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5	[[caption-width-right:350:There's a joke about the RedScare in here somewhere.]]
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7	->''"One day Arthur decided he didn't like his nose''.
8	->''He had a cold and his nose was red''.
9	->''His sister thought his nose looked funny."''
10	-->-- ''[[Literature/{{Arthur}} Arthur's Nose]]''
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12	It isn't always easy to tell when someone is sick in real life. Lots of illnesses tend to affect the inside more than the outside.
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14	In media, however, you'll know when someone is sick just by looking at their nose. If they are sick, their nose (and less often, their cheeks as well) will be bright red, to [[RuleOfPerception show the audience that they're sick]]. It's commonly seen alongside {{Bedheaditis}}.
15	They even look like Franchise/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer! Haha!
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17	This is rarely TruthInTelevision. Only a few specific conditions (such as skin rashes or irritation from frequent congestion-induced nose-blowing) specifically cause redness of the nose. As stated above, most illnesses are not totally obvious. However, its omnipresence in media has led to the misconception where ''all'' illnesses cause red noses. That being said, more localized redness elsewhere on the body is a relatively common sign of disease, being one of the five cardinal signs of inflammation.
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19	Compare LuminescentBlush, which is caused by embarrassment rather than illness, GreenAroundTheGills, which is specific to nausea, and PolkaDotDisease, another type of fictional disease that's easy to spot. See also DrunkenGlow, where alcohol instead of illness is the cause of the redness.
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22	!!Examples:
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26	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
27	* ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'': Kari got this when she fell ill.
28	* ''Anime/PokemonTheSeriesXY'': Ash has a red nose and cheeks upon [[CatchYourDeathOfCold catching a cold]] while training Greninja at night in the middle of a creek.
29	* ''Anime/PrettyCure'':
30	** ''Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure'': Mepple had a cold and developed mildly red cheeks late in one episode.
31	** ''Anime/FutariWaPrettyCureSplashStar'': Saki gets these after [[CatchYourDeathOfCold catching her death of cold]] in the rain.
32	** ''Anime/YesPrettyCure5'': Milk gets these when she falls ill.
33	** ''Anime/HappinessChargePrettyCure'': Megumi's face is flushed a gentle pink while she has a cold.
34	** ''Anime/GoPrincessPrettyCure'': Towa's face flushes pink when she gets a fever.
35	** Exaggerated in ''Anime/HugttoPrettyCure'': When Ruru goes to the Nono household and finds Hana sick, Hana's entire face is bright red.
36	** ''Anime/DeliciousPartyPrettyCure'': When discussing Asae's weak immune system, a flashback of her in bed with flushed cheeks is shown.
37	* ''Manga/SnowWhiteWithTheRedHair'': Zen's nose is noticeably flushed while walking with Obi and Shirayuki in the snow, which he tries to brush off as being due to the cold when he actually has a cold which his red nose is the first sign of. Shirayuki's nose also ends up flushed but not to the same extent and in her case it actually is because it's cold out.
38	* When Kanata goes down with malaria in episode three of ''Anime/SoundOfTheSky'' her cheeks are bright red the whole time.
39	* In episode 118 of ''Anime/{{Tamagotchi}}'', some photos and a flashback show Anemoriritchi putting Moriritchi to bed and taking care of her when she gets sick. Moriritchi has a red blush across [[TheNoseless where her nose would be if she had one]] to show her sickness.
40	* ''Anime/YoKaiWatch'':
41	** In "Yo-Kai Sproink", Bear and Eddie both have this after exiting a hot spring, implying them to both be feeling ill.
42	** At the end of the episode "Yo-Kai Duchoo", Nate gets a red nose and cheeks upon catching a [[spoiler:real]] cold.
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45	[[folder:Asian Animation]]
46	* In Season 4 episode 5 of ''Animation/FlowerAngel'', An'an's face becomes red near the nose when she comes down with the flu.
