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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.
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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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