Red Rover, Red Rover, send Trevi on over.

A group calling itself the ATM Azionefuturista 2007 has turned one of Rome's most famous monument into a bloodied protest canvas.

One of its members, in full Futurist glee, “threw a bucket of red paint or dye into Rome's Trevi Fountain on Friday, coloring the waters of the 18th-century monument bright red in front of a crowd of astonished tourists and residents.”

The man escaped, leaving the fountain, which normally runs on a closed cycle, spouting red water. Police arrived and technicians briefly shut off the water before restoring a clear flow.

Experts said the baroque fountain was not permanently damaged and the marble statues depicting the sea deity Neptune on his chariot had not absorbed the color.

But alas, based on leaflets found nearby, officials think he was simply protesting against the “expenses incurred in organizing the Rome Film Festival and symbolically referred to the event's red carpet.”