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[[File:ladyinredsubstitute.jpg|link=Marilyn Monroe|frame|I Dream Of Red!]]
[[File:ladyinredsubstitute.jpg|link=Marilyn Monroe|frame|I Dream Of Red!]]


{{quote|''"Were you listening to me, Neo? [[Distracted by the Sexy|Or were you looking at the woman in the red dress?]]"''|'''Morpheus''', ''[[The Matrix]]''}}
{{quote|''"Were you listening to me, Neo? [[Distracted by the Sexy|Or were you looking at the woman in the red dress?]]"''
|'''Morpheus''', ''[[The Matrix]]''}}


If a woman is [[Hello, Nurse!|sexy enough]], there's a good chance that she will wear a slinky red dress at at least one point in time. If she's really, REALLY sexy, and ''especially'' if she's [[The Vamp]] or a [[Femme Fatale]], it may become her default outfit. This trope deals with the latter.
If a woman is [[Hello, Nurse!|sexy enough]], there's a good chance that she will wear a slinky red dress at at least one point in time. If she's really, REALLY sexy, and ''especially'' if she's [[The Vamp]] or a [[Femme Fatale]], it may become her default outfit. This trope deals with the latter.
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* Zoey in ''[[Zoey 101]]''.
* Zoey in ''[[Zoey 101]]''.
* ''[[iCarly]]'': Miss Ackerman. Carly calls her hot [[Les Yay|(!)]], Freddie goes "Woah" 5 times (and this is the Season 1 Freddie who hasn't really hit puberty yet).
* ''[[iCarly]]'': Miss Ackerman. Carly calls her hot [[Les Yay|(!)]], Freddie goes "Woah" 5 times (and this is the Season 1 Freddie who hasn't really hit puberty yet).
* Number Six from the reimagined ''[[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined]]''.
* Number Six from [[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|the reimagined ''Battlestar Galactica'']].
* Miss Hartigan in ''[[Doctor Who]]'''s "The Next Doctor".
* Miss Hartigan in ''[[Doctor Who]]'''s "The Next Doctor".
** Lucy Saxon in "[[Doctor Who/Recap/S29/E13 Last of the Time Lords|Last of the Time Lords]]".
** Lucy Saxon in "[[Doctor Who/Recap/S29/E13 Last of the Time Lords|Last of the Time Lords]]".
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* ''[[The X-Files]]''. Agent Scully wears a red cocktail dress in "Triangle", where she's [[And You Were There|an OSS spy in 1939]]. It's notable that this is the [[Kiss Me, I'm Virtual|first time Mulder kisses Scully]], and quite passionately too (though she still gives him a [[Megaton Punch]] in response).
* ''[[The X-Files]]''. Agent Scully wears a red cocktail dress in "Triangle", where she's [[And You Were There|an OSS spy in 1939]]. It's notable that this is the [[Kiss Me, I'm Virtual|first time Mulder kisses Scully]], and quite passionately too (though she still gives him a [[Megaton Punch]] in response).
* ''[[The Mentalist]]'', "Russet Potatoes" features a woman in a red dress.
* ''[[The Mentalist]]'', "Russet Potatoes" features a woman in a red dress.
* [[Law and Order SVU|Alex Cabot]] is only ever seen in a smart suit. Until she goes on a date with Trevor Langan (which is even odder when you remember that, in real life, [[Reality Subtext|he is married to, and has a son with, Olivia]]), for which she wears the epitome of this trope. The whole scene was a complete [[Mind Screw]] with all the conflicting [[UST]].
* ''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]'': Alex Cabot is only ever seen in a smart suit. Until she goes on a date with Trevor Langan (which is even odder when you remember that, in real life, [[Reality Subtext|he is married to, and has a son with, Olivia]]), for which she wears the epitome of this trope. The whole scene was a complete [[Mind Screw]] with all the conflicting [[UST]].
* To show exactly how [[She's All Grown Up|all grown up]] Liberty was by Senior Year, she wore a very nice red dress to prom in ''[[Degrassi]]''. Season 10 has Fiona and Holly J both appear in a red cocktail dress at various points.
* To show exactly how [[She's All Grown Up|all grown up]] Liberty was by Senior Year, she wore a very nice red dress to prom in ''[[Degrassi]]''. Season 10 has Fiona and Holly J both appear in a red cocktail dress at various points.
