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[[No Real Life Examples Please]]

== Anime and Manga ==

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** The second season's first member of the [[Quirky Miniboss Squad]], Rubeus.

** Kaolinite, Eudial, Mimete, and Cyprine, all from the Witches 5, in the third season.

** VesVes the Tamer in the fourth season. At least she has the excuse that the [[Quirky Miniboss Squad]] to which she belongs is themed after the colours of the senshi. Strangely, though, the exception is CereCere the [[Master of Illusion|Illusionist]], who is [[Rose Haired Girl|given pink instead of orange]].

** VesVes the Tamer in the fourth season. At least she has the excuse that the [[Quirky Miniboss Squad]] to which she belongs is themed after the colours of the senshi. Strangely, though, the exception is CereCere the [[Master of Illusion|Illusionist]], who is [[Rose-Haired Girl|given pink instead of orange]].

** And Akane Karasuma, aka Sailor Lead Crow, in the fifth. Also a [[Dark Skinned Redhead]].

** And Akane Karasuma, aka Sailor Lead Crow, in the fifth. Also a [[Dark-Skinned Redhead]].

*** Her boss Galaxia [[Blondes Are Evil|has gold-blonde hair]]...which fades into blood red.

* Ali Al-Saachez, Nena Trinity (though she's more ''[[Cute and Psycho|batshit insane]]'' than anything else), and Patrick Corlasawar (though Patrick is more of an [[Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain]] than truly evil) from ''[[Gundam 00]]''.

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* Sir [[Blood Knight|Luciano]] [[Ax Crazy|Bradley]], the Knight of Ten, from ''[[Code Geass]]''.

* Vita and Nove of ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'', who are shown to be vicious, aggressive foes {{spoiler|before their [[Heel Face Turn|Heel Face Turns]] - then they become vicious, aggressive allies}}.

** [[Anti Villain|These two aren't really evil, you know.]] Nove is more of a [[Perpetual Frowner]] while Vita is just [[Tsundere|really heavy on the Tsun side of the scale]].

** [[Anti-Villain|These two aren't really evil, you know.]] Nove is more of a [[Perpetual Frowner]] while Vita is just [[Tsundere|really heavy on the Tsun side of the scale]].

** Arnage of Huckebein from ''Force'' plays it straighter (thus far?).

* In ''[[Naruto (Manga)|Naruto]]'', there are five red-headed villains to date, Gaara (before his [[Heel Face Turn]]), Jiroubo, Tayuya, Sasori, and Pain ({{spoiler|which includes both Yahiko, who was a good guy when he was alive [orange], and Nagato, the actual controller [blood red].}})

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* Recoome of the [[Quirky Miniboss Squad|Ginyu Force]] and movie villain Bojack from ''[[Dragonball|Dragon Ball Z]]''. When the latter transforms, his hair actually gets redder.

** Subverted by Android 16, a red-mohawked Friend To All Living Things (but Goku).

* ''[[Baccano (Light Novel)|Baccano]]'''s Claire Stanfield straddles the line between this and [[Redheaded Hero|Red Headed]] [[Anti Hero]], as a red-headed [[Ax Crazy]] Heroic Sociopath in a [[Black and Grey Morality]] universe. It doesn't help that he's a complete [[Wild Card]].

* ''[[Baccano (Light Novel)|Baccano]]'''s Claire Stanfield straddles the line between this and [[Redheaded Hero|Red Headed]] [[Anti-Hero]], as a red-headed [[Ax Crazy]] Heroic Sociopath in a [[Black and Grey Morality]] universe. It doesn't help that he's a complete [[Wild Card]].

* Koros from ''[[Daitarn 3]]''

* {{spoiler|Goki}}, [[The Mole]] from the manga series ''[[Kagerou-Nostalgia]]''. A nearly [[The Stoic|emotionless]] killer completely in thrall to the [[Big Bad]], he convinces the heroes that {{spoiler|he is one of them (not hard given his status as the [[Reincarnation]] of one of their former allies) and proceeds to murder their leader}} before defecting back to the villains. He appears to have some regrets about this now.

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* Momomi Minoi, the [[Cute and Psycho]] [[Yakuza Princess]] from ''[[Mezzo Forte]]'' fits quite well. One of her recreational activities seems to be casually murdering her father's employees when they fail to meet her expectations...and that's just when she's having fun. If someone actually tries to get in her way, she will do her best to ensure that they experience [[Fate Worse Than Death|far worse.]]

* [[Mirai Nikki|Gasai]] [[Yandere|Yuno]] has bright pink hair. {{spoiler|Subverted}} in the ending, but before that, <s>God</s>Deus help you if you [[Ax Crazy|try to separate her from her Yuki]].

