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{{trope}}
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''With a cinnamon girl."''|'''[[Neil Young]]''', "Cinnamon Girl"}}▼
[[Love Interests]] have always been [[
▲{{quote|''"I wanna live<br />
▲with a cinnamon girl<br />
▲I could be happy<br />
▲the rest of my life<br />
▲With a cinnamon girl."''|'''[[Neil Young]]''', "Cinnamon Girl"}}
▲[[Love Interests]] have always been [[Colour-Coded for Your Convenience]]. Traditionally, the hero's significant other would usually be a [[Hair of Gold|blonde]], to [[Foil|contrast with]] the brunette [[The Vamp|Vamp]] or [[Femme Fatale]]. But today, the passive [[Distressed Damsel]] and [[Shallow Love Interest]] have been replaced by the sassy, bold, brash, sharp-tongued [[Action Girl]] and [[Well, Excuse Me, Princess!]] -- easily compatible with the "spunky [[Fiery Redhead]]" stereotype.
The hero's redhead is actually calm, [[Beware the Quiet Ones|at least most of the time]]. When she is fiery, she will probably be making him work to win her over for a long time or [[Romantic False Lead|he won't realize that she's the one for him until the end]].
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One possible source is [[Robert A. Heinlein]]'s fondness for hypercapable redhaired heroines (he had a red-haired wife).
In European comics, the high proportion of redheads among the
Look out for the large number of [[Dark-Skinned Redhead|Dark Skinned Redheads]] in Anime.
Perhaps surprisingly to outsiders, given the (''relatively'') higher proportion of [[Ireland|Irish]] redheads, this trope does not seem to exist in Ireland. Redheaded female leads do appear, of course, but they are heavily outnumbered by the more common blondes and "Dark Irish" brunettes. This may be that, unlike almost everywhere else, red hair is not really seen as especially "exotic" in Ireland and Irish
There isn't always a reason for this; if there is, sometimes, the [http://girlswithredhair.blogspot.com/ red hair] is symbolic of love and romantic desire, or the author just finds girls that look like that appealing.
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Contrast [[Redheaded Stepchild]].
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== Anime ==
* Issei from ''[[High School DxD]]'', while he has no shame in admitting he wants to have his own harem, it's also rather blatantly obvious the one girl who has the biggest hold over his feelings is Rias Gremory, the very one who {{spoiler|brought him back to life as a devil}} and made said dream possible in the first place.
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* Tsukimiya Ayu of ''[[Kanon]]''.
* Apricot Sakuraba of the ''[[Galaxy Angel (video game)|Galaxy Angel II]]'' series.
* In ''[[Ranma ½]]'', Tatewaki is a [[Windmill Crusader|Don Quixote]] whose Dulcinea is Ranma's sexy redheaded female form. And his [[Stalker with a Crush|fangirls]] still [[Even the Girls Want Her|chase]] after him too, even in this form.
** Originally, Kuno calls female Ranma "The Pigtailed Girl". In the Latin American dub, however, he calls her "Flame-Haired Girl".
* Princess Sakura in ''[[Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle]]'', who has red-tinted hair in the manga, but is something between a brunette and a bleached blonde in the anime.
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* Kushina Uzumaki, [[Naruto]]'s mother, to her husband, {{spoiler|the Fourth Hokage, who said he loved her for her red hair}}.
* [[Magic Knight Rayearth]]: both Lantis and Eagle want [[Red Headed Heroine]] Hikaru.
* Ai Tanabe from ''[[Planetes]]'' is a redhead; she has a ... complex ... relationship with the show's protagonist Hachirota "Hachimaki" Hoshino.
* Lina Inverse of
* Chiharu Shinonome from ''[[Eiken]]'' is male protagonist Densuke Mifune's crush the entire series. Everone else in her family are redheads too.
* [[Manipulative Bastard|Lelouch]] from ''[[Code Geass]]'' really cared about [[Wide-Eyed Idealist|Shirley]], even after {{spoiler|Rolo killed her in R2.}}
** Even [[Anti-Hero|Anti Heroes]] want Kalen. And she's a [[Tsundere]], to boot.
** Cornelia and Euphie also have very good relationships with their respective knights (if pink counts for red).
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** Not to mention the straighter subversion of this trope. Miaka is a brunette, but some people think she's a redhead.
