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* The Elric brothers from ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'': Edward (red) and Alphonse (blue). Ed is typically more impulsive and quick to anger and wears a red coat, while Al is a more collected [[Gentle Giant]] who typically has to restrain his older brother and <s>wears</s> is a cool gray suit of armor.
** Made quite blatant in the fourth ''Brotherhood'' opening -- the two pass each other and gain their respective colors.
** Also kind of interesting is that all of the other State Military characters wear blue uniforms, and the Xingese characters also tend toward either blue or more muted colors, and Ed ''is'' one of the most [[Hot
*** [[The Hero|Ed]] is a [[Hot
** Also, Winry and Sheska from the first anime. Winry is extraverted, enthusiastic, and sometimes wears a red bandanna while Sheska is quiet, bookish, and sometimes wears a blue uniform.
** [[Ax Crazy]] [[Blood Knight]] Kimblee, who's main outfit before being re-instated is a red buttoned shirt, and cold-blooded [[General Ripper]] Archer, who's never seen in anything but his blue military uniform, from the first anime would be villainous examples.
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* The ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' manga has Usagi/Minako as impulsive, outgoing red, with Ami/Rei as cool, introverted blue. Makoto's in the middle. As for the anime, Rei contrasts better with Ami, since Rei is just as impulsive as Usagi and is actually a fire soldier to counteract calm Ami's water powers.
** While Haruka and Michiru both had the same intentions in season 3, Haruka's attitude was more outgoing and harsh in comparison to Michiru's calmer, more introvert demeanor.
* [[Hot
* An arguable case is Ogami Itto and Yagyu Retsudo from ''[[Lone Wolf and Cub]]''. Although Itto doesn't have the not-so-bright or tasteless qualities of many red oni, he is driven to incredibly reckless behavior and horrid deeds by a passion for revenge, while Retsudo prefers being the puppetmaster and using [[Death Trap|traps]], [[Mooks]], and the like. Along the way, he sacrifices [[Moral Event Horizon|an appalling amount of men and his own children]] in his attempts to stop Itto.
* Light and L from the ''[[Death Note (Manga)|Death Note]]'' anime series are often shaded in red or blue to reflect this, although personality-wise, it doesn't ''quite'' apply, since aside from a few times that Light gets riled up after his cause is challenged ({{spoiler|and just before his death}}), both Light and L tend towards being brainy, cold blooded types. This theme is also used (and generally played much straighter) with Misa and Light, Light and Near, Mello and Near, and even Misa and Takada.
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*** To a lesser extent, [[Generation Xerox|their dads]] qualify. Shikaku is a fiercely intelligent, rational [[The Strategist|strategist]] and Jounin Commander of Konoha. Choza is calmer than his son, but is still the fieriest of the Ino-Shika-Cho trio, and he has red hair.
** Karui and Samui of Kumogakure are a female [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]] pair. Karui is a hot-tempered [[Dark-Skinned Redhead]], while pale blonde Samui is level-headed and calm - hell, her [[Meaningful Name|name even means 'cool']].
** The color scene is inverted with Akatsuki partners Itachi and Kisame, the former being a cold, calculating [[Aloof Big Brother]] with [[Red Eyes, Take Warning|red eyes]] and several fire jutsus, the latter being a [[Blood Knight]] that specialises in Water Jutsus and has the blue skin of a shark.
*** See also Juugo and Suigetsu. Juugo has red hair, but is a [[Gentle Giant]] when he's not flipping out and is the calmest out of Taka. Suigetsu, meanwhile, is a [[White-Haired Pretty Boy|white-haired]] [[Blood Knight]] from the same village as Kisame.
*** Now that this troper thinks about it, a few of the Akatsuki pairings invert this. Between Sasori and Deidara, Sasori has the orange eyes and Deidara has blue. Meanwhile, Konan and Pein have their hair colors mismatching the trope. Maybe the author is hinting at something....?
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* Duck (or Ahiru in the Japanese version) and Fakir from ''[[Princess Tutu]]'' follow this trope very well. Duck has orangy-pink hair and is a loud, determined, dizty klutz who cares deeply about people and wants to be everyone's friend. Fakir is a green-haired boy who is cold, seemingly prideful, and anti-social. They start off as bitter rivals but later {{spoiler|discover they have the same goal -- to help and protect Mytho -- and end up becoming awkward partners. In the second season, Fakir develops a crush on Duck and the two become even more closely associated.}}
* Keroberos and Yue of ''[[Cardcaptor Sakura (Manga)|Cardcaptor Sakura]]'' fame also qualify; [[The Stoic|Blue Oni]] Yue is often cold, introspective, and seemingly totally dispassionate, while [[The Idiot From Osaka|Red Oni]] Kero-chan is hot-headed and emotional.
