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14	->'''Corso:''' "L... C... F." Who's LCF?\
15	'''Ceniza Bro:''' Think.
16	-->-- ''Film/TheNinthGate''
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18	Just like how the trope {{Alucard}} deals with people named (or naming themselves) after Dracula, this is about people with a name similar to [[{{Satan}} the devil]]. Maybe the literal Devil has taken a personal interest, or maybe it's just a high-level demon or an Agent of General Badness, whatever the local badness happens to be called. In any case, it's powerful, it's bad, and it's one of the NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast!
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20	Common manifestation of this trope include plays on the following names:
21	* '''Lucifer:''' A name meaning "light-bringer" and associated with a FallenAngel who became the Devil. Be wary of guys named [[TitleDrop Louis Cypher]] and gals named Lucy Fare. The names "Lucy", "Lucien" and "Lucius" while all coming from Latin "lux" (light) have gained a bad reputation in general thanks to Lucifer.
22	* '''Satan:''' Often comes as play on the name such as [[SdrawkcabAlias Natas]], [[ThemeInitials S. Ayton]] or [[SignificantAnagram Stan A.]] and more generally, be wary of two-syllables names that start with S and end with N.
23	* '''Samael:''' The name of a Judaic figure often treated as a Satanic archetype. The Devil or Antichrist may sometimes introduces himself as "Samuel".
24	* '''Morning Star:''' While the term is a title for UsefulNotes/JesusChrist[[note]]''I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.'' (Rev. 22:16)[[/note]], it's also associated with Lucifer due to shared etymology. The German surname "Morgenstern" is a literal translation and may be used as an alias of the Devil. Though play on the names, like "Morgan Starr" are possible.
25	* '''Old Nick:''' An old-fashioned name for the Devil in Christian folklore. Beware of strange fellows named "Nicholas", "Nick" or "Nixon"
26	* '''Lilith:''' Another FallenAngel in Christian and Judaic mythology. Lilith or any she-demon may go by "Lily".
27	* '''DavyJones:''' The nautical equivalent. Davey Jones is said to harvest the souls of drowned sailors in English folklore. Be cautious around sailors named David or Dave or any ships run by a "Captain Jones".
28	* Other names such as "Old Scratch", "Baal", "Belzebub" and "Beast" are also used in aliases.
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30	Apparently the Devil's not very good at choosing aliases, despite having a huge variety to pick from. Or maybe it just shows [[GoodIsDumb his opinion of the hero's intelligence level]]. Or, it could just be ego.
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32	Bonus points if his address or phone number is prefixed SixSixSix.
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34	SubTrope to DevilInDisguise.
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36	Common in DealWithTheDevil stories. See also SdrawkcabName and {{Alucard}}. Related to MostDefinitelyNotAVillain. If GodIsEvil, Louis Cypher may be a StevenUlyssesPerhero. This character may also be a DevilInPlainSight.
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38	'''This is often a reveal trope, ''so spoilers ahoy!'''''
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40	[[noreallife]]
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42	!!Examples:
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45	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
46	* The demon "Sebastian Michaelis" of ''Manga/BlackButler'' is a quite clever example via GeniusBonus. Sebastian is the stock name for butlers in Japanese TV, but [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastien_Michaelis Sebastien Michaelis]] was an actual person, a French inquisitor and [[TheWitchHunter witch hunter]] who wrote about supposed instances of demonic possession. Thus, having a demon calling himself that is a similar effect to [[Film/TheDevilsAdvocate having Satan call himself John Milton]]. In-story, it's eventually revealed that Sebastian's name was given to him by Ciel, who [[spoiler: named him after his dog, something Sebastian isn't thrilled about (he's a cat person)]]. For bonus points, Sebastian also sometimes says that he is "One hell of a butler". In Japanese, it sounds a bit more straightforward, as what he says is ambiguous and can mean both that he is a demonically good butler or that he IS a demon and a butler.
47	* ''Manga/DragonBall'':
48	** This is how Goku realizes that Shen is actually God in disguise. "Shen" as in Shenlong, which means "God". ("Shenlong" means "Divine Dragon".) The fact that it's so obvious an alias that ''[[IdiotHero Goku]]'' figures it out speaks volumes.
