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Of these, the security personnel were quite expendable. {{TOS|The Changeling}} and {{e|The Apple}}, in [[TOS Season 2]], both featured four security redshirts dying in each episode. "The Changeling" has the most anonymity involved; all but one of the redshirts that die are [[unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) personnel|unnamed]], the other being [[Carlisle]] (Nomad also "killed" Mr. Scott, but was kind enough to restore him at Kirk's request).
Of these, the security personnel were quite expendable. {{TOS|The Changeling}} and {{e|The Apple}}, in [[TOS Season 2]], both featured four security redshirts dying in each episode. "The Changeling" has the most anonymity involved; all but one of the redshirts that die are [[unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) personnel|unnamed]], the other being [[Carlisle]] (Nomad also "killed" Mr. Scott, but was kind enough to restore him at Kirk's request).
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In "The Apple", [[Kaplan (Lieutenant)|Kaplan]], [[Marple]], [[Hendorff]] and [[Mallory]] were all on one [[security team]], killed one-by-one by the dangers of [[Gamma Trianguli VI]].
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In "The Apple", {{dis|Kaplan|Lieutenant}}, [[Marple]], [[Hendorff]], and [[Mallory]] were all on one [[security team]], killed one-by-one by the dangers of [[Gamma Trianguli VI]].
In {{e|Obsession}}, the [[dikironium cloud creature]] kills three security guards that are shown, all in red shirts, including [[Ensign]] [[Rizzo]]. One redshirt, however, is lucky enough to be transported to the ''Enterprise'' in critical condition. (The creature also kills one crewman aboard the ship, but the precise color of his shirt is never shown.) One of the vampire cloud's victims doesn't quite count – Mr. [[Leslie]] would have been a fourth redshirt killed in the outing, but a mention of him surviving was cut from the episode's final edit. He clearly appears in later episodes, so it's probable he either has a twin or survived the attack.
In {{e|Obsession}}, the [[dikironium cloud creature]] kills three security guards that are shown, all in red shirts, including [[Ensign]] [[Rizzo]]. One redshirt, however, is lucky enough to be transported to the ''Enterprise'' in critical condition. (The creature also kills one crewman aboard the ship, but the precise color of his shirt is never shown.) One of the vampire cloud's victims doesn't quite count – Mr. [[Leslie]] would have been a fourth redshirt killed in the outing, but a mention of him surviving was cut from the episode's final edit. He clearly appears in later episodes, so it's probable he either has a twin or survived the attack.
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{{TOS|Where No Man Has Gone Before}} is the first to feature a redshirt and has the most associated deaths; twelve crew people were lost, nine of whom died instantly at the [[galactic barrier]], and three more of the twelve victims perished in events at [[Delta Vega]]. We saw only the latter three die on screen, but we know that none of them were technically redshirts, as there were no red uniforms of the design they used in that episode, reused from {{TOS|The Cage}} (which, itself, featured three off-screen deaths). The [[operations division]] was wearing beige at this point.
{{TOS|Where No Man Has Gone Before}} is the first to feature a redshirt and has the most associated deaths; twelve crew people were lost, nine of whom died instantly at the [[galactic barrier]], and three more of the twelve victims perished in events at [[Delta Vega]]. We saw only the latter three die on screen, but we know that none of them were technically redshirts, as there were no red uniforms of the design they used in that episode, reused from {{TOS|The Cage}} (which, itself, featured three off-screen deaths). The [[operations division]] was wearing beige at this point.
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[[File:Dern corpse.jpg|thumb|As portrayed in {{TNG|Genesis}}, Ensign [[Dern (flight controller)|Dern]] died in [[2370]]]]
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[[File:Dern corpse.jpg|thumb|As portrayed in {{TNG|Genesis}}, Ensign {{dis|Dern|flight controller}} died in [[2370]]]]
[[File:Counter-insurgency redshirt.jpg|thumb|A DS9 crewman killed in [[2371]], as seen in {{DS9|Civil Defense}}]]
[[File:Counter-insurgency redshirt.jpg|thumb|A DS9 crewman killed in [[2371]], as seen in {{DS9|Civil Defense}}]]
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None of the officers were really killed in ''[[Star Trek: The Animated Series]]'', but ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' introduced a new twist to the "redshirt" lore, as the uniform colors switched and operations division wore the gold uniforms while the [[command division]] took on the red shirts. They also became likely to die; a theme of crew deaths was dominated by the continuous loss of their [[flight controller]]. [[Lieutenant]] [[Torres]] probably survived {{TNG|Encounter at Farpoint}}, but the TNG era lost [[Haskell]], [[Monroe]], [[Dern (flight controller)|Dern]], [[Nell Chilton]], [[Hawk (Lieutenant)|Hawk]] and [[Branson]].
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None of the officers were really killed in ''[[Star Trek: The Animated Series]]'', but ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' introduced a new twist to the "redshirt" lore, as the uniform colors switched and operations division wore the gold uniforms while the [[command division]] took on the red shirts. They also became likely to die; a theme of crew deaths was dominated by the continuous loss of their [[flight controller]]. [[Lieutenant]] [[Torres]] probably survived {{TNG|Encounter at Farpoint}}, but the TNG era lost [[Haskell]], [[Monroe]], {{dis|Dern|flight controller}}, [[Nell Chilton]], {{dis|Hawk|Lieutenant}}, and [[Branson]].
