Tropescilloscope: Heroes Want Redheads

The redhead has the best chances of getting it on with The Protagonist. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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More Tropes Adaptational Badass Villain Protagonist You Killed My Father Black Comedy Expository Hairstyle Change Mama Bear Documentary Deal with the Devil Downer Ending Music Stories Serial Killer Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil The Vamp One Steve Limit Our Vampires Are Different Cool Old Lady Evil Sounds Deep Screw This, I'm Outta Here! Visual Pun No Name Given Blonde, Brunette, Redhead It's All About Me Sir Swears-a-Lot Oh, Crap! Car Fu Captain Ersatz "Well Done, Son!" Guy Even Evil Has Loved Ones Chiaroscuro Bland-Name Product Pimped-Out Dress I'm a Humanitarian Meaningful Echo MacGuffin Evil-Detecting Dog Taking the Bullet Psychopathic Manchild Artistic License – History Rule of Symbolism Informed Ability Red Herring The Ditz Madness Mantra timeperiod Eagleland Death of a Child Empathic Environment Shoot the Shaggy Dog Take That! Dramedy Fatal Flaw Villain with Good Publicity Abhorrent Admirer Light Is Not Good Public Domain Feature Films Throwing Your Sword Always Works Posthumous Character Groin Attack Fanservice Extra Peek-a-Boo Corpse Ominous Latin Chanting Artistic License – Gun Safety The Stoner Never My Fault Small Name, Big Ego Establishing Character Moment Bolivian Army Ending Punch-Clock Villain Broken Bird Grievous Bottley Harm Chuck Cunningham Syndrome Malevolent Masked Men Recycled IN SPACE! Deadpan Snarker Soft Glass The Sociopath Naked People Are Funny Destination Defenestration Authority Equals Asskicking Not What It Looks Like Evil vs. Evil Only in It for the Money Asshole Victim Daddy's Girl Cool Old Guy Yandere What Happened to the Mouse? The Ghost Beta Couple Only Known by Their Nickname Action Girl Ax-Crazy Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking Sexy Discretion Shot Greater-Scope Villain Stalker with a Crush Same Language Dub Romantic Comedy Together in Death Spiritual Successor The Stoic Dropped a Bridge on Him Race Lift Character Development Fatal Family Photo Screw the Rules, I Have Money! Australian Movies Science Fiction Films Death Seeker And Starring Hate Sink Properly Paranoid As the Good Book Says... Mighty Whitey Setting Update Fate Worse than Death Badass in a Nice Suit Crapsack World Chekhov's Gun Bound and Gagged Foil Cool Guns Self-Deprecation Kick the Dog World of Ham Heroic BSoD Up to Eleven Department of Redundancy Department Aluminum Christmas Trees Nice Guy Villainous Breakdown Epic Fail Kill 'em All Impaled with Extreme Prejudice Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism Canadian Movies Only Sane Man Race Against the Clock Sealed Evil in a Can Meet Cute Nothing Is Scarier Protagonist Title Hoist by His Own Petard Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping Stock Footage Chewing the Scenery Sadistic Choice Off-into-the-Distance Ending folderlabel Immune to Bullets Interrupted Suicide Girl-on-Girl Is Hot No-Sell Intrepid Reporter Pretty Little Headshots Never Found the Body Bond One-Liner The Quiet One Ripped from the Headlines Dying Moment of Awesome One-Man Army Shout-Out Poor Communication Kills Corrupt Corporate Executive Sinister Minister Gory Discretion Shot Disappeared Dad Defiant to the End Retcon "The Reason You Suck" Speech The Oner Blackmail Jerk Jock An Aesop Mr. Fanservice The Great Depression Dirty Cop Martial Arts Movie The Atoner Cassandra Truth Implacable Man Reasonable Authority Figure Didn't Think This