Important Red Heads in Geek Fiction

Author: xhonzi
Date: 10-May-2011, 4:55 PM

Author: xhonzi
Time: 10-May-2011 4:55 PM (Edited)
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My wife (not a red head, yet) always gets upset when "every" geek dream girl is a red head. At one time, I think we had a pretty good list going.

Mary Jane Watson
Jean Grey
Mara Jade
Every non-Asian girl in Wolverine Comics
Barbara Gordon (at least when she's Batgirl)

Now I'm drawing a blank. Who am I forgetting?

IT'S MY TRILOGY, AND I WANT IT NOW!

"[George Lucas] rebooted the franchise in 1997 without telling anyone." -skyjedi2005

"Yeah, well, George says a lot of things..." a young 1997 xhonzi on RASSM

"They're my movies." -George Lucas. 19 people won oscars for their work on Star Wars (1977) and George Lucas wasn't one of them.

Rewrite the Prequels!

Author: TheBoost
Time: 10-May-2011 4:57 PM (Edited)
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Red Sonja

Hazel D'Ark (Simon R. Green's "Deathstalker" series)

New "Batwoman"

Author: TV's Frink
Time: 10-May-2011 5:03 PM
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xhonzi said:

My wife (not a red head, yet)

Yet?

...

As the father of two redheaded girls (so far), I bet I'll be hearing more complaints about this in the future.

Author: xhonzi
Time: 10-May-2011 5:06 PM (Edited)
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Complaints? From my wife, or yours?

Yet?

My wife has told me several times that she'd like to dye her hair red, just for fun. I've discouraged it in one of those "I love you just the way you are" ways... but it might be fun for a little bit.

To wit: she has two red wigs. A longer one she used for her psuedo-Mara Jade costume two Halloweens ago. And a shorter, orangier one that she used for April O'Neal last Halloween.

IT'S MY TRILOGY, AND I WANT IT NOW!

"[George Lucas] rebooted the franchise in 1997 without telling anyone." -skyjedi2005

"Yeah, well, George says a lot of things..." a young 1997 xhonzi on RASSM

"They're my movies." -George Lucas. 19 people won oscars for their work on Star Wars (1977) and George Lucas wasn't one of them.

Rewrite the Prequels!

Author: xhonzi
Time: 10-May-2011 5:11 PM
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Oh, yeah:

That Little Red Head Girl (Peanuts)

IT'S MY TRILOGY, AND I WANT IT NOW!

"[George Lucas] rebooted the franchise in 1997 without telling anyone." -skyjedi2005

"Yeah, well, George says a lot of things..." a young 1997 xhonzi on RASSM

"They're my movies." -George Lucas. 19 people won oscars for their work on Star Wars (1977) and George Lucas wasn't one of them.

Rewrite the Prequels!

Author: xhonzi
Time: 10-May-2011 5:12 PM
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Jessica Rabbit
Little Mermaid
Poison Ivy

IT'S MY TRILOGY, AND I WANT IT NOW!

"[George Lucas] rebooted the franchise in 1997 without telling anyone." -skyjedi2005

"Yeah, well, George says a lot of things..." a young 1997 xhonzi on RASSM

"They're my movies." -George Lucas. 19 people won oscars for their work on Star Wars (1977) and George Lucas wasn't one of them.

Rewrite the Prequels!

Author: CP3S
Time: 10-May-2011 5:16 PM (Edited)
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April O'Neal.

Felicia Day.

The one and only playable female character in Borderlands is a redhead.

Hehehe @Little Mermaid and redhead on peanuts. I know every nerd I've ever known has always been nuts about those two.

Author: TV's Frink
Time: 10-May-2011 5:17 PM
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xhonzi said:

Complaints? From my wife, or yours?

From my daughters. When they are old enough to be offended by the male geek treatment of women in general, and redheads in particular.

I'm just trying to prepare my future, even older self.

Author: TV's Frink
Time: 10-May-2011 5:17 PM
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CP3S said:

Felicia Day.

I'm pretty sure she's real.

Author: TV's Frink
Time: 10-May-2011 5:18 PM
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xhonzi said:

Now I'm drawing a blank.

You want the "photoshop my face" thread.

Author: CP3S
Time: 10-May-2011 5:19 PM (Edited)
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TV's Frink said:

CP3S said:

Felicia Day.

I'm pretty sure she's real.

Right, but she is definitely a nerd icon. She plays in nerdy fiction and all her characters are redheads.

Also worthy of mention is her role in Fallout: New Vegas as the only (human) female companion you can have in the game (yes, a redhead).

Author: TV's Frink
Time: 10-May-2011 5:26 PM
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The Guild isn't nerdy....

*sigh*

Author: TheBoost
Time: 10-May-2011 5:40 PM
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CP3S said:

Hehehe @Little Mermaid I know every nerd I've ever known has always been nuts about those two.

Ew. How much is wrong with that?

She's a cartoon.
She's a fish.
She's underage.

Author: TheBoost
Time: 10-May-2011 5:42 PM
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And to add:

Scarlett from GI Joe

Author: xhonzi
Time: 10-May-2011 6:04 PM
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TV's Frink said:

xhonzi said:

Complaints? From my wife, or yours?

