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Compare to [[The Worf Effect]] (a character is hurt, but not killed, to show the enemy's power), [[The World's Expert on Getting Killed]], [[Retirony]], [[Mauve Shirt]], [[Sacrificial Lamb]], [[Disposable Sex Worker]], [[Anyone Can Die]], [[Little Dead Riding Hood]].

Contrast [[Plot Armor]].

Contrast [[Bring My Red Jacket]], [[Plot Armor]].

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* National security expert [[One of Us|Richard Clarke]], appearing on ''Real Time with Bill Maher'':

{{quote|'''Maher:''' Osama bin Laden never had a cell-phone or an Internet connection, because then you could track him. His number-two never had any, but the number-three... That's how he kept getting killed.

'''Clarke:''' Number Three was like the guy with the red shirt on Star Trek- ''(applause break)'' -we got a lot of them. }}

'''Clarke:''' Number Three was like the guy with the red shirt on ''Star Trek''- ''(applause break)'' -we got a lot of them. }}

* The Irish Brigade in the Service of France wore long skirted red coats while French uniforms were typically blue. The Irish Brigade is most well known for battles like Fontenoy, Cremona and Ramillies~~...~~in which they suffered extremely heavy casualties.

* The Irish Brigade in the Service of France wore long skirted red coats while French uniforms were typically blue. The Irish Brigade is most well known for battles like Fontenoy, Cremona and Ramillies -- in which they suffered extremely heavy casualties.

* Averted with [[The Wiggles|Greg Page]].

* Spartans were famous for wearing red cloaks. But then they didn't care. They were Spartans.

* Ordinance(the guys that load bombs on planes) on US carriers wears red shirts. This is a bit of a subversion as despite the nasty stuff they work with they are not more likely to get killed then anyone else, or rather if anything does go off despite all precaution, a lot of people who aren't wearing red shirts are going to die in the crowded ship and the split-second difference from being the red shirt closest to the explosion will be meaningless.

* Ordinance (the guys that load bombs on planes) on US carriers wears red shirts. This is a bit of a subversion as, despite the nasty stuff they work with, they are not more likely to get killed then anyone else, or rather if anything does go off despite all precaution, a lot of people who aren't wearing red shirts are going to die in the crowded ship and the split-second difference from being the red shirt closest to the explosion will be meaningless.

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[[Category:Death Tropes]]