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** 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.

** Jump forward about sixty years and you get Cecily Fairchild, who has [[Gundam F 91|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.}}

* 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]].

* 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.}}

== Live-Action TV ==

* Gibbs from ''[[NCIS (TV)|NCIS]]'' has been married four times and all of his wives were redheads. His first wife Shannon was killed while they were still married and the other three wives are ''ex''-wives. He's also had an affair with his (redheaded) boss and was dating a redheaded Army investigator. And everyone else recognizes it. When he first met the investigator, the other team members noted the growing attraction and pointed out the red hair as proof it was inevitable. Tony even said that "Gibbs just met his fourth ex-wife". Possibly hereditary - his father had Betty Grable painted on the nose of his P-51, but Gibbs' mother was a redhead.

** Not to mention the Tenth Doctor's...relations with Queen Elizabeth I.

** Amy Pond's fiancé, Rory, since {{spoiler|he spent two thousand years, without so much as a magazine to read, guarding her while she was in kinda-stasis, kinda-death so that the Doctor could use the powers of the [[Timey-Wimey Ball]] to bring her back to life after he was reincarnated as a killer robot.}}

** Though the 'hero' part is [[Heel Face Revolving Door|rather questionable]].

* ''Swingtown'': everyone, [[Les Yay|and I do mean everyone]], wants Susan.

** Avoided by Don. Roger Sterling and Paul Kinsey, who certainly agree with the trope.

* In an episode of ''[[The Bill]]'', DC Banks and DC Webb have a tough interview with a suspect, who is aided by a red-haired solicitor. Webb comments he'd like to sleep with her. It's established that Banks does sleep with her- she's his wife, using her maiden name for work.

* President Laura Roslin from ''[[Battlestar Galactica]]'' is a redhead and has no shortage of male admirers in spite of her age, health, and position. She is also a change for partner Bill Adama, whose previous interests in flashbacks have been blondes.

* ''[[Robin of Sherwood]]'' seems to have firmly established Maid Marian (or Marion, if you will) in the collective unconscious as a feisty redhead.

* He's not exactly a hero, but ''[[That 70s Show (TV)|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.

* Inverted: Ritz, the literal red head (who actually has white hair) from ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics Advance]]'', has some feelings for Marche. So, it's the red head who wants the hero.

* In ''Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines'', the vampiric player character has the option to acquire a red-headed, green-eyed love interest pretty early on by saving her life and turning her into his or her devoted 'ghoul' (vampires mostly don't have sexual relations, but the 'blood bond' that arises between a vampire and his ghoul is described in-game as one of the most intense emotional sensations it is possible to experience), who will then provide perks, money, blood, conversation, and generally keep house while he or she is away on missions.

* [[Action Girl|Elaine]] [[Pirate Girl|Marley]] from the ''[[Monkey Island]]'' series. It's worth noting that, [[Adaptation Dye Job|originally, her hair was dark-brown-to-black in color]], but the pressure of this trope led to her becoming a redhead in most of the sequels. And that wasn't all: even after Elaine's hair [[Retcon|became fixed as red]], her eye color shifted from blue to green, most likely due to the common association in fictional media of red hair with [[Green Eyes|green eyes]].

* Mitsuru Kirijo from ''Persona3'' is one of several love interests. Yukari Takeba's hair color is an auburn that's closer to brown than red, but there's definitely some red in there. The latter is also the closest the game has to a default romantic interest.

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