49	** Piccolo identifies as "''Ma''[[note]]"demon" or "devil"[[/note]]Jr." when participating in the World Martial Arts Tournaments. Apparently, he believes calling himself "Piccolo" (as in, "King Piccolo") would be too much to panic the audience, but ''demon'' isn't nearly as threatening.
50	* The title character of ''Literature/NyarukoCrawlingWithLove'' makes absolutely no effort to hide the fact that she's [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Nyarlathotep the Crawling Chaos]], even introducing herself as such when she joined [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent Mahiro]]'s high school class and making references to the Mythos in casual conversation. Apparently nobody other than Mahiro and his mother has ever heard of Creator/HPLovecraft. On the other hand, Nyarko is far, '''''far''''' friendlier than Nyarlathotep is usually portrayed, so maybe people [[CassandraTruth just don't believe her]].
51	* In ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena'', [[spoiler: Akio Ohtori's name is derived from the Japanese term for the Morning Star - which, as he notes, is commonly used to refer to Lucifer. It's appropriate, considering his past as the angelic Dios and his current ManipulativeBastard role. He casually reveals the etymology behind his name to Utena halfway through the series. She still [[DistractedByTheSexy takes a while to catch on]]]].
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54	[[folder:Comedy]]
55	* In one of his routines, Creator/MitchHedberg briefly joked about a doctor who did nothing but suck the blood from his neck.
56	-->'''Mitch:''' Don't go see Dr. Acula.
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59	[[folder:Comic Books]]
60	* Principal Diablo in ''ComicBook/AllGhoulsSchool'' (although Diablo may not be an alias).
61	* In an ''ComicBook/ArchieComics'' story from the sixties, Betty makes a [[DealWithTheDevil deal]] with one Mr. Inferno for Archie's love. When she learns from Veronica he'd made the same deal with her a long time ago, the two of them turn on him with such [[StaringDownCthulhu looks of rage]] that he cancels both deals and beats a hasty retreat down through the sidewalk.
62	* Lew Siffer in [[http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0034/0034_01.asp this]] ComicBook/{{Chick Tract\|s}}, among others.
63	* Bertrand Lewis Phagor from the ''ComicBook/DylanDog'' issue "Story of a Poor Devil", whose name references the Jewish arch-devil Belphegor (and in Christianity is classified as the chief demon of [[SevenDeadlySins Sloth]]).
64	* Inverted in ''ComicBook/FallOfCthulhu'' with Lucifer, whose chosen name is simply a portmanteau of her first two given names (Luci Jenifer).
65	* When TheAntiChrist from ''Comicbook/GhostRider'' has to keep low profile, he decided to hide as a teenage CorruptCorporateExecutive under the name Anton Sat'An. Multiple times he has to remind people his last name is not {{Satan}}. And when two Ghost Riders, one {{Demon Slay\|ing}}er, [[AntiAntiChrist Daimon Hellstrom]] and an entire army of Angels gets on his back, he's suprised they have found him so easily.
66	* In ''The Gift,'' bullies pick on a freshman named Lucius Sephar, who has been bound into the form of a ninth-grader as God's punishment. Needless to say, it doesn't end well for the bullies.
67	* In his youth, Comicbook/{{Hellboy}} once encountered a CircusOfFear run by one A.T. Roth, AKA the {{Demon Lord\|s And Archdevils}} Astaroth.
68	* In his solo series, Marvel's [[Characters/MarvelComicsIceman Iceman]] encountered a woman named Marge Smith who turned out to be a CosmicEntity named Mirage.
69	* Lucifer in ''Comicbook/{{Lucifer}}'' makes a slightly better effort than most, going by the name Mr. Lux (Mr. Light, still a reference to Lucifer's Latin meaning of 'light bearer') even though he puts so little effort in otherwise that it seems the only reason no one identifies him is that they're too embarrassed or scared to ask. Or too {{distracted by\|the sexy}} his resemblance to Music/DavidBowie.
70	* [[Characters/NewGodsDarkseid Boss Dark Side]] from Franchise/TheDCU series ''ComicBook/SevenSoldiers''.