* In an episode of ''[[The West Wing]]'', Donna is wearing a little red dress at the office because she's about to leave for a date. [[Master of the Mixed Message|Josh]], suffering one of his failure-to-appreciate-Donna attacks, needs her to work late and is insensitive to the point of cruelty about it (saying the date isn't going anywhere anyway because she's a [[Horrible Judge of Character]] with no self-esteem). At the end of the episode, he tells her she looked good in the dress and should keep it instead of returning it after wearing it once, like she planned.
* In an episode of ''[[The West Wing]]'', Donna is wearing a little red dress at the office because she's about to leave for a date. [[Master of the Mixed Message|Josh]], suffering one of his failure-to-appreciate-Donna attacks, needs her to work late and is insensitive to the point of cruelty about it (saying the date isn't going anywhere anyway because she's a [[Horrible Judge of Character]] with no self-esteem). At the end of the episode, he tells her she looked good in the dress and should keep it instead of returning it after wearing it once, like she planned.
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* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''. In "Restless", Xander dreams about Joyce as a [[Hot Mum]] in a red nightie inviting him into her bed.
* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''. In "Restless", Xander dreams about Joyce as a [[Hot Mum]] in a red nightie inviting him into her bed.
** In "Amends", Willow wears a tight red dress to show Oz she's [[Ready for Lovemaking]]. In the same episode, the First is trying to incite Angel into having sex with Buffy so he'll lose his soul; when Angel runs into Buffy in her bedroom wearing a blood-red dress that exposes her neck, he has to jump out the window to stop himself from jumping on her then and there.
** In "Amends", Willow wears a tight red dress to show Oz she's [[Ready for Lovemaking]]. In the same episode, the First is trying to incite Angel into having sex with Buffy so he'll lose his soul; when Angel runs into Buffy in her bedroom wearing a blood-red dress that exposes her neck, he has to jump out the window to stop himself from jumping on her then and there.
* [[Once Upon a Time (TV series)|Once Upon a Time]]: main protagonist Emma is first seen in a red evening dress and after that, she is rarely shown without her signature red jacket.
* ''[[Once Upon a Time (TV series)|Once Upon a Time]]'': main protagonist Emma is first seen in a red evening dress and after that, she is rarely shown without her signature red jacket.
* In C-drama ''The Holy Pearl'', Mo Yin wears red throughout her [[Establishing Character Moment]] (sentencing the main character to death), marking her as a more sensual and passionate character than her [[Woman in White]] sister.
* In C-drama ''The Holy Pearl'', Mo Yin wears red throughout her [[Establishing Character Moment]] (sentencing the main character to death), marking her as a more sensual and passionate character than her [[Woman in White]] sister.


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* ''[[The Police|Roxxxxxannnnnneeeee! You don't have to wear that dress tonight!]]''
* ''[[The Police|Roxxxxxannnnnneeeee! You don't have to wear that dress tonight!]]''
* The [[Chris De Burgh]] song "The Lady in Red" (obviously).
* The [[Chris De Burgh]] song "The Lady in Red" (obviously).
* "The Lady in Red, the fellas are crazy for the Lady in Red..." don't tell me that Mr. [[De Burgh]] didn't hear this gem from Allie Wrubel.
* "The Lady in Red, the fellas are crazy for the Lady in Red..." don't tell me that Mr. De Burgh didn't hear this gem from Allie Wrubel.
* Morrighan the Temptress from Lord of the Dance embodies this trope.
* Morrighan the Temptress from Lord of the Dance embodies this trope.
* Gord Bamford's "Blame It On The Red Dress".
* Gord Bamford's "Blame It On The Red Dress".
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