*** Actually, in the second arc of the manga, her name is said to be written with the kanji for "beautiful red". In the OVA, which spans over the second arc of the manga, her hair is turned into an auburn color.
* Yoko of ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'' garnered interest from at least three heroic men. Though the true protagonist, Simon, ends up seeing her as more of an older sister/good friend character and pairs up with Nia, whose hair is... well, [[Anime Hair]].
** It was played straight between her and Kamina, who seemed to be the protagonist {{spoiler|right up until the moment he died and apparent sidekick Simon was elevated to the role of hero.}}
** Could be played straight since Simon had an obvious huge crush on Yoko. He practically had an emotional breakdown when he saw her and Kamina kissing.
* Maruko from ''[[Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou]]'' is arguably a subversion of this trope, as she's somewhat off-putting towards some of the characters (including the main character) and it may be partially the author's intention to convey that to the audience. Quite a bit of the audience aren't listening, though, and as far as they're concerned, she's a straight-up trope example.
* ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam]]'' has a few examples:
*
** Jump forward about sixty years and you get Cecily Fairchild, who has [[Mobile Suit Gundam F91|an entire movie]] centered around the hero's quest for her.
* Flay Allster of ''[[Gundam Seed]]'' may have been the Scrappy, but Kira had a crush on her at the beginning of the series and it grew into something more. They {{spoiler|have sex, even if she was manipulating him}}, and it's clear he still cares greatly for her at the end of the series. Also, she ''did'' come to care for him after her [[Character Development]], {{spoiler|but ends up dead.}}
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* The main [[Official Couple]] in ''[[Brain Powerd]]'' is Yuu and Hime...and Hime is a red-haired [[Tsundere]]!
* [[Les Yay]] example in ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]] StrikerS'' with [[Fiery Redhead|Teana]], who [[Genki Girl|Subaru]] isn't shy about [[The Glomp|expressing her affection for]], much to [[Tsundere|Teana's embarrassment]].
** In fact, both of the other major [[Les Yay]] pairings ([[
* Lead character Izumi Noa of ''[[Patlabor]]'' becomes a redhead about three seconds into the OVA opening animation. Apparently, they'd already started animating, then decided that she needed to be more visually distinctive.
* Kenshin from ''[[Rurouni Kenshin]]'' is also a redhead - despite his Japanese origins. He's pursued by both Kaoru and Megumi. {{spoiler|The first wins.}}
* Keitaro Urashima of ''[[Love Hina]]'' has the red-headed Naru Narusegawa ([[Unwanted Harem|among others]]), although he's not much of a hero. [[Took a Level
** Of course, this is subverted in the anime, where Naru's hair is less red/orange and more straight brown.
* Asuna of ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' is Negi's main love interest. No points for guessing her hair color. Bonus points for being the [[First Girl Wins|first girl he met]]. The series also features a subversion in Anya, Negi's [[Unlucky Childhood Friend]] of whose affection he is ''completely'' unaware.
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* ''[[Ayashi no Ceres]]'' heroine Aya Mikage had the choice between the sandy brown-haired Yuuhi Aogiri or maroon-haired (''honestly''. Just live with it, okay?) Tooya. Not only does she get the redhead, they also fall into {{spoiler|[[Babies Ever After]]}}.
* Katerose von Kreutzer in ''[[Legend of Galactic Heroes]]'', as prior to her introduction, the only romantic interest introduced for {{spoiler|Julian Minci}} is the older of Alex Czellenu's daughters.
* Ennis in ''[[Baccano!]]!'' has realistic, dark rust-colored hair, and even though she's an [[Artificial Human]], [[The Hero|Firo]] has enough of a thing for her to wait fifty years to marry her.
* [[GaoGaiGar]] has this trope in spades. If [[The Hero|Gai]] and [[Mission Control|Mikoto]] and [[Tagalong Kid|Mamoru]] and [[Toy Ship|Hana]] aren't enough, FINAL strongly hints that [[The Lancer|Soldat J]] and [[Action Girl|Renais]] had become a [[Battle Couple]] or are on their way to it. Does red and pink hair remind them of their hearts burning with courage or something??