** In the anime, Sakura switches to Blue Oni when she's around the more [[Hot
** Sakura Kinomoto (red) and Li Syaoran (blue). A bit of a twist happens when {{spoiler|the Red and Blue Onis actually ''fall in love''.}}
* Jonouchi (Joey) and Seto Kaiba from ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh]]'' follow this trope to the letter, right down to their trademark cards.
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*** And in the manga, Jaden and Chazz.
** ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh 5 Ds]]'' has Yusei Fudo as the Blue Oni and Jack Atlas has turned to be the Red Oni. Remarked with Yusei´s Blue Stardust Dragon and his Clear Mind and Jack´s Red Archfiend Dragon and his Burning Soul.
** The newest Yu-Gi-Oh series, ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh Ze Xal|Zexal]]'', pairs the stubborn, [[Hot
* In ''[[Trigun]]'' (especially on the manga covers), Vash is associated with fiery reds and poses full of dynamism while Wolfwood is associated with blue and grey tones and more static positions. Bonus points if Wolfwood also glares coldly at the reader. This is an accurate representation of the contrasts between their personalities.
** ''Trigun'' also has the contrast between Vash and cold-blooded [[The Dragon|Legato]], who's [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|gotta have blue hair]].
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* ''[[Gao Gai Gar]]'': EnRyu and HyoRyu, red and blue. Later, they get taken over by yellow RaiRyu and green FuuRyu, respectively. And then again by light pink KouRyu and dark purple AnRyu. They even represent elements - EnRyu's fire, RaiRyu's lightning, and KouRyu's light for the Red Oni side, and HyoRyu's ice, FuuRyu's wind, and AnRyu's darkness for the Blue Oni side. And it's interesting to note that when the first two pairs switch [[Fusion Dance]] partners, they switch across [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]] boundaries: EnRyu combining with FuuRyu, HyoRyu with RaiRyu.
** [[Gao Gai Gar]] himself and King J-Der. Twist: GaoGaiGar's G-Stone is ''green'', while J's J-Jewel is ''red''. Not to mention that [[Gao Gai Gar]] is a mostly black-colored robot while King J-Der is mostly white.
* ''[[Chrono Crusade]]'' reverses the color-coding: Rosette is [[Hot
* In the movie ''[[Tokyo Godfathers]]'', homeless [[Transvestite]] Hana uses the story of the red and blue oni to illustrate a point to tomboyish runaway Miyuki; in it, Hana explicitly compares <s>himself</s> herself to the blue oni and the gruff but good-hearted Gin to the red oni.
* Miriya/Max from ''[[Super Dimension Fortress Macross]]''. Or the updated version, Klan/Michael from ''[[Macross Frontier]]''. In both, they pilot appropriately color-coded mecha. Although, rather than being rivals, they end up love interests, but hey, what's the difference?
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** From the first movie: the cute and cheerful Mew as the Red Oni to the [[Badass]] and angsty Mewtwo as the Blue Oni.
** ''[[Pokémon Special (Manga)|Pokémon Special]]'' features the heroic trainer Red and his rival, Oak's nephew, Blue. In the Japanese original, ''[[Pokémon Special]]'', however, this was not the case, as Red's rival was Green, while Blue was the female trainer that the English-language version called Green.
*** [[Hot
*** No mention of {{color|blue|R}} and {{color|red|S}}?
** The anime tends to use [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]] in DPP.
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** The ''[[Pokémon (Manga)|Pokémon]]'' manga love this trope. [[Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure (Manga)|Hareta and Mitsumi]], [[Pokémon Golden Boys (Manga)|Gold and Black]], [[Manga/Phantom Thief Pokemon Seven|Hiori and Lily]]...
* ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'':
** Kamina and Simon -- blue-shirted and blue-eyed Simon is the comparatively rational one of the two, while red-caped and red-eyed Kamina is...well, ''[[Idiot Hero|Ka]][[Hot
** Later, Simon becomes the red to Rossiu's blue.
** On the villain side, the [[Four Is Death|four]] Beastman generals have this dynamic as well, in a way. Thymilph and Adiane, the fire and water generals, are off-the-wall [[Berserker]] [[Blood Knight|Blood Knights]], whereas Guame and Cytomander, the earth and air generals, are much smarter, calmer, and more calculating.