71	* In ''ComicBook/{{Squee}}!'' the protagonist Todd Casil is invited to the home of the anti-christ, [[FluffyTheTerrible Pepito]]. Despite the fact that Pepito has a distinctly demonic look and powers his mother did not realize her husband Juan Diablo was in fact Satan in disguise (a disguise he happens to remove ''as soon as he comes home from work, in plain sight of her,'' presumably every night; he still had to outright tell her for her to realise who he was).
72	* ''ComicBook/SpiderIsland'': [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHercules Hercules]]' tie-in issues have him interact with a black man calling himself "A. Nancy", which isn't [[AtrociousAlias an insult]] so much as it is a reference to African myth's TricksterGod, Kwaku Anansi, who also goes by [[FluffyTheTerrible Aunt Nancy]]. He gets pretty close to breaking Kayfabe by [[LampshadeHanging noting the similarity]], but without revealing to Herc that he ''is'' the real deal.
73	* Mr. L.C.F. Sat in the ''ComicBook/{{Valerian}}'' album, ''In Uncertain Times''. He's sort of an antagonist in the story, but by no means a bad guy, and gets himself a happy ending.
74	* Warren ''ComicBook/{{Vampirella}}'' had the story "Eleven Footsteps to Lucy Fuhr". [[SarcasmMode Not 666, because that would have been too obvious.]]
75	* ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'': The recently discovered final issue of the 1970s ''[[Characters/BatmanTheJoker Joker]]'' title had "Lou Cypher" appear to the Joker and offer him a deal. Since the issue ends on a cliffhanger and the rest of the story was almost certainly never written, it could just be one of the Joker's [[AllJustADream psychotic delusions]].
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78	[[folder:Comic Strips]]
79	* ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'': An older and subtler example than many, Charlie Brown's football-wielding nemesis was Lucy van ''Pelt'' -- Lucy-Fur, implying she was a literal devil with a blue dress on. Which says odd things about Linus being her brother.
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82	[[folder:Fan Works]]
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84	* ''Blog/BetterBonesAU'': Morningstar was already an existing cat in canon, but here his "devil-invoking name" is played up with him being in the Dark Forest and having a design meant to look like a devil. Despite this he is actually a nice cat who ended up in the Dark Forest [[DeliberateValuesDissonance due to being too resolutely pacifistic.]]
85	* ''Fanfic/ABetterClassOfCriminal'' has the protagonist honestly wonder after hearing of someone named Nicholas Scratch. Nick Scratch being a common alias for the Devil in folklore. He decides it's probably an alias.
86	* The ''[[http://www.byenighte.com Discworld bye Nighte]]'' fan supplement for the ''TabletopGame/DiscworldRoleplayingGame'' has a scenario called "Seek and Ye Shall Find" based on ''Angel Heart''. One NPC is Master Assassin Viktor Ogeness, who naturally turns out to be Vassanego, Duke of Hell, from ''Literature/{{Eric}}''.
87	* ''FanFic/GoddessRebornChronicle'' has [[FallenAngel Lucifer]] going around as [[GenderBender Nicky]], a [[TheFakeCutie smarmy]] girl.
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90	[[folder:Films -- Animated]]
91	* The BigBad of the obscure Australian film ''Film/AbraCadabra'' introduces himself to the audience as B.L.Z' Bubb and immediately acts offended and suspiciously denies, after hearing the narration talking about nasty people, that he and his lackey the Klaw are nasty at all, [[CardCarryingVillain preferring]] the terms ''vile'' and ''vicious'' leaving no doubt that the meaning of their names are of no concern to them.
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94	[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
95	* "Lucy Fir" from ''666: The Child''.
96	* ''Film/AngelHeart'': Louis Cyphre is Satan, as played by Creator/RobertDeNiro. {{Lampshade\|Hanging}}d by Harry: "'Louis Cyphre'. Lucifer. Even your ''name'' is a dime store joke." Louis explains, "Mephistopheles is ''such'' a mouthful in Manhattan."
97	* In the MindScrew musical film ''Film/TheApple'', the Devil takes the form of a [[CorruptCorporateExecutive corrupt record executive]] named Mr. Boogalow. [[spoiler: And God is a Hippie commune leader named Mr. Topps.]]
98	%%Needs to be using a fake name that sounds like Lucifer or Satan etc.* [[spoiler:Charlie Meadows]] in ''Film/BartonFink'' is heavily implied to be this.
