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* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' episode "[[Recap/FuturamaS3E12TheRouteOfAllEvil The Route Of All Evil]]", Cubert and Dwight take over Planet Express, rename it Awesome Express, and repaint the ship red and give it flame decals for this very reason.

* Bello is a firm believer of this in ''WesternAnimation/JellyJamm''; in one episode he tells Mina her swing would go much faster if it were painted red.
* Although there are multiple colors represented, ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' has Rainbow Dash, wielder of the red MineralMacGuffin, and red is the predominant color when she is doing one of her super speed stunts.
* In ''WesternAnimation/SymBionicTitan'', Chan's road racer is painted red.

* Storyboards of a deleted episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Plasmo}}'' has Brucho painting the rocket car he and Plasmo are using bright red. Plasmo thinks Brucho did it in honor of himself, though Brucho points out it's only because "the red ones are faster".
* Of the three bikes of the titular WesternAnimation/BikerMiceFromMars, Vinnie's bike (the red one) is accepted as being the speediest, fittingly for the best biker of the trio.
* ''WesternAnimation/LoonaticsUnleashed'': Rev Runner is the red-coded member of the group and is the only one with SuperSpeed.

* ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog''.

* While there are earlier examples, the ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' series not only become enamored with this trope, but also act as a TropeCodifier in Japan. In the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam original Gundam]], the only way one could tell apart [[AcePilot Char Aznable]], the [[RedBaron Red Comet's]] [[AMechByAnyOtherName mobile suit]], from any other was because it was [[AceCustom painted red and was three times faster than other suits]][[note]]Char liked to slap larger engines onto his suits, and his fighting style also took full advantage of a mobile suit's legs by using them to "jump" off enemy battleships while attacking them point-black for an extra speed boost. Some adaptations also imply that his Newtype biology had higher tolerance for high G acceleration than normal people, allowing him to fight effectively while redlining the engines. For the movie trilogy version the speed increase was retconned to only ''one third'' faster, as triple the speed of a standard Zaku is an insane performance boost that was one of the anime's holdovers from the SuperRobot genre.[[/note]] (which would otherwise be identical in appearance). This, coupled with Char's [[MagnificentBastard magnetic personality]] and [[EnsembleDarkhorse sheer popularity]], has managed to [[MemeticMutation immortalize]] red suits as belonging to [[TheRival Rivals]] in other Gundam series. See LawOfChromaticSuperiority and CharClone for further details.

* ''Webcomic/StarImpact'''s [[TheLancer Phoebe]] has red and black as her [[ColorCodedCharacters signature colors]], and she's very fleet-footed, able to effortlessly outmaneuver [[MightyGlacier Aster]] during their Chapter 2 fight. What's more, Phoebe's [[PowerFist special boxing gloves]] give her the [[EveryoneHasASpecialMove ability]] to FlashStep around the ring.

* ''Webcomic/StarImpact'''s [[TheLancer Phoebe]] has red and black as her [[ColorCodedCharacters signature colors]], and she's very fleet-footed, able to effortlessly outmaneuver [[MightyGlacier Aster]] during their Chapter 2 fight. What's more, Phoebe's [[PowerFist special boxing gloves]] give her the ability to FlashStep around the ring.
* ''Space Blood'' inverts this with Zalda Len's Space Destroyer and Space Fighter, Which are [[PurpleIsPowerful Purple]] and move three times faster than the mass produced red versions [[http://space-blood.thecomicseries.com/comics/15 as mentioned here.]]

* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' episode "The Route Of All Evil", Cubert and Dwight take over Planet Express, rename it Awesome Express, and repaint the ship red and give it flame decals for this very reason.

'''Cubert:''' I'm twelve.

* For a few years, the Ferrari [=F40=] was the world's fastest street-legal production car ever. And being a Ferrari, most were of course painted red.

* In ''VideoGame/GalaxyAngel'', Ranpha's Emblem Frame, the Kung-Fu Fighter, is primarily red in color, and is the fastest among the Moon Angel Wing, although it also has the weakest armor and thus being unable to take as much punishment as the others.

[[caption-width-right:350:"Speed... I am speed..."]]

* In ''VideoGame/GalaxyAngel'', Ranpha's Emblem Frame, the Kung-Fu Fighter, is primarily red in color, and is the fastest among the Moon Angel Wing, although it also has the weakest armor and thus being unable to take as much punishment as the others.

[[caption-width-right:350:[[CatchPhrase "Speed... I am speed..."]]]]

* The main antagonists ''Anime/PokemonGenesectAndTheLegendAwakened'' are a group of Genesect. Their leader, a Shiny Genesect, knows [[ActionInitiative Extreme Speed]].

* ''Anime/TransformersRobotsInDisguise'': Side Burn is the fastest of the three [[SiblingTeam Autobot Brothers]]. While he is blue in normal form, his SuperMode turns him red.

