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* In ''[[Saint Seiya]]'', the Gold Saints are the strongest warriors of all, because they wear the shiniest clothes of all (Gold).

** Though this does get turned on its head a little as the series goes on, since the [[Five-Man Band]] of main characters technically remain low-level Bronze Saints, {{spoiler|though their clothes develop a habit of subverting the hierarchy altogether.}}

* This tradition has been carried on by many other non-''Gundam'' [[Humongous Mecha]] series, where the most technically skilled pilot (but very seldomly The Hero himself) has a red mech: [[Ace Pilot]] Asuka's Unit-02 in ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'', squad leader Ryoko's red Aestivalis in ''[[Martian Successor Nadesico]]'', [[Hot-Blooded]] [[Ace Pilot]] Kamina's Gurren in ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'', Milia Fallyna Jenius' VF-1J Valkyrie in ''[[Macross]]'' (though she's only the ''second'' most skilled pilot; the most skilled is her husband, Max Jenius, who pilots a blue version of the same craft), [[Death Seeker]] [[Stalker with a Crush]] Gauron and [[Blood Knight]] [[Psycho for Hire]] Gates' Plan-1058 Codarl-i in ''[[Full Metal Panic]]'', Kallen Stadtfeld's Guren [[Super Prototype|Mk-II]]/[[Mecha Expansion Pack|Kashoushiki]]/[[Mid-Season Upgrade|SEITEN]] in ''[[Code Geass]]'' (though it was a unique model), and Elvy Hadhiyat's Alpha V-1 Vermillion in ''[[RahXephon]]'' (her Vermillion is the only one colored red; all others are either [[Red Shirt|grey]] or [[Mook|black]]).

* This tradition has been carried on by many other non-''Gundam'' [[Humongous Mecha]] series, where the most technically skilled pilot (but very seldomly The Hero himself) has a red mech: [[Ace Pilot]] Asuka's Unit-02 in ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'', squad leader Ryoko's red Aestivalis in ''[[Martian Successor Nadesico]]'', [[Hot-Blooded]] [[Ace Pilot]] Kamina's Gurren in ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'', Milia Fallyna Jenius' VF-1J Valkyrie in ''[[Macross]]'' (though she's only the ''second'' most skilled pilot; the most skilled is her husband, Max Jenius, who pilots a blue version of the same craft), [[Death Seeker]] [[Stalker with a Crush]] Gauron and [[Blood Knight]] [[Psycho for Hire]] Gates' Plan-1058 Codarl-i in ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]'', Kallen Stadtfeld's Guren [[Super Prototype|Mk-II]]/[[Mecha Expansion Pack|Kashoushiki]]/[[Mid-Season Upgrade|SEITEN]] in ''[[Code Geass]]'' (though it was a unique model), and Elvy Hadhiyat's Alpha V-1 Vermillion in ''[[RahXephon]]'' (her Vermillion is the only one colored red; all others are either [[Red Shirt|grey]] or [[Mook|black]]).

* Also, the Red Lion in ''[[GoLion]]''; Isamu Kurogane was the pilot of the ship that brought the Go Lion team to Altea and is generally considered the best pilot.

** Akira, despite piloting the Black Lion, wears a red uniform (much to the confusion of American viewers watching the ''[[Voltron]]'' translation). This is because the team is essentially a [[Super Sentai]] [[Five-Man Band]] wearing the uniforms they ''would'' be wearing in a regular Sentai. The lions just happen to not match their pilot's colors.

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** Played straight in nearly every Mario game with the enemies (though it varies all over the place). Red Koopas won't walk off cliffs, red Pirhana Plants shoot fireballs, red Goombas fly and drop tiny Goombas.

*** And Green Koopas have no qualms about [[Artificial Stupidity|walking off cliffs.]] [[Unfortunate Implications|Poor Luigi.]]

*** Inverted in ''[[Super Mario Bros 2]]'' (US), in which the red Shy Guys and Snifits [[Artificial Stupidity|walk off cliffs]] and the red Beezos fly in a straight line. The red pansers, though, don't walk off cliffs because they, [[Gameplay and Story Segregation|unlike the other plants]], don't move.

*** Inverted in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' (US), in which the red Shy Guys and Snifits [[Artificial Stupidity|walk off cliffs]] and the red Beezos fly in a straight line. The red pansers, though, don't walk off cliffs because they, [[Gameplay and Story Segregation|unlike the other plants]], don't move.

** Not to mention, [[New Super Mario Bros Wii]] has a red disc case compared to the standard white.

* Red Devil (aka Crimson Devil, Red Meteor, Red Demon, and Raven Blood) in the ''Tokyo Xtreme Racer'' (aka ''Shutokou Battle'') games is basically a parody of Char: his car is red and sometimes has a horn protruding from the hood. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ot6UI1ldQjU&feature=related No joke.] And even in Japan-only spin-off ''Racing Battle C1 Grand Prix'' where pretty much all the old rivals from ''Shutokou Battle'' have circuit tuned cars (several of the bosses even use real cars like the Sun Auto CyberEVO Lancer Evolution), his car is ''still the same''.

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== Webcomics ==

* Subverted in [http://www.sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/051210 this] ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' [[B Side Comics|Bikini Suicide Frisbee Days]].

* Subverted in [http://www.sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/051210 this] ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' [[B-Side Comics|Bikini Suicide Frisbee Days]].

* The trolls of ''[[Homestuck]]'', whose [[Alien Blood|"hemospectrum"]] goes from purple and [[Blue Blood|blue]] at the top to yellow and red at the bottom {{spoiler|and Karkat's mutant bright red blood being off the scale}}. Being of a lower blood color might give you psychic powers (see [[Our Ghosts Are Different|Aradia]] or [[Eye Beams|Sollux]]), but it also means you are subject to [[Fantastic Racism]] and ensures that you'll be the first one to feel [[Royals Who Actually Do Something|Feferi's]] [[Cosmic Horror|lusus']] [[Brown Note|Vast Glub]].

** Trolls with higher blood also live longer.