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5[[caption-width-right:300:Guess who the villain is.[[note]]Creator/ElectronicArts?[[/note]]]]
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7When you want to use a [[CharacterTitle character's name for a title]], you have several options. The most obvious choice is [[ProtagonistTitle the hero's name]], but you could also go with a SecondaryCharacterTitle.
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9Or you could title it after your work's primary antagonist.
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11Note that this does ''not'' apply to a work titled after a VillainProtagonist (which also goes under ProtagonistTitle). This trope has nothing to do with morality but with ''role''. If there is a clear protagonist (regardless of AntiHero status and/or BlackAndGrayMorality), and the film/book/what-have-you they're in just happens to be titled after the person, group, or force ''TheHero fights against'', then it's an Antagonist Title.
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13Might overlap with TheNamesake if it's a vicious GeniusLoci or the villain's lair. Commonly seen with [[VillainBasedFranchise Villain-Based Franchises]]. Often overlaps with OneWordTitle, especially with antagonists who have OnlyOneName.
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15This is one title you do not want to mix with IAmNotShazam or ProtagonistTitleFallacy.
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18!!Examples:
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22[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
23* ''Manga/AssassinationClassroom'': Episode 21 is titled "[[spoiler:Takaoka]] Time", named after the BigBad of the Assassination Island arc.
24* In ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'', [[spoiler: ''the very manga itself'']] turns out to be the title of the biggest BigBad in the series, [[spoiler: Eren Yeager's Attack Titan. It is NotHyperbole to state that this Titan shaped the entire series, by influencing Eren Kruger to handpick Grisha Yeager to carry out the objective to find the Coordinate Titan, causing Grisha to brutally massacre the Reiss family down to its unarmed women and children, only to spare Rod Reiss as he has a role in [[GoneHorriblyWrong influencing Historia against her family]]. Eren then [[SelfMadeOrphan blackmailed Grisha]] into surrendering the Coordinate and Attack Titans to a young Eren by showing him a nightmarish future in which he wins. All this to ensure his ultimate goal, extermination of all life outside Paradis, goes off smoothly.]]
25* ''Anime/BlackRockShooter'' 2012 Anime: though technically, [[spoiler:at the point this trope [[FaceHeelTurn becomes applicable]], she's renamed ''Insane'' Black Rock Shooter.]]
26* ''Franchise/DragonBall'':
27** Many movies play this in the [[CompletelyDifferentTitle English dub]], such as ''[[Anime/DragonBallZLordSlug Lord Slug]],'' ''[[Anime/DragonBallZBrolyTheLegendarySuperSaiyan Broly The Legendary Super Saiyan]]'', ''[[Anime/DragonBallZBrolySecondComing Broly Second Coming]]'', ''[[Anime/DragonBallZBioBroly Bio-Broly]]'', ''[[Anime/DragonBallZCoolersRevenge Cooler's Revenge]]'', ''[[Anime/DragonBallZTheReturnOfCooler The Return Of Cooler]]'', ''[[Anime/DragonBallZBojackUnbound Bojack Unbound]]'', ''[[Anime/DragonBallSuperBroly Broly]]''.
28** ''Dragon Ball'''s various "sagas" may also qualify; they are sets of episodes (what other shows may call "arcs") usually named after a certain character, almost always a villain, who plays a central role in that saga, dating all the way back to the Emperor Pilaf saga, the very first set of episodes. There are exceptions, such as the Tournament sagas, "Future" Trunks Saga, or Universe Survival Saga, but those named after villains make up the majority.
29* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack'' is named for Char Aznable, the film's BigBad, and the franchise's most recognizable and iconic character.
30* ''Anime/{{Monster}}'': Johan Liebert is the SerialKiller and BigBad of the manga. He uses a line from a children poem, "The monster inside me has already grown this large", as his CallingCard, and his allies and enemies alike who got to know him in person refuse to call him human.
31* ''Anime/{{Noein}}'': Noein is the BigBad.
32* ''Anime/OnePieceFilmZ'': The antagonist is simply called "Z".
33* ''Manga/{{Pluto}}'': the protagonist is detective Gesicht, hunting down robot SerialKiller (as in a robot killer of robots) Pluto.
34* ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'':
35** ''Anime/PokemonTheFirstMovie: Mewtwo Strikes Back'': Mewtwo is the BigBad [[spoiler:until his HeelFaceTurn at the end]].
36** ''Anime/Pokemon3: Spell of the Unown'': The Unown aren't evil per se, they just happened to be obeying the whims of a WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds.
37* ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'':
38** ''Manga/PuellaMagiOrikoMagica'': [[spoiler: Oriko's villain status might be somewhat debatable, but she's definitely the main antagonist]].
39** ''Manga/PuellaMagiSuzuneMagica'' is named after [[spoiler:the SerialKiller of magical girls. Though [[DiscOneFinalBoss she's not the main antagonist]].]]
40* ''Manga/SaintSeiyaTheLostCanvas'' (full title ''Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas - The Legend of Hades''): Hades is the BigBad and the ominous Lost Canvas is the primary tool in his EvilPlan to eradicate all life on Earth.
41* While ''Manga/{{Saki}}'' is the protagonist of her own series, her name is in the title of spin-off ''Manga/SakiAchigaHen'' despite often being mentioned as an opponent the Achiga girls must face should they reach the finals.
42* ''Manga/SoulEater'': According to Atsushi Ohkubo, the title does not refer to [[ProtagonistTitle its protagonist of the same name]] (who is actually secondary to Maka Albarn, the main heroine), but rather the story's ultimate villain, Kishin Asura, who is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin an eater of souls]]. Surely enough, Asura is referred to as the "Soul Eater" in the penultimate chapter.
43* ''Anime/YokaiWatchShadowsideTheReturnOfTheOniKing'' is named after the titular Oni King, [[spoiler:Rasen, whose return happens every several hundred years or so (it's stated by Lord Enma that the Onimaro outbreak which preluded his return happened ''too early'')]].
44* ''Anime/YuGiOhArcV'' turns out to be this when ''ARC-V'' is revealed to be [[spoiler:the fifth dimension created by [[BigBad Leo Akaba]], meant to absorbed the four dimensions to recreate the original dimension.]] It fits how different ''ARC-V'' is compared to other series as they usually have ProtagonistTitle.
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47[[folder:Comic Books]]
48* ''ComicBook/AgeOfApocalypse'': The villain in this apocalyptic story is Apocalypse and his followers. The heroes are the alternate ComicBook/XMen.
49* In the ''ComicBook/AgeOfUltron'' story arc, ComicBook/{{Ultron}} is the villain whom ComicBook/TheAvengers are fighting.
50* Arctic Nation is the group of [[FantasticRacism white fur supremacists]] in the ''ComicBook/{{Blacksad}}'' album of the same name who serve as Blacksad's antagonists. [[spoiler:It's eventually revealed as a subversion; the real antagonist was Jezebel, who orchestrated everything that happened to get revenge on her father.]]
51* ''ComicBook/DoctorMortis'': Doctor Mortis is the BigBad. He has many aliases, but "Doctor Mortis" is his true name.
52* ''ComicBook/FiendsOfTheEasternFront'': The fiends are the evil vampires.
53* ''ComicBook/{{Onslaught}}'': The BigBad was the titular SplitPersonality of ComicBook/{{Professor X}}avier, though his look invoked the other half of his origin, ComicBook/{{Magneto}}.
54* ''ComicBook/{{Oxymoron}}'': Oxymoron is the AxCrazy psychopath carving a bloody path through Swanstown; the protagonist is Detective Mary Clark.
55* The ''ComicBook/SinCity'' comic ''That Yellow Bastard'' refers to Hartigan's antagonist, the serial killing, child molesting Roark Jr. whom he must destroy to protect Nancy. It's the form Roark ended up as after the experimental treatment his corrupt father paid for to regrow his penis.
56* ''ComicBook/SonicX'': The tie-in Creator/ArchieComics comics introduced the [[FunWithAcronyms Society for Observing and Neutralizing Inter-dimensional Creatures and Xenomorphs]].
57* ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'':
58** Superman is the protagonist of ''ComicBook/EmperorJoker'', and the Joker is only revealed as the villain halfway through the series (which until TheReveal is called ''Superman: Arkham''). But once the Joker does appear, he almost becomes the VillainProtagonist.
59** ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'' StoryArc ''ComicBook/{{Bizarrogirl}}'' is named after the eponymous adversary.
60** In ''ComicBook/StarfiresRevenge'', the BigBad is a crimelord nicknamed ''Starfire''.
61** ''ComicBook/TheKillersOfKrypton'' is about Supergirl investigating who were the real culprits for her homeworld's destruction... in other words, the killers of Krypton.
62** ''ComicBook/HowLuthorMetSuperboy'' tells the origin of Superman's archnemesis Lex Luthor.
63** ''ComicBook/TheHuntForReactron'' is about Supergirl and her allies clearing their names by hunting down the super-villain Reactron.
64** ''ComicBook/ReignOfDoomsday'' revolves around a Doomsday clone attempting to destroy Earth.
65** ''ComicBook/DayOfTheDollmaker'': The titular villain calls his toyfied slaves "the Daring Dollmen".
66** ''ComicBook/SupermanSupergirlMaelstrom'' is named after the Female Fury who wants to kill Superman to earn her master Darkseid's favor.
67** ''ComicBook/ThePlagueOfTheAntibioticMan'' is named after Nam-Ek, an enemy who -Superman thinks- is spreading a contagious sickness all over one city.
68** In ''ComicBook/TheSupergirlBatgirlPlot'', the titular heroines are scheming against Superman and Batman. Then it is revealed that [[spoiler:Mister Mxyzptlk and Batmite were impersonating them]].
69** ''ComicBook/TheSuperRevengeOfLexLuthor'' revolves around ComicBook/LexLuthor's scheme to gaslight Superman until driving him crazy and useless.
70** ''ComicBook/TheDeathOfLuthor'': The story is named after of the villain who attempts to get rid of Supergirl.
71** In ''ComicBook/ThePlanetEaterTrilogy'', Superman must fight a horrific humongous machine called the Planet-Eater.
72** ''ComicBook/BrainiacsBlitz'': The titular alien villain sets a trap for Superman, but Supergirl gets in his way.
73** "ComicBook/LuthorUnleashed" is named after Superman's nemesis.
74* ''ComicBook/TheTombOfDracula'': [[VillainEpisode Some stories]] did use Dracula as the VillainProtagonist, but in most, the protagonists were his hunters.
75* ''ComicBook/TheWalkingDead'' deals with the main characters living in a ZombieApocalypse fighting off zombies whom they dubbed as "Walkers". It becomes a [[FridgeBrilliance much deeper]] [[JustifiedTitle meaning]] when the main characters start fighting fellow survivors [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters who have killed their humanity]] [[SanitySlippage due to the stress of said apocalypse]].
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78[[folder:Fairy Tales]]
79* "Literature/{{Bluebeard}}", a folktale about a SerialKiller known as Bluebeard. The Brothers Grimm's variants "The Robber Bridegroom" and "Fitcher's Bird" are also named after a serial killer.
80* "Literature/TheDeathOfKoscheiTheDeathless" is about Prince Ivan trying to rescue his wife from the evil and terribly powerful sorcerer Koschei.
81* In Creator/TheBrothersGrimm's "Literature/TheDevilWithTheThreeGoldenHairs", the main character must get three hairs from the head of the Devil.
82* "Literature/FrauTrude" is a witch who lures a naughty girl to her death.
83* In Creator/AsbjornsenAndMoe's "Literature/TheGiantWhoHadNoHeartInHisBody", the titular giant turns the main character's six older brothers into stone.
84* "Literature/TheJezinkas" is about evil creatures known as the Jezinkas who try to gouge out the eyes of anyone who dare trespass their territory.
85* "Literature/LittleMasterMisery": The titular character is the embodiment of Misery, who clings to the main character and tries to lead him to ruin.
86* "Literature/LittleOtik": A tale about a man-eating monster who devours his adoptive parents and half dozen of people.
87* "Literature/TheNixInTheMillPond": A water sprite tricks a poor miller into promising to give her his newborn son.
88* "Literature/{{Rumpelstiltskin}}": The titular character is [[TheFairFolk an imp]] with whom the miller's daughter is forced to make a [[DealWithTheDevil deal with]].
89* Creator/AlexanderAfanasyev's "Literature/TsarevichPetrAndTheWizard": The "wizard" is the evil and immortal sorcerer Koshchei, who holds the main character's mother and several princesses captive.
90* "Literature/TheYellowDwarf", a tale about a wicked dwarf who tries to force a princess to marry him.
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93[[folder:Fan Works]]
94* ''Fanfic/AlexMovieVillain'', named after the villain attempting to turn the land into a dark place.
95* ''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesTheSeries'': "[[Recap/CalvinAndHobbesTheSeriesS3TVM2Thunderstorm Thunderstorm]]" and "[[Recap/CalvinAndHobbesTheSeriesS5E12LightningMan Lightning Man]]" refer to the enemy of the week.
96* ''Fanfic/FloweyIsNotAGoodLifeCoach'', an ''{{VideoGame/Undertale}}'' fanfiction exploring the very dark possibility of Flowey deciding to toy with Papyrus in some of the [[ColdBloodedTorture meanest ways imaginable]].
97* ''Fanfic/AForceOfFour'' is named after the quartet of villains opposing the main heroes.
98* ''Fanfic/FrozenWight'' refers to the man-eating Wight who arrives in Arendelle and seems to be mysteriously obsessed with Elsa and Anna.
99* ''Fanfic/HellsisterTrilogy'' refers to ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'s enemy Satan Girl-- the eponymous "Hellsister" and main enemy.
100* ''Fanfic/HereThereBeMonsters'': The "Monsters" referenced in the title are the Monster Society of Evil, a super-villain team opposing the [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Marvel Family]].