99	%% See Barton Fink* Nightclub owner George Spiggot in ''Film/{{Bedazzled 1967}}'', though he's fairly open about being the Prince of Darkness.
100	%%* Inverted in the remake of ''Film/{{Bedazzled 2000}}''. The Devil reveals herself straight off - but try to figure out which character is actually God.
101	* ''Film/{{Crossroads}}'': In the 1930s, the devil is an old black man from Mississippi who calls himself Legba (the name of one of the Voodoo loas). By the mid-1980s he has changed his name to Mr. Scratch.
102	* In ''Film/TheDevilAndMaxDevlin'', Satan's chosen Earthly persona is a talent agent named Barney Satin.
103	* John Milton (Creator/AlPacino) of [[OccultLawFirm Milton, Chadwick & Waters]] from ''Film/TheDevilsAdvocate''. Creator/JohnMilton, ''Literature/ParadiseLost'', get it?
104	* Lampshaded in ''Film/EdWood'' when Ed proposes a movie idea to a studio guy: ''Dr. Acula''. After a moment the studio guy says "Oh, I get it...I don't like it." (In RealLife Wood used "Dr. Acula" for the name of a character in ''Film/NightOfTheGhouls'', but, bizarrely, the character was not a vampire.)
105	* In ''Film/{{Equinox}}'', a demon disguises himself as an unassuming park ranger... He picks the subtle moniker of "Mr. Asmodeus".
106	* ''Film/FaustLoveOfTheDamned'': The villain that the protagonist [[DealWithTheDevil sells his soul to in exchange for the power of revenge]] is a white-haired man known simply as "M", presumably an alias for Mephistopheles.
107	* WordOfGod says the cancelled ''Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}}: Hellbent'' movie would involve the Ghostbusters going to Hell and meeting a UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump expy devil named "Luke Sifler".
108	* The Dark Hermit in ''Film/TheGreatestStoryEverTold''.
109	* ''Film/HighwayToHell''. After the hero's car is damaged while traveling through Hell, he meets a helpful passing mechanic named "Beezle"...short for "Beelzebub".
110	* 1985 Christian musical, ''Film/HiTops'' has the Devil coming to Earth using the name "Lewy".
111	* In ''Film/{{Hunk}}'', the president of ''Devil Itself, Inc.'' is Dr. D. (and no prizes for guessing what the D stands for).
112	* Mr. Nick in ''Film/TheImaginariumOfDoctorParnassus''.
113	* Some of the creepiest characters created by Creator/DavidLynch are heavily implied to be this. This includes the Mystery Man (''Film/LostHighway''), BOB (''Series/TwinPeaks''), possibly Mr. Roque and the Cowboy (''Film/MulhollandDrive'').
114	* Cypher, [[spoiler: the murderous and traitorous human crewmember]] from ''Film/TheMatrix'', says [[spoiler: to Agent Smith on his deal to return to the Matrix in exchange for the capture of Morpheus,]] that "ignorance is bliss." His name also represented a number opposite to Neo: one definition of "Cypher" is "zero," in contrast to Neo, the [[TheChosenOne One]].
115	* In Polanski's ''Film/TheNinthGate'', the engravings' signature
116	-->'''Corso:''' "L...C...F." Who's [[FunWithAcronyms LCF]]?\
117	'''Ceniza Bro:''' Think.
118	* ''Film/NoTimeToDie'': [[BigBad Lyutsifer Safin]]. At closer glance, his name sounds a lot like "Lucifer Satan". Fittingly, both Satan and Safin have [[AGodAmI God complexes]].
119	* In ''Film/OBrotherWhereArtThou'', the Sheriff Cooley is strongly implied to be Satan (and Tommy and Homer definitely believe that he his is). He shares is surname with the protagonist of ''The Devil and Dan Cooley'' by Creator/HollyLisle.
120	* In ''[[Film/OhGod Oh, God! You Devil]]'', Satan visits Bobby Shelton with the name Harry O. Tophet, a reference to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tophet the Canaanite sacrificial city and a euphemism for Hell.]]
121	* In ''Film/ReadyOrNot2019'', the Le Domas family made a [[DealWithTheDevil deal with a demonic figure]] calling himself "Mr. Le Bail", which is an anagram for Belial, one of the alternate names for {{Satan}}.
