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* ''ToyStory'' has Zurg, who turns out to be [[IAmYourFather Buzz Lightyear's father]].
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* The rat-things called Zoog in ''[[HPLovecraft The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath]]'', an almost-example.

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* The rat-things called Zoog in ''[[HPLovecraft ''[[Creator/HPLovecraft The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath]]'', an almost-example.
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* ''Film/TheLastStarfighter'' comes pretty close with Xur (pronounced "zur").
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* The rat-things called Zoog in ''[[HPLovecraft The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath]]'', an almost-example.
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* King Zarkon from ''{{Voltron}}'' would be a near-example.




* King Zarkon from ''{{Voltron}}'' would be a near-example.

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* Zeo Gattler from ''SpaceWarriorBaldios'' is another near-example.



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* Zeo Gattler from ''SpaceWarriorBaldios'' is another near-example.

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* Zeo Gattler from ''SpaceWarriorBaldios'' is another near-example.



* A case of AerithAndBob occurs in ''BettyBlue'', where Zorg is a perfectly normal handyman in the France of the Eighties.



* A case of AerithAndBob occurs in ''BettyBlue'', where Zorg is a perfectly normal handyman in the France of the Eighties.

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* A case of AerithAndBob occurs in ''BettyBlue'', where Zorg is a perfectly normal handyman in the France of the Eighties.



* Emperor Zhark from the ''ThursdayNext'' books is a near-example (in two different ways). He's the villain of his own pulpy sci-fi series, but in the {{metafiction}}al main story, he's one of the good guys.

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* Emperor Zhark from the ''ThursdayNext'' ''Literature/ThursdayNext'' books is a near-example (in two different ways). He's the villain of his own pulpy sci-fi series, but in the {{metafiction}}al main story, he's one of the good guys.



* Inversion: Hans Zarkov from ''ComicStrip/FlashGordon'', who's one of the good guys.


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* Inversion: Hans Zarkov from ''ComicStrip/FlashGordon'', who's one of the good guys.
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* ''CalvinAndHobbes'' loved this trope. Besides the evil aliens called the [[http://calvinandhobbes.wikia.com/wiki/Zorg Zorgs]], Spaceman Spiff has also had to deal with the [[http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1986/04/10 Zargs]], [[http://calvinandhobbes.wikia.com/wiki/Zorkon Zorkons]], [[http://calvinandhobbes.wikia.com/wiki/Zogwarg Zogwargs]], and [[http://calvinandhobbes.wikia.com/wiki/Zog_guard Zogs]] (close).

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* ''CalvinAndHobbes'' ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'' loved this trope. Besides the evil aliens called the [[http://calvinandhobbes.wikia.com/wiki/Zorg Zorgs]], Spaceman Spiff has also had to deal with the [[http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1986/04/10 Zargs]], [[http://calvinandhobbes.wikia.com/wiki/Zorkon Zorkons]], [[http://calvinandhobbes.wikia.com/wiki/Zogwarg Zogwargs]], and [[http://calvinandhobbes.wikia.com/wiki/Zog_guard Zogs]] (close).



* ''{{Starcraft}}'': [[ZergRush What four tropers out of five thought when seeing the title. ]]

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* ''{{Starcraft}}'': [[ZergRush What four tropers out of five thought when seeing the title. ]]



* The alien villain in {{Space Chimps}} is named Zartog.

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* The alien villain in {{Space Chimps}} ''SpaceChimps'' is named Zartog.
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* Zork from ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh}}''
** Also the cards "Dark Master Zorc" and, flipping the letter order, "Gorz the Emissary of Darkness."

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** Also the cards "Dark Master Zorc" and, flipping the letter order, "Gorz the Emissary of Darkness."



* Zorg: An alien race in the video games ''StrangeAdventuresInInfiniteSpace'' and ''Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space''.
** They weren't exactly villains, though. Just... alien.

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* Zorg: An alien race in the video games ''StrangeAdventuresInInfiniteSpace'' and ''Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space''.
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Space''. They weren't exactly villains, though. Just... alien.

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* ''CalvinAndHobbes'' loved this trope. Besides the evil aliens called the [[http://calvinandhobbes.wikia.com/wiki/Zorg Zorgs]], Spaceman Spiff has also had to deal with the [[http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1986/04/10 Zargs]], [[http://calvinandhobbes.wikia.com/wiki/Zorkon Zorkons]], [[http://calvinandhobbes.wikia.com/wiki/Zogwarg Zogwargs]], and [[http://calvinandhobbes.wikia.com/wiki/Zog_guard Zogs]] (close).

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* ''CalvinAndHobbes'' loved this trope. Besides the evil aliens called the [[http://calvinandhobbes.wikia.com/wiki/Zorg Zorgs]], Spaceman Spiff has also had to deal with the [[http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1986/04/10 Zargs]], [[http://calvinandhobbes.wikia.com/wiki/Zorkon Zorkons]], [[http://calvinandhobbes.wikia.com/wiki/Zogwarg Zogwargs]], and [[http://calvinandhobbes.wikia.com/wiki/Zog_guard Zogs]] (close).