* Although he hasn't made his fondness for her known vocally in ''[[Hayate the Combat Butler]]'', pink-haired Hinagiku Katsura clearly holds his interest.
* Sanji from ''[[One Piece]]'' is enamored with the flame-haired Nami, though he's enamored with anything female that isn't a complete Gonk.
* [[Do Not Call Me "Paul"|Okarin]]...Kyouma, spends a [[Mind Screw]]-worthy amount of time trying to save his [[Childhood Friends]] Mayuri. He decides all his effort should be thrown away, when the choice comes to save either her...or the redhead.
** Except, in the [[Steins;Gate|game]], Kyouma can give up for whatever reason before then for the sake of one of the other girls' happiness, though the route the anime took certainly is the true ending. There's also the fact that she's only a redhead in the anime: in the game, she has brown hair.
* Technically, the Tai/Sora/Matt [[Love Triangle]] from "[[Digimon Adventure]]" and "[[Digimon Adventure 02]]" is all about which guy gets Sora (who has auburn hair and therefore is a Red Head)...unless, of course, you [[Ho Yay|ship the hypotenuse]].
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* Mary Jane Parker (still married to Peter in the [[Stan Lee]] approved newspaper strip, which some say is [[Better Than Canon]]), love interest of ''[[Spider-Man (Comic Book)|Spider-Man]]''.
** In the actual comics, the current (and highly unpopular) love interest for Peter, Carlie Cooper, is subject to a ''severe'' case of [[Depending on the Artist]] for almost every subsequent appearance she's made. She's been depicted as a redhead twice now (to the point where, in the second occurrence, certain fans weren't sure if Peter had gotten back together with Mary Jane or not, until Carlie's name came up in the text).
* Cyclops' One True Love is Jean Grey, who's even nicknamed "Red". The first time he thought she was dead, he married her (obviously redheaded) clone, Madelyne Pryor. After she [[Go Mad
** Meanwhile, [[Wolverine]]'s fixation on Jean Grey is apparently the latest in a long line of redheads going back to his childhood, where his first love, Rose, was a dead-ringer for Jean.
** That is, until [[Joe Quesada]] came along and broke up the above marriages with a [[Cosmic Retcon]] by [[Deal with the Devil]] and [[Dropped a Bridge on Him|Dropping a bridge on Jean]], respectively. Maybe he's out to break up every marriage in the [[Marvel Universe]], or perhaps he is just anti-red-head.
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* Sally, from the Sonic comics published by Archie, is a redhead. Fiona, too.
* [[Scott Pilgrim]]'s romantic life consists of Kim (redhead), Natalie, a.k.a. "Envy" (redhead), Knives (temporarily had red highlights), and Ramona (her hair ''was'' red for a time, [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|but it changes often]]). More obvious in the Game {{spoiler|where his ending involves him dating Kim, Envy, and Knives all at once, and all three are pictured with him, and they all have red hair}}.
* The prevalence of redheaded heroines, villainesses and love interests in superhero comics is neatly summed up by [http://www.shrani.si/f/1b/sQ/jXHDesC/littlemarvels2.jpg this image]{{Dead link}}, showing [[Gen 13|Caitlin Fairchild]], [[X-Men|Jean Grey]], [[Batwoman]], [[Fantastic Four (Comic Book)|Medusa]], [[Batman|Poison Ivy]], [[Teen Titans (Comic Book)|Starfire]], [[X-Men|Mystique]], [[Batgirl]], [[X-Men|Siryn]], [[Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends|Firestar]], and [[Spider-Man|Mary-Jane Watson]]. Notably missing [[Black Widow (comics)|Black Widow]], oddly.