101* ''Fanfic/HopToIt'', has most of its chapters named after the akuma of the day, with the exception of "Rabbit" (the hero's origin story) and "Jack Hammer" (the nickname Rabbit picks up when others think she's a villain).
102* ''Fanfic/KaraOfRokyn'''s story arc "Zoners" is named after the villains from the PhantomZone who escape to Rokyn with the intention of conquering the whole planet.
103%%* ''Fanfic/RiseOfEmpressMidnight''
104* ''Fanfic/TheShinSekai'' is the title of a ''Manga/NuraRiseOfTheYokaiClan'' fic, as well as the name of the main antagonist faction.
105* ''VideoGame/SonicExe'' is the name of the soul-stealing Sonic fan we all know and love, as well as the title of the story itself.
106* ''Fanfic/SoulEaterZeta'' features a cryptic organization called The Zeta that are presumably the core antagonists of the story.
107* ''Fanfic/StarWarRemnants'' has the titular remnant of the Empire in the antagonist role.
108* [[WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures Shendu]], simultaneously the BigBad and VillainProtagonist of ''Fanfic/TheUltimateEvil'', is referred to as "the Ultimate Evil" by the posthumous sacred warrior Lo Pei (though [[VillainousCrush Shendu's obsession]] named Valerie Payne [[TitleDrop uses the title]] for another context in the final chapter).
109* ''Fanfic/{{Ultrasonic}}'', befitting a ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' fanfic, is named for [[WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}} Clawhauser's]] akumatised form.
110* ''Fanfic/TheVampireOfSteel'' is named after Zol-Am, the Kryptonian vampire who intends to open the [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Sunnydale Hellmouth]].
111* ''Fanfic/WeightOfTheWorld'': ''The Atrocities of Atlas'' is named after Atlas (both the personification and the Kingdom), the antagonists of the book.
112* ''Fanfic/TheWrathOfAvelina'', where Avelina is the BigBad tormenting [[WesternAnimation/{{Encanto}} the Madrigals]].
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115[[folder:Films — Animation]]
116* ''WesternAnimation/AladdinTheReturnOfJafar'', also known as simply ''The Return of Jafar''. It is the first sequel to Disney's ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'' and, as the title suggests, features the comeback of the main antagonist from the first film.
117* ''WesternAnimation/KirikouAndTheSorceress'': Kirikou is the protagonist, but the sorceress (Karaba) is the BigBad.
118* ''WesternAnimation/MonsterHouse'' is named after the titular monstrous house that was possessed by the spirit of the fat woman named Constance.
119* ''WesternAnimation/TheOldManOfTheMountain'': The titular Old Man is the BigBad of the short.
120* ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'' is named after the antagonist of the ''Fix-It Felix, Jr.'' FictionalVideoGame (though he is the protagonist of the film proper).
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123[[folder:Films — Live-Action]]
124* ''Film/AletaVampireMistress'': Aleta is the first vampire to ever exist, and frequently sends out her underlings to feed and bring back sacrifices.
125* ''Film/{{Alien}}'': The antagonist is an alien, though the title could also be read as an adjective, emphasizing the strangeness of the antagonist.
126* ''Film/{{Alligator}}'', referring to a gigantic reptile who turned out to be protagonist Madison's former pet.
127* ''Film/AlphaDog'' refers to the kidnapping's ringleader Johnny Truelove, or rather what [[FakeUltimateHero he imagines himself to be]]. He's actually an idiotic PsychopathicManchild who sets up an [[StupidCrooks astoundingly bad criminal scheme]] and ends up paying for it.
128* ''Film/AMIArticifialMachineIntelligence'': The film is named after a SIRI knockoff named, of course, A.M.I..
129* ''Film/{{APEX}}'', referring to the [[ShoehornedAcronym Advanced Prototype EXploration Unit]] - a prototype KillerRobot sent to 1973, became self-aware, and mass-produced itself to kickstart a RobotWar, and by 2073 humanity is on their last legs.
130* ''Film/AustinPowers'', being a spoof of the Bond movies, used ''Goldmember'' in place of ''Goldfinger'' as the title of the third movie. Goldmember is indeed the antagonist, just [[BigBadDuumvirate not the only one]].
131* ''Film/TheAwfulDrOrloff'': Dr. Orloff is a [[MadDoctor former prison doctor]] who abducts beautiful women from nightclubs and tries to use their skin to repair his daughter's fire-scarred face.
132* ''Film/{{Axeman}}'': The Axeman is the psychopath stalking the heroes.
133* ''Film/TheBabadook'': The antagonist is the Babadook, the personification of grief.
134* ''Film/Baghead2023'': Baghead is the shapeshifting SealedEvilInACan in the basement of the pub Iris inherits.
135* ''Film/{{Beetlejuice}}'': The antagonist is Betelgeuse, a ghost who serves as an "exorcist of the living." The confusing spelling of his name is a plot point in the film, and it's simplified for the title.
136* ''Film/BigDriver'': 'Big driver' is Betsy's nickname for Lester: the rapist/murderer that Tess is hunting. She has seen him around town but does not know his name.
137* ''Film/TheBigLebowski'': Although the main character shares the surname Lebowski, he goes by The Dude. The Big Lebowski is one of a number of antagonists.
138* ''Film/BlackRat'' refers to the killer dressed in the schoolgirl uniform and rat mask. The main protagonist is Misato.
139* ''Film/{{The Blob|1958}}'': The antagonist is an alien blob, though no one ever calls it a blob.
140%% * ''Film/BloodCult'': The protagonist is Ron.
141%% * ''Film/BloodsuckersFromOuterSpace'': Jeff is the protagonist.
142* ''Film/TheBloodyMan'': The Bloody Man is the malevolent being who tries to kill [[TheProtagonist Sam]] and his family.
143* ''Film/Boogeyman2005'': The BigBad is the titular {{Bogeyman}} who took away [[TheProtagonist Tim]]'s father right in front of him when he was a kid.
144* ''Film/TheBravados'' refers to the gang of four outlaws protagonist Jim Douglass is pursuing.
145* ''Film/TheButchers'' refers to six {{Serial Killer}}s raised from the dead. The main protagonist is Simon, the de facto leader of the tourists trapped in the GhostTown.
146* ''Film/TheCandySnatchers'', about the kidnapping of a girl named Candy.
147* ''Film/{{Candyman}}'': The antagonist is the Candyman, a supernatural killer.
148* ''Film/ChildrenOfTheCorn'' is titled after the corn-worshiping psycho cult of kiddos.
149%% * ''Film/TheCollector2009''
150* ''[[Film/CountYorga Count Yorga, Vampire]]''. Naturally the main villain is a vampire named Yorga. Ditto for the sequel ''The Return of Count Yorga''(which oddly doesn't follow the story from the first).
151* The ''Film/{{Critters}}'' series is named after a race of tiny ExtremeOmnivore aliens that are the main threats.
152* In ''Film/CurseOfTheHeadlessHorseman'', the Horseman is a ghost who haunts the ranch that Mark inherited, and seems to be intent on driving Mark and his friends off the land.
153* The title ''Film/DrGiggles'' comes from the nickname that the main villain's doctors gave him at a mental hospital.
154* ''Film/DustDevil'': The main antagonist of the movie is none other than an entity known as a Dust Devil.
155* ''Film/Elves2017'': The main protagonists are haunted by only one elf doll, but the one from [[Film/TheElf the first movie]] appears sporadically, allowing this title to count, though on a technicality.
156* ''Film/EventHorizon'': The titular ship becomes alive after passing through Hell.
157* ''Film/TheEvil'' refers to the evil force terrorizing the house.
158* ''Franchise/EvilDead'': Rather obviously, the "Evil Dead" in the title are the Deadite antagonists, not the badass protagonist Ash. ''Film/ArmyOfDarkness'' refers to Evil Ash's undead skeletal army.
159* In ''Film/EyesOfAStranger'' the SerialKiller antagonist is the titular stranger.
160* ''Film/FantasticBeastsTheCrimesOfGrindelwald'': The subtitle refers to the evil wizard who escapes captivity in the opening scene.
161* ''Film/TheGerman'', a ShortFilm centering on an air-to-air duel during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
162* ''Film/TheGhoul'' refers to Professor Morlant after he has risen from the grave to avenge himself upon his tomb robbers. The actual protagonists are his heirs: Ralph Morlant and Betty Harland.
163* In Russia, ''Film/GIJoeTheRiseOfCobra'''s title is translated as "Rush of the Cobra".
164* ''Film/TheGiantGilaMonster'' is a... well... [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin giant gila monster]].
165* ''Film/GiantMonsterGamera'': The protagonist is Dr. Hidaka. [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Gamera is the giant monster]].
166* ''Film/TheGingerdeadMan'' series is named after a killer gingerbread man who is the BigBad.
167* ''Film/Godzilla1954'' is the first appearance of Franchise/{{Godzilla}}, who is the villain here.
168* Another spoof of the original Bond movies, Dr. Goldfoot (his name clearly an amalgamation spoof of ''Dr. No'' and ''Goldfinger'') is the antagonist in ''Film/DrGoldfootAndTheBikiniMachine'' and ''Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs'', facing off against super(ish)spies portrayed by Creator/FrankieAvalon and Music/{{Fabian}}.
169* The villain of ''Film/{{Goth|2003}}'' is so obsessed with being goth that she named herself "Goth."
170* ''Franchise/{{Gremlins}}'', named after the short, reptilian and large-eared humanoids who delight in cruelty and mayhem in general.
171* ''Film/TheHappinessSalesman''; while not obvious at first, near the end of the ShortFilm the Salesman is shown or at least implied to be [[spoiler:a servant of the Devil]].
172* Surprisingly, ''Film/{{Heat}}'' fits this trope, even though the title is about the good guys. Because the focus of the film is evenly divided between the villain (Neil) and the hero (Vincent) the title counts for this. The "heat" is a slang term for the cops, whom Neil needs to outsmart and escape to succeed in the end. It is personified in Vincent (Neil's antagonist), who eventually literally ''becomes'' the 'heat' for which Neil needs to drop everything he is attached to in 30 seconds flat to make his escape.
173* ''Film/{{Heathers}}'' is the first name of the AlphaBitch and also of her two {{Beta Bitch}}es which the heroine is trying to get back at.
174* ''Film/TheHitcher'' refers to a suspicious and ultimately murderous guy who protagonist Jim picks up on the road.
175* ''Film/{{Hive Mind|2009}}'': Doug Trench, the last man (sort of) on Earth, is the actual protagonist.
176* ''Film/HollowMan''. The title refers to [[NameOfCain Caine]], the turned-invisible man who became evil. It refers to him both literally (he became invisible) and figuratively (his soul is hollow).
177* ''Film/{{Hook}}'': Peter Pan is the protagonist.
178* The live-action ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf'' film, ''[[Film/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolfILoveWolffy I Love Wolffy]]'', and its sequel ''[[Film/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolfILoveWolffy2 I Love Wolffy 2]]'', both have titles referring to the series' main antagonist, Wolffy.
179* ''Film/{{Jack Frost|1997}}'' is titled after a SerialKiller turned snowman.
180* The title of ''Film/JackTheReaper'' refers to Railroad Jack: a seemingly immortal figure who appears to people and then hunts them down with a [[PowerfulPick pick axe]]. [[spoiler:He is actually a GrimReaper, claiming the souls of those who die on the stretch of road known as Death's Door; hence the 'Reaper' part of the title.]]
181* ''Film/TheJackal'': The title character is the assassin the FBI is hunting.
182* From ''Film/JamesBond'':
183** ''Film/DrNo'' and ''Film/{{Goldfinger}}'': Simply the names of the films' BigBad.
184** ''Film/TheManWithTheGoldenGun'': The Big Bad whose [[WeaponSpecialization signature weapon]] is a [[ScaramangaSpecial "multipurpose"]] [[BlingBlingBang golden pistol]].
185** ''Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe'': The KGB agent who tried to kill Bond in the opening and ended up killed. He was the lover of agent XXX (Anya Amasova) who later has to work with Bond, hence "who loved me".
186** ''Film/{{Moonraker}}'': The space shuttle manufactured by [[BigBad Drax]] Industries, whose theft in the ColdOpen kicks off the movie.
187** ''Film/{{Goldeneye}}'': The Big Bad's DoomsdayDevice.
188** ''Film/TomorrowNeverDies''. "Tomorrow" is the name of [[BigBad Carver]]'s newspaper.
189** ''Film/QuantumOfSolace''. Quantum is the name of the evil syndicate James Bond is fighting against. The original meaning is a "measure of solace".
190** ''Film/{{Spectre}}'': The name of the terrorist organization Bond fights in the movie.
191* ''Film/{{Jumanji}}'', the game, must be beaten by the protagonists before it kills them.
192* ''Franchise/KamenRider × Kamen Rider [[Series/KamenRiderOOO OOO]] & [[Series/KamenRiderDouble W]] Featuring [[PosthumousCharacter Skull]]: Movie Wars Core''. Kamen Rider Core is the GreaterScopeVillain of the film.
193* ''Film/KillBill''. The Bride is the main character, Bill the man who tried to kill her and who is now the target of her RoaringRampageOfRevenge.
194* ''Film/KillerCrocodile'': The antagonist is an unusually large and aggressive crocodile [[ToxicWasteCanDoAnything mutated by toxic waste]].
195* ''Film/KillerKlownsFromOuterSpace''. The antagonists are aliens who look like clowns and drink human blood.
196* ''Film/TheKillerThatStalkedNewYork'' (a 1950 film {{Very Loosely Based|OnATrueStory}} on the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1947_New_York_City_smallpox_outbreak 1947 New York City smallpox outbreak]]): The title refers to smallpox, the disease that threatens to cause an epidemic in New York City.