From my daughters. When they are old enough to be offended by the male geek treatment of women in general, and redheads in particular.

I'm just trying to prepare my future, even older self.

Sounds hot, bro!

Pics?

(totally joking)

IT'S MY TRILOGY, AND I WANT IT NOW!

"[George Lucas] rebooted the franchise in 1997 without telling anyone." -skyjedi2005

"Yeah, well, George says a lot of things..." a young 1997 xhonzi on RASSM

"They're my movies." -George Lucas. 19 people won oscars for their work on Star Wars (1977) and George Lucas wasn't one of them.

Rewrite the Prequels!

Author: xhonzi
Time: 10-May-2011 6:05 PM
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TheBoost said:

CP3S said:

Hehehe @Little Mermaid I know every nerd I've ever known has always been nuts about those two.

Ew. How much is wrong with that?

She's a cartoon.

She's a fish.

She's underage.

Why couldn't she have been the other kind of mermaid, with the fish part on top, and the lady part on the bottom?

IT'S MY TRILOGY, AND I WANT IT NOW!

"[George Lucas] rebooted the franchise in 1997 without telling anyone." -skyjedi2005

"Yeah, well, George says a lot of things..." a young 1997 xhonzi on RASSM

"They're my movies." -George Lucas. 19 people won oscars for their work on Star Wars (1977) and George Lucas wasn't one of them.

Rewrite the Prequels!

Author: bkev
Time: 10-May-2011 6:15 PM (Edited)
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xhonzi said:

Complaints? From my wife, or yours?

Yet?

My wife has told me several times that she'd like to dye her hair red, just for fun. I've discouraged it in one of those "I love you just the way you are" ways... but it might be fun for a little bit.

To wit: she has two red wigs. A longer one she used for her psuedo-Mara Jade costume two Halloweens ago. And a shorter, orangier one that she used for April O'Neal last Halloween.

EXCUSE ME
EXCUSE ME
EXCUSE ME!

It's O'Neil. Shame on you and C3PS!

A Goon in a Gaggle of 'em

Author: xhonzi
Time: 10-May-2011 6:18 PM
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Er.... I just quoted C3PX.

IT'S MY TRILOGY, AND I WANT IT NOW!

"[George Lucas] rebooted the franchise in 1997 without telling anyone." -skyjedi2005

"Yeah, well, George says a lot of things..." a young 1997 xhonzi on RASSM

"They're my movies." -George Lucas. 19 people won oscars for their work on Star Wars (1977) and George Lucas wasn't one of them.

Rewrite the Prequels!

Author: TV's Frink
Time: 10-May-2011 6:47 PM
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xhonzi said:

TheBoost said:

CP3S said:

Hehehe @Little Mermaid I know every nerd I've ever known has always been nuts about those two.

Ew. How much is wrong with that?

She's a cartoon.

She's a fish.

She's underage.

Why couldn't she have been the other kind of mermaid, with the fish part on top, and the lady part on the bottom?

Would it be weird for you if I touched your fishy half? I know it would be for me.

Author: TV's Frink
Time: 10-May-2011 6:47 PM (Edited)
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xhonzi said:

TV's Frink said:

xhonzi said:

Complaints? From my wife, or yours?

From my daughters. When they are old enough to be offended by the male geek treatment of women in general, and redheads in particular.

I'm just trying to prepare my future, even older self.

Sounds hot, bro!

Pics?

(totally joking)

If memory serves, you've already seen pictures.

Author: Bingowings
Time: 10-May-2011 7:52 PM
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Has anyone mentioned Willow Rosenberg yet?

I guess Donna Noble and Amy Pond have earned their Geek points.

We have most of the Harkonnen family and Ganondorf (indeed the whole Gerudo tribe).

Marilyn Monroe was a natural red head (and it would take a geek to know that).

Groundskeeper Willie and Beaker.

Author: Akwat Kbrana
Time: 10-May-2011 7:59 PM
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TV's Frink said:

xhonzi said:

TV's Frink said:

xhonzi said:

Complaints? From my wife, or yours?

From my daughters. When they are old enough to be offended by the male geek treatment of women in general, and redheads in particular.

I'm just trying to prepare my future, even older self.

Sounds hot, bro!

Pics?

(totally joking)

If memory serves, you've already seen pictures.

Of your great-grandchildren, you mean?

Every 27th customer will get a ball-peen hammer, free!

Author: Bingowings
Time: 10-May-2011 8:04 PM
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R5-D4.

Author: ChainsawAsh
Time: 10-May-2011 8:05 PM
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CP3S said:

Also worthy of mention is her role in Fallout: New Vegas as the only (human) female companion you can have in the game (yes, a redhead).

Well, there's also Cass, another human female companion you can have in New Vegas, who isn't played by Felicia Day.

Although she's a redhead, too...

Author: ChainsawAsh
Time: 10-May-2011 8:06 PM
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Bingowings said:

Has anyone mentioned Willow Rosenberg yet?

I guess Donna Noble and Amy Pond have earned their Geek points.

You beat me to all three of these.