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* Naturally, any ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' S/A fanfic will invoke this trope. Some examples:
** ''[[The Ikaris]]'': They [[Accidental Marriage|got accidentally married]] in the first episode.
** ''[[
** ''[[Once More with Feeling]]'': Shinji pretty much states he is irrevocably in love with Asuka.
** ''[[The One I Love Is]]'': Shinji finds himself in a [[Love Triangle]] with Asuka and Rei. He sincerely loves both {{spoiler|but he finally ends up choosing Asuka.}}
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* [[James Bond (film)|James Bond]] has slept with four redheads and only killed one of them! [[Sean Connery|Connery]]'s Bond stated in ''[[Diamonds Are Forever]]'' that he did really like redheads. Other Bonds' opinions on the matter are unknown.
* Elastigirl/Helen Parr of ''[[The Incredibles]]''; at least, when she was younger.
* And while we're on the topic of [[Pixar]] films, Buzz from ''[[Toy Story (franchise)|Toy Story]]'' seems to hold a torch for Jessie.
** {{spoiler|Not just a torch anymore after their relationship upgrade in the third movie.}}
* Screatte (a red Sabertooth Squirrel) to Scrat from [[Ice Age|Dawn of the Dinosaurs.]]
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* [[Elvis Presley]] woos Ann-Margret in ''[[Viva Las Vegas]]''.
* [[Taylor Swift]]'s character, [http://www.animationmagazine.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/Audrey-voiced-by-Taylor-Swift-in-DR.-SEUSS-THE-LORAX.jpg Audrey], in ''[[The Lorax (film)|The Lorax]]''. She's not in the book, she's an inserted love interest for [[Zac Efron]]'s character, who is presumably the guy who finds the Once-ler.
* [[Cate Blanchett]]'s character in ''[[Bandits]]'' has [[Triang Relations|two]] [[Odd Couple|very different]] [[Anti-Hero
* Shannon of ''Far and Away''. Due to her being an Irish immigrant, it's unsurprising.
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* Ginny Weasley of ''[[Harry Potter]]''. Harry, of course, follows in the footsteps of his father James, who loved Lily Evans. Dumbledore also had red hair when younger. [[J. K. Rowling]] has stated she likes redheads.
** Funnily, the other two main characters end up together; brunette Hermione ends up with redhead Ron, brother of Ginny.
* Clarissa MacDougal Kinnison, of [[E. E. "Doc" Smith]]'s ''[[Lensman]]'' saga, is not merely a
* Shira Brie and Mara Jade from ''[[Star Wars]]'' were both Luke Skywalker's love interests, and the latter became his wife. {{spoiler|And remained with him until her death in ''Sacrifice''...thought to have been at the hands of the other, interestingly, until it was revealed to have been Jacen who killed her.}}
** Don't forget Dani! The Bantam era preferred brown hair, but he ultimately got a redhead. As well, as a Zeltron, she had red ''skin''...
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*** Why limit the "red things growing out of the girl's head" to hair? Cade also hooks up with a Darth Talon.
**** As if to drive the point home, [[Green-Skinned Space Babe|red twi'lek]] are rare because their red skin is the result of a mutated gene. Likewise, red hair is rare and results from a mutated blonde hair gene. She's as close to a redhead as a hairless alien babe can get.
* Ygritte, a wildling woman who becomes Jon Snow's [[Temporary Love Interest]] in ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]''. Wildling society as a whole favors redheads, believing them to be "kissed by fire". Jon also thinks of Melisandre (another woman with red hair <ref>
** In poor Sansa's case though this is mostly averted to Villains (or Anti-Villains in Sandor's case) Want Redheads, as out of her two biggest admirers, one is a bitterly cynical [[Blood Knight]], the other a [[Yandere]] [[Magnificent Bastard]].
* Red hair is one of the most common colors among the Aiel in the [[Wheel of Time]], so one of Rand's three is a redhead, as is Chiad (though that relationship is very minor and very complicated).
** Actually, ''two'' of Rand's "three" are redheaded - the other one is strawberry blonde.
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* Almost all members of the ruling class of the planet ''Darkover'' have red hair because all characters with red hair in Marion Zimmer Bradley's series have psychic powers. Since every single offworlder hero or heroine who arrives on Darkover ends up hooking up with a member of the ruling class...
** Then, there is the averting blond Ridenow clan. Of course, they get their ladies the old-fashioned way...they STEAL them!