47	* ''Animation/HappyHeroes'': Most of the time, characters who come down with a sickness get red around the nose. This extends to [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots the Supermen and the robot citizens of Planet Xing]], the Supermen's [[TransformingMecha Car Knights]], and even the ''[[ExpressiveAccessory expressive Planet Gray logo]] on Big M.'s headband''.
48	* In ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf: Joys of Seasons'' episode 96, a lot of the flu victims have red blushes near their noses and/or red foreheads.
49	* ''Animation/NoonboryAndTheSuper7'': In episode "Elephant, Rain Maker", [=PinkAru=] has a reddish-pink blush on her face when she has a cold.
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52	[[folder:Comic Books]]
53	* In ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'' story ''ComicBook/TheCondemnedLegionnaires'', the first sign that the female members of the ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes are falling sick with the Crimson Plague is their faces turning a bright, sickly red.
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56	[[folder:Fan Works]]
57	* ''Fanfic/AGreenChristmas'', Robin's nasal bridge is mentioned to be red due to her fever.
58	* Despite Tissues' (of ''WebAnimation/InanimateInsanity'') condition not giving him a red nose or cheeks in the actual series, [[https://www.deviantart.com/errorpancake/art/tissue-boi-662763932 there]] [[https://www.deviantart.com/art-tart-taffyness/art/freakin-gijinka-doodles-whyyyy-nooot-673599733 are]] [[https://www.deviantart.com/lovesdrawing721/art/Tissues-and-Cheesy-576237545 numerous]] [[https://www.deviantart.com/jojodear/art/Tissues-746640384 fanarts]] of him with this, likely to boost the sickly factor.
59	* In ''Fanfic/IntergalacticIllness'', Lala’s nasal bridge is red due to her cold, this confuses her because she’s never been sick before, she tries to cover her mouth and nose with a scarf to hide it.
60	* In [[https://www.wattpad.com/69903466-mork-mindy/page/2 this]] unnamed ''Series/MorkAndMindy'' fanfiction, Mork has what appears to be a cold and his nose is described as being "nearly as red as the striped pajamas he was wearing".
61	* Fanfic/TheKedaboryVerse:
62	** Referenced in ''Fanfic/AnythingForFamily''; Hikari sees Joker's flushed face and asks if he has a fever. He doesn't; he was just [[DrunkenGlow very drunk]].
63	** In the ''VideoGame/PunchOut'' fanfic ''Fanfic/LetMeWarmYourHeart'', Narcis Prince has a major blush while he is sick with hypothermia. This distresses him quite a bit, given that his main personality trait is vanity.
64	** In ''Fanfic/MaFille'', Joe has a blush which his daughter Katrina compares to the colour of strawberries when he comes down with the flu.
65	** In the ''WesternAnimation/ReadyJetGo'' fanfic ''Fanfic/NurseJet'', Sean's nose is said to have gone pink while he is sick.
66	** In the ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'' fanfic ''Fanfic/FragileHandleWithCare'', Tae Young's face flushes a gentle pink while he has a cold. [[spoiler:At the end, Jesse's face is bright red when he has it.]]
67	** In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Encanto}}'' fanfic ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/41893233 he sees your dreams]]'', Bruno's face is flushed pink when he has a fever. This also crops up in ''Fanfic/ThatCatchInYourThroat''.
68	* In [[https://www.deviantart.com/namiangel/art/TMNT-Sick-98876708 this]] ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003'' fanart, Donatello has not only a red beak, but red markings on his fingers and toes.
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72	* Talked about in ''Film/NannyMcPheeAndTheBigBang'', when Algernon is talking about the possibility of an enemy soldier catching a cold and accidentally "hitting the Big Red Button with his big, red nose."
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75	[[folder:Literature]]
76	* When Arthur is sick in the first ''Literature/{{Arthur}}'' book ''Arthur's Nose'', the front of his snout is red.
