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ike755 Since: Dec, 2013

Aug 31st 2015 at 12:00:50 PM •••

OK. I think we need to have Red Herring from A Pup Named Scooby Doo as the trope image, as the trope is both his name and his role as a suspect.

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Larkmarn Since: Nov, 2010

Aug 31st 2015 at 12:06:52 PM •••

Nah. As excellent an example as he is, it's pure Fan Myopia. Anyone who hasn't seen the show would be utterly confused.

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Nutster Since: Feb, 2012

Mar 18th 2013 at 9:03:31 AM •••

Does anybody know (for sure) the trope-namer for this topic? I remember hearing that it was an actual fish in an Agatha Christie story, but I have nothing more than that.

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DaibhidC Since: Jan, 2001

Apr 20th 2015 at 1:45:43 PM •••

It definitely predates Christie. Wikipedia says it probably dates from 1807, and a journalist who compared the British press's mistaken belief that Napoleon had been defeated to a hound who follows the scent of a kipper rather than the genuine trail, just because it's stronger.

AgProv AgProv Since: Jul, 2011

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Sep 1st 2013 at 12:02:01 PM •••

Ignore this. Clever point turned out to be ridiculously wrong - but cannot delete posting!

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JSantana17 Eusoj Since: Nov, 2010

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Dec 8th 2011 at 9:11:41 PM •••

Not sure if it should be noted, but Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory has one, I believe. On the Bathhouse level you are sent to investigate a yakuza group that goes by the name of Red Nishin, believing they are the purchasers of the IW alogorithims. However, if you interrogate a particular guard, Sam asks what nishin even means. He describes it as a sort of fish, Sam replying with herring, to which the guard confirms. Needless to say, Red Nishin weren't the purchasers.

Korodzik Since: Jan, 2001

Oct 25th 2011 at 11:06:11 PM •••

Removed this, because it hardly looks like an example of a Red Herring to me

* Done shamelessly in the Mega Man games, most notably 3 and 4. 3 introduced a mysterious foe with the same weapon as Mega Man who fights him several times for no apparent reason. Later given a name, "Break Man", he ends up saving Mega Man's life and is revealed to be an old prototype of him. As for why he did all this ...you don't find out. Ever.. 4 introduced Dr. Cossack, billed on the box for the game as the new Big Bad of the series. Which would actually have made perfect sense, inasmuch as Dr. Wily, as you remember, was CRUSHED BY A FALLING BLOCK at the end of 3. So of course, he's nothing but a patsy forced to work for...yep...Dr. Wily, who you battle at his fortress again. Oh, as for how he survived being rendered 2-dimensional, you never find that out either.

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