This is something I've tried to keep track of casually but I always feel like I'm forgetting some. Off the top of my head:
The Little Mermaid
Triss Merrigold
Velma
Starfire
Annie the Orphan
I'm sure there are more. Who am I missing?
This is something I've tried to keep track of casually but I always feel like I'm forgetting some. Off the top of my head:
The Little Mermaid
Triss Merrigold
Velma
Starfire
Annie the Orphan
I'm sure there are more. Who am I missing?
I don't know how many, but I do have some speculation on why. Red heads were always the lesser in English society. So, a sign of poverty or lower class would be to give them red hair. It doesn't help that various artists were of that lower class anyway. Thor is traditionally red haired to match with the working class, but he was changed to blonde in comics and shows.
Decades later and redheads are seen as equals. So, the people creating things need to prove the character is lower class. The best answer is make them black.
Personally I'm a fan of the dyslexia theory.
I haven't heard it, do tell.
I mean the old joke that they keep misreading ginger as nigger.
Ohhhh... I see.
https://foxfordcomics.com/comic/live-action-little-mermaid/
Wow
That is an interesting theory I’ve not heard before. I think there is some merit to it.