122	* Louise C. Faire (Creator/AnjelicaHuston's character) from ''Film/SeraphimFalls''.
123	* Nicky Matchbright in Creator/AlanMoore's ''Film/ShowPieces'' (as in lucifer matches). His opposite number is Frank Metterton (as in the Recording Angel Metatron).
124	%%Needs to be using a name that sounds like Lucifer* ''Film/TalesFromTheHood'' has an old, weird acting, funeral attendant who tells the three gang bangers looking to do a drug deal late at night, stories about some of the dead while he takes them to "the shit." [[spoiler: In the end, it's revealed that the gang bangers are [[DeadAllAlong really dead]], and the funeral attendant is really Lucifer. "Welcome to hell, motherfuckers."]]
125	%%Needs to be using a name that sounds like Lucifer * ''Film/TenaciousDInThePickOfDestiny'': [[spoiler: The open mic host]] turns out to be the devil wanting his tooth back. In a deleted scene, [[spoiler: Lee]] has scary black eyes of doom, implying he's possessed or being used as a disguise.
126	* At the end of ''Film/TortureGarden'', Dr. Diabolo (one extra letter to 'Diablo') turns around in a TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou moment with his earlier horror makeup magically restored, revealing him to be the Devil.
127	* Daryl Van Horne in ''Film/TheWitchesOfEastwick''. A horny guy with horns, two for the price of one.
128	* In ''Film/SatansCheerleaders'', the Sheriff's name is 'B.L. Bubb'.
129	* ''Film/TalesOfHalloween'': In "The Night Billy Raised Hell", CrankyNeighbor Mr. Abaddon turns out to be [[{{Satan}} the Devil himself]]. Abaddon is the name of the angel of the bottomless pit in the ''Literature/BookOfRevelation'', whom some scholars identify as {{Satan}}.
130	* The ''Film/TheSantaClause'':
131	** A coincidence in-universe, a man called Scott Calvin inherits the role of Santa Claus and already has the "SC" initials.
132	** In the third movie when Santa brings the Sandman to out help get his in-laws to the North Pole without blowing his identity, he introduces him as Sandy.
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135	[[folder:Literature]]
136	%%Needs to be using a pseudonym* In "The Devil's Footprints" from ''[[Literature/PointHorror 13 More Tales of Horror]]'', the Devil mixes among a house party in England, though everyone thinks he is simply an ordinary guy in a goat costume.
137	* Some gods in ''Literature/AmericanGods'' use names like this to blend in:
138	** Low-Key Lyesmith turns out to be the Norse god, Loki.
139	** Odin uses the name "Mr Wednesday".[[note]]The day Wednesday was named after Wodan, the Anglo-Saxon form of "Odin"[[/note]]
140	** Anansi is called Mr. Nancy.
141	** Anubis calls himself Mr. Jacquel, being an anthropomorphic jackal in Egyptian mythology.
142	** Thoth is called Mr. Ibis.[[note]]Thoth had the head of an Ibis bird in Egyptian mythology [[/note]]
143	%%** Similarly, on the RP board "The Sueniverse", Loki takes on the mortal identity of one Lukas Ashton (ash being the species the WorldTree is). This is something of a convenient coincidence since he's actually usurping the identity of a human being with the same name. Ironically, this is originally mistaken for a hint that he's a ''vampire''- they're a lot thicker on the ground in that setting than gods, and some of the older ones are immune to the effects of ''ash'' wood that plague the younger vamps.
144	* In one of Creator/IsaacAsimov's more humorous theological stories, the entity responsible for the afterlife following the end of the world turns out to be a fellow named R. E. Mann (Ahriman, the Zoroastrian term for the God of Evil). After God reveals his ongoing [[ThePlan plan]] (he never meant to end the world but has been talked into giving conditions in which it ''could'' end in the form of prophecy), R. E. Mann goes to work writing a proposal for a unified world calendar, so that he can produce a day that the whole world will agree is the proper date.
145	* Creator/PiersAnthony's ''Literature/BeingAGreenMother'' has Natasha, "Ah, Satan" [[SdrawkcabName spelled backwards]]. It's also a legitimately common name that originated in Russia as a derivative of Natalya, so it doesn't seem like quite a dead giveaway… Just plain weird, anyway, as it's a female name, and the character is male.
