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{{quote|''"Your beauty is beyond compare
''With flamin' locks of auburn hair
''With ivory skin and eyes of emerald green"''|'''[[Dolly Parton]]''', "Jolene"}}

Green-eyed redheads are among the rarest color combinations found in humanity (with the exception of some [[Violet Eyes|abnormalities]]), and thus is used to distinguish an important, notable character visually. It's more often found with women than with men, and is almost always either found as a trait of [[The Hero]] or The Hero's [[Love Interest]]. To qualify for this trope, it's important that:

* The character is a major character.
* The character is not in works where [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]].
* The character isn't from a live-action work, unless they were artificially given these colors for the purpose of the work, or were chosen directly for it.
* The character has red hair and green eyes, and not pink hair or hazel/blue-green eyes, or even green hair and red eyes.

This image might have been [[Trope Codifier|influenced a lot]] by [[Maureen O'Hara]] and her various roles, which also influenced this to be the [[Phenotype Stereotype]] for an [[Oireland|Irish]] person. It may also have something to do with the fact that red and green are complementary colours—which also may help to explain why so many red-headed characters are [[Redhead in Green|depicted wearing green]], even if they aren't Irish.

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== Anime and Manga ==
* Kurama from ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho]]'', at least in his human form. The red hair, green eyes combination in this case is a warning [[Beware the Nice Ones|not to underestimate]] [[Guile Hero|him]].
* ''[[Hellsing]]''{{'}}s Pip Bernadotte, [[Love Interest]] of Seras Victoria. While he's a mercenary and an [[Anti-Hero]] to be traditionally sweet, he ''is'' the nicest of the guys in these series along with Sir Shelby Penwood. With the other men being [[Dracula]], a deadly butler, Nazis and Fanatic Vatican Crusaders, Pip looks like a saint.
* Youko Nakajima from ''[[The Twelve Kingdoms]]''.
* Lavi from ''[[D.Gray-man]]''.
* {{spoiler|Brief}} in ''[[Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt]]''.
* Kino Makoto/Sailor Jupiter from ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' is this in the manga, Jupiter moreso. [[Word of God]] says that her eyes turn green after transforming into Jupiter, and they look more hazel/brown in her untransformed state in some artwork.

== Comic Books ==
* [[The DCU|DC comics']] [[The Flash|Wally West]] [[Sidekick Graduations Stick|the third Flash]].
* Jean Grey from the ''[[X-Men]]''.
** Also her daughter from an alternate future, Rachel, and her clone, Madelyne Pryor.
* Mary Jane Watson from ''[[Spider-Man]]''.
* Maxima from ''[[Superman]]'' has the red hair and green eyes.
* [[Batwoman]] / Kate Kane.
* Lyra, daughter of Thundra and [[The Hulk]], combines this with green skin.
* Lena Luthor, at least in ''[[Supergirl]]: Cosmic Adventurs in the 8th Grade''
** Also the "Lex's daughter" incarnation in [[The DCU]] ... although in this case her green eyes may have indicated that she was still connected to Brainiac.
* Lex Luthor, usually acknowledged as Superman's arch-rival, has naturally red hair (though he's usually bald for a number of reasons [[Depending on the Writer]]). Incidentally, so does Superman's best friend, Jimmy Olsen.
* Caitlin Fairchild from ''[[Gen 13]]'' is this physically as well as usually personality wise (though she can be a [[Fiery Redhead]] when it comes to protecting the others).
* Poison Ivy.
* Rogue's hair is usually referred to as "auburn", but was colored more red in earlier comics. And her eyes are green.
* Starfire, with golden skin.
* Leetah and her daughter Ember, as well as Redlance and his daughter Tyleet in ''[[Elf Quest]]''. Notable because Leetah and Ember are both dark-skinned.
* [[The Incredibles (comics)|Mezmerella]]
* [[Archie Comics|Cheryl Blossom]]


== Fan Works ==
* Chloe Auriville from ''[[Pretty Cure Perfume Preppy]]'' while in civilian form, though she is more sensible than passionate, and is [[The Hero]]ine herself.
* Julia Carlyle, from the [[Daria]]/[[Legion of Super-Heroes]] crossover ''Legion of Lawndale Heroes'', has dark red hair and green eyes.
* The (in)famous ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'' [[OC]], [[Pixiv]]!Scotland.


