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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 brunettes. This may be that, unlike almost everywhere else, red hair is not really seen as especially "exotic" in Ireland and Irish made media reflects this.
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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* 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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**** 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> along with red eyes and always red clothing</ref>) as very beautiful, if a little cold. And he's not the only POV character to take interest in redheads. At the beginning of the series, Ned Stark is happily married to auburn-haired Catelyn Tully and their daughter Sansa (who took after her mother) ends up being married to {{spoiler|Tyrion Lannister}} who admits that he is very attracted to her. Jaime Lannister, another POV character, found Catelyn's sister (that has the typical Tully coloring) rather pretty and Catelyn herself interesting as a teenager. There's also Rohanne Webber with whom Duncan, the protagonist of the [[Prequel|Dunk&Egg tales]], is infatuated.
** 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 (disambiguation)]] [[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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* ''[[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?
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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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* ''[[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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* [[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 Theater
* 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]].
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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.
*** It can be argued that Tom is not a perfect hero...
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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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