* ''[[The War Against the Chtorr]]''. [[Colonel Badass|Colonel]] 'Lizard' Tirelli, the protagonist's love
* Starting with ''The Titan's Curse'', the titular character of the series ''[[Percy Jackson and The Olympians]]'' has two main love interests: blonde Annabeth and redhead Rachel. Eventually subverted in the final book, as Rachel {{spoiler|dumps him (when they weren't going out in the first place, no less) in favor of becoming the new Oracle of Delphi. [[First Girl Wins|He gets Annabeth in the end.]]}}
* April Rose, [[Mack Bolan]]'s [[Love Interest]] throughout the 1980's when he worked for [[Heroes-R-Us|Stony Man]].
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* Someone behind the scenes of ''[[The West Wing]]'', probably [[Aaron Sorkin]], has a thing for redheads. CJ, Zoey, Margaret, Mallory, Andy, Abby, Joey, Ginger, and Jenny are all some shade of red.
* Inverted with Charlie on ''[[Ugly Betty]]''.
* On ''[[Smallville]]'', Lionel Luthor has shown an attraction to
** Though the 'hero' part is [[Heel Face Revolving Door|rather questionable]].
* ''Swingtown'': everyone, [[Les Yay|and I do mean everyone]], wants Susan.
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* ''[[Robin of Sherwood]]'' seems to have firmly established Maid Marian (or Marion, if you will) in the collective unconscious as a feisty redhead.
* This trope, combined with their [[Slap Slap Kiss]] dynamic, is what happened between [[24|Jack Bauer and Agent Renee Walker]] {{spoiler|a few minutes before she was killed}}.
* He's not exactly a hero, but ''[[That '70s Show]]'' had main character Eric Forman's love interest be the red haired Donna. Forget the last few seasons where she was blonde. We all try to.
** After winning over Donna, Eric Foreman became ''my'' hero.
* Would Willow Rosenberg be a case of Werewolves and Lesbian Witches want Redheads?
** Also, annoying potential slayers and occasionally Xander. And a demon/robot.
* ''[[Star Trek: The
** Dr. Crusher certainly had red hair, until she became blonde for the films, but didn't Kira and Janeway both have brown hair? Seven of Nine, on the other hand, was more of a strawberry blonde.
*** Nope, Kira and Janeway were most definitely redheads; however, their hair was a much darker shade of red than Crusher's. The red tones in Janeway's hair, especially, usually only showed up outside or under lights - the proof of her red hair is in ''Admiral'' Janeway's snowy-white bun (usually, only redheads go that pure white). Seven of Nine was all but a platinum blonde.
* Almost every important woman in Richard [[Castle]]'s life is a redhead, from the 'one who got away' to his first ex-wife, even his mother and his daughter. Seemingly averted by Kate Beckett, his [[Love Interest]] in the
* ''[[Lie to Me (TV series)|Lie to Me]]'': almost every important woman in Cal Lightman's life is redheaded, too. His daughter Emily has long red hair, his mother (in flashbacks) is shown to have had an auburn shade, and his [[Most Important Person|partner]] Gillian is a strawberry-blonde (though it's not natural, unless her dark hair in the "Sweet Sixteen" flashbacks was dyed).
* Beautiful redhead [[Jayma Mays]] has been this in all of her parts. She was wanted by the Hiro on ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'', Will on ''[[Glee]]'', and an episode of ''[[Pushing Daisies]]''. Even ''Paul Blart: Mall Cop'' wanted her. Inverted on ''[[Ugly Betty]]'', where she was an [[Evil Redhead]].
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** Saffron was, of course, played by Christina Hendricks, mentioned above for Mad Men.
* [[Desperate Housewives]]' Orson Hodge had a wife, a mistress, and a second wife, all red heads. Even lampshaded when wife #1 (who'd vanished before he met and married Bree, the second wife) reappeared.
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* Averted in [[Todd and the Book of Pure Evil]]. The main character, Todd, continually spurns the advances of the redheaded science geek who has a massive crush on him, focusing all his energy on Jenny, his would-be [[Love Interest]].
