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* [[X -Men|Wolverine]] (Red Oni) and Cyclops (Blue Oni) - Wolverine's color may be yellow, but he's easily the Red Oni of the team.
* From Everywhere in ''[[Elf Quest]]'': there's Cutter and Rayek, Two-Edge and Winnowill, Ember and Suntop, and Bearclaw and Joyleaf.
* During the [[Dork Age]] when [[Superman]] was an energy being, he was briefly split into two separate characters, the calm and rational Superman-Blue and the hotheaded Superman-Red. This was actually inspired by a classic Silver Age Imaginary Story -- though in that, both Supermen were more or less the same.
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** This is reversed in ''[[Grant Morrisons Batman]]'', where original Robin Dick Grayson takes over the role of Batman, while Batman's son Damien becomes Robin. Dick is cheerful and spirited, Damien is somber and brooding. This also mirrors the dynamic between Dick-as-Nightwing and both Nite-Wing and the Red Hood.
* In [[Batman]]-[[Superman]] team-ups, usually the writers emphasize Supes' Red Oni qualities and Batman's Blue Oni qualities, even matching their cape colors. Likewise, when they team up, Lex Luthor has his Blue Oni qualities emphasized and the Joker his Red Oni ones, though their color schemes tend towards the purple and green. However, when the Joker makes an appearance with Harley Quinn, he becomes more of a sociopathic Blue to balance her Red.
* [[Bounty Hunter|Gen]] and [[Gentleman Thief|Kitsune]] to [[Usagi Yojimbo (Comic Book)|Usagi Yojimbo]] and [[Lady of War|Tomoe]].
** Tomoe and [[Complete Monster|Noriko]].
** Usagi and [[The Rival|Kenichi]]. In both cases, this is amplified by their character designs: Tomoe and Usagi are round and "chubby", while Noriko and Kenichi are lean and angular.
* ''[[Transformers Generation One1]]'' villains Runabout and Runamuck [[Creepy Twins|(the battlechargers)]] keep each other in check this way.
* ''[httphttps://wwwweb.archive.org/web/20131029150620/http://indyplanet.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=3429 Gemini Storm]'' has Elizabeth, who is cold and snarky, and Midnight, who is more prone to outbursts. In battle, though, the moods switch. Midnight calculates every move, whereas Elizabeth is much more...enthusiastic.
* ''[[Sin City]]'' has two assassins working for the same organization: Blue Eyes and Mariah. As expected, Blue Eyes has [[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin|blue eyes]] and wears blue (she's one of the few characters in Sin City that has color added). Likewise, Mariah is also one of the few characters in the series that isn't [[Deliberately Monochrome]]. She has bright red hair and wears red spandex. Blue Eyes is the [[Black Widow]], seducing men and killing them quietly. Mariah is [[Deadpan Snarker|verbose]] and prefers just to [[Ax Crazy|chop people up when she kills them]]. While we never actually see them together, they do reference one another and have the typical "Red vs. Blue" rivalry.
** Dwight, normally a pretty calm guy, has had two red onis to his blue oni. He usually teams up with Miho, who is much more violent and probably a little unbalanced. He has employed the help of Marv as well, resulting in a similar relationship.
* The title character of ''[[Shakara]]'' has full red eyes and is, in fact, a completely red liquid being in a suit of [[Powered Armour]]; he is also insane, reckless, and driven exclusively by rage and hatred. This stands in stark contrast to Cinnibar Brenneka, hero of the Shakara, who was always very stoic, rational, and driven by a higher calling. He also had blue yes and body markings.
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** May can also be seen as the Red to {{spoiler|Darkdevil's}} Blue thanks to their [[Sibling Yin-Yang|CousinYinYang]].
* Raphael and Leonardo of TMNT are Red and Blue oni respectively: Leonardo is the calm, thoughtful, and self-controlled leader of the team, when Raphael is the easily-angered, hot-tempered rebel. It's even lampshaded by their bandanas.
* Danael and Gryf from [[Les Legendaires (Comic Book)|Les Légendaires]]. Danael is a usually calm and collected [[The Paladin|paladin]] who likes controlling events, tends to plan everything before battle and [[Unresolved Sexual Tension|had apparently difficulty confessing his feeling to]] [[The Chick|Jadina]] {{spoiler|(though, eventually, [[They Do|he did]])}}. He means the right thing, but will occasionnally be ready to go to extreme measures for the greater good and act like a borderline [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]. Gryf, on the other hand, is a [[Book Dumb]], [[Sliding Scale of Anti-Heroes|Type II]] [[Anti-Hero]] who has no problem doing things like cheating at games, is described as the bravest of the Legendaries, and usually lets his emotions and instinct lead him, but is notably more relaxing than Danael. Both are still best friends, however.
* While Lady Death was part of ''Chaos Comics'', she was the cold, sinister Blue oni to the feisty, bloodthirsty Red oni of Purgatori!
* [[Batman (Franchise)/Characters|Harvey Dent and Two-Face]] are this in one body, by some interpretations. Harvey Dent is the calm, rational side, while Two-Face is more often than not just portrayed as unrestrained rage and hatred.
 
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