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** Scarlet is the only victim, but she's the only character who wore a color other than red.

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** Scarlet is Scarlet, the only victim, but she's is the only character who wore a color other than red.



* '''Averted''': Nobody wears red, or if they do, they're in no great danger.

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* '''Averted''': '''Averted''':
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Nobody wears red, or if they do, they're in no great danger.danger.
** [[ShamelessFanserviceGirl Scarlet lives in the nude.]]

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** The ImplacableMan SerialKiller pursuing Scarlet stops as soon as she takes off her red coat or yells at him that it's "dark orange."



** The ImplacableMan SerialKiller pursuing Scarlet stops as soon as she takes off her red coat or yells at him that it's actually "dark orange."

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** The ImplacableMan SerialKiller pursuing Scarlet stops as soon as only owns a red coat; she's not wearing it when she's killed, but, again thanks to InsaneTrollLogic, everyone assumes she takes off was killed because of her red coat or yells at him that it's actually "dark orange."coat.
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** The ImplacableMan SerialKiller pursuing Scarlet stops as soon as she takes off her red coat or yells at him that it's actually "dark orange."

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** Scarlet is the only victim, but she's the only character who wore a color other than red.



** Scarlet happens to die of a stroke when she's wearing her red coat, but thanks to InsaneTrollLogic, everyone chalks it up to that coat.

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** Scarlet happens to die dies of a stroke when she's while wearing her red coat, coat. She had an unhealthy lifestyle including excessive smoking and drinking, but thanks to InsaneTrollLogic, everyone chalks it up to that coat.


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* '''Played for Horror''': See Exaggerated 1.

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** Scarlet and several other women in red coats are killed.



** Scarlet happens to die of a stroke when she's wearing her red coat, but thanks to InsaneTrollLogic, everyone chalks it up to that coat.



* '''Reconstructed''':
** They learn how to defend themselves, or they avoid bad parts of town.
** They buy as much in every other colour to make up for it.



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* '''Parodied''': Scarlet's red coat has a [[Franchise/StarTrek Starfleet]] logo on it to call to mind the RedShirt trope.

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* '''Parodied''': '''Parodied''':
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Scarlet's red coat has a [[Franchise/StarTrek Starfleet]] logo on it to call to mind the RedShirt trope.trope.
** Scarlet ''is'' red and is practically a magnet for unprovoked AssassinationAttempt[=s=].



* '''Defied''': Scarlet refuses to wear the red coat.

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* '''Defied''': '''Defied''':
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Scarlet refuses to wear the red coat.coat.
** The killer avoids approaching girls in red after being badly hurt by one in a NoodleIncident.

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** Scarlet's ColorMotif is red and she's the only survivor.

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** Scarlet's ColorMotif is red and, while the killer hurts her badly and kills all her friends, she's the only survivor.survivor.
** Scarlet's PlotArmor is her lucky red coat.



* '''Played for Laughs''': Scarlet is [[JumpScare attacked]] while wearing her red coat, but it's just her boyfriend Bob doing it as ridiculously as possible, and they have a good laugh about it afterwards.



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* '''Justified''': Scarlet's bright red clothes are conspicuous and she's small, unarmed, and walking alone in [[WrongSideOfTheTracks a high-crime area]].
* '''Inverted''': The killer is wearing red.

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* '''Justified''': Scarlet's bright red clothes are conspicuous and she's small, weak, unarmed, and walking alone in [[WrongSideOfTheTracks a high-crime area]].
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The killer is wearing red.red.
** Scarlet's ColorMotif is red and she's the only survivor.



** Some young women who wear red are killed violently, some are attacked but survive, and some aren't attacked at all.

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** Some young women characters who wear red are killed violently, killed, some are attacked but survive, and some aren't attacked at all.



** Scarlet is [[TheyKilledKennyAgain killed and resurrected repeatedly]] while wearing her red coat.



* '''Conversed''': "Hey, I'm worried about Scarlet in this film...will she make it home okay? The narrator specifically noted she's wearing red..."

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* '''Conversed''': "Hey, I'm worried about Scarlet in this film...film ... will she make it home okay? The narrator specifically noted she's wearing red..."



