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{{quote|''"Your beauty is beyond compare<br />
''With flamin' locks of auburn hair<br />
''With ivory skin and eyes of emerald green"''|'''[[Dolly Parton (Music)|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:
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* [[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-man]]''.
* {{spoiler|Brief}} in ''[[Panty and& Stocking Withwith Garterbelt (Anime)|Panty and Stocking With Garterbelt]]''.
* Kino Makoto/Sailor Jupiter from ''[[Sailor Moon (Manga)|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.
 
 
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* 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.
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* 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 Onon 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.
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* 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 (Comic Bookcomics)|Mezmerella]]
* [[Archie Comics|Cheryl Blossom]]
 
 
== Fan Works ==
* Chloe Auriville from ''[[Pretty Cure Perfume Preppy (Fanfic)|Pretty Cure Perfume Preppy]]'' while in civilian form, though she is more sensible than passionate, and is [[The Hero|The Heroine]] 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 (Manga)|Axis Powers Hetalia]]'' [[OC]], [[Pixiv]]!Scotland.
 
 
== Film -- Animated ==
* Thomas O'Malley and Duchess' son Toulouse from ''[[The Aristocats (Disney)|The Aristocats]]''.
* Taran from ''[[The Black Cauldron (Disney)|The Black Cauldron]]'', the hero of the story.
* Jessica Rabbit from ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (Film)|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 (Animation)|Cats Don't Dance]]'', the lead, is also an example of a orange-furred cat with green eyes.
* Jessie in the ''[[Toy Story (Animation)|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 (Disney)|The Little Mermaid]]: Ariel's Beginning''.
* Hiccup and his father Stoic from ''[[How to Train Your Dragon (Animationanimation)|How to Train Your Dragon]]'' have green eyes and dark auburn hair.
* [[Shrek (Animation)|Puss]] [[Puss in Boots (Animationanimation)|in Boots]].
 
 
== Film -- Live-Action ==
* Merlin in the [[Merlin (FilmTV miniseries)|1998 miniseries]], where it appears that both young and old Merlins' eyes were digitally enhanced to be green beyond reality.
 
 
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* 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 (Literaturenovel)|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.
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* 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 King KillerKingkiller 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.
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* 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 (Literature)|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 (Literature)|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 (TV)|Doctor Who]]'' has Amy Pond, whose [[Karen Gillan|actor]] has actual red hair and green eyes.
 
 
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** 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 (Video Game)|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 (Video Game)|Star Ocean the Second Story]]'' has red hair and green eyes, but he is hardly a hero.
* Kasumi from ''Shakkin Shimai''.
 
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== Webcomics ==
* Mistress Sixx from ''[[Collar 6]]'' is another lesbian love interest to the protagonist.
* Kestrel from ''[[Queen of Wands (Webcomic)|Queen of Wands]]''.
* Lin from ''[[Linburger]]''.
* Shelley Winters from ''[[Scary Go Round]]''.
* Meta example: Ere D. Nust in ''[[TV Tropes the Webcomic]]''.
* Beth from ''[[The Other Grey Meat (Webcomic)|The Other Grey Meat]]''.
* Ginny, the mistress of the brothel Red Herring from ''[[No Songs for The Dead (Webcomic)|No Songs for The Dead]]''.
 
 
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== Western Animation ==
* [[Kim Possible (Animation)|Kim Possible]] is both an [[Action Girl]] and [[Action Girlfriend]] example.
* Hawkgirl/Shayera from ''[[Justice League (Animationanimation)|Justice League]] Unlimited''.
** Lana Lang, during ''[[Superman: The Animated Series (Animation)|Superman the Animated Series]]''.
** Also in [[DCAU]], Pamela Isley, a.k.a. Poison Ivy, in the ''[[Batman: The Animated Series (Animation)|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 (Animation)|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 (Animationanimation)|Teen Titans]]''.
* Izzy from ''[[Total Drama Island (Animation)|Total Drama Island]]''.
* Kiva from ''[[Megas XLR (Animation)|Megas XLR]]''.
* Sam from ''[[Totally Spies (Animation)|Totally Spies]]''
* Gwen Tennyson from ''[[Ben 10 (Animation)|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 (Animation)|Atomic Betty]]''.
* Pickles the drummer in ''[[Metalocalypse (Animation)|Metalocalypse]]'' has this sort of coloring, although in his case it's probably due to being "very Irish-American."
* Aerrow from ''[[Storm Hawks (Animation)|Storm Hawks]]''.
* Mary Test, one of [[Johnny Test (Animation)|Johnny Test]]'s sisters.
* Kid Flash/Wally West in ''[[Young Justice (Animationanimation)|Young Justice]]''.
* Gosalyn Mallard from ''[[Darkwing Duck (Animationanimation)|Darkwing Duck]]'', although the fiery still comes through loud and clear.
* Jessie Bannon from ''[[Jonny Quest: theThe Real Adventures (Animation)|Jonny Quest the Real Adventures]]'' (except when the colourists goof and make them blue).
* Niko in ''[[Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers (Animation)|Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers]]'' ([[Depending Onon the Artist]]) has bluish-green eyes.
* Lua, the [[Does Not Like Shoes|bare]][[Foot Focus]] [[Jungle Princess]] Shaman from ''[[Kong: theThe Animated Series (Animation)|Kong the Animated Series]]''.
* In the ''[[Family Guy (Animation)|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 (Animation)|Pinky and The Brain]]'' has green eyes and red fur.
* Big Macintosh from ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]''.
* An interesting male version is [[The Stoic|Nonny]] from ''[[Bubble Guppies (Animation)|Bubble Guppies]]''.
* Prototypical TJ from ''[[Recess (Animation)|Recess]]'' was this. In the final product he's a brunette and has typical, cartoony [[Black Eyes]].
 
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