Through Brutal Honesty All Men Are Perverts Fire-Forged Friends No Ending Fake Shemp Big Bad Parental Abandonment Cloudcuckoolander Apocalypse How Dark Action Girl Instant Death Bullet Say My Name Product Placement The End... Or Is It? Adults Are Useless Rich Bitch Artistic License – Physics All There in the Script Cold-Blooded Torture BFG Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane Homage Ship Tease Kubrick Stare The Smart Guy "Where Are They Now?" Epilogue Sassy Black Woman Deus ex Machina Ambiguous Ending What You Are in the Dark A God Am I Exact Words Does Not Like Shoes Dissonant Serenity Leave the Camera Running Beware the Nice Ones Parental Incest Bowdlerise Ragtag Bunch of Misfits Man on Fire N-Word Privileges Historical Villain Upgrade Take a Third Option Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep" Alas, Poor Villain Horror Films Make It Look Like an Accident Too Dumb to Live Funny Foreigner Get Out! Vomit Indiscretion Shot The Reveal Fourth Date Marriage Ambiguous Disorder The '60s He Knows Too Much One-Word Title Black and Gray Morality No Celebrities Were Harmed Suddenly SHOUTING! Decoy Protagonist Shirtless Scene Left the Background Music On Central Theme Artistic License – Military No OSHA Compliance Zombie Stories The Big Guy Logo Joke Spared by the Adaptation Double-Meaning Title Offscreen Moment of Awesome Armor-Piercing Question I Just Shot Marvin in the Face British Films The Lancer The Un-Reveal Non-Indicative Name Sole Survivor Monumental Damage No Good Deed Goes Unpunished Eldritch Abomination Better to Die than Be Killed Adorkable Bait-and-Switch Creator Cameo Title Drop Rule of Cool Creative Closing Credits Jerkass Retirony Villain Song Victoria's Secret Compartment Badass Normal Imagine Spot Random Events Plot Badass Boast Roger Ebert: Great Movies List Historical In-Joke The Alleged Car Broken Aesop Bad Boss Mugging the Monster Arranged Marriage Air-Vent Passageway Made of Explodium The Load Extremely Short Timespan In Medias Res Evil Laugh Handicapped Badass Foregone Conclusion The Chick A Minor Kidroduction B-Movie Bi the Way Wretched Hive From Bad to Worse Call-Forward Worthy Opponent Improbable Aiming Skills Off with His Head! Disney Death It Can Think Evil Plan Time Skip Room Full of Crazy Why Did It Have to Be Snakes? Bar Brawl Ambiguously Gay Due to the Dead Danny Peary Cult Movies List Genre Throwback True Companions Credits Gag Affably Evil He Who Fights Monsters Dull Surprise Unresolved Sexual Tension Eiffel Tower Effect Accidental Misnaming Evil Cannot Comprehend Good Rule of Funny Mundane Made Awesome Smoking Is Cool Cluster F-Bomb Wrong Genre Savvy Cain and Abel Toplessness from the Back Death by Sex Dirty Coward Diabolus ex Machina Stealth Hi/Bye Super Strength Almost Kiss Unwitting Instigator of Doom Belligerent Sexual Tension Villain Ball I Want My Beloved to Be Happy Brother–Sister Incest The Film of the Book Here We Go Again! Romantic False Lead Every Car Is a Pinto Villain Opening Scene Determinator aka: The Determinator Actually Pretty Funny Corpsing Domestic Abuse Adaptational Attractiveness Shown Their Work As You Know Neck Snap Well-Intentioned Extremist Genre Shift Moment Killer Dirty Old Man The Ace Laughing Mad Dark Reprise Guns Akimbo O.O.C. Is Serious Business Rewatch Bonus Early Installment Weirdness Disproportionate Retribution Bilingual Bonus Camera Abuse Wicked Cultured "Shaggy Dog" Story Does This Remind You of Anything? Sanity Slippage Getting Crap Past the Radar Distracted by the Sexy Dutch Angle In the Back Fantasy Films Batman Gambit The Remake It Will Never