Red Oni, Blue Oni/Video Games: Difference between revisions

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** The real Blue Oni at Sheridan's side is [[The Lancer]], [[Brits With Battleships|Colonel Andrew Campbell, Senior British Intelligence Officer]]. He is calm, collected, and introduces Joe to all the ruses, and practically is his tutor throughout the war (as he also is older and more experienced than Sheridan). He evens keeps Sheridan from ''addling away'' once being promoted to General, like his [[General Failure|predecessor]] did before him.

* Ada and Leon from ''[[Resident Evil]]'' fit this trope well. Ada is known for wearing the color red, while, arguably, Leon's trademark color would be blue as in his RPD uniform. The two are on opposite sides of the spectrum and often clash over similar or different goals. Also an example of [[Opposites Attract]].

** [[Those Two Bad Guys|Birkin and Wesker]] went to this [[Resident Evil 0|during the time they worked together]]; the former is not relaxed and panicked while the latter is calm and calculating. When they injected their own virus into themselves, Birkin is out of control and rampaging, while Wesker has control of it and isn't rampaging.

** [[Those Two Bad Guys|Birkin and Wesker]] went to this [[Resident Evil Zero|during the time they worked together]]; the former is not relaxed and panicked while the latter is calm and calculating. When they injected their own virus into themselves, Birkin is out of control and rampaging, while Wesker has control of it and isn't rampaging.

* [[Ryu and Ken]] from ''[[Street Fighter]]''. Ryu is philosophical, traditional, and prefers using the fireball from a distance, while Ken is brash, cocky, and innovative, and his favorite move is the uppercut, best performed at close range.

** Sakura Kasugano (blue) and Karin Kanzuki (red) from ''Street Fighter Alpha Three''. Despite their color schemes, the roles they play tend to vary with the media. In the Udon comics, Karin is extremely competitive and violent, making Sakura (relatively, as she is still rather hotheaded) blue. In Namco X Capcom, on the other hand, Sakura is impulsive and tends to rush into things without thinking, while Karin is much more calm, level-headed, and cynical.

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** ''Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin'' also included Jonathan, the hot-blooded Red Oni, and Charlotte, the collected Blue Oni. The Twins Stella and Loretta also fit this trope, Stella being a bit more hands on with her swordplay and Loretta using her spells to attack from afar. Both pairs also have this evidenced in their attire: Jonathan and Stella having a much warmer color scheme and Charlotte and Loretta having a cooler tone.

* ''[[Xenogears]]'': Dominia and Kelvena, members of [[Quirky Miniboss Squad|the Elements]], are red and blue, respectively. Dominia is impulsive and vengeful, while Kelvena is calm and reserved. [[Color Coded for Your Convenience|They even wear red and blue]].

** Come on: ''[[Xenogears]]'' could be almost renamed "Oni meets Christianity (IN SPACE!)": we have Fei, the brash martial Artist, and Elly, {{spoiler|technically his substitute mother AND wife since the crash of the Eldridge 10.000 years ago (Freud would have loved this game)}}, the more composed officer: Fei's angers are [[Super-Powered Evil Side|a sight to behold]] and Elly is the only one who can calm him ( {{spoiler|she's probably the only one who's tought enough to wistand the full extant of his anger anyway}}), and a flashback shows us that {{spoiler|500 years ago, during the diabolo's war, and even 40 CENTURIES ago during the Zeboim era}}, she was already the blue, calmer part of their couple. Apart from Fei and Elly, we have Citan (so blue that, sometimes, it take time to understand that the man is [[Tranquil Fury|really angry]]) and the red hot-blooded Bart, while, on the villain side, we have Ramsus (who gets redder and redder during the course of the game) and Miang, who is so blue that it even affects her [[~~Colour~~-Coded for Your Convenience|hair]], or the [[Power Trio|trio]] formed by ID, who, like Miang, is [[~~Colour~~-Coded for Your Convenience|hair-coded]], Grahf (middle ground) and [[Magnificent Bastard|Magnificent Bluestard]] Krelian...

