WHAT IS IT with red-headed girls??

[Harley Quinn]

Honestly. They're EVERYWHERE. Why is it that cartoon creators seem to think that red-heads are the most heroic, intelligent, and beautiful of all women?

Sam from Totally Spies, Jessica Rabbit, Batgirl, Blossom from PPG, the chick from Megas XLR, Poison Ivy, Atomic Betty, Ariel, Misty and Jesse from Pokemon, Kim Possible, Lina Inverse, etc. There's TONS of them. I'm sure you guys can come up with dozens more.

Have you ever sat back and thought about it? You really don't come across true red-heads all that often, and in real life, a Conan O'Brian-ish albino face is not uncommon to find on them. Yet in the animated universe they're sex-bombs... WHY?

Don't get me wrong, I have NOTHING against them... I just think it's the weirdest trend among female toons and wondered if anybody else noticed.

[Pepperidge]

Well I like redheads. I never understood why the rest of the world doesn't seem to.

[Sketch]

Here here!

Red heads with blue or green eyes. That's what I'm talk'n bout. And bernets too!

Though I never really noticed that actually. An interesting observation.

[GregX]

You forgot Demona...





And as for why?

The big question is, why not?

[Harley Quinn]

Don't get me wrong, I have NOTHING against them...

--

[Wesyeed]

Teela (he-man)

Jessie (johnny quest)

Mary Jane (spider-man)

Josie (josie and the pussycats)

Daphnie

Wilma filintstone

Scarlette (duh.. Gijoe)

Lois (family guy)

Nurse (animaniacs)

April O'Neil (TMNT)

Mira Nova (buzz lightyear of star command)

and so much more.........

Well, I know why I like red heads.

Thanks Tex Avery.
http://www.fortunecity.com/lavender/...154/redhot.htm

[Planeteer]

Isn't Hello Nurse blonde?

[LightShadow1890]

It's just the character's design. There's also a lot of black haired and blonde haired heriones, also with girls that have a weird hair color (one anime rule: every color known to man can be a hair color...except clear, if that is a color). It's just coincidence, calm yourself down.

[RayChuang]

Bloom from Winx Club:



Will Vandom from W.I.T.C.H.:



(As if the arguments about the merits of these shows haven't got them enough publicity. )

[MahouShoujo13]

That chick from Megas XLR is Kiva.

And uh...that adult Red Riding Hood girl in those Tex Avery toons.

I don't know many of them, because one red head I DO remember is Molly/Naru from Sailor Moon, and she's NOT a heroine at all.

We also had a share of red headed villains, like Rubeus from Sailor Moon (who is a guy) and Princess from PPG.

EDIT: Oh...before I forgot, Starfire (if she's not mentioned) is a red-headed heroine bombshell.

[Mek]

Maybe it's just personal taste, but Lucy Liberty (from 'F-Zero: GP Legend') is pretty hot IMO... ^o^



EDIT: Waitaminute... all this time and nobody's made a reference to the infamous Megas XLR episode 'Space Booty'?

... I'm dissapointed.

[shoujoaifan]

While there is plenty of girl characters who don't have red hair, there certainly are alot, which I think can PROBABLY be summed in 3 main reasons:


1. THEY'RE EXOTIC.

A. For straight guys and lesbian/bi women, it might just be a little wish-fullfillment or something. NOT that ALL of them are hopeless losers (although I'm sure there's a few), but EVERYONE has some little thing that turns them on. be it either some hair color, types of eyes, sizes of "assests"...

B. ORRRRR it might not even be sexual, but just a plain exotic look, since red-heads ARE rare in real life (natural anyway).

2. CHARACTER PERSONALITY

Red invokes anger, emotion in general, other feelings I'm forgetting when colors' effects are described, like how blue is calming and whatnot. We all know the sterotypess. "Blondes are bimbos, reds are fiery, brunettes are sultry,etc...". Red is OFTEN used on tomboy characters, or just strong-willed characters in general. NOT saying only reds get the job done in cartoons or real life, but that's what happens alot in TVLand.

3. THEY'RE EXOTIC.

A. For...

[Kury Wagner]

I was actually just talking to someone about the lack of brunettes in Marvel comic books. Odd. But yeah, I have noticed the overabundance of red-heads in cartoons. I don't see what is so. . . great about them. Blue is the way to go.

brunettes are sultry

Really, I am? I had no idea. *whisper* it's true though. *whisper*

[Geezil]

one could-be source of all that inspiration: Tori Amos. (maybe? hmmmm?)

[Dark Fact]

I guess the attitude with red-heads is a big turn-on for guys nowadays.

And Archie Andrews hates red-heads......I'm not kidding!

[shoujoaifan]

I was actually just talking to someone about the lack of brunettes in Marvel comic books. Odd. But yeah, I have noticed the overabundance of red-heads in cartoons. I don't see what is so. . . great about them. Blue is the way to go.

Good point. Off-hand, I can only think of a few, like Peter Parker's/Spider-Man's first girlfriend, Betty Brant, then I THINK (its been awhile) the Hulk's love interest, another Betty, then the Scarlet Witch (lots of red, just no hair), and the Wasp (so not ALL of Marvel's brunettes are called Betty ).

Really, I am? I had no idea.

I don't know, are you? TRUTH BE TOLD I've only heard that sterotype ONCE Probably a good thing since less sterotypes, the better. Or least racial ones. Although I'm sure some people hate hair-color sterotypes as well, especially blondes.

Reds have seemed to have exploded more recently though, or maybe it just the generic DTV or run-of-the-mill cartoons seemed to have them. Plus shows that aren'T "run-of-the-mill" shows, like 80's remakes, TMNT (kickin') and He-Man (although S1 was generic, to me anway), turned their brunettes, April and Teela, into reds.

IT BE A CONSPIRACY I TELL'SA!

[Craig Crumpton]

I can't complain about redheads. I'm engaged to marry one. woo-hoo!

[Zebi]

A lot of animated women are either blonde or brunette, so having a redhead here or there is good. Here's another to add to our list:

Janine Melnitz, Real Ghostbusters and Extreme Ghostbusters

[Artimus Gigan]

Asuka from Evangelion, her mecha was red as well

Viola from Zone of The Enders, her mecha is also red

Eh there's also Kim Possible

Kiva from MEGAS

Baiken from Guilty Gear, her default haircolor is red

[HellCat]

Ever popular fanboy favourites Christina Mackenzie and Cecily Fairchild

http://www.escaflowneonline.com/gund...mackenzie.html

http://www.escaflowneonline.com/gund...fairchild.html

Man, you can almost smell the hormones in this thread