146	* Forced to disguise himself in ''Literature/BillTheGalacticHero'', the seven-inch-tall Chinger named Bgr builds a MobileSuitHuman and calls himself Beager.
147	* In ''TabletopGame/CallOfCthulhu'' stories and games, it is not uncommon for [[EldritchAbomination Nyarlathotep's]] presence to be part of the Reveal, sometimes quickly followed by TotalPartyKill.
148	** "Neil O'Tip? The guy doesn't look Irish."[[note]]'''Punny Name:''' Tip O'Neill[[/note]] Lifetime achievement award to Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelionLovecraft Fusion Fic [[http://www.thekeep.org/~rpm/eva/coaeg.html "Children of an Elder God"]], by John Biles and RPM.
149	** Neil Arthur Hoteph, the well-dressed black gentleman from Egypt, is also a very popular one.
150	** Also the anagrams. "The Royal Pant"? Are you seriously expecting any ''[=CoC=]''-savvy gamer to not find that suspect?
151	* Mr. Scratch, in Stephen Vincent Benet's "Literature/TheDevilAndDanielWebster". He doesn't make much of an effort to conceal his true identity, however.
152	* Old Scratch, in Creator/WashingtonIrving's "The Devil and Tom Walker".
153	* Most gods in ''Literature/EightDaysOfLuke'' uses names similar to their own when blending in with humans;
154	** Loki is Luke.
155	** Tiu is Mr Chew.
156	** Odin is Mr Wedding.
157	** Freyjr and Freya are Mr and Mrs Fry.
158	* Maou Sadao from ''Literature/TheDevilIsAPartTimer'' may have the worst alias ever. The given name he chooses (Sadao) is perfectly reasonable. Unfortunately the characters he chooses for his family name are 真奥 (secret inside) and he pronounces them "Maou" which means devil. Alciel, his aide, even complains that this was a terrible decision. The official English translation of his name is Jacob Satan.
159	* Louis Cypher in William Hjortsberg's ''Falling Angel''. Louis ends up laughing at his own lame pun (to the protagonist's irritation) about solving the "Cypher".
160	* In ''Literature/FalseMemory'', a Creator/DeanKoontz novel, the evil psychologist is named Mark Ahriman. Not only is his last name identical to the name of the chief figure of evil in Zoroastrianism, but when he travels, he uses aliases that have two things in common: very ordinary first names, and [[CharacterNameAlias last names that are the name of the Devil]]. One example is "Jim Shaitan," Shaitan being one of the names for the Devil in Islam.
161	* In the Creator/KatharineKerr novel ''Freezeframes'', the character Nick Harrison is revealed to be the devil. While not as common nowadays as Old Nick, Old Harry is another term for the devil, as used in Creator/TheBBC radio comedy ''Radio/OldHarrysGame''.
162	* ''Literature/GoodOmens'' by Creator/NeilGaiman and Creator/TerryPratchett:
163	** Three of the four motorcyclists of the apocalypse travel incognito before they are revealed as the horsemen, each with a name based on their [[ColourCodedForYourConvenience colour]]. War, for instance, was a wartime journalist named Carmine "Red" Zuigiber, who (naturally) had a knack for finding conflict wherever she went. Famine, going by the name "Raven Sable," was a diet food mogul. And Pollution didn't stay in one place or have a solid alter ego, but was generally known as Chalky, Whitey, Blanco, etc.
164	** The demon who tempted Adam and Eve in the form of a snake was initially named Crawly, which mutated into "Crowley" by the time the story takes place.
165	* Lian Tanner's ''The Keepers'' novels have the most dangerous room in the [[MobileMaze Museum of Dunt]], known as Old Scratch.
166	* Creator/StephenKing:
167	** George [[SdrawkcabName Elvid]] in the 2010 novella "[[Literature/FullDarkNoStars Fair Extension]]".
168	** Andre Linoge (an anagram for ''Legion'') in ''Series/StormOfTheCentury''.
169	* Professor Woland, "expert of the occult", from Mikhail Bulgakov's ''Literature/TheMasterAndMargarita''. Woland is a nickname of the devil in German folk legend and one of the many {{Shout Out}}s to Creator/JohannWolfgangVonGoethe's ''Theatre/{{Faust}}'', where Mephistopheles lets on that he sometimes uses this alias.