** The final battle pulls one of these between Team Dai-Gurren and the Anti-Spirals. While Team Dai-Gurren make use of Spiral Energy, which is all about being [[Hot
* In ''[[Gundam SEED Astray]]'', Lowe Guele (loud, dramatic, impulsive) pilots the Astray Red Frame and Gai Murakumo (cool, intelligent, professional) pilots the Blue Frame.
* In ''[[Prince of Tennis]]'', Kaoru Kaidoh (skittish, kinda naïve, aloof) and Takeshi Momoshiro (cheerful, a bottomless pit, carefree) might not dress in red and blue, but otherwise, they fit the trope to a T. And yes, they play doubles.
** In ''Hyoutei'', we have the flighty and loud redhead Gakuto Mukahi and his doubles partner, the suave Yuushi Oshitari (who has blue hair).
* ''[[One Piece (Manga)|One Piece]]'' has two giants, Dory and Brogy, respectively titled "The Red Ogre" and "The Blue Ogre" on their wanted posters, although they both act [[Hot
** Also, [[Hot
** And we have [[The Hero|Luffy]] (red) compared to [[The Lancer|Zoro]] (blue)
** [[The Chick|Nami]] and [[Dark Action Girl|Nico Robin]] also fit this dichotomy as the two women aboard. Orange-haired Nami tends to react loudly and angrily to the crew's stupid antics and gets very passionate over money, while black-haired and blue-eyed Robin is introverted to a fault, reacting quietly to everything short of a world-ending crisis.
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** For the Marines, Admiral Akainu (Red), who is prone to passionate bouts of well-intentioned extremism, and Admiral Aokiji (Blue), who is very laid back. Even their names reflect this--"aka" is red, "ao" is blue.
* [[Yaiba]] offer us [[Idiot Hero|Yaiba]] (Red) and [[Evil Overlord|Onimaru]] (blue), though the more suitable comparison would be [[Shock and Awe|Raijin]] and [[Blow You Away|Fujin]].
* In ''[[Real Bout High School]]'', Ryoko has red hair and usually wears her (red) school uniform, while [[Lady of War]]/[[The Ojou]] [[Heir to The Dojo]] Azumi Kiribayashi has blue hair and wears blue. On the other hand, Ryoko's central rivalry is with [[Hot
* In ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'', the passionate, pink-aura-ed Nanoha, with her philosophy of [[Defeat Means Friendship|befriending people]] with "[[Catch Phrase|Maximum Power]]", is a red oni. Meanwhile, [[The Stoic]], blue-aura-ed Chrono, who frequently bemoans Nanoha's tendency to use a lot more power than necessary, is a blue oni. The two were even enemies ([[Foe Yay|and eventually lovers]]) in the [[What Could Have Been|original]] ''Nanoha'' [[The Anime of the Game|mini-scenario]] of ''[[Triangle Heart 3 Sweet Songs Forever]]''.
** The second season changes things up by introducing Vita, a tiny girl clad in red that carries around a massive hammer with a hair-trigger temper. Throughout the second and third seasons, she is the Red Oni and Nanoha, who by this time has become much more level headed and calculating, is the Blue Oni among the Wolkenritter.
** And reversed in the case of [[Les Yay|Subaru and Teana]]. The former's a blue-aura-ed, blue-haired, [[Hot
* ''[[Highlander the Search For Vengeance]]'' features a strong Red vs Blue rivalry between its protagonist and antagonist. [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge|Colin]] is a red with a two thousand year old grudge against the Roman general who slaughtered his people and wife; the blue [[Knight Templar|Marcus]] cares only for bringing "civilization" and order to the world.
* If you look closely, the ''[[Suzumiya Haruhi]]'' series contains a very subtle subversion. At first glance, it may seem as though Yuki ([[The Quiet One|quiet]], [[The Spock|rational]], and [[The Stoic|unemotional]]) is the Blue Oni to Ryoko's (cheerful, pleasant, compassionate, and somewhat {{spoiler|[[Ax Crazy]]}}) Red, but actually, it's reversed. Over the course of the series, it's revealed that beneath Yuki's expressionless face exists a complex inner world which comes boiling to the surface in the fourth book/second season, while Ryoko is actually a ruthless and emotionally vacant [[Stepford Smiler]] whose {{spoiler|foiled attempt on Kyon's life}} was actually a calculated act designed to prompt a reaction from Haruhi.
