Tropescilloscope: Red Oni, Blue Oni

Two characters, one passionate, headstrong and wild (red), and the other level-headed, collected and rational (blue), are associated with each other for contrast. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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Expy Adaptational Attractiveness Demonic Possession Mad Scientist My Greatest Failure Loads and Loads of Characters Tempting Fate Straight Gay Precision F-Strike The Bully Badass Boast Red Eyes, Take Warning Femme Fatale The Chick Eureka Moment He Knows Too Much Malevolent Masked Men Celebrity Paradox Black Dude Dies First Jitter Cam Love Triangle Victoria's Secret Compartment The Hero Whole Plot Reference Faux Affably Evil In the Back Badass Grandpa Race Against the Clock Bond One-Liner Extremely Short Timespan The Stoner Friend to All Children Laser-Guided Karma Wounded Gazelle Gambit Early Installment Weirdness Make It Look Like an Accident It's Personal Dramedy Deconstruction Badass in a Nice Suit Beta Couple Rule of Three Nice Hat The Dragon Determinator Artistic License – Military Badass Bookworm Drill Sergeant Nasty Grievous Bottley Harm Famous Last Words Names to Run Away from Really Fast Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy As Himself Wham Line Shipper on Deck Non-Indicative Name Real Life Accidental Murder Disappeared Dad Obviously Evil Spiteful Spit The '50s Villain Song Foreshadowing The Musical Redemption Equals Death Conspicuous CG Bad Boss Horror Comedy Black Best Friend Big Applesauce The Lancer Kick the Dog Evil Counterpart Documentary Never Trust a Trailer aka: Trailers Always Lie Tagline You Have Failed Me Evil Brit Darker and Edgier Men Are the Expendable Gender Final Girl Reality Ensues Villain with Good Publicity Sassy Black Woman Creator Cameo Intergenerational Friendship Skewed Priorities Gilligan Cut Undying Loyalty Translation Convention Jerk with a Heart of Gold Neck Lift Foil Bunny-Ears Lawyer Improbable Weapon User Spell My Name with an "S" Silent Movie Chekhov's Gun The Voiceless La Résistance War Is Hell Alpha Bitch Bottomless Magazines Sealed Evil in a Can Meet Cute World of Ham Adapted Out Martial Arts Movie Red Oni, Blue Oni O.O.C. 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