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Redshirt Characters are fictional stock characters that dies soon after being introduced.
A stock character is fictional person that reappears across different forms of art.
The redshirt character trope has been parodied over numerous shows and movies. Its first appearance out of Star Trek being in Galaxy Quest (1999).
The redshirt character originates from the original Star Trek series, in an episode named "What are little girls made of". Of all 55 deaths in the series 24 were wearing red shirts, 15 unconfirmed shirts, 9 gold, and 7 blue.
Redshirts are often used as cannon fodder when they appear. They're expendable and are easy for writers to add into an episode for a little kick.
There is a satire novel named Redshirts of science fiction made by John Scalzi that capitalizes off of the redshirt trope with numerous redshirt characters.
In the Star Trek show the color red is referenced as a bad luck omen, this gets established further when a group of cadets that call themselves the red squad all die in the same episode.