197* In ''Film/{{Krampus}}'' the BigBad is TheKrampus (so ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin).
198* ''Film/{{Kuntilanak}}'': The antagonist is a spirit of Indonesian folklore known as a Kuntilanak.
199* Brutal dictator Idi Amin is ''Film/TheLastKingOfScotland'' referred to in the film's title (which was a real life title he took for himself). The Scottish doctor Nick Garrigan is the protagonist.
200* ''Film/LaLlorona'': Sort of. La Llorona is the HeroAntagonist.
201* ''Film/LockjawRiseOfTheKulevSerpent'': "Lockjaw" is the nickname Sarge gave to the serpent as a kid.
202* ''Film/{{M3gan}}'': The film is named for the titular android / doll that slowly becomes more self aware and violent in its mission to care for a little girl.
203* ''Film/{{Madman}}'' has an EnsembleCast, and Madman Marz is killing our heroes.
204* In the ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'', we have ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'' and ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron''. However, the Winter Soldier is just TheDragon to his employers in the former.
205* ''Film/MasterOfTheFlyingGuillotine'': The film is a sequel starring the One-Armed Boxer, so in some markets it's called ''One-Armed Boxer 2'' or ''One-Armed Boxer vs the Flying Guillotine'', but the most common title in America refers only to the villain.
206* ''Film/TheMatrix'' is not a character technically, but a tyrannical system the heroes set out to destroy.
207* The title of ''Film/MeanGirls'' refers to Regina and her lackeys; Regina is the antagonist of the film. By the end of the film, [[spoiler:it refers to [[FaceHeelTurn the protagonist as well]].]]
208* ''Film/MonsterInTheCloset'' refers to a beast that travels through closets.
209* ''Film/MrNoLegs'', although [[SecondaryCharacterTitle he's not the main villain]], and even dies before the climax!
210* ''Film/TheMummyTrilogy''. Thought the third does not feature '''The''' Mummy, Imhotep, but still adds the new mummy villain in the subtitle ("[[Film/TheMummyTombOfTheDragonEmperor Tomb of the Dragon Emperor]]"). The trope also applies for Imhotep in ''Film/TheMummy1932'', Kharis in the [[Film/TheMummysHand Universal]] and [[Film/TheMummy1959 Hammer]] movies, and Ahmanet in ''Film/TheMummy2017''.
211* ''Film/TheNakedWitch'': The title character is a witch who rises from the grave, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin naked]], to take revenge on the descendants of the man who betrayed her.
212* ''Film/TheNightFlier'': The eponymous "Night Flier" is the vampiric villain of the story, alluding to the way he goes to airports at night with his private plane to claim victims.
213* ''Film/NightOfTheEagle'' refers to the LivingStatue of a [[BrutalBirdOfPrey giant eagle]] Flora sends to kill Norman.
214* ''Film/{{Nosferatu}}'': The antagonist is a vampire, another word for which is "nosferatu."
215* ''Film/OldPeople'': The movie is about the village's elderly population suddenly going violent and killing every young person they can.
216* ''Film/PoisonIvy'' insinuates herself into the protagonist's family and is determined to make them her ''own'' family... by ''any'' means necessary.
217* ''Franchise/{{Predator}}'' is named after the alien hunters (though the only time it is used in-universe is in [[Film/Predator2 the second movie]] - "Well, we've prepared a trap for this predator." - and [[Film/ThePredator the fourth]], where it's even noted how non-indicative is calling it "predator" when he's hunting for sport, not subsistence). Inverted with ''Film/Prey2022''.
218* ''Film/TheProwler'': The protagonist refers to the drifting serial killer.
219* ''Film/PrinceOfDarkness'': Subverted. The "Prince of Darkness" aka {{Satan}} is a malevolent disembodied presence who starts a zombie plague against the human protagonists. However, it turns out that he is merely the foot soldier of an entity far more terrifying and a threat to reality itself--''[[EldritchAbomination the Anti-God]]''.
220* ''Film/{{Psycho}}'': Norman Bates is the psycho, not the woman he murders in the shower (Marion Crane). Averted by the sequels, where Bates becomes a straight VillainProtagonist.
221* The ''Film/{{Pumpkinhead}}'' franchise is named after the vengeance demon it is centered around.
222* Akasha is the ''Film/QueenOfTheDamned'', a superpowerful VampireMonarch whose bloodlust is so great that she feeds on everyone, mortals and undead alike.
223* Used both in- and out of universe in ''Film/RaOne'': Ra.One is villain both of the video game he escapes from, and the movie.
224* ''Film/RidersOfJustice'': The antagonists are an outlaw biker gang called the Riders of Justice. However, the title could also refer to our heroes, who are out for revenge against the bikers.
225* ''Film/RoboCop2'' isn't just the sequel to [[Film/RoboCop1987 the original 1987 movie]], it is also the name of OCP's attempt to create a successor to the titular cyborg policeman.
226* ''Film/{{ROTOR}}'' is named after the homicidal robot invented by the protagonist.
227* ''Film/SadakoVsKayako'', featuring the ghosts of the ''Film/{{Juon}}'' and the ''[[Literature/TheRing Ring]]'' series against each other.
228* ''Film/TheSniper'': Eddie Miller, the eponymous sniper, has aspects of being a VillainProtagonist, but ultimately more of the film is devoted to the police efforts to catch him than to him and his crimes.
229* ''Film/{{Spaceballs}}''. The Spaceballs are TheEmpire in the film.
230* ''Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan''. Khan is Captain Kirk's enemy.
231* ''Film/StarTrekNemesis''. Shinzon is Picard's nemesis.
232* ''Franchise/StarWars'' has this thrice in the main films:
233** ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'' refers to [[ManBehindTheMan the Sith who are pulling the strings]] of the obvious threat of the Trade Federation.
234** ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' is about the Sith taking revenge on the Jedi Order, which the protagonists are part of.
235** ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'', TheEmpire in question is the one headed by the Sith, which the protagonists are rebelling against.
236* ''Film/Stitches2012'': The title refers to a clown that after being revived goes on a murderous rampage.
237* The film adaptation of ''Literature/{{Trilby}}'' was called ''Svengali'' after the story's villain.
238* ''Film/TheTerminator'' is named after the now-famous killer robot who tries to kill Sarah Connor. Also the only film in the franchise to use this trope, since the later films divided the title's association between multiple Terminator models and made some of them protagonists.
239* ''Film/TheTerrorOfTinyTown'' is TheRustler and {{Outlaw}} Bat Haines.
240* ''Film/{{The Thing|1982}}'': The antagonist is an amorphous alien that can only be referred to as a "thing." Also applies for ''Film/TheThingFromAnotherWorld'', albeit a more tangible monster.
241* ''Film/TheThirdMan'': The man of the title is a mysterious witness to the apparent accidental death of Harry Lime, a friend of the protagonist, Holly Martins. It eventually turns out that the death was faked and the Third Man was none other than Harry Lime himself, who finally becomes Martins' antagonist. The film is also notable for how little screen time Orson Welles as Harry actually got, so the title almost doubles as a SecondaryCharacterTitle.
242* ''Film/{{Trancers}}'': the name refers to the people hypnotized by the villain to execute his orders.
243* ''Film/TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen'': The antagonist is The Fallen, one of the original Primes.
244* ''Film/TwoThousandManiacs'': The protagonist is named Tom. The two thousand maniacs refers to the population of the town which terrorize Ton and his friends.
245* ''Film/TheVampire'' is an interesting case. TheProtagonist is Beecher, a man who begins investigating murders in a small town. The murders are committed by his SuperpoweredEvilSide. This trope still applies, since the sides are in conflict throughout the film.
246* ''Film/VenomLetThereBeCarnage'': Carnage is the film's BigBad and the eponymous Venom's AntagonisticOffspring.
247* ''Film/{{Wendigo}}'' refers to [[{{Wendigo}} a deformed beast from Native American folklore who changes from a human to a hideous beast after engaging in cannibalism]], which [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane may or not really exist]] in the film.
248* ''Film/WickedLittleThings'' refers to the villainous [[UndeadChild zombie children]].
249* The eponymous ''Film/{{Wishmaster}}'' is of course the evil Djinn, although he's not referred to by that name until he uses it to describe himself in the [[Film/Wishmaster2EvilNeverDies second movie]].
250* ''Film/DerWixxer'' is a German comedy where [[UsefulNotes/BritishCoppers British police]] try to arrest the titular Wixxer, a masked supercriminal who started killing off notorious figures of the Brtish underworld. His name, for the record, sounds exactly like ''Wichser'', which means "wanker."
251* ''Film/XMenApocalypse'' features En Sabah Nur aka Comicbook/{{Apocalypse}} as the BigBad.
252* ''Film/{{Zodiac|2007}}'', a movie about the real life Zodiac Killer. The protagonist is a reporter who tries to find him.
253* ''Film/ZoltanHoundOfDracula'' is about Dracula's vampiric dog attempting to track down Dracula's last mortal descendant to convert him into a new incarnation of the Count.
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257%%* [[Creator/EvanHunter Ed McBain]]'s early ''Literature/EightySeventhPrecinct'' mysteries: ''Cop Hater'', ''The Mugger'', ''The Pusher'', ''The Con Man''.
258* Some books in the ''Literature/AlexRider'' series are named after the antagonistic factions the hero fights against. ''Scorpia'' is the organisation Alex has to stop. Ditto for ''Snakehead''.
259* ''{{Literature/Amina}}'' is named after the [[OurGhoulsAreCreepier Ghoul]] female who menaces Waldo, the rather [[NonActionGuy passive]] protagonist.
260* Creator/IsaacAsimov:
261** "Literature/TheCallistanMenace": The title refers to the mysterious danger on Callisto, [[UsefulNotes/TheMoonsOfJupiter one of Jupiter's moons]]. The menace is a creature, one to four feet long, with the ability to manipulate magnetic fields, using them to kill prey from a distance.
262** ''Literature/FoundationSeries'':
263*** "Literature/TheGeneralFoundation": The title refers to General Bel Riose of the Galactic Empire, who wages war against the Foundation. The final line of Chapter 3 summarizes the conflict: "a dead hand against a living will." The 'dead hand' refers to [[ThePlan Seldon's Plan]] while 'living will' refers to General Riose's determination.
264*** "Literature/TheMule": The titular Mule is a narcissistic paranoid, and the only one to have [[TheBadGuyWins beaten the Foundation]].
265** "Literature/TheGentleVultures": The title is a metaphor that describe the alien Hurrians, who kidnapped the Human protagonist because they're tired of waiting for Humanity to self-destruct.
266* ''Literature/BennyRoseTheCannibalKing'': The book is named after the SerialKiller and cannibal monster Benny Rose, who is stalking and murdering the children of the town of Blackwoods.
267* ''Literature/{{Carmilla}}'': Carmilla is the vampire antagonist.
268* ''Literature/{{Caliphate}}'' refers to [[{{Eurabia}} the titular fundamentalist Islamic regime that has taken over Western Europe]].
269* Franchise/CthulhuMythos: ''Literature/TheColourOutOfSpace'', ''Literature/TheDunwichHorror'', ''Literature/TheCallOfCthulhu'', ''Literature/{{Nyarlathotep}}''.
270* ''Literature/TheDayOfTheJackal'': the title refers to the assassin villain.
271* Darren Shan's ''Literature/TheDemonata''. ''Lord Loss'', the first book in the series, also counts.
272* ''Literature/TheDemonHeadmaster'' - also an ArtifactTitle as he's only a school headmaster in the first book (but for lack of any other name, the heroes keep calling him that).
273* Some of the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' novels, such as ''Literature/LordsAndLadies'' (one of the "safe" names for the Elves) and ''Literature/{{Wintersmith}}''.
274* ''Literature/{{Dracula}}'': Count Dracula is the vampiric antagonist.
275* In [[Literature/TortallUniverse Emperor Mage]], the title is one of the titles of Ozorne, Emperor of Carthak (and a mage, hence Emperor Mage), and the BigBad of the Immortals quartet.
276* ''Literature/FrannyKStein'': The seventh book's title, ''The Frandidate'', refers to a sentient shape-shifting suit Franny creates to run for class president before it gains a mind of its own and tries to manipulate everyone into electing it King of the World.
277* In the ''Literature/{{Goosebumps}}'' book ''Attack of the Mutant'', the Masked Mutant is the titular character and primary antagonist of the ''Masked Mutant'' comic book series.
278* ''Franchise/HannibalLecter'':
279** ''Literature/{{Hannibal}}'', although he's turned into a VillainProtagonist by that point.
280** ''Literature/RedDragon'' as well, although it's an indirect example. "Red Dragon" is actually a shorthand for the painting "The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed In Sun" that figures into the plot. Francis Dolarhyde, the villain, believes himself to be representative of it, stating "I am the Great Red Dragon" and "I am the Dragon" at several points.
281** Averted with ''Literature/HannibalRising'', in which Vladis Grutas is the villain.
282* ''Literature/HarryPotter'':
283** In ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndThePrisonerOfAzkaban The Prisoner of Azkaban]]'', [[spoiler:this trope is subverted. The prisoner is set up as a villain for the whole book, only for it to be revealed at the end that he was a good guy all along and that he had been framed by the ''real'' villain.]]
284** Also, ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince The Half-Blood Prince]]'' ends with the Prince killing a major character and running off with Death Eaters. [[spoiler:It's also a subversion, although that's not revealed until the next book.]]
285* ''Literature/{{Inkheart}}''. While this is not the villain's actual name, it is the description of him given by his creator: "...a man whose heart was as black as ink."
286* ''Literature/JamesBond'':
287** Some novels are named after their respective [[BigBad Big Bads]]: ''Literature/DrNo'' (see the Film version above), ''Literature/{{Goldfinger}}'', ''Literature/ColonelSun'', ''Literature/{{Scorpius}}'' and ''Literature/{{Brokenclaw}}''.