* Kakyoin from ''[[Jo ~~Jos~~ Bizarre Adventure (Manga)|Jo Jos Bizarre Adventure]]'' was one at first, but Jotaro 'snapped him out of it'. {{spoiler|Later on, Dio tries to confuse the heroes through one of his assassins, a shapeshifter, into thinking Kakyoin went back.}} There are a couple of other characters or so, though: Midler in the video game is depicted as a redhead and [[Big Bad]] Diavolo's hair is coloured magenta. Or something.

* Kakyoin from ''[[Jo Jo's Bizarre Adventure (Manga)|Jo Jos Bizarre Adventure]]'' was one at first, but Jotaro 'snapped him out of it'. {{spoiler|Later on, Dio tries to confuse the heroes through one of his assassins, a shapeshifter, into thinking Kakyoin went back.}} There are a couple of other characters or so, though: Midler in the video game is depicted as a redhead and [[Big Bad]] Diavolo's hair is coloured magenta. Or something.

* Sa Sakujun from [[Saiunkoku Monogatari]] is...not a nice person. At all.

* The ''[[Ranma One Half]]'' anime gets an episode full of this trope. When Happosai splits [[Gender Bender|Ranma's male side and female side]] into two different people, the female side turns out to be evil to the core. The glowing eyes, floating red hair, and supernatural powers certainly don't hurt in making her seem any less sinister.

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** Not to mention her clone, Madelyne Pryor, who became the Goblyn Queen.

** Of course, Dark Phoenix is simply redheaded Jean Grey (a founding example of [[Heroes Want Redheads]]) on [[With Great Power Comes Great Insanity|too much power]] or [[Touched By Vorlons|a confused godlike being]], depending on the [[Story/retcon|retcon]]/[[Canon Dis Continuity|ret-retcon]]. The way she's thought of more for that one arc than for her ''decades'' of being a hero before and after it is [[Never Live It Down|a trope of its own.]] Maddie didn't start out evil, either.

** Also in ''X-Men'', Cain Marko, aka Juggernaut, is a redhead, though it's rarely explicitly shown thanks to his signature helmet of [[Luckily My Powers Will Protect Me|psi blockage.]]

** Also in ''X-Men'', Cain Marko, aka Juggernaut, is a redhead, though it's rarely explicitly shown thanks to his signature helmet of [[Luckily, My Powers Will Protect Me|psi blockage.]]

** Then there's Belasco, the red-haired, devil-horned sorcerer who stole Illyana Rasputin's childhood.

** And the shape-changing Mystique, whose default body is a combination of [[Dark Skinned Redhead|blue skin and red hair]]. Her adoptive daughter, auburn-haired Rogue, starts out as a villain (the Scarlet Witch's hair has pretty much the same shade).

** And the shape-changing Mystique, whose default body is a combination of [[Dark-Skinned Redhead|blue skin and red hair]]. Her adoptive daughter, auburn-haired Rogue, starts out as a villain (the Scarlet Witch's hair has pretty much the same shade).

** Notable aversion: Thomas is the evil member of the Cassidy family. Sean and Theresa are redhaired and heroic, while Black Tom has black hair.

* Pamela Isley, alias Poison Ivy, of ''[[Batman]]'' fame.

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*** Carried over into the ''[[Smallville]]'' continuity, where the young Luthor was a redhead [[It Makes Sense in Context|until the day of the meteor shower.]]

** Not to mention that Lex Luthor was a redhead in his original appearances back in 1940. He did not "go bald" until his 5th appearance, when a different artist picked the wrong character (Luthor's bald henchman) and the new look stuck. Generally, any Luthor that has hair, such as the two Luthors who came from Earth-3 during Crisis, has been drawn as a redhead.

* Lightning Lord, older brother of the Ranzz siblings of ''[[The Legion of Super Heroes|Legion]]'' fame...although his more iconic look is from after his hair has turned [[White Haired Pretty Boy|white]].

* Lightning Lord, older brother of the Ranzz siblings of ''[[The Legion of Super Heroes|Legion]]'' fame...although his more iconic look is from after his hair has turned [[White-Haired Pretty Boy|white]].

* Carnage's alter ego Cletus Kasady has red hair.

* [[Watchmen (Comic Book)|Rorschach]] isn't technically evil ([[Anti Hero|Antiheroic]] [[Sociopathic Hero|Sociopath]]), but he does have red hair and acts like a stone-cold bastard most of the time.

* [[Watchmen (Comic Book)|Rorschach]] isn't technically evil ([[Anti-Hero|Antiheroic]] [[Sociopathic Hero|Sociopath]]), but he does have red hair and acts like a stone-cold bastard most of the time.

