophesy that will lead to world prosperity. Asch the Bloody is also a green-eyed red head, which is significant because [[spoiler:in truth, ''he's'' the redhead from the prophesy, and Luke is only his clone.]]
** It later becomes a plot point that [[spoiler:Natalia is not one of these, as every blood member of the Kimlascan royal family is a green-eyed redhead.]]
* ''VideoGame/TalesOfBerseria'' gives us Eleanor, who ironically shares the same best Mystic Arte with Luke: Lost Fon Drive. [[spoiler:The fact she becomes the unofficial first (good) Shepherd of the distant past helps things]].

* Misty from ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' is one of these. She's one of the most iconic gym leaders, partially because she's the second in the series but mostly because of the [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} anime]].

** Elora from ''VideoGame/{{Spyro 2 Riptos Rage}}'' is a faun with red hair and green eyes. She's the main female character but [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome disappears]] aside from a cameo at the end of the third game.

* River Wyles from To the Moon has this, fitting with her general theme of standing out.

** ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' has Pyrrha Nikos, who funnily enough bears a passing resemblance (and also shares a voice) with Agent Carolina. She's TheAce of her team, being a world-renowned talented fighter that is also beautiful, has been blessed with incredible opportunities and a supportive family. [[spoiler:If that wasn't enough she also just so happens to be scouted as the perfect Fall Maiden replacement after the current one was assaulted by Cinder Fall. Unfortunately she would meet her end in Volume 3 in Cinder's hands]].
** ''WebAnimation/NomadOfNowhere'' has Skout, the main female lead who bonds with the titular Nomad and acts as as the MoralityChain for most of the cast at times. Then there's [[spoiler: Melinda, a witch the Nomad was originally created to protect, who is the only user of magic other than the nomad himself.]]

* [[http://pulse.comicdish.com/index.php?pageID=88 Lucy Thompson]], SuperheroSchool secretary and best-friend to the lead in ''Webcomic/{{Pulse}}''.

* ''Webcomic/StandStillStaySilent'': Reynir. When the LittleStowaway that ended up with the main cast thanks to a ForWantOfANail chain of events happens to be unknowingly packing the magic skills needed to counter an unforseen ForbiddenZone-exclusive threat, those features are definitely deserved.
* Ruth, from ''Webcomic/DumbingOfAge'' is [[SuddenEyeColour revealed to have green eyes]] to compliment her red hair after a traumatic event that humanizes her to her LoveInterest.

* Cassidy Cain, the titular protagonist of ''Literature/GrandmasterOfTheft''. She's passionate and sensible as through being a spirited ClassyCatBurglar GuileHeroine.

** [[EvilIsSexy Demona]], one of the main antagonists, though ordinarily black-eyed like most gargoyles, qualifies [[spoiler:when in human form.]]

* Starfire from ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans''. When she's actively using her powers, she has solid green eyes like her comic book counterpart. When she's not, her eyes are more like normal human "green eyes", but the sclera (the "white" of the eye) is ''also'' green (a paler shade than the iris).

** Creator/CatherineTate
** Creator/BrendanGleeson and his son Creator/{{Domhnall|Gleeson}}
** Shirley Manson of Music/{{Garbage}} fame

** Creator/DeborahKerr
** Creator/BryanCranston, especially in his youth
** Creator/KarenGillan
** Creator/BenedictCumberbatch

* In ''Fanfic/TheUltimateEvil'', we're introduced to Nataline Homato, a [[DemonSlaying demon hunter]] who's -- for a reason -- described as [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy The Vampire Slayer's]] long lost cousin.

* The title character of ''VideoGame/AmericanMcGeesAlice'' has green eyes and, though her hair is fairly dark for most of the game and [[AliceMadnessReturns its sequel]], it's clear from [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/americanmcgeesalice/images/7/7b/Asylum_box_2.png/revision/latest?cb=20180305185928 the prequel]] that her hair is quite quite red.

* Lydia from ''LightNovel/EarlAndFairy'' has this as a sign of her affinity with TheFairFolk. It's a source of great trouble for her due to the cultural discrimination people with red hair suffered in Victorian England, on top of the implications she might be a [[ChangelingTale changeling]].

* Leetah and her daughter Ember, as well as Redlance and his daughter Tyleet, in ''ComicBook/ElfQuest''. Notable because Leetah and Ember are both [[DarkSkinnedRedhead dark-skinned]]. Averted with Kaslen in Hidden Years, as she turned out to have no special significance to the plot.

* In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'', Urbosa and Riju of the [[OneGenderRace Gerudo]] have this look. While the Gerudo in general have a DarkSkinnedRedhead look, they typically have yellow eyes instead. Urbosa was the Gerudo Champion, while Riju is the current chief of the tribe.

* ''Webcomic/KeychainOfCreation'''s Marena, {{Lancer}} heroine protagonist [[spoiler:and sort-of love interest to Misho]] combines this with DarkSkinnedRedhead.

** ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'': Agent Carolina is the top agent in the Freelance Project. There isn't anything she can't do better than the other Freelancers, with the exception of the mysterious Agent Texas. The Project Freelancer saga is the first time people are shown without their helmets, and a number of Freelancers have their faces revealed, showing that Carolina has red hair and green eyes. [[spoiler:This is actually a plot point. The Director's eyes are never shown on screen until the climax of the saga when Agent Carolina finally tracks him down to confront him about all of his crimes. The plot twist is that he has green eyes, identifying him as Carolina's father. For the years, the Director had competitively pitted her and the other Freelancers against an A.I. of Carolina's deceased mother -- Agent Texas -- in pursuit of a dream that eventually made everyone else's lives a nightmare.]]

This trope might have been [[TropeCodifier influenced a lot]] by Creator/MaureenOHara and her various roles, which also cemented this as the PhenotypeStereotype for an [[{{Oireland}} Irish]] person. Compare RedheadinGreen.

This trope might have been [[TropeCodifier influenced a lot]] by Creator/MaureenOHara and her various roles, which also cemented this as the PhenotypeStereotype for an [[{{Oireland}} Irish]] person.

* ''Literature/NightfallSeries'': Armida, the BigBad's lover

* Lily Evans Potter from ''Literature/HarryPotter'' series is a PosthumousCharacter example: a formidable witch of her own, she was the love interest to James, TheHero of the previous generation, the main character's mother, [[spoiler:and friends with [[TheAtoner Severus Snape]], until they [[UnluckyChildhoodFriend had a falling out]], but whose death became Snape's primary motivation.]]
* ''Literature/GemmaDoyle'', the protagonist from the ''A Great and Terrible Beauty'' trilogy. Her mother too.
%%* Maharet and Mekare from ''Literature/TheVampireChronicles'', as well as Jesse.
%%** Partly justified with Jesse, as she is [[spoiler:Maharet's distant descendant]]. All three women are capable of communicating with spirits.

%%* Becky Sharp in Thackeray's ''Literature/VanityFair'' (1847-48) is a green-eyed EvilRedhead, though her hair is probably more of the sandy variety.
* Beatrice Bailey, the protagonist of ''Literature/TheWitchesOfBailiwick''. Her specialty is controlling the weather, which goes with the nature aspect of this trope.

* Felicity Merriman, a main character from the ''Literature/AmericanGirlsCollection'', one of the few redheads who, by the nature of this trope, of course is paired with green eyes.

* [[NoNameGiven The Girl]] from ''Literature/TheClubDumas''; her very light green eyes are mentioned many times as being captivating, likely because she is in fact [[spoiler:a fallen angel]]. In the film adaptation, ''Film/TheNinthGate'', however, she has different coloring.
* Mildmay, one of the viewpoint characters of ''Literature/DoctrineOfLabyrinths''. For most of the story, he's one of only two-redhaired people, the other being his brother, and the only redhead with green eyes. Felix often describes them as being like jade.

%%* The HotWitch from Oscar Wilde's "The Fisherman and his Soul"

* The protagonist of the first ''Literature/WarriorCats'' books is a green-eyed, red furred cat named "Rusty" who runs off to live in a feral cat community. Rusty is given the MeaningfulRename of "Firepaw" [[spoiler:(which ultimately becomes "Firestar")]] after joining Thunderclan due to his pelt colour.

* ''Literature/VillainsByNecessity'': Kaylana, who starts the quest initially, has both red hair and green eyes. She also later is romanced by main protagonist Sam, eventually reciprocating.

* ''Literature/{{Blackout}}'': Merope Ward, a time traveler from Oxford, has red hair and green eyes. She travels to London during the Blitz and passes herself off as a maid of Irish extraction, with the very Irish name of Eileen O'Reilly.

* One of the heroes of ''Literature/TheCourtOfTales'' the Phosphorus Thief, is described as having red hair and green eyes.
* ''Literature/TheCrimsonShadow'': Katerin, Luthien's lover initially who he's forcibly separated from and ends up with in the end following a relationship with another wowan, has these looks. She is a major supporting character.

* Lyra, daughter of Thundra and the ComicBook/IncredibleHulk, combines this with green skin.

Green-eyed redheads are possibly the rarest color combination found in humanity (with the exception of some abnormalities), making a character with this combination highly conspicuous. The fact that red and green are [[RedGreenContrast complementary colors]] also makes for a visually striking appearance. Therefore, this trope is used as an easy way to distinguish an important, notable character visually.

** ''WebAnimation/RWBY'' has Pyrrha Nikos, who funnily enough bears a passing resemblance (and also shares a voice) with Agent Carolina. She's TheAce of her team, being a world-renowned talented fighter that is also beautiful, has been blessed with incredible opportunities and a supportive family. [[spoiler:If that wasn't enough she also just so happens to be scouted as the perfect Fall Maiden replacement after the current one was assaulted by Cinder Fall. Unfortunately she would meet her end in Volume 3 in Cinder's hands]].