288** It is stated in ''Literature/TheManWithTheGoldenGun'' that the main villain Francisco Scaramanga has the novel's title as one of his nicknames.
289** ''Literature/{{COLD}}'' is named after the NebulousEvilOrganization whose actions run most of the plot.
290** There are two instances in the narrative of ''Literature/TheManWithTheRedTattoo'' where the main villain Goro Yoshida is referred to as such.
291* ''Literature/KeeperOfTheLostCities'': Book 4, ''Neverseen'', is titled after the faction of the same name who serve as the series' main villains.
292* ''The Literature/KeysToTheKingdom'' series features seven books, each named after one of the antagonistic Morrow Days. [[spoiler:Subverted in Drowned Wednesday.]]
293* From Creator/StephenKing:
294** ''Literature/{{Carrie}}'' is a subversion. While Carrie White does kill scores of people and serves as the "monster" of the story, she's presented as a TragicMonster and AntiVillain who had [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds an understandable (though not necessarily justified) reason]] for doing it. The people who pushed her over the edge, from [[AlphaBitch her bullies at school]] to [[MyBelovedSmother her domineering mother]], get far less sympathy.
295** ''Literature/ChildrenOfTheCorn'': The enemies are children, and much of the action takes place in a cornfield.
296** ''Literature/{{Christine}}'': The name of the evil [[AnimateInanimateObject living car]].
297** ''Literature/{{Cujo}}'': He's the dog of the protagonist, and he's infected with rabies, corrupting him into a savage beast.
298** ''Literature/FourteenOhEight'': 1408 is an evil GeniusLoci room.
299** ''Literature/{{IT}}'': "It" is literally the true name of the BigBad.
300** ''Literature/{{Misery}}'': Misery is not the direct antagonist, but she serves as part of the villain's motivation. She's the heroine of a novel series the protagonist wrote, and the reason Anne Wilkes is keeping him with her is because she is furious that he killed Misery off and wants him to write another book in which Misery comes back.
301** ''Literature/TheMist'': The creatures that plagues the heroes are created from the titular mist.
302* ''Literature/LaughingJack'': The story is named after the "imaginary" MonsterClown that causes the violence and madness that plagues his victims.
303* ''Nicolae'' from the ''Literature/LeftBehind'' series refers to TheAntiChrist villain character Nicolae Carpathia.
304* ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'': Sauron is the eponymous Lord of the Rings, fought against by the host of protagonists. IAmNotShazam applies, and is indeed referenced in-universe when Pippin calls Frodo "Lord of the Ring" and Gandalf tells him not to SpeakOfTheDevil. Note that in-universe, the title is meant to be a contraction of ''The Downfall of the Lord of the Rings and the Return of the King''.[[note]]This is a major difference between the two Swedish translations, where the old one called the series ''Härskarringen ("The Master Ring")'', and the newer one bore the title ''Ringarnas Herre ("The Lord of the Rings")''. The former is still qualifies as an Antagonist Title, because the Ring is an object with a will of its own that antagonizes the heroes by manipulating their minds and trying to return to Sauron.[[/note]]
305* ''Literature/LordOfTheWorld'': Hint, the "Lord of the World" isn't {{God}} but rather [[TheAntichrist someone quite the opposite]].
306* ''Literature/TheMasterKey'': It has chapter 6: "The Buccaneers", or pirates.
307%%* Some of Creator/KarlMay's books, e.g. ''Der Oelprinz'' ("The Oil Prince") and ''Der Schut''.
308* ''Literature/MobyDick'' is a large sperm whale who the arguable protagonist Ahab is trying to hunt in revenge for Moby Dick taking his leg off.
309* ''The Lightning Thief'' (the first book of ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'') is named after an unknown figure who stole Zeus' lightning bolt. The protagonist Percy is ''accused'' of being the thief, but in truth it's [[spoiler:Luke Castellan, acting under the orders of Kronos]].
310%%* ''Literature/ThePhantomOfTheOpera'': Disregarding the DracoInLeatherPants effect, Raoul and Christine are the protagonists in the original novel. ProtagonistTitleFallacy applies.
311* ''{{Literature/Rebecca}}'', despite the title character [[PosthumousCharacter being dead]].
312* ''Literature/TheReckonersTrilogy'':
313** Played straight in ''Literature/{{Steelheart}}'', where Steelheart is the main villain that the heroes are trying to take down.
314** Muddled with a bit in ''Literature/{{Firefight}}'', seeing as Firefight isn't the main antagonist, but she is working for them. [[spoiler:Subverted by the end, where she's pulled a HeelFaceTurn.]]
315** It seems to be averted in ''Literature/{{Calamity}}'', with [[spoiler:[[FallenHero Prof]]]] having taken the reins as the BigBad. [[spoiler: Except it turns out that Calamity itself is the true BigBad, [[GreaterScopeVillain and is in fact the one responsible for the events of almost the entire series up to that point.]]]]
316* Three of the ''Literature/{{Redwall}}'' series books are named for the main villain or group of villains: ''Marlfox'', ''Doomwyte'', and ''The Sable Quean''.
317* ''Literature/TheRobberHotzenplotz'': The title is named after the bandit whom the main characters are chasing.
318%%* Many of the novellas about ''Literature/TheShadow'', by Walter B. Gibson in the 1930s.
319* Andersen's ''Literature/{{The Shadow|Fairy Tale}}'' is also named for its antagonist.
320* ''Literature/TheShadowOfTheVulture'' refers to the Crimean Tatar hunter Mikael Oglu, also known as the Vulture, who is ordered by the Sultan to track and assassinate the Christian knight Gottfried.
321* ''Literature/TheSnowQueen'': The Snow Queen is the one who kidnapped the protagonist Gerda's brother Kai (her friend in some versions), and the story is about Gerda journeying to get Kai back from her.
322* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'': Euron "Crow's Eye" Greyjoy is the main "crow" referenced in the title ''Literature/AFeastForCrows'', the book in which he makes his physical debut. While there are other scavengers picking Westeros' corpse and taking advantage of the chaos in the aftermath of the first phase of the war, Euron is the most powerful, ambitious and comes close to giving a full TitleDrop.
323* ''Literature/SpellslingerSeries'': Book three, ''Soulbinder'', is titled for the [[MonsterOfTheWeek villain of the week]] who has the ability to bind and control the souls of people suffering the shadowblack curse.
324* The ComicBook/SpiderMan novel's ''Literature/CarnageInNewYork'' and its sequel ''Goblin's Revenge''.
325* ''[[Franchise/StarWarsLegends Star Wars Expanded Universe]]'':
326** ''Literature/TheThrawnTrilogy'' is named after the Grand Admiral himself who serves as the BigBad of the story.
327** ''Literature/DarthBane'' is about the origins of the Sith Lord and the Rule of Two.
328** ''Literature/DarthPlagueis'' focuses on the GreaterScopeVillain of the Prequel Trilogy and the mentor of Palpatine.
329* ''Theatre/{{Tartuffe}}'': The title refers to Tartuffe, a lustful hypocrite who has fooled the family patriarch into thinking he's a holy man.
330* ''Literature/TheThreeStigmataOfPalmerEldritch'': Palmer Eldritch is the evil industrialist rival whom the Can-D development team are working against. Turns out he's also an [[spoiler: EldritchAbomination, living up to his name]].
331* The title of book three of ''Literature/TheTraitorSonCycle'', ''The Dread Wyrm'', refers to the villain, who participates openly in the conflict for the first time in the series.
332* ''Literature/TreasureIsland'' was originally published under the title "The Sea Cook" in reference to the narrative's Big Bad, Long John Silver.
333* ''Literature/TheUnexploredSummonBloodSign'': The Unexplored-Class are a category of summoned beings in the setting. [[spoiler:The White Queen, the most powerful of these]], is the BigBad.
334* ''Literature/TheVoyageOfTheJerleShannara'' has a BigBadEnsemble, and each book in the trilogy is named for the main villain it spotlights- ''[[DarkMagicalGirl Ilse Witch]]'', ''[[AIIsACrapshoot Antrax]]'', and ''[[EvilSorcerer Morgawr]]''.
335* ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'': [[http://whateleyacademy.net/index.php/content-menu/stories/167-silver-ghost-golden-angel Silver Ghost, Golden Angel]]. Silver Ghost is the protagonist while Golden Angel is the criminal antagonist who Silver Ghost repeatedly fails at capturing.
336* ''Literature/TheWitches'' by Roald Dahl. The protagonist is a young child trying to disrupt the witches' plans.
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340* ''Series/TheAdventuresOfSuperman'': "[[Recap/TheAdventuresOfSupermanS1E21TheHumanBomb The Human Bomb]]" is named after VillainOfTheWeek Bet-A-Million Butler, who straps a bomb to himself and takes Lois hostage.
341* The various shows that make up the ''Series/{{Arrowverse}}'' have a few episodes with an Antagonist Title. Sometimes these are simply that of the VillainOfTheWeek, while others are episodes that introduce or focus on a BigBad.
342** ''Series/{{Arrow}}'': "[[Recap/ArrowS1E12Vertigo Vertigo]]", "[[Recap/ArrowS1E15Dodger Dodger]]", "[[Recap/ArrowS1E17TheHuntressReturns The Huntress Returns]]", "[[Recap/ArrowS2E5LeagueOfAssassins League of Assassins]]", "[[Recap/ArrowS2E13HeirToTheDemon Heir to the Demon]]" (a reference to Nyssa Al Ghul), "[[Recap/ArrowS2E18Deathstroke Deathstroke]]", "[[Recap/ArrowS3E4TheMagician The Magician]]" (referring to Malcolm Merlyn's League of Assassin's alias), "[[Recap/ArrowS5E7Vigilante Vigilante]]".
343** ''Series/{{The Flash|2014}}'': "[[Recap/TheFlash2014S1E5Plastique Plastique]]" ([[PowerIncontinence though she isn't as antagonistic as the other examples]]), "[[Recap/TheFlash2014S1E9TheManInTheYellowSuit The Man in the Yellow Suit]]" (referring to the [[EvilCounterpart Reverse-Flash]]), "[[Recap/TheFlash2014S1E10RevengeOfTheRogues Revenge of the Rogues]]", "[[Recap/TheFlash2014S1E17Tricksters Tricksters]]", [[spoiler:"[[Recap/TheFlash2014S1E19WhoIsHarrisonWells Who Is Harrison Wells?]]"]], "[[Recap/TheFlash2014S1E21GroddLives Grodd Lives]]", "[[Recap/TheFlash2014S2E6EnterZoom Enter Zoom]]", "[[Recap/TheFlash2014S2E7GorillaWarfare Gorilla Warfare]]" (referring to Gorilla Grodd), "[[Recap/TheFlash2014S2E11TheReverseFlashReturns The Reverse-Flash Returns]]", "[[Recap/TheFlash2014S2E15KingShark King Shark]]", "[[Recap/TheFlash2014S2E16Trajectory Trajectory]]", "[[Recap/TheFlash2014S2E18VersusZoom Versus Zoom]], "[[Recap/TheFlash2014S2E20Rupture Rupture]]", "[[Recap/TheFlash2014S3E3Magenta Magenta]]", "[[Recap/TheFlash2014S3E4TheNewRogues The New Rogues]]" (referring to Mirror Master and the Top), "[[Recap/TheFlash2014S3E5Monster Monster]]" (although [[spoiler:the titular "Monster" is just a hologram created by the real antagonist]]), "[[Recap/TheFlash2014S3E6Shade Shade]]", "[[Recap/TheFlash2014S3E7KillerFrost Killer Frost]]", "[[Recap/TheFlash2014S3E15TheWrathOfSavitar The Wrath of Savitar]]", "[[Recap/TheFlash2014S3E16IntoTheSpeedForce Into the Speed Force]]", "[[Recap/TheFlash2014S3E18AbraKadabra Abra Kadabra]]", "[[Recap/TheFlash2014S4E3LuckBeALady Luck Be a Lady]]" (referring to Hazard), "[[Recap/TheFlash2014S4E7ThereforeIAm Therefore I Am]]" (referring to the Thinker), and "[[Recap/TheFlash2014S4E17NullAndAnnoyed Null and Annoyed]]". PlayedWith with the episodes "[[Recap/TheFlash2014S1E4GoingRogue Going Rogue]]", "[[Recap/TheFlash2014S1E16RogueTime Rogue Time]]", "[[Recap/TheFlash2014S1E22RogueAir Rogue Air]]" and "[[Recap/TheFlash2014S2E3FamilyOfRogues Family of Rogues]]", as the titles are a reference to "The Rogues" from the comics, and feature characters who are members of the Rogues in the comics, but in none of the episodes do they call themselves that -- "Going Rogue" doesn't even feature any of the Rogues except Captain Cold.
344** ''Series/{{Supergirl|2015}}'': "[[Recap/Supergirl2015S1E5Livewire Livewire]]", "[[Recap/Supergirl2015S1E12Bizarro Bizarro]]", "[[Recap/Supergirl2015S2E8Medusa Medusa]]" (the name of the bioweapon used in the episode, not the [[Myth/ClassicalMythology mythical creature]]), "Luthors", "Mr. and Mrs. Mxyzptlk", and "[[Recap/Supergirl2015S3E9Reign Reign]]".
345** ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'': "[[Recap/LegendsOfTomorrowS1E13Leviathan Leviathan]]" (it's the name of the giant KillerRobot with which [[BigBad VandalSavage]] attacks the heroes), "[[Recap/LegendsOfTomorrowS2E3Shogun Shogun]]", "[[Recap/LegendsOfTomorrowS2E4Abominations Abominations]]" (referring to the [[OurZombiesAreDifferent zombies]] the team face in the episode), and "[[Recap/LegendsOfTomorrowS2E10TheLegionOfDoom The Legion of Doom]]".
