Captain Kirk (right) and Mr. Spock (left) discover dead redshirts in the Star Trek episode "Obsession" (1967). In fiction, "redshirt" is an informal term for a stock character who is killed off shortly after being introduced.

Redshirt is a term used by fans and staff of Star Trek to refer partially to the characters who wear red Starfleet uniforms, and mainly to refer to those characters who are expendable, and quite often killed, sometimes in great numbers, often security guards.

2022年2月10日 · A redshirt is a stock character in fictional works that has the function of dying dramatically immediately after being introduced. The term originates from the classic Star Trek series (1966-1969), in which characters wearing a red jersey uniform frequently died. The death of such characters is often used to express the potential danger faced ...

2023年8月23日 · The infamous redshirts -- doomed to die solely because of their uniform color -- have long been an indescribably essential part of Star Trek culture. What started as a joke turned into a celebration to the point where an entire series -- Star Trek: Lower Decks-- centers around them. The concept isn't going anywhere, and by now, red shirts ...

2024年5月19日 · Star Trek popularized the term redshirt for disposable characters in The Original Series, which often unceremoniously killed security officers. The term redshirt also exists in real life for college athletes who are kept out of competition for a year to extend eligibility.

2022年4月25日 · When The Next Generation arrived, the series changed several things from the original, including the uniform colors: Red – Command Staff. Blue – Science and Medical Staff. Gold – Operations...

The " Redshirts " was a club of ensign -ranked command division officers aboard the USS Cerritos, active in 2381, who practiced helping one another get promotions to ultimately achieve their own captaincy. Their mentality was that " we work in Starfleet ", and that everyone else "work [s] for Starfleet".

2022年7月15日 · Does your uniform color influence your survival chances in Star Trek? Here are some hidden meanings within Federation fashion.

2024年2月9日 · In the eyes of a "Star Trek" fan, they're wearing only red. In the early days of "Star Trek," wearing red seemed to greatly increase one's chance of death, but redshirts might not have been as...

2021年9月16日 · What does it mean to be a "redshirt" on Star Trek? In 'Lower Decks,' a very old classist trope is finally addressed.