* 'Red' Gurdy Pickens, the recurring [[Villain Sue]] of B.A.'s campaigns, in ''[[Knights of the Dinner Table]]''.

* Norman and Harry Osborn, the first and second Green Goblin, are described as having reddish-brown hair.

* [[Satan|Lucifer's]] hair is red most of the time in ''[[The Sandman]]'' and [[Lucifer (Comic Book)|in his own comic.]] Of course he isn't exactly evil in them, but more like a rather amoral [[Anti Hero]].

* [[Satan|Lucifer's]] hair is red most of the time in ''[[The Sandman]]'' and [[Lucifer (Comic Book)|in his own comic.]] Of course he isn't exactly evil in them, but more like a rather amoral [[Anti-Hero]].

* Based on the cover art and the video game, [[Scott Pilgrim]]'s ex-girlfriend Envy is one, though they made her [[Blondes Are Evil|blonde]] in the movie. To be fair, {{spoiler|her "evilness" isn't so clear-cut, as we learn what an [[Unreliable Narrator]] Scott is}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Batman|Jason Todd]]}} was retconned into being a redhead. {{spoiler|Batman}} apparently made him dye his hair black to hide the fact that {{spoiler|the role of Robin had gone to someone else.}}

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* In the ''[[Illuminatus]]'' trilogy, Satan prefers redheads and they explore this trope in depth.

** Well, it's a reference to old folk-beliefs. It works because the Black Mass participants believe it should. In an inversion, one of the participants is a protagonist who is taking his first steps in his path away from social conventions towards illumination. He and the redhead get some good sex out of the deal and get to meet {{spoiler|Malaclypse the Elder disguised as}} Satan disguised as Billy Graham.

* Both used and averted in ''Talking to Dragons'', Book 4 of [[Patricia C Wrede]]'s ''[[Enchanted Forest Chronicles]]''. [[First Girl Wins|The first girl the protagonist meets]] (and [[Heroes Want Redheads|his eventual love interest]]) is a redheaded fire-witch who's rude and temperamental, but basically good. Later, they meet another redheaded fire-witch (fire-witches in general are prone to red hair) who likes turning people into statues and uses [[Cold Blooded Torture|torture]] to power her spells.

* Both used and averted in ''Talking to Dragons'', Book 4 of [[Patricia C Wrede]]'s ''[[Enchanted Forest Chronicles]]''. [[First Girl Wins|The first girl the protagonist meets]] (and [[Heroes Want Redheads|his eventual love interest]]) is a redheaded fire-witch who's rude and temperamental, but basically good. Later, they meet another redheaded fire-witch (fire-witches in general are prone to red hair) who likes turning people into statues and uses [[Cold-Blooded Torture|torture]] to power her spells.

* [[Lampshaded]] in the short story "Nobody Here But-" by [[Isaac Asimov]] where the protagonist suspects his girlfriend is bitchy just because she has to live up to her red hair.

* Celia Madden of ''The Damnation of Theron Ware''. (Though perhaps "evil" might be a bit strong, as "bitchy" serves just as well. But it still counts.)

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* In I, Coriander, Arise insists Coriander must be evil because of her red hair - "All these curls, red as the flames of Satan! This is vanity, this is pride."

* In ''[[Good Omens (Literature)|Good Omens]],'' a woman first introduced as [[Meaningful Name|Scarlett]] and later Carmine "Red" Zuigiber is a [[Fiery Redhead]] who deals in weapons and seems to cause violence through her mere presence. She's eventually revealed to be {{spoiler|the [[Anthropomorphic Personification]] of War, first of the [[Horsemen of the Apocalypse|Four Horsepeople of the Apocalypse]]}}.

** Averted with [[Tomboy|Pepper]], one of [[Anti Anti Christ|Adam]]'s friends.

** Averted with [[Tomboy|Pepper]], one of [[Anti-Anti-Christ|Adam]]'s friends.

* In [[Poul Anderson]]'s ''[[Operation Chaos]]'', the genie tries to invoke this, abusing Ginny for having "hair like hell". She ignores it.

* ''Sisterhood'' series by [[Fern Michaels]]: lawyer Adel Newsom is definitely this. It's a good thing that she's actually stupid.

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** To quote ''[[I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue (Radio)|I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue]]'', "Judas is carrot".

** Straight-up subverted by David, whom Samuel was reluctant to appoint king because of his red hair, which was associated with violence and bloodshed, until God told him that David would shed much blood, but it would be that of Israel's enemies.