346* ''Series/CobraKai'' is a DoubleSubversion. Originally it's a ReformedButNotTamed OrderReborn of the antagonistic ThugDojo from ''Film/TheKarateKid'' film series. However, the titular dojo's founder eventually regains control of it in the Season 2 finale, causing it to revert to its nefarious ways seen in the films (if not, ''worse'') from Season 3 onwards.
347* Extremely common with story titles in ''Series/DoctorWho''.
348** For starters, there are 19 episodes and serials [[TheXOfY bearing the word]] "Daleks".[[labelnote:Specifically...]]"[[Recap/DoctorWhoS1E2TheDaleks The Daleks]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E2TheDalekInvasionOfEarth The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS3E4TheDaleksMasterPlan The Daleks' Master Plan]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E3ThePowerOfTheDaleks The Power of the Daleks]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E9TheEvilOfTheDaleks The Evil of the Daleks]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS9E1DayOfTheDaleks Day of the Daleks]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS10E4PlanetOfTheDaleks Planet of the Daleks]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS11E3DeathToTheDaleks Death to the Daleks]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E4GenesisOfTheDaleks Genesis of the Daleks]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS17E1DestinyOfTheDaleks Destiny of the Daleks]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E4ResurrectionOfTheDaleks Resurrection of the Daleks]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS22E6RevelationOfTheDaleks Revelation of the Daleks]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E1RemembranceOfTheDaleks Remembrance of the Daleks]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E6Dalek Dalek]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E4DaleksInManhattan Daleks in Manhattan]]"/"[[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E5EvolutionOfTheDaleks Evolution of the Daleks]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E3VictoryOfTheDaleks Victory of the Daleks]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E1AsylumOfTheDaleks Asylum of the Daleks]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS34E2IntoTheDalek Into the Dalek]]"[[/labelnote]] This is because the episodes were originally intended to be read as "[[IAmNotShazam Doctor Who]] and the [Episode Title]" — the Target books follow this naming pattern, and "The Silurians" was entitled "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS7E2DoctorWhoAndTheSilurians Doctor Who and the Silurians]]" by mistake.
349** The Cybermen, for their part, appear in considerably fewer titles: "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E1TheTombOfTheCybermen The Tomb of the Cybermen]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E5RevengeOfTheCybermen Revenge of the Cybermen]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS22E1AttackOfTheCybermen Attack of the Cybermen]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E5RiseOfTheCybermen Rise of the Cybermen]]" and "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS38E9AscensionOfTheCybermen Ascension of the Cybermen]]".
350** The [[ProudWarriorRace Sontarans]] appear in two titles: "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E3TheSontaranExperiment The Sontaran Experiment]]" and "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E4TheSontaranStratagem The Sontaran Stratagem]]".
351** The [[VoluntaryShapeshifting Zygons]] have been mentioned in three titles: "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS13E1TerrorOfTheZygons Terror of the Zygons]]" and "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E7TheZygonInvasion The Zygon Invasion]]"/"[[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E8TheZygonInversion The Zygon Inversion]]".
352** Antagonistic Time Lady the Rani is mentioned in the titles of both of the serials featuring her: "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS22E3TheMarkOfTheRani The Mark of the Rani]]" and "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS24E1TimeAndTheRani Time and the Rani]]".
353** The [[LivingStatue Weeping Angels]] have gotten into two titles: "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E4TheTimeOfAngels The Time of Angels]]" and "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E5TheAngelsTakeManhattan The Angels Take Manhattan]]".
354** Titles with other recurring villains:
355*** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E7TheMacraTerror The Macra Terror]]"
356*** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E3TheIceWarriors The Ice Warriors]]"
357*** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS8E1TerrorOfTheAutons Terror of the Autons]]"
358** Titles mentioning one-shot villains:
359*** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS3E10TheWarMachines The War Machines]]"
360*** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E8TheFacelessOnes The Faceless Ones]]"
361*** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E2TheAbominableSnowmen The Abominable Snowmen]]" (the Great Intelligence's robot Yeti)
362*** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS6E1TheDominators The Dominators]]"
363*** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS6E4TheKrotons The Krotons]]"
364*** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS8E3TheClawsOfAxos The Claws of Axos]]" (the Axons)
365*** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS8E5TheDaemons The Dæmons]]"
366*** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS9E3TheSeaDevils The Sea Devils]]"
367*** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS11E5PlanetOfTheSpiders Planet of the Spiders]]" (the Eight-Legs)
368*** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E1Robot Robot]]"
369*** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS13E5TheBrainOfMorbius The Brain of Morbius]]"
370*** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS15E3ImageOfTheFendahl Image of the Fendahl]]"
371*** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS17E5TheHornsOfNimon The Horns of Nimon]]"
372*** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS18E2Meglos Meglos]]"
373*** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS26E2GhostLight Ghost Light]]" (Light, of the Eternals)
374*** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS26E3TheCurseOfFenric The Curse of Fenric]]"
375*** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E9TheFamilyOfBlood The Family of Blood]]"
376*** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E7TheUnicornAndTheWasp The Unicorn and the Wasp]]" (the Vespiform, a wasp-like alien)
377*** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E6TheVampiresOfVenice The Vampires of Venice]]" (the Saturnynians, who appear to be vampires due to quirks of their physiology and their PerceptionFilter)
378*** "[[Recap/DoctorWho2012CSTheSnowmen The Snowmen]]" (the Great Intelligence's {{Snowlem}} minions)
379*** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS36E10TheEatersOfLight The Eaters of Light]]"
380* ''Series/{{Hannibal}}'': The cannibalistic Dr. Hannibal Lecter is the arch-villain; Will Graham is the protagonist.
381* ''Series/{{Interceptor}}'' has the Interceptor, an over-the-top bad guy stalking the two contestants and attempting to render the game unwinnable by locking their [[BriefcaseFullOfMoney backpacks]].
382* ''Series/LawAndOrderCriminalIntent'': While the entire ''Franchise/LawAndOrder'' franchise deals with criminals, this is the show that really focuses on the suspects and their intentions.
383* ''Series/LawAndOrderOrganizedCrime'': Focuses on stopping crime syndicates. Doubles as TeamTitle as it also refers to the Ogranized Task Force.
384* As always, ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'' takes its name from Sauron the Great, Enemy of all Middle-earth, forger of the One Ring to rule all others.
385** Season 1 has the episode [[Recap/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPowerS1E3Adar "Adar"]]. Adar makes a blurred appearance barely at the end of the episode.
386* In ''Series/TheMentalist'', the title character might be mentalist Patrick Jane, but [[IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming each and every episode]] has a title that somehow alludes to the color red, in reference to Jane's nemesis, SerialKiller Red John. [[spoiler:After Red John is finally killed in season six, the remaining episodes are named after other colors.]]
387* Every single episode of ''Series/MonsterSquad'' had the title also being the name of the episode's villain.
388* ''Series/RedDwarf'' has a few of these; "Queeg", "Polymorph", "The Inquisitor", "Psirens", "Legion", "Gunmen of the Apocalypse", "Emohawk: Polymorph II", and "Epideme".
389* ''Franchise/StarTrek'':
390** ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'':
391*** "Charlie X": Charlie Evans becomes a RealityWarper and goes [[WithGreatpowerComesGreatInsanity mad with power]].
392*** "The Enemy Within": Kirk is split into a good and an [[EnemyWithout evil version]]. Guess which one is the enemy.
393*** "The Devil in the Dark": [[spoiler:Subverted.]] The devil in question is the silicon-based Horta who lives in a mine [[spoiler: and was killing the miners to protect its eggs. The Enterprise crew heal it and communicate with it]].
394*** "The Doomsday Machine": It is a planet-eating machine from another Galaxy.
395*** "The Ultimate Computer": M-5, the computer, is a typical AIIsACrapshoot.
396*** "The Tholian Web": The energy web is being created by the Tholians to destroy the Enterprise.
397** ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'':
398*** "Datalore" merges the name of a protagonist with that of his EvilTwin.
399*** "11001001" is made up of the names of the Bynars who commandeer the ''Enterprise.''
400*** "Skin Of Evil": The villain is a black liquid known as Armus.
401*** Most of the episodes featuring Q are {{Epunymous Title}}s on his name, such as "Hide and Q" or "True Q."
402*** "The Enemy" is a partial subversion: the Romulans remain the enemy, but La Forge and a Romulan soldier learn to work together to survive.
403*** "The Hunted": the party being hunted is a genetically modified super-soldier.
404*** "Devil's Due": the antagonist is Ardra, the titular "devil."
405*** "Imaginary Friend": an alien being mimicks a little girl's imaginary friend and threatens the ship.
406*** "Man of the People": refers to an alien ambassador who is draining Troi's life.
407** ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'':
408*** "The Passenger": Refers to the villain, initially a normal passenger (albeit a prisoner) [[spoiler:who at the moment of death hitches a ride inside Dr. Bashir.]]
409*** "The Circle": The station is besieged by the Bajoran faction by that name.
410*** "The Maquis" and "The Jem'Hadar" both introduce the titular antagonists.
411*** "The Adversary" brings this trope to its logical extreme (referring to a Changeling wreaking havoc aboard the ''Defiant''.)
412*** "The Muse": an alien presence appears as a seductive woman who inspires Jake Sisko's literary work so as to feed off his mental energy.
413** ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'':
414*** "Warlord": Kes's mind is taken over by the warlord in question.
415*** "Nemesis": The Nemesis are a monstrous species of aliens engaged in a war of extermination against the humanoid natives. [[spoiler:Subverted, as it's revealed to be a simulation run by the natives to brainwash new recruits, and the "warlike aliens" were the ones who helped rescue a kidnapped Chakotay.]]
416** ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'':
417*** "The Andorian Incident": At the end, the real villains are revealed to be [[spoiler:the Vulcans]], but the Andorians are still the antagonist for the majority of the episode.
418*** "Silent Enemy": The enemy is an alien ship which attacks the Enterprise.
419*** "Marauders": The Klingons are the antagonists.
420*** "The Augments": The Augments are the genetically altered humans led by Dr. Arik Soong.
421* Much like its source material, ''Series/TheWalkingDead'' deals with the protagonists fighting zombies in a ZombieApocalypse whom they dubbed as "Walkers", as well as fellow survivors who killed their humanity due to the stress of, or to survive, said apocalypse. And compared to the comics, the latter is [[AdaptationalAngstUpgrade much more emphasized]].
422* ''Series/WalkerTexasRanger'':
423** Season 3's "Tiger's Eye" had Tiger, an enforcer of the Yakuza responsible for the kidnapping of a Texas power broker's daughter.
424** The last two appearances of the titular Ranger's most hated nemesis, [[AxCrazy Victor]] [[SerialRapist LaRue]]: "The Return of [=LaRue=]" and "[[Recap/WalkerTexasRangerS5E20TrialOfLaRue The Trial of LaRue]]", [[spoiler:the latter of which Walker, finally [[TranquilFury fed up with him hurting Alex]], ''[[KarmicDeath shoots]] [[KilledOffForReal him]] [[AssholeVictim dead]]''.]]
425** "El Coyote" in Season 4, who is among the villains responsible for a human slave-labor smuggling operation in Mexico.
426** "Iceman" in Season 6, where the Rangers pursue the titular bomber, Maxwell Kronert, who, after they see his face for the first time, [[CriminalDoppelganger bears a striking resemblance]] [[IdenticalStranger to their old friend, Charlie Brooks]], and when the real Iceman ends up in the hospital following an explosive high-speed chase, they enlist Charlie's help in impersonating him in order to catch a mob boss planning his next heist. This is not surprising, as Creator/TerryKiser [[ActingForTwo played both Brooks and Kronert dually]].
427** "Angel", also in Season 6, who is an old flame of Trivette's, though she's more of an AntiVillain, who ultimately helps him bring down a gang of drug dealers.
428* The 2002 Creator/{{GSN}} version of ''Series/PressYourLuck'' was called ''Series/WhammyTheAllNewPressYourLuck!'' after the trope-naming {{Whammy}} character, which is functionally the same as naming a future ''Series/WheelOfFortune'' relaunch ''Bankrupt!'' It helps that the Whammy is one of the most memorable parts of ''Press Your Luck.''
429* ''Series/WhereInTheWorldIsCarmenSandiego''/''Series/WhereInTimeIsCarmenSandiego'': Franchise/CarmenSandiego herself, naturally. The crux of these two game shows is recovering whatever item(s) her henchman of the episode stole, and the final round of both shows involve trying to find and capture her.
430[[/folder]]
431
432[[folder:Music]]
433* "Music/{{Shia LaBeouf|Live}}" is about cannibal hermit Shia [=LaBeouf=] who kills people in the woods, and [[SecondPersonNarration your]] encounter with him.
434[[/folder]]
435
436[[folder:Pinballs]]
437* ''Pinball/BlackKnight'' and ''Pinball/BlackKnight2000'': Black Knight is the antagonist on these two tables, and he likes to taunt and mock the player whenever possible.
438* ''Pinball/BramStokersDracula'': The goal is to kill Dracula.
439* ''Pinball/{{Centaur}}'': The goal is to battle a cyborg being known as "Centaur".
440* ''Pinball/{{Gorgar}}'': On this table the player is in the role of a barbarian warrior who ventures into the demon Gorgar's volcanic lair to try to rescue your lover and defeat him.
441* ''Pinball/{{Hook}}'': As with [[Film/{{Hook}} the movie,]] Peter Pan's antagonist is the star of the game.
442* Creator/{{Capcom}}'s unreleased ''Pinball/{{Kingpin}}'' is named after the mafia leader of the Big City.
443%%* ''Pinball/ThePhantomOfTheOpera''
444* ''Pinball/{{Sorcerer}}'': The player challenges a being known as the Sorcerer to a magic duel on this table.
