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[[File:Char custom.jpg|link=Mobile Suit Gundam|frame|[[Captain Obvious|The red one is better than the others.]]]]
{{quote|''"Oh dear...he took [[Red Ones Go Faster|the red one]]."''|''[[Lilo and Stitch]]''}}
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* Also known as the "Char Custom Rule" among [[Gundam]] fans, whose series uses this in spades:
** While certainly not the origin of the overall trope, it was neatly codified by ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam]]'', which featured legendary [[Ace Pilot]] Char Aznable, whose [[Ace Custom|customized]] [[Humongous Mecha]] was said to be three times faster than normal versions of its type (this was later [[Retcon|ret conned]] to the more reasonable '''1/3''' faster and being very good at kicking off ships to go faster and preserve fuel). The only observable difference between his Mecha and normal models was that his was painted red.
::This has been used to comedic effect outside the series: a mall in Japan has a "Char Custom" forklift, painted to look like one of his mecha, which is held by the staff to be three times more [[Buffy-Speak|forklift-y]] than an ordinary forklift and the GE Consumer Finance Char Custom credit card receives three times as many bonus points per 1000 yen spent compared to their other Gundam-related credit cards. There's even a Char's Custom PSP and [http://www.destructoid.com/gundam-3ds-game-getting-a-sexy-char-aznable-3ds-model-213309.phtml Char's Custom 3DS] (as bundled with [[SD Gundam G Generation|SD Gundam G Generation 3D]]), though whether they load three times faster has yet to be tested.▼
▲This has been used to comedic effect outside the series: a mall in Japan has a "Char Custom" forklift, painted to look like one of his mecha, which is held by the staff to be three times more [[Buffy-Speak|forklift-y]] than an ordinary forklift and the GE Consumer Finance Char Custom credit card receives three times as many bonus points per 1000 yen spent compared to their other Gundam-related credit cards. There's even a Char's Custom PSP and [http://www.destructoid.com/gundam-3ds-game-getting-a-sexy-char-aznable-3ds-model-213309.phtml Char's Custom 3DS] (as bundled with [[SD Gundam G Generation|SD Gundam G Generation 3D]]), though whether they load three times faster has yet to be tested.
** The Char Custom Rule should also be given the Quattro Bajeena Corrollary: if red is not enough to emphasize its awesome, the mecha should be colored Gold (best example being the Hyaku-Shiki).
** It is worth noting that the primarily-white Gundam is referred to by its enemies (the Principality of Zeon) as "the white mobile suit" and is usually recognized as such ("It's the white one! Fall back!"), the off-white GMs are superior to almost all of their Zeonic counterparts, and most other ace pilots have their mobile suits colored a certain color as well; Anavel Gato's blue-and-green Gelgoog, Johnny Ridden's red-and-black suits (similar enough to Char's colors that his being commonly mistaken for Char is a [[Running Gag]], with "I'm not Char!" practically being his [[Catch Phrase]], even moreso in [[Fanon]]), the suits of the Black Tri-Stars, and the most skilled (and least-famous) ace pilot, Shin Matsunaga, who piloted the only other white mobile suits in the series other than the Gundam and actually outperformed Char in the battle that made him famous (and, by having the sense to retire after the One Year War rather than getting dragged into the next half-dozen conflicts, is the one who survives the longest).
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* Black clothes (furniture, houses...) are the sign of a truly superior pirate in ''[[Puzzle Pirates]]''. Why? Because black ink costs a ''fortune'' on the in-game market, so only an extremely talented pirate would be able to pillage up enough gold to waste that much on decorating. Of course, some consider black to be pretentious and showy. These people cannot afford it.
* The same goes in ''[[Guild Wars]]'', where black dye is ''ridiculously'' more expensive than any other color, due to supply and demand; black dye "drops" from slain enemies more rarely than any other color. It's quite helpful in forming parties, actually; all-black armor tells the world you'll go to the ends of the Earth to shop at Hot Topic and probably aren't too fun to party with.
:In fact, many players prefer to save the more valuable dyes (black and white especially, but also blue, red, and silver) as sources of ready cash in the in-game economy. White dye generally goes for about half the price of black dye, and blue, red, and silver dye are, while still much more expensive than the other colors (orange, green, brown, yellow, purple, and gray), cheap by comparison.▼
▲In fact, many players prefer to save the more valuable dyes (black and white especially, but also blue, red, and silver) as sources of ready cash in the in-game economy. White dye generally goes for about half the price of black dye, and blue, red, and silver dye are, while still much more expensive than the other colors (orange, green, brown, yellow, purple, and gray), cheap by comparison.
* Played straight in the ''[[Guilty Gear]]'' series, with resident badass Sol Badguy dressed in red, black, and gold.
* The ''[http://wiki.uqm.stack.nl/Black_Spathi_Squadron Black Spathi Squadron]'' in [[Star Control]] supposedly dedicated themselves to wandering space and "performing brave and hostile deeds" and painted their ships black with bright red stripes in order to distinguish themselves from the normal Spathi (their species' normal [[Planet of Hats|hat]] is being ''extremely'' cowardly).
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* Though never confirmed in canon, there seems to be a Chromatic Superiority scheme amongst the ecto-energy of ''[[Danny Phantom]]''. Four colors appear in the series - green, blue, purple, red. By some loose estimates, it seems that that's also the order from weakest to strongest. Red reigns supreme amongst ecto-energy.
** Although, strangely, most, if not all, of Danny Phantom's abilities are of the green variety, even though he always eventually defeats his foe.
* ''[[Lilo and Stitch (Disney film)|
{{quote|"Yeah...he took the red one."}}
** ''[[Lilo & Stitch: The Series]]'' also featured Experiment 627 ("Evil!") who was designed to be better than Stitch in pretty much every way. He looked very much like Stitch save for a cone-shaped head and, of course, a red color scheme rather than a blue one.
* In ''[[The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes]]'', Iron Man becomes the first superhero to lead the Avengers. As people who read Iron Man's comics and/or saw the movies would expect, he mostly uses red and gold armor in this show. This incarnation even wears red as Tony Stark.
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