** According to some translations of the Bible, the devil has [[What Do You Mean ~~Its~~ Not Heinous|curly red hair]].

** According to some translations of the Bible, the devil has [[What Do You Mean It's Not Heinous?|curly red hair]].

* [[Older Than Dirt]]: the ancient Egyptian pantheon has the god Set, best remembered for hacking his brother Osiris into bits and scattering the pieces about the world. He was depicted as being a redhead -- or at least red-furred, since he was usually depicted with the head of an unidentifiable animal.

** And then there was the [[Foe Yay|attempted schtupping of Horus]]...sheesh.

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* Id from ''[[Xenogears (Video Game)|Xenogears]]''.

* Kuja from ''[[Final Fantasy IX (Video Game)|Final Fantasy IX]]'' when in his trance form.

** Kuja gets [[White Haired Pretty Boy|two evil]] [[Evil Redhead|hair tropes]] for the price of one.

** Kuja gets [[White-Haired Pretty Boy|two evil]] [[Evil Redhead|hair tropes]] for the price of one.

* Ganondorf (and a few forms of his more bestial side, Ganon) in the various ''[[The Legend of Zelda (Franchise)|The Legend of Zelda]]'' games.

** All the Gerudo, actually, but they're thieves, whereas Ganondorf is out-and-out evil.

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** Partially subverted in ''Curse of Darkness''; Isaac is completely nutters, but {{spoiler|it's heavily implied that, half the time, Dracula is driving or at the very least co-piloting him. Isaac's a willing 'passenger', but still...}}

* Another subversion: Axel Almer of ''[[Super Robot Wars]]''. He's an honest [[Evil Redheads]] in ''Advance'', as well as the GBA version of [[OG 2]]. However, in the subsequent remakes, he's more or less a [[Noble Demon]], not outright evil...then he pulls a [[Heel Face Turn]], making him a [[Redheaded Hero]] (as does his heroic self in ''Advance'').

* The ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'' series has Axel, who eventually develops into an [[Anti Villain]]

* The ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'' series has Axel, who eventually develops into an [[Anti-Villain]]

** His predecessor Reno certainly counted in the original ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]''. Guy was a ''bastard'' to fight if you were underlevelled on that bloody pillar.

* {{spoiler|Lara's evil doppelganger}} in ''[[Tomb Raider|Tomb Raider: Underworld]]''.

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== Visual Novels ==

* Neither is entirely ''evil'' per se, but {{spoiler|Vermilion Akiha and Kohaku}} are both red haired, [[Yandere]], psychopathic characters in ''[[Tsukihime]]'', and both have rather unsavory goals. {{spoiler|Akiha}} is 'evil' here precisely ''because'' her hair is red, even. {{spoiler|Kohaku}} is essentially the poster girl for [[Stepford Smiler]], [[Break the Cutie]], [[Emotionless Girl]], and [[Woobie Destroyer of Worlds]].

* Neither is entirely ''evil'' per se, but {{spoiler|Vermilion Akiha and Kohaku}} are both red haired, [[Yandere]], psychopathic characters in ''[[Tsukihime]]'', and both have rather unsavory goals. {{spoiler|Akiha}} is 'evil' here precisely ''because'' her hair is red, even. {{spoiler|Kohaku}} is essentially the poster girl for [[Stepford Smiler]], [[Break the Cutie]], [[Emotionless Girl]], and [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds]].

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* The Wicked Witch in ''[[Cyberchase (Animation)|Cyberchase]]'' has ''bright, flaming red'' hair. In fact, it could be considered ''orange.''

* Kelly from ''[[Stoked]]''.

* Princess Morbucks from ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]'', who is probably the best example of [[Screw the Rules I Have Money]].

* Princess Morbucks from ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]'', who is probably the best example of [[Screw the Rules, I Have Money]].

** Don't forget Blossom's two [[Evil Counterpart|Evil Counterparts]], Brick of the Rowdyruff Boys and Berserk of the Powerpunk Girls (who is a comic-only character).

* Lee Kanker in ''[[Ed, Edd n Eddy]]''

* Subverted in the direct-to-DVD followups of [[Disney]]'s ''[[Cinderella (Disney)|Cinderella]]'': {{spoiler|Anastasia}}, who was a [[Rich Bitch]] in the original movie, is now less evil and more like a [[Well Done Son Guy|Well Done Daughter Girl]].

* Subverted in the direct-to-DVD followups of [[Disney]]'s ''[[Cinderella (Disney)|Cinderella]]'': {{spoiler|Anastasia}}, who was a [[Rich Bitch]] in the original movie, is now less evil and more like a [["Well Done, Son" Guy|Well Done Daughter Girl]].

* Demona, from ''[[Gargoyles (Animation)|Gargoyles]]''.

* Mertle from ''[[Lilo and Stitch]]''.