* Mamori Anezaki of [[Eyeshield 21]] was a brunette for the first manga volume, but the author quickly changed her hair to an orangey-red color to make her stand out more. Deuteragonist, Hiruma Yoichi, ends up being her (sorta) love interest.
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* The Little Red-haired Girl from ''[[Peanuts]]''.
** Brenda Starr, who's older than The Little Red-Haired Girl, but younger than Princess Aura.
* In the ''[[FoxTrot]]'' arc where Roger writes ''[[Her Codename Was Mary Sue|His Codename Was]] [[Trope Namer|the
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== Theater ==
* While brunette Sarah is the one desire of vampire lord Count von Krolock in the Austrian musical ''Tanz der Vampire'', it's the redheaded serving wench Magda who has all of the village wanting her.
* While [[Jerk Jock]] Brett has a [[Betty and Veronica]] with a blonde and brunette in [[
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* In [[Sakura Taisen|Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love]] Gemini Sunrise is the main romantic option.
* Leliana, from ''[[Dragon Age]]''. She is wanted not just by the heroes, [[Even the Girls Want Her|but by the heroines, as well]]. [[Bi the Way|Not that she minds.]]
* Subverted in ''[[Dragon Age II]]'': in Act I, Hawke can attempt to initiate [[Romance Sidequest|romance]] with another Orlesian redhead, Aveline Vallen, but she ultimately rejects him/her for {{spoiler|Guardsman Donnic}} in Act II.
** In the ''Mark of the Assassin'' DLC, however, the red-haired Tallis can be romanced, although this is more of a short-term fling instead of a serious romantic engagement, and nothing happens if Hawke is already in a romance with another party member.
* ''[[Adventure Quest Worlds]]'' has an interesting inversion. Many players have decide to join the evil side because they like [[Daddy's Little Villain|Gravelynsdesing]]. Try to guess what color her hair is.
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* Leena from ''[[Chrono Cross]]'' is a seeming subversion as she had the misfortune of being Serge's [[Unlucky Childhood Friend]], and thus loses out to the blond girl. However, the [[Multiple Endings|Good Ending]] pushes a reset button that erases Serge's memories of the blonde and puts her back to the top of the list, until the credits roll and we learn that [[Strangled by the Red String|Serge ended up with the blond anyways]].
* ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]'' did it, naturally - Snake had the lovely redheaded [[Faux Action Girl|Meryl]].
** And Johnny Sasaki, who, after a massive amount of [[Took a Level
* One of the romance options for Shepard in ''[[Mass Effect 2]]'' is [[Star Trek: The Original Series|Yeoman]] Kelly Chambers, your [[Green Eyes|green-eyed]] [[Green Eyed Red Head|redheaded]] [[Bridge Bunnies|personal assistant]].
** As is the default female Shepard, to further float your boat.
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** As well as Midna from ''Twilight Princess''.
** Also, though frequently forgotten thanks to her gradual blondification, ''Princess Zelda herself'' was red-haired in the original NES games. (Or should we say both Princess Zeldas, since the one in the second game was a [[Sleeping Beauty]] relative of the one from the first.)
*** This might be more be because of the limited palette of the
** The Sleeping Zelda has red hair in her artwork, so it's intentional. The first Zelda, however, had [https://web.archive.org/web/20140804044348/http://www.zeldawiki.org/images/5/53/PrincessZeldaLoZArt.png blond hair], as evident in her Japanese artwork and her sprite; but, in the west, she has two different artworks, one with her being [
* Kairi of the ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'' series. Sora (and possibly Riku) falls for her.
* In ''[[Fire Emblem]] 6: Sword of Seals'': the redheaded male lord Roy can have ''six'' different possible brides (and one of them, the dancer Lalam, is a redhead as well). In the prequel, ''Fire Emblem 7: Blazing Swords'', his also redheaded father Eliwood can have three possible girlfriends (but no redheads this time).
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* [[King's Quest|Valanice]] is auburn-haired.
* It depends on your video card and your [[Player Character]], but [[Knights of the Old Republic|Carth Onasi]] appears to be auburn-haired under high-end graphics cards. Oddly enough, none of the [[Player Character]] options are gingers.