== Film -- Animated ==
* Thomas O'Malley and Duchess' son Toulouse from ''[[The Aristocats]]''.
* Taran from ''[[The Black Cauldron]]'', the hero of the story.
* Jessica Rabbit from ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit?|Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]'', the wife of the titular character. It's easy to miss, as [[My Eyes Are Up Here|few people are looking at her eyes]].
* Danny from ''[[Cats Don't Dance]]'', the lead, is also an example of a orange-furred cat with green eyes.
* Jessie in the ''[[Toy Story (franchise)|Toy Story]]'' movies, as the [[Affirmative Action Girl]] lead in ''Toy Story 2'', as well as being Buzz's [[Love Interest]] in the third movie.
* Queen Athena from ''[[The Little Mermaid]]: Ariel's Beginning''.
* Hiccup and his father Stoic from ''[[How to Train Your Dragon (animation)|How to Train Your Dragon]]'' have green eyes and dark auburn hair.
* [[Shrek|Puss]] [[Puss in Boots (animation)|in Boots]].


== Film -- Live-Action ==
* Merlin in the [[Merlin (TV miniseries)|1998 miniseries]], where it appears that both young and old Merlins' eyes were digitally enhanced to be green beyond reality.


== Literature ==
* Mara Jade from the [[Star Wars Expanded Universe]] may be the ultimate example: a [[Badass]] and former [[Evil Redhead]] who was so enormously popular, she joined the good guys, became [[The Hero]] Luke's long-time partner, and was eventually happily married to him. Until [[Legacy of the Force]], but no one likes what happened there.
** Scout, the Jedi Padawan equivalent of Batman in ''Yoda: [[Dark Rendezvous]]'', has these.
* Lily Evans-Potter from ''[[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]]'' series is a [[Posthumous Character]] example: both a formidable witch of her own and the love interest to James, [[The Hero]] of the previous generation, {{spoiler|and also [[The Atoner|Severus Snape]], her former [[Unlucky Childhood Friend|best friend]].}}
** [[Fanon]] likes to give Ginny green eyes too, just to hammer home the [[Generation Xerox]] point even harder, but the books establish hers as brown.
* ''[[Gemma Doyle]]'', the protagonist from the ''A Great and Terrible Beauty'' trilogy.
** Her mother too.
* Maharet and Mekare from [[The Vampire Chronicles]], as well as Jesse.
* Ellysetta Baristani from ''[[Tairen Soul]]''.
* Becky Sharp in Thackeray's ''[[Vanity Fair]]'' (1847–48) is a green-eyed [[Evil Redhead]], though her hair is probably more of the sandy variety.
* Beatrice Bailey, the protagonist of ''[[The Witches of Bailiwick]]''. Her specialty is controlling the weather, which goes with the nature aspect of this trope.
* Christopher Hitchens mentioned this trope while criticizing a stereotypically Irish-American character in [[John Updike]]'s last novel.
* The title character of ''Fire'' is red-headed and green-eyed and beautiful beyond the lot of ordinary people; her hair and eye color both coming from her mother.
* Ronda Moleary from ''[[Stationery Voyagers]]'', who has [[Subverted Trope|almost no temper]], is made as stereotypically Irish-American as possible. She is a composite [[Captain Ersatz]] of Kaitlin from ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'' and [[Touched By an Angel|Roma Downey]], and serves [[Relationship Sue|as Michell's ideal girlfriend]].
* Vesper Holly, [[Mary Sue]] protagonist of a [[Narm Charm]]-tastic children's adventure series by [[Lloyd Alexander]]. Just look at that name!
* Sennar, one of the main characters of the ''[[Chronicles of the Emerged World]]''.
* Aviendha from ''[[The Wheel of Time]]'' has been described as such.
* Cherry Valance from ''[[The Outsiders]]'' is the redhead with green eyes that starts all the trouble in the book, while allowing Ponyboy, the protagonist, to change his view on Socs.
* Kvothe in ''[[The Kingkiller Chronicle]]'', who has "true red" hair.
* [[Kris Longknife]] has red hair and green eyes, at least according to the cover art.
* April from ''Everworld'' is mentioned a few times to be this.
* Rachel Morgan and her mother in ''[[The Hollows]]''.
* Triss Merigold in ''[[The Witcher]] Saga''. And video games, too.
* Sioned from Melanie Rawn's ''Dragon Prince'' stories.
* Sharon from the Topeka Kansas USA section of The Great Panic chapter in ''[[World War Z]]''.
* [[Casanova|Finnick Odair]] of ''[[The Hunger Games]]''.
* In [[Michael Flynn]]'s ''[[Spiral Arm|January Dancer]]'', a woman is introduced by her red hair and green eyes even before her name is given.
* [[No Name Given|The Girl]] from ''The Club Dumas''; her very light green eyes are mentioned many times as being captivating, likely because she is in fact {{spoiler|a fallen angel}}. In the film adaptation, ''[[The Ninth Gate]]'', however, she has different coloring.
* Mildmay, one of the viewpoint characters of ''[[Doctrine of Labyrinths]]''. For most of the story, he's one of only two-redhaired people, the other being his brother, and the only redhead with green eyes. Felix often describes them as being like jade.