445* ''Pinball/{{Varkon}}'': The goal of the game is to attack the face of Varkon, which can be easily seen on the table.
446[[/folder]]
447
448[[folder:Pro Wrestling]]
449* Perro Aguayo Jr's PowerStable Los Perros Del Mal are the main antagonists of Perros Del Mal Producciones.[[/folder]]
450
451[[folder:Roleplay]]
452* ''Roleplay/DestroyTheGodmodder'': The main villain of this forum game/roleplay hybrid is the Godmodder. His goal in ''Destroy the Godmodder 2'' was initially to make everyone playing ''Minecraft'' {{rage quit}}, but eventually [[VillainDecay became more and more unhinged and obsessed with defeating the Anti-Godmodder Descendants as the game continued]].
453* ''Roleplay/WarrensOfOricTheAwesome'' is named after the dungeon where the game takes place, which is named after the main antagonist. So in a round about way it fits this trope.
454[[/folder]]
455
456[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
457* ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' does this a lot with sets. The last two blocks ended this way, with ''Rise of the Eldrazi'' and ''New Phyrexia''.
458[[/folder]]
459
460[[folder:Theatre]]
461* ''Theatre/TheBat'': The Bat is a SerialKiller who is terrorising the inhabitants of an OldDarkHouse.
462* ''Theatre/{{Comus}},'' named for the EvilSorcerer ([[AmbiguouslyHuman or spirit or god]]) who captures the protagonist. Technically Creator/JohnMilton called it ''[[ShortTitleLongElaborateSubtitle A Mask presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634: on Michelmas night, before the Rt Hon. Iohn Earl of Bridgewater, Viscount Brackly, Lord President of Wales, and one of His Maiesties most honorable privie councill]],'' but people opt for something simpler and more descriptive.
463* ''Theatre/DonGiovanni'' is the villain who the others are trying to stop.
464* The second ''Theatre/{{Latibaer}}'' play, ''Glanni Glæpur Í Latabæ'', is named after its antagonist Glanni Glæpur.
465* The ''Theatre/MrsHawking'' series: Part V is named after Mrs. Hawking’s arch nemesis, ''[[https://vimeo.com/321115275 Mrs. Frost]]''.
466* Music/GiuseppeVerdi's ''Theatre/{{Nabucco}}''. Nabucco is the antagonist, the King of Babylon who enslaves Jews.
467[[/folder]]
468
469[[folder:Video Games]]
470* ''VideoGame/AkaManto'' is named after the red hooded figure that pursues you in the school.
471* ''VideoGame/AllAloneWithMannie'': Mannie is an AxCrazy anthropomorphic mouse girl you need to avoid and hide from.
472* ''VideoGame/ArkandianLegends'': Revenant is the villain of ''Arkandian Revenant''.
473* Kongregate's ''Army Of Destruction'' is named after the enemy army.
474* The ''VideoGame/{{Aveyond}}'' {{prequel}} game, ''Ahriman's Prophecy'', refers to the BigBad.
475* The original title of ''VideoGame/BadDudes vs. Dragon Ninja'' was simply ''Dragon Ninja'', referring exclusively to the president-kidnapping ninjas.
476* ''VideoGame/BaldisBasicsInEducationAndLearning'': Baldi might not seem like a villain at first, but sooner or later, you'll screw up a math question, and he'll start trying to punish you for messing up. There are other characters, but they just slow you down or make it easier for Baldi to get you.
477* ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight'' features the titular Arkham Knight, who forms a BigBadDuumvirate with the Scarecrow.
478* ''VideoGame/BendyAndTheInkMachine'' is named for both Bendy, the AmbiguouslyEvil Ink Demon that [[PlayerCharacter Henry]] runs and hides from; and for the Ink Machine, the game's MonsterProgenitor and the cause of all the horrible things that happened prior to the game.
479* ''VideoGame/BinkyShow'': Binky is the MonsterClown BigBad of the game.
480* ''VideoGame/BioMetal'': The name of the evil aliens the player fights in the game.
481* ''BLAM! Machine Head'' (simply titled ''Machine Head'' in North America), named after the PhysicalGod responsible for the game's event and main antagonist.
482* ''VideoGame/BloonsTowerDefense'': The Bloons are the enemy balloons that your monkeys have to pop.
483* ''VideoGame/BramTheToymaker'': The toymaker is the ghostly figure who haunts the house that [[PlayerCharacter you're]] stuck in.
484* The titular ''VideoGame/{{Breed}}'' refers to a hostile alien race who had conquered most of the galaxy, and you spend the whole game battling Breed soldiers and their war machines.
485* ''VideoGame/BroodStar'' is named after the monstrous leader of the HordeOfAlienLocusts menacing humanity.
486* ''VideoGame/CaptainSilver'': Captain Silver is the name of the final boss, and his treasure the MacGuffin of the game. Your character is named Jim Aykroyd.
487* The ''Franchise/CarmenSandiego'' games (''VideoGame/WhereInTheWorldIsCarmenSandiego'', ''[[VideoGame/WhereInTimeIsCarmenSandiego1989 Where in Time]] [[VideoGame/WhereInTimeIsCarmenSandiego1997 is Carmen Sandiego?]]'', etc.) are all named for the antagonist, an elusive criminal mastermind that you, as an unnamed investigator, must track down.
488* ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'':
489** Castlevania is the castle in which Dracula lives, but in Japan, it's known as ''Devil's Castle Dracula'', referring to both the castle and its lord.
490** ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadow'''s subtitle refers to the Lords of Shadow that Gabriel Belmont is tasked to defeat.
491* ''VideoGame/ChooChooCharles'': The game is named after its main antagonist, the evil half-spider half-train monster known as Choo-Choo Charles.
492* ''VideoGame/Clown2020'': The game is named after the MonsterClown you need to banish by collecting the cards.
493* ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot'' series:
494** ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot2CortexStrikesBack'' and ''VideoGame/CrashBandicootTheWrathOfCortex'': The BigBad of nearly all of the series is Doctor Neo Cortex (besides [[TheManBehindTheMan his employer]] Uka Uka, who is introduced in ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot3Warped'').
495** ''Crash Bandicoot 2: N-Tranced'' on Platform/GameBoyAdvance: TheDragon to BigBad Doctor Nefarious Tropy (after Uka Uka sacked Cortex for another failure) is master hypnotist N. Trance and the first three bosses are Crash's siblings and recurring gag character Fake Crash, who have all been entranced by him.
496** ''Crash of the Titans'' refers to Cortex's army of brute mutant mooks known as Titans ''and'' is a PunBasedTitle on ''Film/{{Clash of the Titans|1981}}''.
497* The titular ''VideoGame/DaemonSummoner'' refers to the evil Vampire Twins who's attempting to awaken a BigRedDevil, the titular Daemon, to TakeOverTheWorld. They're also the villains who made your life a living hell by killing your son, turning your wife into one of their vampire servants, and leaves you for the dead.
498* A few of the ''VideoGame/DarkParables'' are named for their antagonists. In the second game, ''The Exiled Prince,'' said prince is believed to be responsible for the disappearance of many people, including the daughter of the German Chancellor. The ninth game is ''The Queen of Sands'', who is wreaking havoc on a small village in France.
499* The titular ''VideoGame/CyClones'' are alien {{cyborg}} bio-weapons designed to hunt and kill humans, and you spend most of the game's first half battling them.
500* In ''VideoGame/DayOfTheIdea'', Idea is the name of the principal antagonist.
501* ''VideoGame/DeathInTheWater'', '''Death''' being the name of an ancient, prehistoric [[GiantSquid Giant Octopus]] who haunts the depths of Blackwater Bay and the game's most powerful aquatic monster.
502* The ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}}'' series is named for the titular archdemon, one of the setting's three Prime Evils and [[spoiler:at the end of ''VideoGame/DiabloIII'', [[SatanicArchetype the personification of demonic evil in the universe]]]].
503** ''Diablo II: Lord of Destruction'': The Lord of Destruction is Baal, the antagonist of the ExpansionPack.
504** ''Diablo III: Reaper of Souls'' refers to the rogue angel [[TheGrimReaper Malthael]].
505* ''VideoGame/DoctorRobotniksMeanBeanMachine''. Doctor Robotnik is the final AI opponent, and the rest of the AI opponent roster consists of his creations.
506* ''Franchise/DonkeyKong'':
507** [[VideoGame/DonkeyKong The original arcade game]] has the eponymous ape playing the role of the bad guy, tossing barrels and other obstacles at Mario to keep him from reaching Pauline.
508** ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong3'' has Donkey Kong riling up insects in a greenhouse to annoy Stanley the Bugman, who uses his bug spray to shoot him and the insects.
509** ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong94'' returns to the classic formula: Donkey Kong kidnaps Pauline, Mario goes after him to get her back.
510* ''Franchise/DragonAge'':
511** The first DLC released for ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'' was called ''Jaws of Hakkon,'' which is the name of a hostile tribe of Avvar who serve as the primary antagonists of the DLC's main quest.
512** ''VideoGame/DragonAgeDreadwolf'' is named after "the Dread Wolf," the NomDeGuerre of the main antagonist, Solas.
513* ''VideoGame/DragonsLair'' plays with this trope. The title really refers to the final scene, although the Dragon referenced is the final boss.
514* The titular monsters from ''VideoGame/{{Dreamkiller}}'' are demons which resides in the dream world, who devours the sweet dreams of anyone who went to sleep and inflict crippling phobia on humans who enters their realm. You play as a psychologist with psychic powers and a "Dream Saviour" who enters DreamLand to battle these monstrosities.
515* The ''VideoGame/EverybodyEdits'' campaign world "The Glitch" is named after a [[EldritchAbomination sentient glitch]] that [[TrappedInTVLand traps the player character]] into various VideoGame worlds.
516* ''VideoGame/{{Extrapower}}'':
517** ''VideoGame/ExtrapowerAttackOfDarkforce'': Named after the man who just finished conquering the Shakun Star at the game's start, and who heroes across the ''EXTRAPOWER'' universe [[CrisisCrossover have to unite together to stop]] before he takes over and destroys the Earth.
518** ''VideoGame/ExtrapowerGiantFist'': Zophy has some powerful punches and can throw boulders as easily as he can a {{Mook}}, but his fist isn't appreciably gigantic. [[BigBad Zet]] though? Especially when it turns out that the sought-after bracelet is actually the ring of the gigantic Latour warriors? There's the giant fist.
519* Played straight then averted in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV''. The first expansion post-''A Realm Reborn'' is titled ''Heavensward''. [[spoiler:The main foes of the initial storyline is the "Heavens' Ward", a group of twelve knights of Ishgard who side with King Thordan VII in wanting to take over the world via Primal forms.]] Later in the storyline, after a ''lot'' of upheavals, the narrator for this saga describes the feeling of change within Ishgard to be like ascending "heavensward".
520** The ''Shadowbringers'' Expansion is both a protagonist title and an antagonist title - on the protagonist side, the PlayerCharacter becomes the [[DarkIsNotEvil Warrior of Darkness]] to save a world full of corrupting Light to bring back the night and shadows. On the villain side the Shadowbringers are the Ascians, specifically [[BigBad Emet-Selch]], who worship a god of Darkness and whose plans on the First are to revive said god. The Japanese name, "Villains of Pitch Black", is even more explicit: on one end, the people of the First call themselves villains in a sarcastic manner due to being hunted down by the [[AngelicAbomination Sin Eaters]], and on the other hand it refers to the actual, literal villains of the story.
521* ''Franchise/FiveNightsAtFreddys'' has Freddy Fazbear himself. Well, [[DemotedtoExtra for one game...]]
522* The eponymous ''VideoGame/GeneTroopers'' are bio-engineered alien troopers serving the antagonists, and a recurring, powerful enemy in-game. The protagonist was originally supposed to be one of their ranks, but retains his sanity thanks to being saved by the resistance.
523* The ''VideoGame/GnarledHag'' is the WickedWitch who imprisoned the protagonist inside her house and the one you must evade while escaping the house.
524* ''VideoGame/GODHeedTheCallToAwaken'': {{God}} Himself! You better believe it--The One whom everyone is working towards. Also doubles as FunWithAcronyms, attempting to somewhat obscure this.
525* Subverted in the first ''VideoGame/GodOfWarI''. The TitleDrop at the end makes it clear that Ares was not actually the title character, but [[spoiler:Kratos, who [[YouKillItYouBoughtIt takes his place]]]].
526* ''Golvellius'' is the name of the final boss.
527* A fairly large amount of [[MediaNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfVideoGames golden age arcade games]], such as ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong'', ''VideoGame/{{Sinistar}}'', ''VideoGame/{{Centipede}}'', ''VideoGame/SpaceInvaders'', and ''VideoGame/{{Qix}}'', were named after their villains.
528* ''VideoGame/{{Hades}}'' is the name of [[PlayerCharacter Zagreus]]'s father, and the reason he's trying to [[EscapedFromHell escape the Underworld]] in the first place. [[spoiler:He also serves as the game's FinalBoss.]]
529* ''VideoGame/{{Hanako}}'': The game is about trying to survive against the ghost of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanako-san Hanako-san]].
530* The ''VideoGame/HauntedHotel'' installment ''The Axiom Butcher'' plays with this. The Axiom Butcher is suspected of being the game's BigBad, but since he was killed in a police standoff a few years earlier, there's some doubt as to whether it's his ghost or a CopycatKiller. [[spoiler:It's the latter.]]
531* ''VideoGame/HeavyRain'' uses this occasionally, with chapter names such as "Origami Killer", "Nathaniel", "Mad Jack", "The Doc", and the DLC "The Taxidermist".