Catch On She Cleans Up Nicely Fingore Daylight Horror Anyone Can Die My God, What Have I Done? Meaningful Name The Stinger Psychological Thriller Spiteful Spit Reality Ensues Woman in White After the End Honor Before Reason Video Credits Karmic Death Antagonist Title Outrun the Fireball Dressing as the Enemy Japanese Films Police Brutality Hypocrite Disney Villain Death Straight Gay Breaking the Fourth Wall What the Hell, Hero? Evil Is Hammy Men Are the Expendable Gender Easily Forgiven Celebrity Paradox Tempting Fate Playing Gertrude Woman Scorned Morality Pet Punny Name Developing Doomed Characters Anti-Villain Adult Fear Bad "Bad Acting" Married to the Job Henpecked Husband Only a Flesh Wound Sequel Escalation Bottomless Magazines Face Death with Dignity Pretty in Mink Rule of Three Hope Spot Real Life Despair Event Horizon Cat Fight Those Two Bad Guys Auto Erotica The '70s You Have Failed Me Mythology Gag Stuff Blowing Up Bitch in Sheep's Clothing The Dreaded Babies Ever After Psycho for Hire Badass Bookworm Stepford Smiler The '50s Storming the Castle Running Gag All Girls Want Bad Boys Plot Hole Obfuscating Stupidity Nice Job Fixing It, Villain! And the Adventure Continues Novelization Anguished Declaration of Love Catch-Phrase Fan Disservice Mooks No-Holds-Barred Beatdown Gratuitous English Accidental Murder Deliberate Values Dissonance Pre-Mortem One-Liner French Films Older Than They Look Suspiciously Specific Denial Big Eater Chekhov's Skill Your Head A-Splode Determinator Adaptation Dye-Job Manic Pixie Dream Girl Major Injury Underreaction Jump Scare Anachronism Stew Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold Whole Plot Reference Big Bad Duumvirate Skewed Priorities Continuity Nod Actor Allusion Half the Man He Used to Be Kill It with Fire "Awesome McCool" Name As Long as It Sounds Foreign Refuge in Audacity As Himself Brainless Beauty Red Right Hand Extreme Doormat Cowboy Cop Riddle for the Ages Framing Device Christmas Movies Index Made of Iron Closed Circle Gold Digger Historical Hero Upgrade Red Shirt Darker and Edgier Annoying Younger Sibling Wham Line Took a Level in Jerkass Male Gaze Exactly What It Says on the Tin Dramatic Irony The Casanova Names to Run Away from Really Fast The Bully Darkest Hour Friend to All Children Rape as Drama Fantastic Racism Stealth Pun Mystery and Detective Films Pay Evil unto Evil Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass Animated Credits Opening Freeze-Frame Bonus Italian Films You Have Outlived Your Usefulness Television Movie Index Mood Whiplash Fish out of Water Pragmatic Adaptation More Dakka Insane Troll Logic Irony The Place Blood from the Mouth Unusual Euphemism Scare Chord The Un-Favourite aka: The Un Favorite Not So Different Dual Wielding Love at First Sight Four-Temperament Ensemble Taking You with Me Not Using the "Z" Word Betty and Veronica Failed a Spot Check Demoted to Extra Eye Scream Shipper on Deck An Arm and a Leg Wounded Gazelle Gambit '80s Hair Eureka Moment Affectionate Parody Offscreen Teleportation Pet the Dog Hell Is That Noise Mr. Exposition Berserk Button Arc Words Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer The Cameo Big-Bad Ensemble Unusually Uninteresting Sight Bullying a Dragon A Father to His Men Bury Your Gays NO INDOOR VOICE No Antagonist Only One Name Heel Realization Neck Lift You Have Got to Be Kidding Me! Ghost Fiction Ironic Echo Heterosexual Life-Partners Screw the Money, I Have Rules! Fun with Acronyms Bunny-Ears Lawyer Laser-Guided Karma Awesome, but Impractical Unreliable Narrator Rasputinian Death Would Hit a Girl The