== Live-Action TV ==
* ''[[Doctor Who]]'' has Amy Pond, whose [[Karen Gillan|actor]] has actual red hair and green eyes.


== Music ==
* In [[Dolly Parton]]'s song "Jolene", the titular character (and the narrator's romantic rival) has "flaming locks of auburn hair" and "eyes of emerald green".
* William Sheller's song "Les miroirs dans la boue" (The Mirrors in the Mud) is all about a young girl with "green eyes bathed in red hair" ("les yeux verts noyés de cheveux roux").
* Gaelic Storm's Green Eyes, Red Hair is all about this. The woman in question overlaps with [[Fiery Redhead]] too.


== Mythology ==
* Thor in [[Norse Mythology]] is a rough tough badass god, who happens to be redheaded and green-eyed. Yet when he had to cross-dress as a woman in ''Thrymskvida'', all the giants were so smitten by [[Attractive Bent Gender|"her" dazzling looks]] that they failed to notice many, many less-than-subtle hints of a trap...


== Video Games ==
* Talia Maurva from the ''Aveyond'' Series has red hair and green eyes, and is a talented magic wielder.
* The [[Bridge Bunny]] Kelly Chambers in ''[[Mass Effect 2]]'' is probably the most trouble-free and relaxing romantic interest ([[Bi the Way|for both genders]]). Don't expect any ass-kicking from her, though.
** Default female Shepard is another example. Expect ''much'' [[Action Girl|asskicking]] from her.
* Aveline Vallen in ''[[Dragon Age II]]'', is the first companion you pick up and is a green-eyed redhead.
* Played '''very''' straight in ''[[Chrono Cross]]'' with Leena.
* If you squint hard enough, you'll notice that pre-zergification Sarah Kerrigan from ''[[StarCraft]]'' series had grayish-green eyes (especially on that photo Raynor has of her in ''SC2''), and she was a redhead.
* Luke Fon Fabre from ''[[Tales of the Abyss]]''. This is actually a plot point, as a noble with red hair and green eyes has a great role in a prophesy that will lead to world prosperity.
* Priscilla of Carleon from ''[[Fire Emblem Elibe|Fire Emblem 7]]''.
* Gabriel/Indalecio of ''[[Star Ocean the Second Story]]'' has red hair and green eyes, but he is hardly a hero.
* Kasumi from ''Shakkin Shimai''.