* [[
* Luke fon Fabre from ''[[Tales of the Abyss]]''. Just ask [[Defrosting Ice Queen|Te]][[Single Woman Seeks Good Man|ar]].
** As well as Asch, just asked [[Childhood Marriage Promise|Nata]][[All Girls Want Bad Boys|lia]].
* Olivia Dickens, the wife of Commodore Dickens and the matriarch of the detective family in ''Disney's [[Guilty Party]]''.
* Tsubaki Yayoi from ''[[
* ''Laura Bow The Dagger Of Amon Ra'' has the titular hero fall in love with the hunky redheaded stevedore/art student.
* In ''MARDEK'' Chapter 3, {{spoiler|Emela and Deugan}} play this pretty straight. Actually, nearly everyone in the royal guard wants Emela. Gloria, for her part, apparently attracts the lust of the entire male population of Canonia. Averted in that she only has eyes for a certain stammering [[Technical Pacifist]] inventor, who reciprocates her affections.
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* ''[[Fate/stay night]]'' has a gender reversal version of this, with Saber ({{spoiler|being [[King Arthur]] gets you Hero status}}) and Shirou Emiya (our [[Redheaded Hero|Red Headed Protagonist]]).
* Dahlia Hawthorne in ''[[Phoenix Wright]]'', Phoenix's college love interest, is a redhead.
** Also subverted in that {{spoiler|Dahlia's "twin" sister, Iris, who seems to have naturally black hair, is who he was actually dating.}}
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* Blonde bard Elan is dating redhead thief Haley in ''[[The Order of the Stick]]''. This is [[Playing with a Trope|
* Jade, and later Miranda, from ''
** And Marcy. ALL of the regular female cast members are redheads.
* Kate, from ''[[Ctrl+Alt+
* Tycho's wife from ''[[Penny Arcade (Webcomic)|Penny Arcade]]'', though Tucho isn't exactly heroic...
** Given that the wives are just their real-life wives in comic form, this is more of a [[Real Life]] example than a webcomic example.
* ''[[Dominic Deegan]]: Oracle For Hire'': the minor characters' love interests have red hair (Pam for Gregory, Jayden for Milov/Siegfried), while the ''main'' character's girlfriend, Luna, is the traditional blonde. However, it's interesting to note the shifts in the artist's coloring from the early days, when color strips were rarer; early pictures of Luna had redder hair (and Gregory, now a solid redhead, was fairer-haired).
* Nanase, from ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'', is an odd example. She briefly dated the hero, before dumping him. He's dating a blonde now...And Nanase? Well, she's in a relationship with the hero's ''[[Opposite
** Though Ellen now has drifted from Opposite Sex Clone to a different person entirely due to magical intervention which aged her soul. ''El Goonish Shive'' is really complex. And weird.
* Surma Carver from ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court]]'': her love life prior to Antimony's birth is one of many unresolved (so far) mysteries. Annie's a [[Redheaded Hero]] herself, with [[Weirdness Magnet|too many other problems on her plate]] to think about romance for now.
* [[Punny Name|Anne Onymous]], protagonist of ''[[The Wotch]]'', is a red head, as are a few side characters. The (blond) Jason has a ''huge'' redhead fetish...so much so that he has a "[[Spider Sense|Red-Head Sense]]". Also, whenever he is [[Gender Bender|turned into a girl]] (which is fairly often), he's red-haired (and calls himself Sonja). Ironically, his one true love is a brunette.
* Guinevere in ''[[Arthur, King of Time and Space]]''.
* White Mage from ''[[8-Bit
* Daisy Archanis and Damien Vaeo from ''[[Last Res0rt]]''. Arguably, Geisha too, although he's more a ''red body'' than anything...
* Tai and Ellen from ''[[Questionable Content]]'', the latter a supporting character's ex-girlfriend, the former a college [[Hot Librarian|librarian]] in an all-girl [[Love Dodecahedron]].