** Come on: ''[[Xenogears]]'' could be almost renamed "Oni meets Christianity (IN SPACE!)": we have Fei, the brash martial Artist, and Elly, {{spoiler|technically his substitute mother AND wife since the crash of the Eldridge 10.000 years ago (Freud would have loved this game)}}, the more composed officer: Fei's angers are [[Super-Powered Evil Side|a sight to behold]] and Elly is the only one who can calm him ( {{spoiler|she's probably the only one who's tought enough to wistand the full extant of his anger anyway}}), and a flashback shows us that {{spoiler|500 years ago, during the diabolo's war, and even 40 CENTURIES ago during the Zeboim era}}, she was already the blue, calmer part of their couple. Apart from Fei and Elly, we have Citan (so blue that, sometimes, it take time to understand that the man is [[Tranquil Fury|really angry]]) and the red hot-blooded Bart, while, on the villain side, we have Ramsus (who gets redder and redder during the course of the game) and Miang, who is so blue that it even affects her [[Color-Coded for Your Convenience|hair]], or the [[Power Trio|trio]] formed by ID, who, like Miang, is [[Color-Coded for Your Convenience|hair-coded]], Grahf (middle ground) and [[Magnificent Bastard|Magnificent Bluestard]] Krelian...

*** Id and Fei also qualify.

* ''[[Sengoku Basara]]'' has two examples of this. There's poster boys Sanada Yukimura as the [[Hot-Blooded]] [[Playing with Fire|fire-user]] and [[Gratuitous English]] spouting [[Shock and Awe|Lightning-wielder]] Date Masamune - Masamune is pretty [[Hot-Blooded]] himself, but still serves as the Blue Oni in comparison to Yukimura. There's also Takeda Shingen, Yukimura's equally Hot Blooded commander and [[An Ice Person|Ice-using]] [[Implausible Fencing Powers|swordsman]] Uesugi Kenshin.

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* Heat, the short-tempered, impetuous, and {{spoiler|eventually antagonistic}} [[The Lancer|Lancer]] who transforms into the fire demon Agni, and Serph, the rational, calm, and almost emotionless leader who transforms into ice demon Varna in ''[[Digital Devil Saga]]''.

* Red Oni Sol Badguy and Blue Oni Ky Kiske from ''[[Guilty Gear]]''.

* ''[[~~Blaz Blue~~]]'' has Ragna and Jin. Iron Tager is actually nicknamed "The Red Oni" (Translated as "The Red Devil"), but this has to do with his fighting prowess and physical resemblance to one, and he doesn't really fit the archetype.

* ''[[BlazBlue]]'' has Ragna and Jin. Iron Tager is actually nicknamed "The Red Oni" (Translated as "The Red Devil"), but this has to do with his fighting prowess and physical resemblance to one, and he doesn't really fit the archetype.

** ''Continuum Shift'' adds {{spoiler|[[Troll|Hazama/Terumi Yukki]] and [[Colonel Badass|Relius Clover]]}}. Bonus points for them being {{spoiler|the [[Big Bad Duumvirate|main villains of the series]].}}

** Ragna and Jin subvert this since, free of any outside influences {{spoiler|such as an out of control Azure Grimoire and Yukianesa}}, both of them are actually pretty hotblooded, though their values are different.

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** The first game would have Carlito being hotheaded and losing his cool while his sister, Isabela is calculating and [[Only Sane Man|common sense]].

* ''[[Sam and Max Freelance Police]]'' would have the titular characters as blue and red. Sam is easy going and [[Only Sane Man|sane]], while Max is "hyper-kinetic" and [[Trigger Happy]].

* [[Valkyrie Profile Covenant of the Plume]] gives us a [[Brother-Sister Team]] with [[The So-Called Coward|Valmur]] and [[Lady of War|Phiona]]. Valmur, who wears blue, advises caution and temperance, and keeps his noble house from the civil war, while [[Hot-Blooded]] Phiona is emotional and wants to pledge herself to combat, regardless of who it is.

* [[Valkyrie Profile: Covenant of the Plume]] gives us a [[Brother-Sister Team]] with [[The So-Called Coward|Valmur]] and [[Lady of War|Phiona]]. Valmur, who wears blue, advises caution and temperance, and keeps his noble house from the civil war, while [[Hot-Blooded]] Phiona is emotional and wants to pledge herself to combat, regardless of who it is.

* The Royal Twins in ''[[King's Quest]]''. Rosella is a [[Spoiled Sweet]] [[Genki Girl]] [[Rebellious Princess]] who is outgoing and impulsive. Alexander is a calm, soft-spoken, [[Comically Serious]] bookworm who is more reserved and more calculating about his bravery.