** Haruhi and Kyon themselves could count as well: Haruhi is a [[Hot
** In the 6th episode of the ''[[Haruhi Suzumiya (Literature)|Endless Eight]]'', Kyon wore red swimming and Itsuki wore blue.
** Also, in the 13th ([[Anachronic Order|11th]]) episode of Season 1, Haruhi is wearing a red uniform, while Kyon is wearing blue.
* The two ghosts (or whatever they are) in ''[[The Tower of Druaga (Anime)|The Tower of Druaga]]'', although it's not immediately obvious for two reasons: one, the red girl doesn't show up until episode 8, and it's not the girls themselves that demonstrate the appropriate personality, but rather the person to whom they appear. The blue girl shows herself to [[Aloof Big Brother|Neeba]], while the red one appears to Jil.
* Noa Izumi and Kanuka Clancy from ''[[Patlabor]]''. One is a slobbish redhead without a college degree who constantly rushes into trouble; the other is a super-professional MIT graduate with glossy black hair (that looks blue) who never lets any situation get to her.
* ''[[Dragon Quest (Video Game)|Dragon Quest]]: [[Dai no Dai Bouken (Manga)|Dai's Great Adventure]]'' has the clashes between super-[[Hot
* ''[[D.N.Angel]]'' has Daisuke Niwa as red and Satoshi Hiwatari as blue, very obvious in their theme colours. Dark and Krad are rather associated with black and white, though they may also be seen as the grown-up and cynical equivalents of their hosts.
* ''[[Code Geass]]'' has scenes where Lelouch and Suzaku are shaded in red and blue respectively, though it counts as a subversion: Lelouch is the cold, tactical one and Suzaku is brash and reckless...but in the end, both can be hotblooded and irrational under pressure.
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* In ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia (Manga)|Axis Powers Hetalia]]'', Red Oni US is cheerful, idealistic, and brash, if a little too much; whereas Blue Oni England is his cynical, grouchy, critical, sometimes underhanded longtime '[[Friendly Enemy|frenemy]]'.
** US also has this with Canada. US, as mentioned above, plays the Red Oni to Canada's softspoken, gentle, thoughtful, [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|and passive-aggressive-sarcastic Blue Oni]].
** There's also Red Oni Prussia, an albino who is [[Hot
** No one's mentioned Denmark/Sweden? Denmark, ie happiest country in the world, is constantly smiling and dresses in red (even his flag is red), whereas the calmer, quieter, and less emotional Sweden is in blue, like his flag.
*** One could also replace Sweden with Norway, who is constantly [[The Stoic|stoic]] and calm, and although his flag only has a little blue, he himself dresses head to toe in it.
** Turkey and Greece.
* ''[[Azumanga Daioh (Manga)|Azumanga Daioh]]'''s Red Oni homeroom and English teacher Yukari, who is goofy, carefree, fun-loving, and irrational, and wears bright red and yellow clothes contrasts Blue Oni P.E. teacher Nyamo, who is cautious, caring, responsible, thoughtful, and wears darker blue clothes. Red Oni Tomo and Blue Oni Yomi also fit the trope.
* [[Cain and Abel|Rin and Yukio]] from ''[[Blue Exorcist (Manga)|Blue Exorcist]]''. They may be [[Half-Identical Twins|twins]] but they're completely different: Yukio is a prodigy exorcist-doctor while Rin is the [[Hot
* ''[[Ice Revolution]]'': [[Hot
* ''[[Cowboy Bebop]]'' has protagonist Spike, who is dangerously cold in combat but is an easy going, well meaning, impulsive guy outside of it versus [[Evil Counterpart]] [[Meaningful Name|Vicious]], an utterly ruthless, nihlistic [[Social Darwinist]] and [[Nietzsche Wannabe]] who seems completely emotionless until he breaks out the [[Slasher Smile]].
** Also, Spike's first partner on the Bebop is Jet, who is an ex-cop who reads 18th century literature, tends bonsai, loves jazz, and frequently encourages Spike to use his head more.
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* Joe and Ken of ''[[Science Ninja Team Gatchaman (Anime)|Science Ninja Team Gatchaman]]'', respectively.
** It varies with those two, actually. Usually, Ken is the steady, reliable one and Joe the impulsive, but later on, the roles reverse themselves, {{spoiler|namely during the final Red Impulse arc}}.
* In ''[[Wolfs Rain|Wolf's Rain]]'', [[Hot
* In ''[[Sorcerer Hunters]]'', the relationship between the brash and thoughtless [[Idiot Hero|Carrot]] and his suave older brother Marron is a good example.
