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* ''[[Abbott and Costello]]''.
* In the film characterization of [[Lord of the Rings]], there's the angry dwarf Gimli and the elegant Legolas.
* ''[[
* In the ''[[Hellboy (
* ''[[Star Wars]]''
** The Sith and the Jedi fits this trope to a T. The Sith wield red lightsabers and are defined by their passions and their ambitions. While the Jedi typically wield blue or green lightsabers and are presented as more intellectual and steeped in tradition.
** On a more individual level, the master/apprentice relationship between Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker during the prequel trilogy. Obi-Wan is the more cautious and thoughtful blue Jedi and Anakin, being younger and more ambitious, represents the passionate red. Of course, this speaks volumes about the paths the men choose by the end of the end of said trilogy.
* In the movie version of ''[[
* In ''[[Men in Black (
* [[James Ellroy]] seems to love this trope; the two detectives at the center of his ''The Black Dahlia'' are even referred to explicitly as Mr Fire (red) and Mr Ice (Blue).
* The Will Ferrell movie ''[[Blades of Glory]]'' has Chazz Michael Michaels, the improvisational, womanizing idiot Red Oni, and Jimmy Macelroy, the technical, thoughtful man-child Blue Oni. This is even reflected in their "Fire and Ice" costume.
* From ''[[Watchmen]]'', Rorschach/The Comedian/Ozymandias to Dr. Manhattan. Actually, ''everybody'' is a Red Oni compared to Dr. Manhattan.
* Every ''[[
* The Henke and Genji clans in ''[[Sukiyaki Western Django]]''.
* The ''[[X-Men (
* ''[[Underworld (
* ''[[Hard Core Logo]]'' has the intense, impulsive Joe Dick and the quieter, more calculating, ambitious Billy Tallent.
* In ''[[
* Ferris Bueller and Cameron Frye in ''[[Ferris Bueller's Day Off
* Del Griffith and Neil Page in ''[[Planes, Trains and Automobiles]]''.
* ''[[Fight Club]]'': Tyler is impulsive and rash, whereas the Narrator is a calm and cool corporate executive. Their different personalities are, of course, all mixed-up in the heat of the fight.
* ''[[Trading Places]]'' has Billy Ray Valentine and Louis Winthorpe III.
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* ''[[Top Gun]]'' has the brash/hot-headed Maverick play Red Oni to the Blue Oni of his level-headed copilot Goose and their more by-the-book fellow pilot Iceman.
* Lloyd Christmas and Harry Dunne in ''[[Dumb and Dumber]]'', as illustrated by their [[Tacky Tuxedo|Tacky Tuxedos]].
* Indiana Jones is the red oni to his father Henry Sr.'s blue oni in ''[[Indiana Jones and
* In ''[[
* [[Osmosis Jones]] has this with a color inversion. Ozzy is the Red Oni and Drix is the Blue Oni. This is despite Ozzy being blue and Drix being red.
* It could be said that Buffalo Bill is the red oni to [[Villain Protagonist]] [[Silence of the Lambs|Hannibal Lecter's]] blue oni.
* In ''[[Sense and Sensibility (
** Straight-laced and collected Elinor is blue, while the flighty and passionate Marianne is red.
** The men who court Marianne: Willoughby is fun and dashing, but false. Colonel Brandon is reserved but true.
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