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* '''Literature/WarriorCats'': The closest this series of cats has to one of these is Ashfur, who invokes this trope in a rather symbolic way. He started out as one of ThunderClan's best warriors before Lust combined with Envy led him to betray his leader, and eventually, his fellow spirits in Cat-Heaven. His obsession with Squirrelflight and inability to see her as anything more than a possession is similar to Satan only understanding Lust. Eventually, Ashfur's obsession leads him to become arguably ''the'' darkest and most dangerous villain ever encountered by the Clans, lying left and right and even being willing to destroy ''everything' to achieve his goals. He shows himself to be charismatic, deceitful, manipulative, and narcissistic. Also, one of Ashfur's signature scenes involves fire; a motif associated with the devil.
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* '''Literature/WarriorCats'': ''Literature/WarriorCats'': The closest this series of cats has to one of these is Ashfur, who invokes this trope in a rather symbolic way. He started out as one of ThunderClan's best warriors before Lust combined with Envy led him to betray his leader, and eventually, his fellow spirits in Cat-Heaven. His obsession with Squirrelflight and inability to see her as anything more than a possession is similar to Satan only understanding Lust. Eventually, Ashfur's obsession leads him to become arguably ''the'' darkest and most dangerous villain ever encountered by the Clans, lying left and right and even being willing to destroy ''everything' to achieve his goals. He shows himself to be charismatic, deceitful, manipulative, and narcissistic. Also, one of Ashfur's signature scenes involves fire; a motif associated with the devil.
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* Nyarlathotep from Creator/HPLovecraft's Franchise/CthulhuMythos is more or less Satan. A [[VoluntaryShapeshifting shapeshifter]], sometimes humanoid (as the Black Pharaoh in "Nyarlathotep"), sometimes a hideous EldritchAbomination (as "The Haunter of the Dark" in the story of the same name), and a diabolical pact-maker (to Keziah Mason in "Literature/TheDreamsInTheWitchHouse"), trickster (to [[spoiler:Randolph Carter]] in ''Literature/TheDreamQuestOfUnknownKadath''). Although he acts as TheDragon for Azathoth, Nyarlathotep can be seen as a physical manifestation of the will of the Outer Gods (Yog-Sothoth and Azathoth), and is referred to as their "soul and messenger" more than once, which means the Outer Gods are colossal bastards. He's also the only one of them with a human mindset, and has active interest in humanity. [[TheSociopath This isn't a good thing. AT ALL.]]
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* Nyarlathotep [[GodOfEvil Nyarlathotep]] from Creator/HPLovecraft's Franchise/CthulhuMythos is more or less Lovecraftian Satan. A [[VoluntaryShapeshifting shapeshifter]], sometimes humanoid a HumanoidAbomination (as the Black Pharaoh in "Nyarlathotep"), sometimes a hideous EldritchAbomination (as "The Haunter of the Dark" in the story of the same name), and a diabolical pact-maker (to Keziah Mason in "Literature/TheDreamsInTheWitchHouse"), and a trickster (to [[spoiler:Randolph Carter]] [[spoiler:[[TheHero Randolph Carter]]]] in ''Literature/TheDreamQuestOfUnknownKadath''). Although he acts serves as TheDragon for Azathoth, Nyarlathotep can be seen as a physical manifestation of the will of the other Outer Gods (Yog-Sothoth and Azathoth), and is referred to as their "soul and messenger" more than once, which means the Outer Gods are ''[[GodIsEvil colossal bastards.bastards]]''. He's also the only one of them with a human mindset, and has active interest in humanity. [[TheSociopath This isn't a good thing. AT ALL.]]
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* ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia'': Both the White Witch at the beginning of the series and the Calormene deity Tash are represented as evil opposites of Aslan, who is basically [[CrystalDragonJesus Lion Jesus]]. Tash is also sort of a Crystal Dragon Allah combined with Satan.
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* ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia'': Both the White Witch at the beginning of the series and the Calormene deity Tash are represented as evil opposites of Aslan, who is basically [[CrystalDragonJesus Lion Jesus]]. Tash is also sort of a Crystal Dragon Allah combined with Satan.
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* ''Literature/SwordArtOnline'' seems to be fond of making its {{big bad}}s modeled after the Devil:
** If Akihiko Kayaba is the equivalent of {{God}} and Kirito is the MessianicArchetype, then this makes Nobuyuki Sugou the Devil, the [[HateSink personification of everything awful]]. He once worked for Kayaba, but was [[AlwaysSecondBest always his inferior]], however once given the chance Sugou seizes the world and its people, declaring himself [[AGodAmI its new god and ruler]]. However he's no match for the intervention of the ''real'' God, where Kayaba's VirtualGhost steps in to give Kirito the means to beat him. As Kirito puts it, Sugou is a "King of Thieves, sitting alone on [his] stolen throne." His LightIsNotGood theme only makes it all the more apparent.
** Quinella, the BigBad of the first half of Alicization. She has a backstory paints her as one. She rebelled against the Underworld's version of God in order to become one herself, setting herself up as one gifted by the gods before constructing a false faith in her own name, eventually succeeded in her goals, and ruled enforced by her specially-prepared laws [[spoiler:and her Integrity Knights]].
** Gabriel Miller, the BigBad of the second half of Alicization. His obsession with souls easily parallels the Faustian depictions of Satan, his [[TheChessmaster Chessmaster]] abilities parallel some contemporary depictions of Satan as a sophisticated, Machiavellian smooth-talker ''a la'' Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}}'s depiction of the Devil from ''Sympathy for the Devil'', and, as Vector, he's a God of Darkness with an EldritchAbomination true form who leads an army of demihumans and monsters like the traditional depictions of Satan. To finish it off, considering that ''Alicization'' was the last arc in the original web novel series and the Book of Revelation is the last book of the Bible, if Gabriel is Satan then Kirito is the Messiah who ultimately defeats Satan in the FinalBattle.
