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dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Stock character; an expendable character who dies soon after being introduced</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Redshirt_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Redshirt (disambiguation)">Redshirt (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Redshirt_characters_from_Star_Trek.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Redshirt_characters_from_Star_Trek.jpg/250px-Redshirt_characters_from_Star_Trek.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4c/Redshirt_characters_from_Star_Trek.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="320" data-file-height="240" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/James_T._Kirk" title="James T. Kirk">Captain Kirk</a> (right) and <a href="/wiki/Spock" title="Spock">Mr. Spock</a> (left) discover dead redshirts in the <i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Original_Series" title="Star Trek: The Original Series">Star Trek</a></i> episode "<a href="/wiki/Obsession_(Star_Trek:_The_Original_Series)" title="Obsession (Star Trek: The Original Series)">Obsession</a>" (1967).</figcaption></figure> <p>In fiction, "<b>redshirt</b>" is an informal term for a <a href="/wiki/Stock_character" title="Stock character">stock character</a> who is killed off shortly after being introduced. The term often implies that said character was introduced for the sole purpose of being killed off while adding little else to the story, and is sometimes used pejoratively to point out a redshirt's lack of good <a href="/wiki/Characterization" title="Characterization">characterization</a> or the obviousness of their incoming demise. Redshirt deaths are often used to emphasize the potential peril faced by more important characters. </p><p>The term originates from the <a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Original_Series" title="Star Trek: The Original Series">original <i>Star Trek</i> television series</a> (1966–69), in which red-uniformed security officers and engineers often suffered deaths in the episode in which they first appeared, in contrast to most of the show's main characters wearing other colors.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Origin">Origin</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Redshirt_(stock_character)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Origin"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>…red-shirted security guards [who] often got torn apart by a monster or dematerialized by a <a href="/wiki/Klingon" title="Klingon">Klingon</a>…</p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite><i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> on redshirts, 2006<sup id="cite_ref-vinciguerra20061008_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vinciguerra20061008-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></div></blockquote> <p>In <i>Star Trek</i>, red-uniformed security officers and engineers who accompany the main characters on landing parties often suffer quick deaths.<sup id="cite_ref-itzkoff_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-itzkoff-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-vinciguerra20061008_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vinciguerra20061008-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first instance of what now is an established <a href="/wiki/Trope_(literature)" title="Trope (literature)">trope</a> can be seen in the 1966 episode "<a href="/wiki/What_Are_Little_Girls_Made_Of%3F" title="What Are Little Girls Made Of?">What Are Little Girls Made Of?</a>"<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Of the 55 crew members killed in the series, twenty-four were wearing red shirts, compared to fifteen who had unconfirmed shirt colors, nine in gold shirts, and seven in blue shirts.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_Deep_Space_Nine" title="Star Trek: Deep Space Nine">Star Trek: Deep Space Nine</a></i> book <i>Legends of the <a href="/wiki/Ferengi" title="Ferengi">Ferengi</a></i> says Starfleet security personnel "rarely survive beyond the second act break".<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A 1998 episode of <i>Deep Space Nine</i>, "<a href="/wiki/Valiant_(Star_Trek:_Deep_Space_Nine)" title="Valiant (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)">Valiant</a>," also references red as a sort of bad luck omen, in which the plot centers around a group of cadets calling themselves "Red Squad", almost all of whom die in the episode.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 2009 <a href="/wiki/Star_Trek_(2009_film)" title="Star Trek (2009 film)">cinematic reboot</a> of the franchise features a character named Olson (portrayed by <a href="/wiki/Greg_Ellis_(actor)" title="Greg Ellis (actor)">Greg Ellis</a>) who dies early on during a mission; he wears a red uniform in homage to the trope from the original series.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Usage">Usage</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Redshirt_(stock_character)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Usage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In other media, the term "redshirt" and images of characters wearing red shirts have come to represent disposable characters destined for suffering or death.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The trope, and its particular usage in <i>Star Trek</i>, has been parodied and <a href="/wiki/Deconstruction" title="Deconstruction">deconstructed</a> in other media. Parodies include the 1999 comedy film <i><a href="/wiki/Galaxy_Quest" title="Galaxy Quest">Galaxy Quest</a></i>, about actors from a defunct science-fiction television series serving on a real starship, which includes an actor who is terrified that he's going to die because his only appearance in the show was as an unnamed character who was killed early in the episode.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The novel <i><a href="/wiki/Redshirts_(novel)" title="Redshirts (novel)">Redshirts</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/John_Scalzi" title="John Scalzi">John Scalzi</a> satirizes the trope, as does the video game <i><a href="/wiki/Redshirt_(video_game)" title="Redshirt (video game)">Redshirt</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Redshirt_(stock_character)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cannon_fodder" title="Cannon fodder">Cannon fodder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sacrificial_lamb" title="Sacrificial lamb">Sacrificial lamb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spear_carrier" title="Spear carrier">Spear carrier</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Redshirt_(stock_character)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output 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style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Original_Series" title="Star Trek: The Original Series"><i>The Original Series</i></a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Star_Trek:_The_Original_Series_episodes" title="List of Star Trek: The Original Series episodes">episodes</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Animated_Series" title="Star Trek: The Animated Series"><i>The Animated Series</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation" title="Star Trek: The Next Generation"><i>The Next Generation</i></a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation_episodes" title="List of Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes">episodes</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_Deep_Space_Nine" title="Star Trek: Deep Space Nine"><i>Deep Space Nine</i></a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Star_Trek:_Deep_Space_Nine_episodes" title="List of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episodes">episodes</a></li></ul></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Star_Trek_II:_The_Wrath_of_Khan" title="Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan"><i>The Wrath of Khan</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek_III:_The_Search_for_Spock" title="Star Trek III: The Search for Spock"><i>The Search for Spock</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek_IV:_The_Voyage_Home" title="Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home"><i>The Voyage Home</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek_V:_The_Final_Frontier" title="Star Trek V: The Final Frontier"><i>The Final Frontier</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek_VI:_The_Undiscovered_Country" title="Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country"><i>The Undiscovered Country</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i>The Next Generation</i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek_Generations" title="Star Trek Generations"><i>Generations</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_First_Contact" title="Star Trek: First Contact"><i>First Contact</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_Insurrection" title="Star Trek: Insurrection"><i>Insurrection</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_Nemesis" title="Star Trek: Nemesis"><i>Nemesis</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Reboot (Kelvin Timeline)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek_(2009_film)" title="Star Trek (2009 film)"><i>Star Trek</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek_Into_Darkness" title="Star Trek Into Darkness"><i>Into Darkness</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek_Beyond" title="Star Trek Beyond"><i>Beyond</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Television</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_Section_31" title="Star Trek: Section 31"><i>Section 31</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Setting</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Star_Trek_characters" title="List of Star Trek characters">Characters</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Star_Trek_characters_(A%E2%80%93F)" title="List of Star Trek characters (A–F)">A–F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Star_Trek_characters_(G%E2%80%93M)" title="List of Star Trek 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