Brute Token Minority Heroes Want Redheads Country Matters For the Evulz May–December Romance Drives Like Crazy Word of God Final Girl The Smurfette Principle Kids Are Cruel Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene Intergenerational Friendship The Hero Dies Lock and Load Montage Cat Scare Boom, Headshot! Damsel in Distress Pun aka: Incredibly Lame Pun Spanner in the Works Leaning on the Fourth Wall Hooker with a Heart of Gold Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday Big Damn Heroes The Mole Gainax Ending Training Montage Rated M for Manly Market-Based Title Children Are Innocent Good Is Not Nice Pyrrhic Victory Needs Wiki Magic Love An Axe to Grind Action Genre Scenery Gorn Disguised in Drag Driven to Suicide Red Eyes, Take Warning Film Noir Index The Starscream Meaningful Background Event Bavarian Fire Drill Military and Warfare Films Depraved Bisexual Curb-Stomp Battle Precision F-Strike Insistent Terminology Works Set in World War II Translation Convention Age Lift Author Appeal Really Gets Around Colour-Coded for Your Convenience aka: Color Coded For Your Convenience Thriller Bare Your Midriff Kick the Son of a Bitch Redemption Equals Death I Have Your Wife Death by Irony Film Series Earn Your Happy Ending Break the Haughty Card-Carrying Villain Ungrateful Bastard Manipulative Bastard Retired Badass Freudian Excuse Anachronic Order Adaptational Villainy She's Got Legs Nice Job Breaking It, Hero! Plucky Comic Relief Hollywood Law The X of Y Wham Shot Vomit Discretion Shot Suspiciously Similar Substitute Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome Lighter and Softer Silent Movie Killed Mid-Sentence Not Even Bothering with the Accent Slasher Movie Reality Has No Subtitles Undying Loyalty Star-Crossed Lovers German Films Bald of Evil Hero of Another Story The Mafia Alpha Bitch Big Fancy House A.I. Is a Crapshoot Reality Is Unrealistic Fainting Funny Background Event Obstructive Bureaucrat Bloodier and Gorier Punctuated! For! Emphasis! Love Triangle Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique Crazy-Prepared Conspicuous CG Politically Incorrect Villain Combat Pragmatist Dumb Blonde Aside Glance This Is Gonna Suck Advertised Extra Faux Affably Evil Bring My Brown Pants Comically Missing the Point Slashed Throat Call-Back Everyone Has Standards Sports Stories Shell-Shocked Veteran Contrived Coincidence Broken Pedestal Action Survivor I Did What I Had to Do Mercy Kill Rousing Speech Bittersweet Ending Spell My Name with an "S" Nice Hat Tranquil Fury Jitter Cam Sci-Fi Horror Bloody Hilarious Epic Movie Mistaken for Gay Hong Kong Films Action Prologue Put on a Bus Red Oni, Blue Oni Never Trust a Trailer Biopic Shut Up, Hannibal! Leitmotif Dwindling Party Film Noir Overly Long Gag Let's Get Dangerous! Mexican Standoff Gone Horribly Right Crucified Hero Shot Superhero Flipping the Bird Creepy Child Captain Obvious Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds Narrator The '80s Death by Adaptation Never Trust a Trailer aka: Trailers Always Lie Police are Useless Alliterative Name Crazy Jealous Guy Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas It's Personal Humans Are Bastards Evil Is Petty The Chessmaster Insult Backfire Dark Is Not Evil Knight Templar Cruel and Unusual Death Show Within a Show Frame-Up Not So Stoic Why Don't You Just Shoot Him? Blatant Lies Vampire Fiction Recap / RiffTrax aka: Riff Trax Movies Canon Foreigner Adaptation Distillation Hero Antagonist For Want of a Nail Chekhov's Gunman Gilligan Cut Artistic License – Geography Author Avatar Flashback Gender Flip Not