** Diana wears a red bustier and red boots. She possesses the speed of Hermes and is faster than all of the Amazons save Donna Troy and Cassie Sandsmark who also wear red and have super speed[[note]]Although Donna retains her super speed, she tends to wear black these days[[/note]]. Diana has even been stated to be faster than Hermes and has bested him in a foot race at least once.

** ''Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder'': Connor, the Red Ranger, had super speed as his civilian power. The White Ranger Trent has a red visor and can also move superfast in Ranger form.

* In ''Top Gear'' for the Super NES, the red car (clearly a {{Fauxrrari}}) has the highest top speed, albeit it also leads in fuel consumption.

[[quoteright:350:[[WesternAnimation/{{Cars}} https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/red-ones-go-faster2_1730.jpg]]]]

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars}}'': Lightning [=McQueen=] is red and, as seen in the page image, he's very fast.

** During the 1907 Peking to Paris race Prince Scipione Borghese, an Italian aristocrat, was so sure of winning at one point he took a detour from Moscow to St. Petersburg to take part in a dinner in honor of the race then went back to Moscow and rejoined the race... And ''he actually won''. He was driving a red car, and in his honor Italy adopted ''Rosso Corsa'' (racing red) as its international racing color. While racing colors have started being supplanted by sponsorship liveries from 1968, Ferrari stuck with red (and would instead take sponsors with red colors).

TruthInTelevision: Red apparently [[http://www.empower-yourself-with-color-psychology.com/color-red.html promotes adrenaline release]] and [[http://psychology.about.com/od/sensationandperception/a/color_red.htm feelings of excitement or intensity,]] which can certainly give the ''appearance'' that a red object is moving faster, as well as possibly encourage the drivers of red vehicles to push the envelope more. Also, the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doppler_Effect Doppler Effect]] makes things red-shifted if they're moving ''away'' from you at a high speed (read: significant fraction of ''the speed of light''). Don't expect there to be any evolutionary basis for this, however, as it's unlikely any human would ever get to see it with the naked eye.

* While there are earlier examples, the ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' series not only become enamored with this trope, but also act as a TropeCodifier in Japan. In the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam original Gundam]], the only way one could tell apart [[AcePilot Char Aznable]], the [[RedBaron Red Comet's]] [[AMechByAnyOtherName mobile suit]] from any other was because it was [[AceCustom painted red and was three times faster than other suits]][[note]]Char liked to slap larger engines onto his suits, and his fighting style also took full advantage of a mobile suit's legs by using them to "jump" off enemy battleships while attacking them point-black for an extra speed boost. Some adaptations also imply that his Newtype biology had higher tolerance for high G acceleration than normal people, allowing him to fight effectively while redlining the engines. For the movie trilogy version the speed increase was retconned to only ''one third'' faster, as triple the speed of a standard Zaku is an insane performance boost that was one of the anime's holdovers from the SuperRobot genre.[[/note]] (which would otherwise be identical in appearance). This, coupled with Char's [[MagnificentBastard magnetic personality]] and [[EnsembleDarkhorse sheer popularity]], has managed to [[MemeticMutation immortalize]] red suits as belonging to [[TheRival Rivals]] in other Gundam series. See LawOfChromaticSuperiority and CharClone for further details.

* While there are earlier examples, the ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' series not only become enamored with this trope, but also act as a TropeCodifier in Japan. In the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam original Gundam]], the only way one could tell apart [[AcePilot Char Aznable]], the [[RedBaron Red Comet's]] [[AMechByAnyOtherName mobile suit]] from any other was because it was [[AceCustom painted red and was three times faster than other suits]][[note]]Char liked to slap larger engines onto his suits, and his fighting style also took full advantage of a mobile suit's legs by using them to "jump" off enemy battleships while attacking them point-black for an extra speed boost. For the movie trilogy version the speed increase was retconned to only ''one third'' faster, as triple the speed of a standard Zaku is an insane performance boost that was one of the anime's holdovers from the SuperRobot genre.[[/note]] (which would otherwise be identical in appearance). This, coupled with Char's [[MagnificentBastard magnetic personality]] and [[EnsembleDarkhorse sheer popularity]], has managed to [[MemeticMutation immortalize]] red suits as belonging to [[TheRival Rivals]] in other Gundam series. See LawOfChromaticSuperiority and CharClone for further details.

* ''ComicBook/{{Invincible}}'': The aptly named Red Rush had super speed and wears a red suit.

** Diana wears a red bustier and red boots. She possesses the speed of Hermes and is faster than all of the Amazons save Donna Troy and Cassie Sandsmark who also wear red and have super speed. Diana has even been stated to be faster than Hermes and has bested him in a foot race at least once.
** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'': The Messner-Loebs run introduced Mayfly, an assassin with super speed comparable to the Flash and wore a red suit just like him.