77	* In ''Danger: Boober Cooking'', a picture book based on ''Series/FraggleRock'', Boober's snout turns pink after he catches a cold from the cold pond water.
78	* In ''Literature/FelicityFlooVisitsTheZoo'', the sick girl Felicity is described as having a "red, runny nose".
79	* In the ''Literature/MrMen'' book about Mr. Sneeze, Mr. Sneeze lives in a very cold place called "Coldland" and everyone has a red nose because [[CatchYourDeathOfCold they have a cold from the cold weather]]. Once it warms up, they instantly recover and their noses turn normal.
80	* ''Literature/ASickDayForAmosMcGee'': Amos's nose is red when he wakes up sick.
81	* In ''Literature/SickSimon'', Simon, as well as everyone who catches his cold, has a red nose.
82	* In the children's book ''The Sniffles for Bear'', Bear's snout turns red when he has a cold.
83	* ''Literature/RoysBedoys'':
84	** Subverted in “Let’s Go Hiking, Roys Bedoys!”, where Roys is flushed and seems out of sorts, but it turns out he’s just dehydrated.
85	** Played straight in “Don’t Share Personal Items, Roys Bedoys!”, where Roys and Loys are sick and the bridges of their noses turn red.
86	* Played with in ''Literature/TheWorstThingAboutMySister'' when Marty [[PlayingSick fakes illness]] by hiding under her whale plushie so that her face will be hot and then scribbling on her face with a red crayon. Her mother is not fooled, though.
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89	[[folder:Video Games]]
90	* Zigzagged in ''VideoGame/ColdAndFluInvasion'': None of the sick customers appear red, but the player character gets a red face if he's ''close'' to catching a cold.
91	* In the online game ''Vet Set Go'', all the pets have red cheeks, even though they're either [[ThroughAFaceFullOfFur furry]], feathery, a reptile, or a fish. These red cheeks go away when they're cured.
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94	[[folder:Western Animation]]
95	* In ''WesternAnimation/DanielTigersNeighborhood'', whenever Mrs Tiger catches a cold (it's happened twice), her cheeks will be red, even though she's [[ThroughAFaceFullOfFur furry]].
96	* An abundance of this was used in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}}'' short "Cold War", to the point where the cold germ's defining trait was its red nose.
97	* In the ''Literature/HarryAndHisBucketFullOfDinosaurs'' episode "Achoo", Harry has a cold and he's animated with a slight pinkish tinge under his nose and eyes.
98	* ''WesternAnimation/HowToCatchACold'': The man has a pink, inflamed nose due to his cold.
99	* The ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' short "Odor of the Day" has a dog catching a cold that makes him immune to a SmellySkunk. The dog's black nose turns red to show this.
100	* ''WesternAnimation/MollyOfDenali'': In "[[Recap/MollyOfDenaliS4E2SteamBathChoondaiiInTheDarkOfDay Steam Bath Ch'oondaii]]," Layla's nose is red, and she has red, puffy bags under her eyes because she has a cold.
101	* During his segment of the "Sneezes and Hiccups" episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheMrMenShow'', Mr. Stubborn has a pink nose while he has a cold.
102	* Luz of ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'' has a deep-red nose when she has the common mold in "[[Recap/TheOwlHouseS2E9EclipseLake Eclipse Lake]]".
103	* Greg had a red nose in the ''WesternAnimation/PJMasks'' episode "Greg's Stay-At-Home Sneezes", since he had a cold.
104	* Carrot has a red nose in the ''WesternAnimation/ReadyJetGo'' episode "Endless Summer", due to having a cold.
105	* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/TimeSquad'', Otto's nose and eyes turn red when he wakes up with a nasty cold.
106	* ''WesternAnimation/WorkItOutWombats'':
107	** In "Special Delivery," Sammy has a red nose because he is sick.
108	** Kit and Kat are sick in "Talent Turmoil" and they have red splotches on their faces (they don't seem to have noses).
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