Quite Dead Camp Gay Abusive Parents Evil Brit Jerkass Has a Point Beard of Evil Toilet Humour aka: Toilet Humor Improbable Infant Survival aka: Infant Immortality Papa Wolf Drowning My Sorrows Dramatic Gun Cock Would Hurt a Child And I Must Scream The Musical Green-Eyed Monster Silence Is Golden All for Nothing Chase Scene Animal Title Index Genre Savvy Bond Villain Stupidity Covers Always Lie Based on a True Story Black Best Friend Guile Hero The Power of Love Redshirt Army My Beloved Smother Humiliation Conga How We Got Here My Greatest Failure Our Zombies Are Different In Name Only Be Careful What You Wish For Eyepatch of Power Karma Houdini Black Comedy Rape Scenery Porn Heroic Sacrifice Book-Ends Foreshadowing Early-Bird Cameo Heel–Face Turn Scary Black Man Horror Comedy Smug Snake Anti-Hero Black Dude Dies First Stylistic Suck Loophole Abuse Deliberately Monochrome Missing Mom Very Loosely Based on a True Story Mind Screw Beauty Is Never Tarnished Fiery Redhead Last-Name Basis Unspoken Plan Guarantee Ascended Extra The '90s Hidden Depths Tap on the Head Coming-of-Age Story The Faceless Back from the Dead Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right! Index of Film Westerns Adaptation Expansion Important Haircut Award-Bait Song Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy Gorn Fanservice There Is No Kill Like Overkill Drill Sergeant Nasty War Is Hell Revenge Becoming the Mask Jerk with a Heart of Gold Noodle Incident Famous Last Words Tagline Lampshade Hanging Costume Porn Truth in Television Knife Nut Ms. Fanservice Composite Character The Cavalry From Nobody to Nightmare Demonic Possession Hollywood Darkness Dark and Troubled Past Those Two Guys Double Entendre Cool Shades 20 Minutes into the Future Butt-Monkey Casting Gag Totally Radical Arch-Enemy Facial Horror Mad Scientist Fat Bastard Took a Level in Badass Historical-Domain Character The Voiceless Have a Gay Old Time Big Brother Instinct Loads and Loads of Characters Naïve Newcomer Overprotective Dad Vacation Films Ass Shove Russian Films Those Wacky Nazis Re-Cut Real Life Writes the Plot Expy Once More, with Clarity! Match Cut Ugly Guy, Hot Wife Adaptation Name Change Grey and Gray Morality Large Ham Artistic License – Law Drugs Are Bad Death Glare Catapult Nightmare Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other Hypocritical Humor Improvised Weapon Twist Ending Sacrificial Lion The Bad Guy Wins Faking the Dead Badass Grandpa Male Frontal Nudity All Just a Dream Brick Joke Pre-Asskicking One-Liner The Hero Adaptational Heroism Reckless Gun Usage Body Horror Cool Car Five-Man Band Line-of-Sight Name Deconstruction Calling the Old Man Out Bloodless Carnage Trailers Always Spoil Vitriolic Best Buds Maybe Ever After Face–Heel Turn Your Cheating Heart Enemy Mine Happily Married Idiot Ball Shower Scene Agony of the Feet Animal Motifs Did Not Get the Girl Hair-Trigger Temper All There in the Manual Sequel Hook Dogged Nice Guy Artistic License – Biology Amusing Injuries Badass Longcoat Slasher Smile Parental Neglect Manchild A Date with Rosie Palms Big Applesauce Even Evil Has Standards Manly Tears Not So Above It All Evil Counterpart Paper-Thin Disguise Serious Business The Alcoholic Roaring Rampage of Revenge La Résistance Big "NO!" Femme Fatale Break the Cutie Adapted Out Curse Cut Short Defrosting Ice Queen I Need a Freaking Drink Motor Mouth The Dog Bites Back Obviously Evil Soundtrack Dissonance Attempted Rape Blood Knight The Dragon The Lost Lenore Slap-Slap-Kiss Amoral Attorney Pragmatic Villainy Improbable Weapon User Dies Wide Open Parental Substitute