Basic Trope: An object colored red will appear to move more quickly than normal.
- Straight: Bob's racecar is red. It regularly outruns other racecars that are not also red.
- Exaggerated: Even though every other car in the race is red, Bob's racecar is candy apple red, so he still wins.
- Downplayed: Bob manages to beat Emperor Evulz with an identical-model racecar by a few milliseconds because his is red.
- Justified:
- The red paintjob is new. Bob's racecar was always the fastest.
- The race takes place in a simulation where paint job customisation affects stats. Red reduces air resistance and therefore increases speed.
- You don't need as thick a coating to get full red as for getting full green, blue or whatever, which means less weight to hold the engine back. note
- DA RED WUNZ GO FASTA CUZ DEY IZ RED, N' RED FINGS GO FASTA, YA GITZ!!
- Inverted: Bob's car is red, and the slowest.
- Subverted: Bob's red racecar is the second fasted car on the track, after the blue one.
- Double Subverted: But the other red cars are the fastest.
- Parodied: Bob's racecar is not only red, but is covered with flame decals and leaves flame trails and a visible Redshift where it drives.
- Zig Zagged: The red paint's speed-enhancing powers randomly turn on and off at the start of each race.
- Averted: Bob's racecar is the fastest one on the track. It's also green.
- Enforced: The rules say that the fastest car in the race must always be painted red.
- Lampshaded: "That red car looks like it goes the fastest."
- Invoked: Before the big race, Bob changes the color scheme of his car and paints it red.
- Exploited: Every racer paints their car red in order to go faster.
- Defied:
- The only person who doesn't paint their car red wins because now they stand out from the crowd.
- Bob's red racecar consistently breaks down.
- Bob's sense of honour prevents him from abusing red paint to beat his opponents.
- Discussed: "We should really paint Bob's car red for the big race; everyone knows the red ones go faster."
- Conversed:
- "That doesn't make sense, how can something like a paint job make things go faster?
- SHUT IT YA GIT!!
- Deconstructed: Every racer paints their car red in order to go faster.
- Reconstructed: In response, the racetracks are constructed with many more corners than before. Only skilled drivers can take advantage of the speed boost of red paint without totaling their car.
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