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{{quote|''DA RED WUNZ GO FASTA!!!''
|'''Orks''', ''[[Warhammer 40,000]]''}}
Red things just seem to go faster. In fiction, make something red and you can almost guarantee it'll move quicker, as if the ''colour itself'' [[Artistic License Physics|reduces drag, lowers inertia and increases forward momentum]]. A visual shorthand for getting the point across that an object is zippy.
[[Truth in Television]]: Red apparently [http://www.empower-yourself-with-color-psychology.com/color-red.html promotes adrenalin release] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20140412012235/http://psychology.about.com/od/sensationandperception/a/color_red.htm feelings of excitement or intensity], which can certainly give the ''appearance'' that a red object is moving faster, as well as possibly encourage the drivers of red vehicles to push the envelope more. Also, the [[wikipedia:Doppler Effect|Doppler Effect]] makes things red-shifted if they're moving ''away'' from you at a high speed (read:significant factor of C). Don't expect there to be any evolutionary basis for this, however, as it's unlikely any human would ever get to see it with the naked eye.
[[Suspiciously Specific Denial|Not at all related]] to [[Red Herring]]. Obviously belongs within the [[Amazing Technicolor Index]].
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* "Red goes faster" is the car salesman's mantra.
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* [[Speed Racer]]'s car has red features.
* in the ''[[Ranma ½]]'' anime Ranma gets a huge increase in speed when [[Gender Bender Superpower|he turns female]], and also Red Hair instead of his male black. For female martial artists, red wunz go fasta.
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* In ''[[Space: Above and Beyond]]'', there is an episode where the Chigs are shown to have specially modified fighters that can skip across the event horizon of a black hole. They look exactly like regular Chig fighters except that they are red.
* The power of the Red Ranger in ''[[Power Rangers Dino Thunder]]'' is super speed.
== [[Music]] ==
* [[Kevin Bloody Wilson]]'s song "Living Next Door to Alan" has this passage:
{{quote|''Good day, Mr. Alan Bond, how you goin', mate?
''You got a real flash car, but my one's flash one-A.
''And I believe that my one's faster than yours, Mr. Bond,
''{{'}}Cause mine's a red one!}}
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
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