* Torg's [[Unwanted Harem|unwanted]] [[Magical Girlfriend]] Oasis from ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'', for a while. A [[Subverted Trope|subversion]], since Torg's girlfriend of choice is the black-haired Zoë (who returns his affection). And now that {{spoiler|Oasis is no longer brainwashed to love Torg}}, Torg and Zoë can be a couple without Oasis being a Sword of Damocles over her head.
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* ''[[Irregular Webcomic]]'' has Ginny Smith. Nothing did come out of it for a long time, but after a [[Time Skip]], she is now {{spoiler|married to Erwin.}}
* Though not apparent, both Erika Hayasaka and Largo of ''[[Megatokyo]]'' have red hair.
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* In ''Day By Day'', Sam, the engineer/podcast host is a [[Blonde Republican Sex Kitten|Redheaded Republican Sex Kitten]] and married to Spec Ops sniper Zed.
* In ''[[Looking for Group]]'', the heroic Cale falls for the hot redheaded [[All Trolls Are Different|(possibly hybrid or pureblood) troll]] Benny.
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* Molotov Cocktease of ''[[The Venture Brothers]]'', a semi-heroically sociopathic [[Red Scare|Commie]] redhead.
** In an episode of ''The Venture Brothers'', Phantom Limb freezes a courtroom and gives Dr. Orpheus a hypnotic suggestion to testify against the Monarch, then he'll get an archvillain like he always wanted. When the room unfreezes, Dr. Orpheus is wistfully muttering "I hope they'll get me a girl villain. A redhead..."
* In ''[[Daria]]'', Daria's little sister, Quinn Morgendorffer is the teen queen of this trope, as almost every guy who sees her is immediately hypnotized by her bouncy carrot-top (and ''tiny, cute pores!''). In fact, the only guys who see her and AREN'T interested are those who see her as a [[Well, Excuse Me, Princess!]] type (Trent Lane, David Sorenson), are part of an [[Official Couple]] (Kevin), or where [[First Girl Wins]] (Young Master Thomas Sloane, aka Tom, who also beautifully subverts that trope by ending up with Daria, the star of the show, after coming aboard as part of a [[Beta Couple]] with Jane).
** Actually, [[Word of God]] has Daria as ''auburn-haired'' (red-brown hair), so the trope isn't subverted with her. In fact, look at the guys interested in her - Tom, Ted Dewitt-Clinton, and (of course) Trent Lane. Daria fits the trope, too.
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVtS05uAtSI This] biblical cartoon actually makes Eve (of Adam and Eve) herself into a redhead. Although, really, it depends greatly on whether you would call Adam a "hero".
* A canine example occurs in ''[[Balto]]'', where the wolf-dog's love interest is Jenna, a husky with red fur.
* ''[[The Spectacular Spider-Man]]'' is a subversion/aversion, as while Mary Jane does appear and is originally built up as if she's going to be his love interest...She makes it clear the next time they see each other that they're just friends and then refuses to date anyone seriously, until Mark Allen/Molten Man shows up anyway. [[Word of God]] has stated that they try to draw mostly from the roots of the franchise, so MJ was relegated to her original role as a [[Foil]] for Gwen, the primary [[Love Interest]].
* Emma, from ''[[Stoked]]''. However, [[Jerkass|Reef]] is an aversion!
* The short lived ''[[Fish Police (animation)|Fish Police]]'' includes a fish-themed variant, with Gill's main [[Love Interest]] being the diner waitress Pearl, who has red scales and fins.
* ''[[Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers]]'': Shane was attracted to his teammate, [[Redheaded Hero|Niko]], but it was implied that he also shagged the crime boss [[Evil Redhead|Daisy O'Mega]] during "Renegade Rangers". And Shane wasn't the only one with a thing for redheads. Zach's wife, Eliza, was auburn-haired - making this trope one of the few things [[The Hero]] and [[The Lancer]] had in common!
* A good deal of [[UST]] and out-and-out flirting existed between Linka and the red-haired Wheeler on ''[[Captain Planet and the Planeteers]]'', though this is a gender inversion.
* A sort of inversion in ''[[Kim Possible]]'', where the titular hero is the redhead and her main [[Love Interest]] in her best friend/sidekick.
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