History Main / AVillainNamedZrg

* ''WebComic/SluggyFreelance'': In "A Very Big Bang", the bad guy race in the Punyverse are called the Zorgons. The main reason for this seems to be so that their leader, Zorgon Gola, can be a pun on "gorgonzola".I

*** Ironically, in-universe "Klingon" is corrupted from their native word for themselves, ''tlhIngan'', due to the "tl-" consonant cluster being ''too'' harsh for the English-speaking humans who encountered them. This sound is sometimes [[LiteraryAgentHypothesis "restored"]] by translations into languages where it's more common (such as the Irish rendering ''Tliongánach'').

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 the three consonants Z, R and G (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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* Scientology, of course, has the evil lord Xenu.
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* ''WebComic/SluggyFreelance'': In "A Very Big Bang", the bad guy race in the Punyverse are called the Zorgons. The main reason for this seems to be so that their leader, Zorgon Gola, can be a pun on "gorgonzola".

* Zelgius from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTellius'' might count, especially given that Japanese does not distinguish between L and R.

* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'': The ork word "zog" occasionally sees use in a name. It carries multiple meanings, from "go away" to "annoyance" to "[[Literature/CiaphasCain I doubt your veracity]]".

*** Ironically, in-universe "Klingon" is corrupted from their native word for themselves, ''tlhInganpuʼ'', due to the "tl-" consonant cluster being ''too'' harsh for the English-speaking humans who encountered them. This sound is sometimes [[LiteraryAgentHypothesis "restored"]] by translations into languages where it's more common (such as the Irish rendering ''Tliongánach'').

* ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' has the Kazon.
** [[Franchise/StarTrek Klingons]] love the letter K. ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' gives us Kang, Kor, Koloth, and Kahless, and the movies have Kruge, Klaa, Koord, and Gorkon. In the ExpandedUniverse, their home planet used to be called Klinzhai, but the official canon later renamed it Qo'noS (pronounced "Kronos").

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 (sometimes with a K instead of a G), with a random vowel in-between and possibly some letters before or after.

* Comedian and ventriloquist Mason Taylor has a bit where he flips his pig puppet, named Paco, upside down and "realizes" that he could make a new puppet out of the hole for his hand. He named it "Zarkon, the alien Teletubby." Seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=K3chTCJExNQ#t=168s here.]]

** Subverted with Zoidberg, who's an alien but a good guy.[[note]]Though his patients generally think otherwise.[[/note]]

* Music/BeastInBlack has Zodd the Immortal.

* ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'' loved this trope. Besides the three-plus different 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,]] [[http://calvinandhobbes.wikia.com/wiki/Zondarg Zondargs,]] and three different [[http://calvinandhobbes.wikia.com/wiki/Zog Zogs]] (close).

* Several [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} villains were called names like Drang, Zond, Klax-Ar . Nowadays she still has to contend with enemies like Xenon, Deimax or Vax.

* [[AlienInvasion Alien invader]] Thrakkorzog in ''ComicBook/TheTick''. In the cartoon he helpfully [[http://youtu.be/kYmWRNZ_0ys offers The Tick a pronunciation guide]].

* WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}:

* "[[NoIndoorVoice I AM]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} LRRR]] OF THE PLANET OMICRON PERSEI 8!"

* [[AlienInvaders Alien invader]] Thrakkorzog in ''ComicBook/TheTick''. In the cartoon he helpfully [[http://youtu.be/kYmWRNZ_0ys offers The Tick a pronunciation guide]].

* WesternAnimation/SpaceGhost's arch-nemesis Zorak (who was promoted to TokenEvilTeammate for ''Space Ghost: Coast to Coast.''

* ''Music/{{Gloryhammer}}'' has Zargothrax, Dark Sorcerer of Auchtermuchty.

* ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'' loved this trope. Besides the three-plus different 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]], [[http://calvinandhobbes.wikia.com/wiki/Zondarg Zondargs]], and three different [[http://calvinandhobbes.wikia.com/wiki/Zog Zogs]] (close).

* ''Franchise/DragonBall'' usually averts this despite the large number of aliens in the series by adhering to ThemeNaming, although Frieza's henchman Zarbon applies, even if he still adheres to the EdibleThemeNaming rule much of the cast adheres to[[note]]In his case, Zarbon is named after the Japanese term for the Pomelo fruit, "Zabon"[[/note]].