170	* ''Literature/MistbornTheOriginalTrilogy'': [[spoiler:The voice of Reen in Vin's head? That was actually the god Ruin]].
171	* ''Literature/TheMortalInstruments'' has the BigBad, Valentine Morgenstern and his son Sebastian/Jonathan Morgenstern. The former explicitly acknowledges his surname's connection with the Devil. The Morgenstern family heirlooms are the twin swords Phaesphoros ("lightbearer") and Heosphoros ("dawnbearer"), both titles that allude to Lucifer (Phaesphoros is literally the Greek translation of Lucifer).
172	* Derek Leech from Creator/KimNewman's stories.
173	* The butler in the Literature/{{Nightside}} novel ''Hell to Pay'' says his name is Hobbes -- at least, that's how John Taylor hears it at the time. He later realizes that "Hob" is an archaic name for the devil; the butler actually said "my name is Hob's".
174	* In a bizarre, but fantastic portrayal, ''Literature/NotWantedOnTheVoyage'' indicates Satan as a seven-foot-tall transgender woman named Lucy. She's also on the side of good; Noah is evil. It's that kind of book.
175	* The BigBad from ''Literature/TheOzoneHotel'' is called ''Lucy-Fur Quim''.
176	* Gil-Martin, Robert Wringhim's EvilMentor, in ''Literature/ThePrivateMemoirsAndConfessionsOfAJustifiedSinner''. This example is even more ambiguous than most, since that novel also presents possible evidence that he could simply be one of Robert's [[SplitPersonality Split Personalities]]. The name "Gil-Martin", however, comes from folklore—it is said to be one of the Devil's names (along with "Martin's servant" or "St Martin's footman"), although it's unclear who this St Martin is supposed to be.
177	* In the German pulp series ''Literature/ProfessorZamorra'', using anagrams of or other plays on his real name when disguising himself as a human is explicitly a long-standing personal quirk of the demon lord Asmodis -- who's generally powerful enough to not mind being found out and so probably just does it for his own amusement.
178	* In Alexander Kuprin's story "The Star of Solomon" the devil uses the name "Methodius Isayevich Toffel" i.e. Meph-Is-Topheles.
179	* John Collier's short story "Thus I Refute Beelzy". A condescending, obnoxious father finds that his son's imaginary playmate has another, more diabolical name.
180	* There is a German story by James Kruss entitled "Timm Thaler", in which the antagonist's name (at least in the Russian translation) is Tretch. [[spoiler: The protagonist sees his name in the mirror in the latter half of the book, it turning out to be an anagram of "Chert", which is Russian for "Demon"]]
181	** In the original German (including TV and film adaptions), he's called Lefuet, which is a good SdrawkcabName if you know German.
182	** There was a TV adaptation (which didn't have much in common with the book, by the way) where the antagonist was called Baron Lived in the English translation.
183	* "Triumff", by Creator/DanAbnett, is about a conspiracy to overthrow the English throne led by SinisterMinister Aleister Jaspers. A minor character hanging around the edges of the book is a humanoid cat, who in the epilogue is revealed to be [[spoiler:the ''real'' Aleister Jaspers, implying the BigBad was an example of this]].
184	* One interpretation of Joyce Carol Oates's short story ''Literature/WhereAreYouGoingWhereHaveYouBeen'' is that the antagonist is a representative of Satan. This is supported by his strange name, "Arnold Friend."
185	** In addition to this, flies are present throughout the story. Flies are often associated with Beelzebub, Belial, and Satan. [[SignificantAnagram The car in the story also has the words "Man the Flying Saucers" written on it, which, rearranged, spells: "Lying man, he uses craft".]]
186	** Plus, there is a sort of offhand line, if I recall correctly, ever so slightly suggesting Arnold Friend—''A(r)n Old F(r)iend?''—just might have hooves instead of feet.
187	*** In particular, he's wearing boots and has really bad balance. It's not so much implied, though; he either has hooves or literally no feet, since his boots bend sideways at the ankle at one point.
188	** He also describes events taking place several blocks away as they're happening, in enough detail that makes it seem unlikely that he's just making it up.