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Non-''Enterprise'' crew redshirts hardly fared any better, demonstrating an alarming propensity for being killed, possessed and/or otherwise coming to bad ends. Notable examples included [[Captain]] [[Tryla Scott]], [[Commander]] [[Dexter Remmick]], and the entire Senior Admiralty at [[Starfleet Command]], who were taken over by alien parasites in {{e|Conspiracy}}. [[Admiral]] [[Mark Jameson]] was killed by a de-aging medicine overdose in {{e|Too Short a Season}}, [[Donald Varley]] was blown up in the [[USS Yamato]] in {{e|Contagion}}, Admiral [[Erik Pressman]] was arrested in disgrace for violating the [[Treaty of Algeron]] in {{e|The Pegasus}}, and Admiral [[Matthew Dougherty]] was murdered by his [[Son'a]] co-conspirators in {{film|9}}.
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Non-''Enterprise'' crew redshirts hardly fared any better, demonstrating an alarming propensity for being killed, possessed and/or otherwise coming to bad ends. Notable examples included [[Captain]] [[Tryla Scott]], [[Commander]] [[Dexter Remmick]], and the entire Senior Admiralty at [[Starfleet Command]], who were taken over by alien parasites in {{e|Conspiracy}}. [[Admiral]] [[Mark Jameson]] was killed by a de-aging medicine overdose in {{e|Too Short a Season}}, [[Donald Varley]] was blown up in the {{USS|Yamato}} in {{e|Contagion}}, Admiral [[Erik Pressman]] was arrested in disgrace for violating the [[Treaty of Algeron]] in {{e|The Pegasus}}, and Admiral [[Matthew Dougherty]] was murdered by his [[Son'a]] co-conspirators in {{film|9}}.
The only TNG episodes to feature death in large numbers had to do with the [[Borg]]. {{TNG|Q Who}}, {{e|The Best of Both Worlds}} and {{e|The Best of Both Worlds, Part II}} noted eighteen off-screen deaths (although the latter probably totaled a few more in later scenes).
The only TNG episodes to feature death in large numbers had to do with the [[Borg]]. {{TNG|Q Who}}, {{e|The Best of Both Worlds}} and {{e|The Best of Both Worlds, Part II}} noted eighteen off-screen deaths (although the latter probably totaled a few more in later scenes).
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In the rebooted continuity beginning with the film {{film|11}}, all [[Starfleet Academy]] cadets wear red. However, ''Enterprise'' Chief Engineer [[Olson]], prominently wearing a red [[Orbital skydiving|space diving]] suit, became the first notable redshirt death in the [[alternate reality]], as depicted in the aforementioned film.
In the rebooted continuity beginning with the film {{film|11}}, all [[Starfleet Academy]] cadets wear red. However, ''Enterprise'' Chief Engineer [[Olson]], prominently wearing a red [[Orbital skydiving|space diving]] suit, became the first notable redshirt death in the [[alternate reality]], as depicted in the aforementioned film.
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In ''[[Star Trek Into Darkness]]'', Kirk tells [[Hendorff (alternate reality)|Hendorff]] and another security officer to "lose the red shirts" for their mission to [[Qo'noS]] to prevent them from being identified as Starfleet officers. Doing so apparently helps, as neither officer dies during the mission. At another point, Kirk tells [[Pavel Chekov (alternate reality)|Chekov]] to don a red shirt when he's replacing [[Montgomery Scott (alternate reality)|Scotty]], which Chekov shows obvious reluctance to.
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In ''[[Star Trek Into Darkness]]'', Kirk tells {{alt|Hendorff}} and another security officer to "lose the red shirts" for their mission to [[Qo'noS]] to prevent them from being identified as Starfleet officers. Doing so apparently helps, as neither officer dies during the mission. At another point, Kirk tells {{alt|Pavel Chekov|Chekov}} to don a red shirt when he's replacing {{alt|Montgomery Scott|Scotty}}, which Chekov shows obvious reluctance to.
== Appendices ==
== Appendices ==
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[[David Gerrold]] has often joked that the character he played in {{DS9|Trials and Tribble-ations}} must have been the luckiest redshirt ever, to have lived long enough for his hair to have turned gray.
[[David Gerrold]] has often joked that the character he played in {{DS9|Trials and Tribble-ations}} must have been the luckiest redshirt ever, to have lived long enough for his hair to have turned gray.
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''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]'' producer and writer [[Mike Sussman]], a longtime fan himself, fulfilled a lifelong dream by putting on an original series red shirt to portray a dead crewman aboard the starship [[USS Defiant (NCC-1764)|''Defiant'']] in {{e|In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II}}. Sussman's trousers were the same ones worn by Gerrold during his [[DS9]] cameo some eight years prior (Gerrold's name was stitched in them). Sussman's [[TOS]]-style boots had been worn previously by [[Avery Brooks]].
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''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]'' producer and writer [[Mike Sussman]], a longtime fan himself, fulfilled a lifelong dream by putting on an original series red shirt to portray a dead crewman aboard the {{USS|Defiant|NCC-1764}} in {{e|In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II}}. Sussman's trousers were the same ones worn by Gerrold during his [[DS9]] cameo some eight years prior (Gerrold's name was stitched in them). Sussman's [[TOS]]-style boots had been worn previously by [[Avery Brooks]].
"RedShirt" is the default player's name in the multi-player portion of the game ''[[Star Trek: Voyager - Elite Force]]''.
"RedShirt" is the default player's name in the multi-player portion of the game ''[[Star Trek: Voyager - Elite Force]]''.
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Issue #13 of [[IDW Publishing]]'s ''[[Star Trek (IDW ongoing)|Star Trek]]'' comic book, "[[The Redshirt's Tale]]", explores how redshirts perceive themselves.
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Issue #13 of [[IDW Publishing]]'s ''{{dis|Star Trek|IDW ongoing}}'' comic book, "[[The Redshirt's Tale]]", explores how redshirts perceive themselves.
=== Cultural references ===
=== Cultural references ===