* '''Played for Drama''': Scarlet puts on her nice red coat, then hears that this is a trope, which is ParanoiaFuel for her.



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** Scarlet wears her red coat one day and nothing bad happens to her. The next day she wears it, somebody attacks her but she's unharmed. This pattern repeats a nonzero number of times until she is killed.
* '''Averted''': Nobody wears red, and if they do, they're not particularly endangered.

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** Scarlet wears her red coat one day and nothing bad happens to her. The next day she wears it, somebody attacks her but she's unharmed. This pattern repeats a nonzero number of times until and she is killed.
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* '''Averted''': Nobody wears red, and or if they do, they're not particularly endangered.in no great danger.

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* '''Straight''': The teenage [[MeaningfulName Scarlet]] is dressed in a red coat, and is murdered by a serial killer on her way home.
* '''Exaggerated''': Scarlet has red shoes and a red hat to match her coat, and is violently killed.

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* '''Straight''': The teenage [[MeaningfulName Scarlet]] is Scarlet]], dressed in a red coat, and is murdered by a serial killer SerialKiller on her way home.
* '''Exaggerated''': '''Exaggerated''':
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Scarlet has red shoes and a red hat to match her coat, and is violently killed.suffers a CruelAndUnusualDeath.
** Scarlet rises to the top of the SortingAlgorithmOfMortality as soon as she puts on anything red.



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* '''Justified''': ???Scarlet's bright red clothes are conspicuous and she's small, unarmed, and walking alone in [[WrongSideOfTheTracks a high-crime area]].



* '''Subverted''': Scarlet ventures homeward by herself, but despite being scared, nothing happens to her.

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* '''Subverted''': Scarlet ventures homeward by herself, goes home alone, but despite being scared, her fear, nothing happens to her.



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Scarlet's red coat has a [[Franchise/StarTrek Starfleet]] logo on it to call to mind the RedShirt trope.
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** Some young women who wear red are killed violently, some are attacked but survive, and some aren't attacked at all.
** Scarlet wears her red coat one day and nothing bad happens to her. The next day she wears it, somebody attacks her but she's unharmed. This pattern repeats a nonzero number of times until she is killed.



* '''Exploited''': Scarlet's classmate secretly hates her, and gives her a red coat so that harm will come to her.

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* '''Exploited''': Scarlet's classmate Alice, who secretly hates her, and gives her a red coat so that harm will come to her.



* '''Implied''': A young victim is shown to have been wearing something red.
* '''Deconstructed''':
** Too many young women think that they can [[JustForFun/HowToCheatDeath cheat death]] by wearing colours other than red in TheCityNarrows. [[TooDumbToLive They're very wrong.]]
** Girls stop wearing red because they think it's a death sentence, hurting sales of clothing.



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'''Basic Trope''': Young characters -- often girls -- wearing red are marked for danger.
* '''Straight''': The teenage [[MeaningfulName Scarlet]] is dressed in a red coat, and is murdered by a serial killer on her way home.
* '''Exaggerated''': Scarlet has red shoes and a red hat to match her coat, and is violently killed.
* '''Downplayed''': Scarlet is wearing a striking red necklace when she's attacked.
* '''Justified''': ???
* '''Inverted''': The killer is wearing red.
* '''Subverted''': Scarlet ventures homeward by herself, but despite being scared, nothing happens to her.
* '''Double Subverted''': The next time she puts on the red coat, she's killed.
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* '''Averted''': Nobody wears red, and if they do, they're not particularly endangered.
* '''Enforced''': The work draws heavily from ''Literature/LittleRedRidingHood'' in terms of imagery.
* '''Lampshaded''': "You sure you'll be okay on the way home, Scarlet? Red's not really a lucky color..."
* '''Invoked''': The killer specifically targets girls in red.
* '''Exploited''': Scarlet's classmate secretly hates her, and gives her a red coat so that harm will come to her.
* '''Defied''': Scarlet refuses to wear the red coat.
* '''Discussed''': "You sure you'll be okay on the way home, Scarlet? In movies, girls who wear red tend to get in trouble..."
* '''Conversed''': "Hey, I'm worried about Scarlet in this film...will she make it home okay? The narrator specifically noted she's wearing red..."
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