** Vassago Casals is perhaps the closest example in the series. He was considered an outcast having been born as an illegitimate child similar to Lucifer being cast from Heaven. Not only is he responsible for the corruption of many an SAO player and the post-SAO incidents but he dons a dark robe, his name comes from one of the demon princes from the Ars Goetia, and he calls himself [=PoH=] (meaning Prince of Hell). Also adding to his Satanic character is that he deceives players from America, China, Korea and Russia to fight the Japanese players in the Underworld, which neatly parallels Satan gathering the nations around the world to fight the people of God in the Book of Revelation. To further add to the Messiah-Satan contrast with Kirito, Kirito's [[CameBackStrong recovery]] from his GameBreakingInjury and victory over [=PoH=] and his forces during the final battle parallels the Second Coming of Christ and him defeating Satan's forces in the final battle in the Book of Revelation.
** If Akihiko Kayaba is the equivalent of {{God}} and Kirito is the MessianicArchetype, then this makes Nobuyuki Sugou the Devil, the [[HateSink personification of everything awful]]. He once worked for Kayaba, but was [[AlwaysSecondBest always his inferior]], however once given the chance Sugou seizes the world and its people, declaring himself [[AGodAmI its new god and ruler]]. However he's no match for the intervention of the ''real'' God, where Kayaba's VirtualGhost steps in to give Kirito the means to beat him. As Kirito puts it, Sugou is a "King of Thieves, sitting alone on [his] stolen throne." His LightIsNotGood theme only makes it all the more apparent.
** Quinella, the BigBad of the first half of Alicization. She has a backstory paints her as one. She rebelled against the Underworld's version of God in order to become one herself, setting herself up as one gifted by the gods before constructing a false faith in her own name, eventually succeeded in her goals, and ruled enforced by her specially-prepared laws [[spoiler:and her Integrity Knights]].
** Gabriel Miller, the BigBad of the second half of Alicization. His obsession with souls easily parallels the Faustian depictions of Satan, his [[TheChessmaster Chessmaster]] abilities parallel some contemporary depictions of Satan as a sophisticated, Machiavellian smooth-talker ''a la'' Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}}'s depiction of the Devil from ''Sympathy for the Devil'', and, as Vector, he's a God of Darkness with an EldritchAbomination true form who leads an army of demihumans and monsters like the traditional depictions of Satan. To finish it off, considering that ''Alicization'' was the last arc in the original web novel series and the Book of Revelation is the last book of the Bible, if Gabriel is Satan then Kirito is the Messiah who ultimately defeats Satan in the FinalBattle.
** Vassago Casals is perhaps the closest example in the series. He was considered an outcast having been born as an illegitimate child similar to Lucifer being cast from Heaven. Not only is he responsible for the corruption of many an SAO player and the post-SAO incidents but he dons a dark robe, his name comes from one of the demon princes from the Ars Goetia, and he calls himself [=PoH=] (meaning Prince of Hell). Also adding to his Satanic character is that he deceives players from America, China, Korea and Russia to fight the Japanese players in the Underworld, which neatly parallels Satan gathering the nations around the world to fight the people of God in the Book of Revelation. To further add to the Messiah-Satan contrast with Kirito, Kirito's [[CameBackStrong recovery]] from his GameBreakingInjury and victory over [=PoH=] and his forces during the final battle parallels the Second Coming of Christ and him defeating Satan's forces in the final battle in the Book of Revelation.
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* '''Literature/WarriorCats'': The closest this series of cats has to one of these is Ashfur, who invokes this trope in a rather symbolic way. He started out as one of ThunderClan's best warriors before Lust combined with Envy led him to betray his leader, and eventually, his fellow spirits in Cat-Heaven. His obsession with Squirrelflight and inability to see her as anything more than a possession is similar to Satan only understanding Lust. Eventually, Ashfur's obsession leads him to become arguably ''the'' darkest and most dangerous villain ever encountered by the Clans, lying left and right and even being willing to destroy ''everything' to achieve his goals. He shows himself to be charismatic, deceitful, manipulative, and narcissistic. Also, one of Ashfur's signature scenes involves fire; a motif associated with the devil.
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* The eponymous antagonist of the ''Literature/ThePhantomOfTheOpera'' manages to be case of this, as well as a TragicMonster. Erik is a being that lives in the bowls of the Earth (in his case the hellish cellars of the Opera House) whom delights in causing misery and pain for those above and repeatedly tempts the heroine named Christine (a name literally derived from the Hebrew word for Messiah) and actually first appears to her pretending to be an angel the "Angel of Music" which perfectly fits the LightIsNotGood FallenAngel allusions to a T. If the point wasn't hammered home hard enough, both Christine and the Persian liken Erik to a demon and Raoul even explicitly calls him Satan when recalling coming face to face with Erik in the church of Perros.
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* The eponymous antagonist of the ''Literature/ThePhantomOfTheOpera'' manages to be case of this, as well as a TragicMonster. Erik is a being that lives in the bowls of the Earth (in his case the hellish cellars of the Opera House) whom House), who delights in causing misery and pain for those above above, and repeatedly tempts the heroine named Christine (a name literally derived from the Hebrew word for Messiah) and Messiah). He actually first appears to her pretending to be an angel the "Angel of Music" Music", which perfectly fits the LightIsNotGood FallenAngel allusions to a T. If the point wasn't hammered home hard enough, both Christine and the Persian liken Erik to a demon and Raoul even explicitly calls him Satan when recalling coming face to face face-to-face with Erik him in the church of Perros.