532* ''VideoGame/HollowKnight'' is a fairly straight example. [[spoiler: The Hollow Knight is the (initial) final boss of the game, though certain endings involve fighting other bosses either instead of or in addition to the Hollow Knight.]]
533* ''VideoGame/HuntTheWumpus'': The Wumpus is only one of two enemies in the game (the other being GoddamnedBats), but hunting him down is the sole objective.
534* ''{{VideoGame/Hydorah}}'': The name of the FinalBoss.
535* ''VideoGame/IMMeen''. The protagonists are two children whom the child-hating man known as I.M. Meen had kidnapped and trapped in his maze.
536* ''VideoGame/{{Jaws}}'' for the [=NES=]. Unlike the movie it's based on, the big shark here is explicitly named Jaws.
537* ''VideoGame/JonesInTheFastLane''. Jones is the name of the optional, computer-controlled competitor.
538* The Jotun of ''VideoGame/{{Jotun}}'' are the giants whom protagonist Thora has to defeat in order to earn her place in Valhalla.
539* ''VideoGame/KarenSees'': The game has you playing as a night guard having to avoid a [[ObnoxiousEntitledHousewife Karen]] out for blood in TheMall where he works, while collecting the complaints she left there previously.
540* ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'', in the context of the series lore, is perfectly benign. However, since the bad guys' plan almost always involves summoning it and using it to distort the balance of light and dark, hearing the name mentioned in any of the games usually is very bad news for the heroes.
541* ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'':
542** ''VideoGame/KirbySuperStar'' has this for the sub-games Dyna Blade and Revenge of Meta Knight.
543** ''VideoGame/KirbySqueakSquad'''s titular Squeaks are the main antagonistic faction.
544* In the obscure top-down BeatEmUp ''Kyros'', you fight enemies in the titular vampire's mansion. Averted in the Japanese version (which is called ''Kyros no Yakata''), the European version (which is called ''Halls of Kyros'', a translation of the Japanese title), and the home computer ports (which are called ''Desolator'').
545* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask'', in which the titular mask is the BigBad (or rather ManBehindTheMan).
546* In ''VideoGame/LEGONinjagoShadowOfRonin'', Ronin is the main antagonist of the game who steals the ninjas' memories and brainwashes their former enemies to do his bidding.
547* ''VideoGame/LunchLady'': The game is named after the titular lunch lady, whom the [[PlayerCharacter Player Characters]] are trying to avoid while collecting sheets of test answers.
548* ''VideoGame/Madman2022'': The game is named after the murderous man dressed as a doctor out to kill you.
549* ''VideoGame/MadDogMcCree'' is named after the main antagonist of the series who causes mischief with his band of outlaws in TheWildWest. The player plays as The Stranger, a character similar to [[Film/DollarsTrilogy The Man With No Name]].
550* One game in the ''VideoGame/MadouMonogatari'' series is ''Madou Monogatari III: Kyuukyoku Joou-sama'', with ''Kyuukyoku Joou-sama'' translating to "Ultimate Queen." The "ultimate queen" in question is Rulue, TheRival to series protagonist Arle.
551* ''VideoGame/MafiaIII''. While the previous games had you playing as ruthless members of Los Cosa Nostra, this game flips the perspective by having you playing as black Vietnam vet Lincoln Clay taking the fight to the Sicilian mob after one of their crime bosses murders Lincoln's family.
552* ''VideoGame/MakaMaka'' has the final boss, Maka-Maka, a demon king reborn. Also the antagonistic forces in general, which are known as the Maka Maka Society.
553* ''VideoGame/MasterOfDarkness'' is named for {{Dracula}}, though you don't fight him directly in the game, instead battling a vampiric noble who is channeling his powers.
554* ''VideoGame/MentalOmega'': The title refers to the Mental Omega Tower, a ''global-scale'' MindControlDevice built by the Epsilon Army for the purposes of [[WellIntentionedExtremist ending strife and unifying humanity into "one mind" to progress peacefully together.]]
555* While technically not a character, ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' is the name of the bipedal tank that Solid Snake faces in the end of the [[VideoGame/MetalGear1 original MSX2 game]]. The sequels usually involve Snake (or one of his [[LegacyCharacter predecessors]]) fighting against the latest model of the mech.
556** The second ''Solid'' title is called ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty''. The historically inclined may pick it up as a reference to the actual Sons of Liberty, but it is the name that Solidus Snake picks for his terrorist organization.
557** The third, ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater'', is an aversion, as it refers to Snake himself (fighting the ''Cobra'' Unit), but it could also represent The Boss who eats Snake out of his naivete [[spoiler: and his code name]].
558** The fourth is ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots'', referring to the antagonist's plan and ultimate goal.
559** ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidPeaceWalker'' is named after the FinalBoss. The Metal Gear, on the other hand, is on your side for once [[spoiler:[[TrueFinalBoss which doesn't prevent the plot from having you fight it anyway]]]].
560* ''VideoGame/{{Meteos}}'' is a phantasmagoric matter that can destroy planets and they originate from the planet Meteo, the BigBad of the game.
561* ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'':
562** The series itself is named after the Metroids. These creatures are never the ''primary'' antagonists as they're more or less alien animals, but their devastatingly effective life-energy siphoning capabilities make them a prime bioweapon candidate. Most of the mainline ''Metroid'' games up through ''VideoGame/MetroidDread'' have at least parts of their stories influenced by the shadow of the Metroids. However, the Metroids themselves are supposedly extinct as of ''VideoGame/MetroidFusion'', though series protagonist Samus Aran carries some of their DNA within her; this fact combined with the retcon that "Metroid" means "Ultimate Warrior" in the [[{{Conlang}} Chozo language]] means that the ''Metroid'' series has more of a ProtagonistTitle these days, since Samus herself is a Metroid on more than one level. [[spoiler:This becomes a full-on protagonist title as of the events of ''Dread'', as while the species was rendered wholly extinct thanks to the events of ''Fusion'', their DNA lives on in Samus, who practically becomes a humanoid Metroid, in both meanings of the word, in time for its climax.]]
563** The ''VideoGame/MetroidPrimeTrilogy'' shares Metroid Prime as an antagonist for all three main games in the subseries. [[IHaveManyNames This creature has many names]], including the Worm and Dark Samus.
564* ''VideoGame/MonkeyIsland2LeChucksRevenge'': [=LeChuck=] is the BigBad of the entire ''VideoGame/MonkeyIsland'' series.
565* ''VideoGame/MonsterHunterWorld: [[ExpansionPack Iceborne]]'': Velkhana, the [[{{Mascot}} flagship monster]] of the expansion, has the in-universe title of "The Iceborne Wyvern".
566* ''VideoGame/MrHoppsPlayhouse'': Mr. Hopp is the titular demonic stuffed rabbit you have to evade throughout the game.
567* ''VideoGame/MurderInTheAlps'': The title of the first chapter of Part 3, ''The Dada Killer'', is the nickname given to the SerialKiller who's obsessed with Dadaism.
568* The ''VideoGame/MysteryTrackers'' installments ''The Four Aces'' and ''Queen of Hearts'' are named for their respective {{Big Bad}}s. The latter is also a direct sequel to the former; the woman who calls herself the Queen of Hearts is the sister of the man who called himself the Ace of Hearts.
569* ''VideoGame/NeoContra'' is the titular terrorist organization in the game's plot.
570* ''VideoGame/{{Nier}}'' was released as two version in Japan; ''Nier Replicant'' and ''Nier Gestalt''. [[spoiler: Nier's replicant is the player character, while Nier's gestalt (AKA: the Shadowlord) is the ([[HeroAntagonist well-intentioned]]) primary antagonist.]]
571* ''VideoGame/NoStraightRoads'' is ''literally'' the name of the corrupt conglomerate that regains over the in game setting and the foes the protagonists must fight throughout the game.
572* ''VideoGame/OceanhornMonsterOfUnchartedSeas'': Oceanhorn is a SeaMonster that the PlayerCharacter's father left to battle.
573* ''VideoGame/{{Omori}}'' is a straightforward ProtagonistTitle, up until [[spoiler:the game reaches Black Space and Omori is revealed to be Sunny's EnemyWithin.]]
574* ''VideoGame/OneLonelyOutpost'' is a game about building up a colony and growing social connections to the colonists that move in. The devs thus half-joke that the titular "loneliness" is, [[NoAntagonist conceptually]], the antagonist.
575* ''VideoGame/OrcsMustDie'': The majority of the {{mook}}s in the series are Orcs. The first game does have a [[spoiler:non-Orc]] BigBad, but the sequel is Big Bad-less; just an army of Orcs and other monsters to fend off.
576* ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheOrigamiKing'': The Origami King refers to King Olly, the main antagonist of the game who wants to fold the entire Mushroom Kingdom into origami.
577* ''VideoGame/ParasiteEve'' is referring to the main antagonist, the sentient Mitochondria Eve.
578* This is a major plot twist two thirds of the way into in ''VideoGame/PhantasyStarNova'', where [[spoiler:the titular Nova is a sentient Gigantes that is covering the entirety of Makia's surface. Its "antagonist" status is debatable since it's basically an out-of-control machine, but it's definitely preventing the main characters from leaving]].
579* ''VideoGame/PoppyPlaytime'' Downplayed. The titles don’t have the names of the toy you’ll be facing in the title itself, but a saying related to them. By way of example, Chapter 1 is "A Tight Squeeze", where you encounter Huggy Wuggy. Poppy herself, however, is not an antagonist.
580* The Red Dragon Island from ''VideoGame/{{Poptropica}}'' actually takes its name from [[spoiler:the AxCrazy Red Dragon that the player must fight in the end.]] The island is also a crossover with the ''Literature/MagicTreeHouse'' books, but none of the antagonists of that series appear.
581* ''VideoGame/PsychoKiller'' refers to the SerialKiller who's the BigBad.
582* ''VideoGame/{{Quake}}'' is named after the code name for the BigBad of the original game. However, this name becomes an ArtifactTitle in future releases as they use the name for brand recognition sake.
583* ''{{VideoGame/Rayman}} VideoGame/RavingRabbids'' is a strange case, as it is both a ProtagonistTitle (Rayman) ''and'' an Antagonist Title (Raving Rabbids). Furthermore, after being spun-off from Rayman, the Rabbids become less antagonistic (primarily due to being the only characters of note in their series) and thus less referred to as "Raving."
584* ''VideoGame/{{Relayer}}'' is named after the antagonist faction, the Relayers.
585* ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Nemesis'', named after the SuperPersistentPredator that chases Jill throughout the game.
586* Subverted in ''Videogame/RoboArmy''. True to it's title, the game sees you fighting a RobotWar, but it actually refers to the two player heroes, a pair of {{cyborg}}s on the side of good.
587* ''VideoGame/RiverCityGirls'': "Bully" from the prospective of a BullyHunter towards their target.
588* ''VideoGame/{{Rygar}}'' is a strange example. The Japanese version's title is ''Argus no Senshi'' (Warrior of Argus), with the hero being nameless, and the villain being named Ligar. But the English version renamed the game ''Rygar'', probably intending to use this trope, but due to the JapaneseRanguage problem, "Rygar" was instead interpreted as the hero's name, with the villain's name ''still being'' "Ligar".
589* ''VideoGame/ShadowMaster'' is the titular alien overlord who reigns entire galaxies, which you spend the whole game battling against.
590* ''VideoGame/{{Simulacra}}'' [[TheReveal turns out to be named after]] [[spoiler:the EldritchAbomination that is responsible for Anna’s disappearance]].
591* The arcade game ''VideoGame/{{Sinistar}}'' was named after its extremely memorable -- and vocal -- boss.
592* ''VideoGame/TheSkeletons'': The game is named after the skeleton is trying to kill you.
593* ''VideoGame/{{Skullgirls}}'', which refers to the girl who holds this title (as well as the title as a whole).
594* ''Skuljagger: Revolt of the Westicans'' is named after its FinalBoss.
595* ''VideoGame/{{Skullmonkeys}}'' is named after the race of violent monkey-like creatures enslaved by the BigBad.
596* The Japanese title of ''VideoGame/{{Socket}}'' is ''Time Dominator'', which is the name of the game's main villain.
597* ''[[VideoGame/SoulSeries Soul Edge]]'', the first game in the series, was titled after the eponymous evil sword, which serves as [[LivingWeapon the primary motivating antagonist]] of the entire series. For the release on the original Platform/PlayStation, the name was changed to ''Soul Blade'' in the US to avoid a nasty trademark squabble with a game developer named "Tim Langdell" (notorious for suing anyone in the game industry who would use the word "edge" for their products); later games were named after Soul Edge's [[BigGood polar opposite,]] Soul Calibur.
598* ''VideoGame/SpaceInvaders'' may be one of the oldest video game examples of this trope.
599* ''VideoGame/Spyro2RiptosRage'': Ripto is the villain.
600* ''VideoGame/{{SSTR}}'' is the name of both the game, and [[AIIsACrapshoot the killer [=AI=]]] who's hunting The Horizon's crew down.
601* The Playstation and Saturn game ''Swagman'' (from the original creators of the Franchise/TombRaider series) is named for the main antagonist who was captured all of the Dreamflight (also known as the "Dreamflies").
602* ''VideoGame/TheTaleOfAlltynex'': Referring to the evil super-computer who serves as the BigBad of the entire series.
603* ''VideoGame/{{Targ}}'': The Targs from the title are the in-game enemies. You play as the Wummel instead.
604* ''VideoGame/TimeSplitters'': The [=TimeSplitters=] are an evil alien race that are trying to destroy humanity by using Time Crystals to alter Earth's history.
605* ''Franchise/TouhouProject'':
606** In general, each game has a boss that shares a kanji or two with the game's title.
607** ''VideoGame/TouhouKoumakyouTheEmbodimentOfScarletDevil'': "The Scarlet Devil" is the nickname of the FinalBoss.