== Visual Novels ==
* Rin from ''[[Katawa Shoujo]]'' fits appearance-wise.


== Webcomics ==
* Mistress Sixx from ''[[Collar 6]]'' is another lesbian love interest to the protagonist.
* Kestrel from ''[[Queen of Wands]]''.
* Lin from ''[[Linburger]]''.
* Shelley Winters from ''[[Scary Go Round]]''.
* Beth from ''[[The Other Grey Meat]]''.
* Ginny, the mistress of the brothel Red Herring from ''[[No Songs for The Dead]]''.


== Web Original ==
* Cassidy Cain, the titular protagonist of [[Grandmaster of Theft]]. She's passionate and sensible as through being a [[Spirited Young Lady]] crossed with [[Classy Cat Burglar]] [[Guile Heroine]].
* Faun Reinaka in ''[[Tasakeru]]''.
* Deirdre Rees in [http://gaius0artemis.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d4lwgxe Night Hunters].
* ''[[We're Alive]]'' has Samantha, Datu's love interest who, unfortunately, ended up [[Stuffed Into the Fridge|on the floor of the Arena]].
* Pyrrha Nikos from ''[[RWBY]]''.

== Western Animation ==
* [[Kim Possible]] is both an [[Action Girl]] and [[Action Girlfriend]] example.
* Hawkgirl/Shayera from ''[[Justice League (animation)|Justice League]] Unlimited''.
** Lana Lang, during ''[[Superman: The Animated Series|Superman the Animated Series]]''.
** Also in [[DCAU]], Pamela Isley, a.k.a. Poison Ivy, in the ''[[Batman: The Animated Series|Batman]]'' episode "Pretty Poison", when she uses her stunning looks to get close to the men who wronged her (one of them even proposes to her) and attempts to assassinate them.
* ''[[Gargoyles]]'' has multiple examples. [[Evil Is Sexy|Demona]] {{spoiler|in her human form}} is one of these, and so is {{spoiler|David Xanatos' wife}} [[Hot Mom|Fox]]. Also Macbeth's wife Gruoch.
* Starfire from ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]''.
* Izzy from ''[[Total Drama Island]]''.
* Kiva from ''[[Megas XLR]]''.
* Sam from ''[[Totally Spies!]]''
* Gwen Tennyson from ''[[Ben 10]]''. Being the cousin of the main character [[Relationship Writing Fumble|does]] [[Slap Slap Kiss|not]] [[Belligerent Sexual Tension|stop them]] from being love interests.
* The title character in ''[[Atomic Betty]]''.
* Pickles the drummer in ''[[Metalocalypse]]'' has this sort of coloring, although in his case it's probably due to being "very Irish-American."
* Aerrow from ''[[Storm Hawks]]''.
* Mary Test, one of [[Johnny Test]]'s sisters.
* Kid Flash/Wally West in ''[[Young Justice (animation)|Young Justice]]''.
* Gosalyn Mallard from ''[[Darkwing Duck (animation)|Darkwing Duck]]'', although the fiery still comes through loud and clear.
* Jessie Bannon from ''[[Jonny Quest: The Real Adventures|Jonny Quest the Real Adventures]]'' (except when the colourists goof and make them blue).
* Niko in ''[[Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers]]'' ([[Depending on the Artist]]) has bluish-green eyes.
* Lua, the [[Does Not Like Shoes|bare]][[Foot Focus]] [[Jungle Princess]] Shaman from ''[[Kong: The Animated Series|Kong the Animated Series]]''.
* In the ''[[Family Guy]]'' episode "Road to the Multiverse", redhead Lois, whose eye color isn't usually depicted, had green eyes in the Disney 'verse.
* Precious from ''[[Pinky and The Brain]]'' has green eyes and red fur.
* Big Macintosh from ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]''.
* An interesting male version is [[The Stoic|Nonny]] from ''[[Bubble Guppies]]''.
* Prototypical TJ from ''[[Recess]]'' was this. In the final product he's a brunette and has typical, cartoony [[Black Eyes]].

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