Redheaded Bully
A subtrope of Evil Redhead. While the Jerk Jock or the Alpha Bitch will usually be a blond, it's very common, especially in American media, to give the school bully red hair.
Red hair stereotypically indicates a fiery temper, which most bullies often have in order to be abusive. Redheads also tend to have freckles, which makes them look more childish, mischievous, and conniving.
Averted for the most part in real life, as in real life, somebody with red hair is more likely get bullied himself.
Contrast Heroes Want Redheads and Redheaded Hero.
Examples of Redheaded Bully include:
Comics
- Strawberry-blond Flash Thompson was Peter Parker's tormentor in high school, although they became friends later in life.
Film
- Infamously, Scut Farcus in A Christmas Story.
- The O'Doyle family in Billy Madison.
- Troy McGinty in Max Keeble's Big Move.
- Lampwick in the Disney version of Pinocchio - although he isn't really a bully, just a Jerkass and all-around mischief-maker.
Literature
- Joe Guire in How To Eat Fried Worms.
Live Action TV
- Joey Caruso in Everybody Hates Chris.
- Budnick in Salute Your Shorts.
Video Games
- Groose starts off as this towards Link in The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword.
- Mido from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is this to Link.
Web Original
- Heather Jones from Erikas New Perfume is a combination of this and Alpha Bitch.
- Carl in Black Crayons. But he quickly learns that Annabelle doesn't get scared, she gets mad.
Western Animation
- Butch in The Little Rascals (Hanna-Barbera's version, at least; unsure about the original films).
- Roger Klotz from Doug.
- Melon Hargraves in the Sam and Max Freelance Police cartoon.
- Red Herring in A Pup Named Scooby-Doo.
- Myrtle in Lilo and Stitch.
- Gelman and Randall in Recess. Ashley Q. is this and an Alpha Bitch.
- Francine, a one-shot character on an episode of The Simpsons who bullies Lisa. Although she's actually something of a victim herself, being driven to an uncontrollable rage by the pheromones given off by "nerd sweat".