608** ''VideoGame/TouhouSuimusouImmaterialAndMissingPower'': This is a really roundabout reference to the FinalBoss and her abilities.
609** ''VideoGame/TouhouEiyashouImperishableNight'': Sounds like an aversion, as the protagonists are the ones responsible for the title incident, but [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation can be interpreted as a reference]] to the [[{{Immortality}} immortals]] who drive the plot.
610** ''VideoGame/TouhouFuujinrokuMountainOfFaith'' (''Wind God Record''): The wind god is the FinalBoss.
611** ''VideoGame/TouhouKishinjouDoubleDealingCharacter'': The double dealing character is the PreFinalBoss who's actually TheManInFrontOfTheMan manipulating the FinalBoss.
612* ''VideoGame/TheTowerOfDruaga'': Druaga is indeed the villain of this game, and your objective is to climb his tower and defeat him.
613* ''VideoGame/TrillionGodOfDestruction'' is all about the overlords of the underworld trying to defeat the eponymous character. Keyword is ''[[DamageSpongeBoss trying]]''.
614* ''VideoGame/{{Trog}}'' is named for the one-eyed cavemen who are your main foes.
615* ''VideoGame/TurtleHead'' is the alias of the SerialKiller haunting Smithlane High School.
616* Creator/AndrewSchultz's ''Very Vile Fairy File'' is named after the titular ArtifactOfDoom that will show up to insult you throughout the game until you finally destroy it.
617* ''VideoGame/{{Wardner}}'': Wardner is the name of the final boss.
618* ''VideoGame/WariosWoods'' is the only game with Wario's name in the title (aside from ''VideoGame/MarioAndWario'', which lists the more obvious hero first... but ''not'' the actual player character) in which he is the antagonist. The protagonist is Toad, with support from Birdo.
619* ''VideoGame/WarriorsOrochi'' is an interesting case, as the title starts as this, but becomes more of an ArtifactTitle as the series continues. In the second game, Orochi is more of a GreaterScopeVillain, with his [[TheDragon dragon]], Da Ji, being the main threat. In the third game, the main foe is The Hydra, which is a manifestation of Orochi’s power, but due to a lack of consciousness, is generally considered more of its own separate being. By the fourth title, Orochi [[DemotedToExtra is reduced]] to an ArcVillain.
620* ''VideoGame/TheWitcher3WildHunt'' is of course, the main threat Geralt has to face in the main story.
621* ''VideoGame/{{Witchkin}}'' is named after a trio of toys who act as the Candy Lady's children.
622* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' uses it regularly. In order, you stop the demonic invasion of the ''Burning Crusade'' and kill the eponymous Lich King in ''Wrath of the Lich King''. ''Cataclysm'' also fits, in that you're stopping Deathwing, the perpetuator of the Cataclysm (although he also proclaims "I AM the Cataclysm!" at one point.) This appears to be averted with ''Mists of Pandaria'', where the mists are just the explanation for how no one had found Pandaria before. [[spoiler: Subverted when it's revealed that the mists of Pandaria were a manifestation of the Sha of Pride, one of the {{Eldritch Abomination}}s plaguing the land]]. The usual pattern returns in ''Warlords of Draenor'', said warlords are the ones who launch an invasion with the intent of world domination and must be stopped. In ''Legion'', we return to Azeroth to once again fight the Burning Legion. Bonus points: It's made clear at this point in the story that [[spoiler:if the Old Gods/Void Lords succeed in corrupting Azeroth, which is in fact the last Titan, the LITERAL world of Warcraft would be the series antagonist.]]
623* ''VideoGame/{{Xargon}}'' is named for the BigBad. The last of the three episodes, Xargon's Fury, also shares his name.
624* ''VideoGame/{{Xybots}}'' is named for the enemy MechaMooks.
625* ''VideoGame/YourToy'' could count, seeing as the KillerTeddyBear BigBad belonged to the PlayerCharacter.
626* ''VideoGame/YukiOnna2020'' is named after the {{Youkai}} who chases you and tries to freeze you to death.
627* ''VideoGame/ZeddasServantsOfSheol'': Zeddas is the titular villain.
628* In Japan, ''[[VideoGame/ZoneOfTheEnders Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner]]'' is known as ''ANUBIS: Zone of the Enders'', which is the name of [[BigBad antagonist]] [[OmnicidalManiac Colonel Nohman's]] [[HumongousMecha Orbital Frame]].
629* ''VideoGame/ZorkGrandInquisitor'': Grand Inquisitor Mir Yannick is the BigBad of the game, and the plot revolves around overthrowing his rule and bringing magic back to the land of Zork.
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632[[folder:Visual Novels]]
633* ''VisualNovel/SisterlyBlissDontLetMomFindOut'' features Ichika and Futaba's mother who must not find out about the two's relationship.
634* ''VisualNovel/{{Snatcher}}'', named after the race of bioroids that the player faces in the game.
635* ''[[VisualNovel/{{Sunrider}} Sunrider: Mask of Arcadius]]'' is named for [[BigBad Veniczar Arcadius]], a [[MalevolentMaskedMan masked]] dictator [[GalacticConqueror out to conquer the galaxy]].
636[[/folder]]
637
638[[folder:Web Animation]]
639* ''WebAnimation/BentoBanana'': The first episode, "The Wrath of Broclotron" is named after the episode's antagonist, Broclotron.
640* ''WebAnimation/DrHavocsDiary'': The titular man is the VillainProtagonist.
641* ''WebAnimation/MurderDrones'': The Murder Drones are [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampiric]] robots who pray on the population of Copper 9. [[spoiler:This is subverted when the main character befriends two of them, and [[EnemyMine they team up against the true antagonist]]: the MegaCorp [[TheManBehindTheMan that made them]].]]
642* ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue: Zero'', the show's 18th season, has the subtitle derived from Agent Zero, who defects and creates a syndicate to seek an Ultimate Power.
643[[/folder]]
644
645[[folder:Webcomics]]
646* ''Webcomic/MobyDickBackFromTheDeep'' is named after the titular undead white whale that's terrorizing White Sands Beach.
647* ''[[https://shishka.neocities.org/nofollow/ No Follow]]'' is the surname of Spider, a CorruptCorporateExecutive attempting to take over a Platform/{{Geocities}} {{Expy}}.
648* ''Webcomic/StarPower'': [[https://starpowercomic.com/comic/robo-scorpions "Robo-Scorpions"]]: About a foe in a ShowWithinAShow and a [[spoiler:real enemy]] facing Danica.
649* ''Webcomic/Trevor2020'' is named after Trevor, the character who [[spoiler: kills off]] the cast [[DwindlingParty one at a time]]
650[[/folder]]
651
652[[folder:Web Videos]]
653* ''WebVideo/MittenSquad'': In the video, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dO2klH4s58 "Borderlands The Pre-Sequel: Part 4 | Deadlift."]] Deadlift is a boss that needs to be killed to progress the plot.
654* Franchise/TheSlenderManMythos is, of course, named after everyone's [[CreepyAwesome favorite]] [[TheBlank faceless]] HumanoidAbomination. Though [[BlueAndOrangeMorality whether he's actually an]] ''[[BlueAndOrangeMorality antagonist]]'' [[BlueAndOrangeMorality or just running off instinct or even trying to]] ''[[BlueAndOrangeMorality help]]'' [[BlueAndOrangeMorality is, outside of a few series, ultimately up to interpretation.]]
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656
657[[folder:Western Animation]]
658* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': There's an in-universe example with the play ''[[PropagandaPiece The Boy in the Iceberg]]''. The title refers to [[TheHero Aang]], but keep in mind that the play was made in [[TheEmpire the Fire Nation]], where Aang is public enemy number one.
659%% (Needs context) ** Some episode titles qualify too, such as "The Puppetmaster" and "The Phoenix King".
660* Quite a few episodes of ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' had the name of the villain (typically making his/her first appearance) as the title.
661* ''WesternAnimation/{{Belphegor}}'': A French animated series in which the BigBad is a masked man named Belphegor.
662* ''WesternAnimation/DastardlyAndMuttleyInTheirFlyingMachines'' is most likely the first cartoon show where the villains are the stars.
663* ''WesternAnimation/TheDragonPrince'': The second arc of the show gains the subtitle, ''[[https://dragonprince.fandom.com/wiki/Book_Four:_Earth Mystery of Aaravos]]'', the logo framed in front of a star field, signifying the character taking centre stage as the shows BigBad.
664%%* ''WesternAnimation/{{DuckTales|1987}}'': "[[Recap/DuckTalesS1E2Armstrong Armstrong]]", a robot.
665* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'': "Chow Hound" is named after its villian, a greedy, brutish, and manipulative bulldog who forces a cat and mouse to do scams for him so he can have meat.
666* ''WesternAnimation/{{Inhumanoids}}'' is a MerchandiseDriven 1986 series named after a group of subterranean monsters who terrorize the surface world. The protagonists are Earth Corps, a team of heroic scientists in PoweredArmor.
667%%* ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim''
668* Most episodes of ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' are named after the akumatized VillainOfTheWeek.
669* ''WesternAnimation/TheLionGuard'' has "The Rise of Makuu", "Janja's New Crew", "Lions of the Outlands", "The Rise of Scar", "The Bite of Kenge", "The Scorpion's Sting", "Ghost of the Mountain", "Mama Binturong", and "Little Old Ginterbong".
670* ''WesternAnimation/ThePiratesOfDarkWater'': Dark Water is TheCorruption in the show's world.
671* ''Franchise/ThePowerpuffGirls'':
672** The pilot, "Meat Fuzzy Lumpkins", which also serves as the debut episode for Fuzzy Lumpkins.
673** ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'':
674*** "[[Recap/ThePowerpuffGirlsS1E5BoogieFrightsAbracadaver Abracadaver]]": The titular villain, [[OurLichesAreDifferent a reanimated magical zombie]], was formerly known as the famous magician [[PunnyName Al Lusion]] and sought revenge on all those who mocked him and ruined his reputation decades earlier (with Blossom at the end of his list due to her bearing a striking resemblance to the young girl he called onstage whom he made her bear disappear), having been revived after a demolition crew, while wrecking the theater he once performed in, inadvertantly hit the IronMaiden he was killed in, which served as his makeshift casket.
675* ''WesternAnimation/SecretSquirrel'': While most episodes are named after the villain the titular secret agent fights, the majority of the trope occurs in the ''WesternAnimation/TwoStupidDogs'' reboot, ''Super-Secret Secret Squirrel''.
676* ''WesternAnimation/SkeletonWarriors'': The title refers to Baron Dark and his minions, who are the antagonists of the show.
677* The Canadian GreenAesop-based series ''WesternAnimation/TheSmoggies'' - the heroes are actually the Suntots. In the US, it was aired with the MarketBasedTitle ''Stop the Smoggies'', just to make it more clear the title characters are the bad guys.
678* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': The debut episode for Plankton is named after him.
679* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'':
680** "[[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E5Frybo Frybo]]" is Beach Citywalk Fries' creepy mascot costume, which becomes the MonsterOfTheWeek after being animated by a Gem shard.
681** "[[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E25MirrorGem Mirror Gem]]"/"[[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E26OceanGem Ocean Gem]]": The Gem in both cases is Lapis Lazuli, the AntiVillain WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds of the two-parter.
682** "[[spoiler:[[Recap/StevenUniverseS3E20Bismuth Bismuth]]", the first half-hour special of the series, turns out to be this once it's revealed the title character is actually a WellIntentionedExtremist who's become HeWhoFightsMonsters, and while not exactly evil is certainly the antagonist of the special.]]
683** "[[Recap/StevenUniverseS3E22Earthlings Earthlings]]" manages to be both this and a ProtagonistTitle, due to being a DoubleMeaningTitle meant to emphasize the similarities and differences between the Gems to which it refers. The first gem referred to is Amethyst, who was born in the Prime Kindergarten on Earth after the war was over. The second Gem is [[spoiler:[[TheBrute Jasper]], born in the Beta Kindergarten on Earth during the war, and who fought against the Crystal Gems]].
684* ''Series/VanPires'': The Van-Pires are the vampiric car robots who drink gasoline instead of blood. Of course, it's stated in the show that since the Motor-Vaters (the show's protagonists) need gasoline as well, then they ''too'' are Van-Pires.
685* ''[[WesternAnimation/VictorAndHugo Victor & Hugo: Bunglers in Crime]]'', from the creators of ''WesternAnimation/DangerMouse'', is exactly what it says. Two inept criminals who call themselves "Naughtiness International," go to great and unfruitful lengths to commit the perfect crime.
686* ''WesternAnimation/WhereOnEarthIsCarmenSandiego'': Same as the Live-Action TV and Video Game entries of the franchise above. Averted with the reboot ''WesternAnimation/CarmenSandiego'', where she is the protagonist.
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689[[folder:Real Life]]
690* A lot of cultures name their wars after the main enemy they were facing. For example:
691** The Second Indochina War (1955-1975) is known to Americans as the Vietnam War and to North Vietnamese (later the unified Vietnam) as the American War. Even though it continued for years after the Americans had left.
692** The War of the Triple Alliance is known in Brazil as the Paraguyan War (Guerra do Paraguai).
693** The 1648-1666 Polish-Swedish conflicts are popularly termed the Swedish Deluge (Potop szwedzki) in Poland.
694** The writers of the Holy Roman Empire generally called their 1683-1699 conflict with the Ottoman Empire the "Great Turkish War" (Großer Türkenkrieg). The Ottomans in turned called it the "Holy League Wars" (Kutsal İttifak Savaşları).
695** The Napoleonic Wars were named specifically after Napoleon Bonaparte instead of the nation of France which he led.
696** The Pyrrhic Wars were retroactively named after King Pyrrhus of Epirus by the Romans.
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