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* ''CalvinAndHobbes'' loved this trope. Besides the evil aliens called the [[http://calvinandhobbes.wikia.com/wiki/Zorg Zorgs]], Spaceman Spiff has also had to deal with the [[http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1986/04/10 Zargs]], [[http://calvinandhobbes.wikia.com/wiki/Zorkon Zorkons]], [[http://calvinandhobbes.wikia.com/wiki/Zogwarg Zogwargs]], and [[http://calvinandhobbes.wikia.com/wiki/Zog_guard Zogs]] (close).
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* ''CalvinAndHobbes'' loved this trope. Besides the evil aliens called the [[http://calvinandhobbes.wikia.com/wiki/Zorg Zorgs]], there were the [[http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1986/04/10 Zargs]], [[http://calvinandhobbes.wikia.com/wiki/Zorkon Zorkons]], [[http://calvinandhobbes.wikia.com/wiki/Zogwarg Zogwargs]], and [[http://calvinandhobbes.wikia.com/wiki/Zog_guard Zogs]] (close).

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* ''CalvinAndHobbes'' loved this trope. Besides the evil aliens called the [[http://calvinandhobbes.wikia.com/wiki/Zorg Zorgs]], there were Spaceman Spiff has also had to deal with the [[http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1986/04/10 Zargs]], [[http://calvinandhobbes.wikia.com/wiki/Zorkon Zorkons]], [[http://calvinandhobbes.wikia.com/wiki/Zogwarg Zogwargs]], and [[http://calvinandhobbes.wikia.com/wiki/Zog_guard Zogs]] (close).
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** Also the cards "Dark Master Zorc" and, flipping the letter order, "Gorz the Emissary of Darkness."

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** Also the cards "Dark Master Zorc" and, flipping the letter order, "Gorz the Emissary of Darkness."
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* Zeo Gattler from ''SpaceWarriorBaldios'' is another near-example.
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* The AxCrazy Prince Serg from the ''VorkosiganSaga'' might count, because [[AllThereInTheManual his name is]] [[ItIsPronouncedTroPAY pronounced "zerg"]].

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* The AxCrazy Prince Serg from the ''VorkosiganSaga'' ''Literature/VorkosiganSaga'' might count, because [[AllThereInTheManual his name is]] [[ItIsPronouncedTroPAY pronounced "zerg"]].

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* Inversion: Hans Zarkov from ''FlashGordon'', who's one of the good guys.

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* The alien villain in {{Space Chimps}} is named Zartog.

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Between Anime And Manga, Comic Books, and Western Animation, I settled for Toys...


* Aversion: Hans Zarkov from ''FlashGordon''.

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* Aversion: Inversion: Hans Zarkov from ''FlashGordon''.
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* {{Transformers}} has the Decepticon Scorponok's head, Lord Zarak.
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* The archnemesis of Buzz Lightyear in ''Film/ToyStory 2'' is called Zurg. Another reconstruction, by the way.

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* The archnemesis of Buzz Lightyear in ''Film/ToyStory ''ToyStory 2'' is called Zurg. Another reconstruction, by the way.
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* The archnemesis of Buzz Lightyear in ''ToyStory 2'' is called Zurg. Another reconstruction, by the way.

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* The archnemesis of Buzz Lightyear in ''ToyStory ''Film/ToyStory 2'' is called Zurg. Another reconstruction, by the way.


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Zork is not a villain. Neither is Zoroark.



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* Aversion: Hans Zarkov from ''FlashGordon''.



* ''VideoGame/{{Zork}}''
* Though not necessarily a villain, Zoroark from ''{{Pokemon}}''

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* ''VideoGame/{{Zork}}''
* Though not necessarily a villain, Zoroark from ''{{Pokemon}}''
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* ''{{Zork}}''

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* ''{{Zork}}''''VideoGame/{{Zork}}''
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* ''{{Babylon 5}}'' has a humanoid predator species named Zarg.

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* ''{{Babylon ''Series/{{Babylon 5}}'' has a humanoid predator species named Zarg.
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Compare LawOfAlienNames, XtremeKoolLetterz

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Compare LawOfAlienNames, XtremeKoolLetterz
XtremeKoolLetterz, NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast.
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* Barizorg from ''KaizokuSentaiGokaiger''. [[spoiler:The name is presumably a corruption/portmanteau from 'cyborg'.]]

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* Barizorg from ''KaizokuSentaiGokaiger''.''Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger''. [[spoiler:The name is presumably a corruption/portmanteau from 'cyborg'.]]

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* Though not necessarily a villain, Zoroark from ''{{Pokemon}}''




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* Though not necessarily a villain, Zoroark from ''{{Pokemon}}''
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Be it because of its outlandish sound or its harsh structure, there seems to be a trend of naming sci-fi villains -- and especially stereotypical ones -- after these three consonants, with a random vowel in-between and possibly some letters before or after.

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Be it because of its outlandish sound or its harsh structure, there seems to be a trend of naming sci-fi villains -- and especially stereotypical ones -- after these three consonants, consonants (sometimes with a K instead of a G), with a random vowel in-between and possibly some letters before or after.
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[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/zorglogo_6168.jpg]]

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** Also the cards "Dark Master Zorc" and, flipping the letter order, "Gorz the Emissary of Darkness."

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