* ''[[Paprika]]'' and Dr. Chiba, {{spoiler|who are the same person}}.
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* The main characters of ''[[Hunter X Hunter]]'' seem to pair off in these. Leorio is the Red Oni to Kurapica's Blue Oni. Same goes with Gon and Killua, Gon obviously being the Red Oni and Killua being the Blue Oni. Heck, they've even stated it themselves; Gon is the one who's supposed to do the stupid stuff and Killua's there to bail him out of it. And Gon absolutely forbids it to be the other way around.
* ''[[Slayers]]'' (movie/OVA timeline) has the rather shy Lina with her quiet, unassuming temper of a bounding mine and narcissistic Naga showing off herself but not keeping a teaspoon of powder in reserve -- she isn't wound up at all even when fighting. Lina is leaning toward fire magic and Naga is more inclined to water, though they have personal reasons for this.
** The TV ''[[Slayers]]'' timeline has Lina as a textbook Red Oni with her red hair, red outfit, [[Red Eyes, Take Warning|red eyes]], love of fire magic, and red-hot temper. "Heartless magic-using swordsman" Zelgadis is the Blue Oni. Unusually, Lina and Zelgadis are near-equals in intelligence and strategic ability.
* Shiris and Orson from ''[[Record of Lodoss War]]'' are red oni and blue oni respectively. There's a slight twists, that Orson is also a [[The Berserker|Berserker]] and falls into an [[Unstoppable Rage]] in combat, but at these times, he's literarly [[Demonic Possession|not himself]].
* ''[[Sky Girls]]'' has Ranko and Haruko Mikogami, as shown in the main page, who fit this trope to a T.
* Leon and D from ''[[Pet Shop of Horrors]]''.
* ''[[Katekyo Hitman Reborn]]'', with Gokudera and Yamamoto as Red Oni and Blue Oni respectively. In so many ways. A strange balance between [[With Friends Like These...|rivals]] [[Vitriolic Best Buds|and]] [[Odd Couple|comrades]], Gokudera has the firey disposition while Yamamoto is almost always composed. Heck, even their [[Color Coded for Your Convenience|Flames]] correspond perfectly to this trope.
* The opening credits of ''[[Saint Beast|Kouin Jojishi Tenshi Tan]]'' present Judas (blue) and Goh (red) like this, except this assignment only invites [[Epileptic Trees]]. When the other way around (Goh->blue, Judas->red) invoking this trope makes quite a bit more sense, especially as both are different interpretations of [[The Hero]].
* [[Shamanic Princess]]: Tiara (red) and Lena (blue). Or, alternately, Tiara (red) and Sara (blue).
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* [[Zenki]] and Goki. There was also Gulen and Gaula.
* Hayato Kazami and Bleed/{{spoiler|Jotaro}} Kaga in ''[[Future GPX Cyber Formula (Anime)|Future GPX Cyber Formula]]''.
* In ''[[Watashi Ni XX Shinasai|Watashi ni XX Shinasai!]]'', you have three: [[Hot
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTBdGtTPOyE Mazinkaiser SKL's opening] doesn't even try to hide who's the red oni and who's the blue oni between the two main characters.
* Kyoko Sakura and Sayaka Miki in ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica (Anime)|Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]'', right down to the respective colors of their [[Curtains Match the Window|hair, eyes]], and combat outfits. Madoka (outgoing, cheerful) and Homura (distant, aloof, collected) also fit, including their color identifiers (pink, gray).
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* Kirche and Tabitha from ''[[Zero no Tsukaima (Light Novel)|Zero no Tsukaima]]''.
* ''[[Baka and Test]]'': [[Idiot Hero]] Akihisa to either [[The Smart Guy|Yuuji]] or [[Dude Looks Like a Lady|Hideyoshi]]. For the main female characters, we have [[Tsundere|Minami]] to [[Nice Girl|Mizuki]]
* Inverted in a A racing genre manga, ''[[Bakusou Kyoudai Let's and Go (Manga)|Bakusou Kyoudai Let's and Go]]'', the older sibling, Retsu, wearing red, is level-headed and careful, while Go, the [[Hot
* Michio Yuki and Father Garai from ''[[MW (Manga)|MW]]''.
* Tomoe and Nanami of ''[[Kamisama Kiss (Manga)|Kamisama Kiss]].'' Nanami is red: passionate, energetic, frequently acts on impulse, very extroverted. Tomoe is blue: is very proud along with being much more calm, intellectual, tends to think before acting, and is more introverted.
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