189	* The title character in Charlotte Dacre's ''Zofloya; or, The Moor''.
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192	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
193	* ''Series/BattlestarGalactica1978'' had one Count Iblis[[note]]Iblis being a character in the Koran commonly identified as the Devil[[/note]] during its "War of the Gods" two-parter. A mysterious visitor to the rag-tag fleet, he uses mysterious powers and miracles to persuade the Colonials to willingly grant him their loyalty, while mysterious beings of light start appearing and the characters start talking about theology. [[spoiler:He's eventually driven off when he accidentally strikes down a protagonist who explicitly rejected his authority.]]
194	* Invoked in the ''Series/BurnNotice'' episode "Friendly Fire" -- Michael presents himself to some credulous Latino gangsters as a mysterious figure dressed in black and red, who seemingly causes explosions with a snap of his fingers and speaks in a very low, calm voice. He calls himself "Luis" after the leader himself outright sarcastically asks if he's supposed to be The Devil.
195	* ''Series/CriminalMinds'', while it doesn't have canonical supernatural elements, has still invoked this trope--the cannibalistic Satanist unsub of "Lucky" is named Floyd Feylinn Farrell. Since F is the 6th letter of the alphabet, "FFF" is "[[NumberOfTheBeast 666]]". "Mr. Scratch" is another example; not only is "Mr. Scratch" itself an actual commonly used name for a devil, the killer's own name is Peter Lewis.
196	* ''Series/TheDannyThomasShow'': In one episode, Danny suspects that his rival Creator/JackBenny owes his success to a DealWithTheDevil. He imagines a meeting between Benny and the Devil, AKA "Lucifer H. Mephistopheles."
197	* ''Series/TheDrewCareyShow'' took this [[ExaggeratedTrope Up to Eleven]] when Kate's boyfriend "Jack" comes to Drew for a job interview and reveals that "The Devil" is not merely his nickname. ("Does he have a van? I bet the Devil has a really cool van.") At one point he even shows the gang his driver's license (first name The, last name Devil). We learn that he's from Jersey (natch) and his previous job experience includes used car sales, the DMV, the post office... and UNICEF. ("Hey, nobody's all bad!")
198	* One of these appears on ''Series/GoodEats'', making a pact with a woman (and eventually her rival) to help her win a cake-baking contest with a new recipe: Devil's Food Cake (and for the rival, Red Velvet Cake).
199	* In the sitcom ''Series/HomeboysInOuterSpace'' the Devil appears in one episode under the name of "Mr. Tan". The heroes realize the truth when one of them says "say, Tan..."
200	* Averted in ''Series/Lucifer2016''. Lucifer straight up tells everyone that his name is Lucifer Morningstar and that he is the Devil. It is then subverted because in Los Angeles people are used to strange names and assume that it is just a stage name[[note]]'''"God given, I'm afraid"'''[[/note]] and refuse to believe him that he is the Lord of Hell.
201	* ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'':
202	** Jokingly invoked during the riffing in the episode "[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S05E15TheWildWorldOfBatwoman The Wild World of Batwoman]]", while watching an educational high school short called "Film/{{Cheating}}". As a student is shown getting high marks for a test on which he'd cheated, Tom Servo mimics his teacher saying, "This contract arrived for you from a Mr. Elzebub."
203	** Subtly referenced in the episode "[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S08E06TheUndead The Undead]]" when Mike quips "Thank you, Mr. Zebub" when a hand comes from off-screen and lights [[{{Streetwalker}} Diana]]'s cigarette for her.
204	* Briefly, Ray Wise's character in ''Series/{{Reaper}}'', although he identifies himself pretty quickly.
205	* ''Series/{{Riverdale}}'' has Veronica [[LampshadeHanging lampshade]] this upon meeting the Devil appropriately named '''Louis Cypher'''.
206	* On ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'', [[spoiler:Lucifer's vessel]] is named Nick.
207	* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'':
208	** "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S4E9PrintersDevil Printer's Devil]]" centers around a strange gentleman who goes by the name "MrSmith" who appears after the protagonist says he'll do anything to keep his failing newspaper business going. Mr. Smith modifies their Linotype machine and everything he reports eerily happens shortly ''after'' he writes about it. Then he tells the protagonist he'd like him to sign a contract turning over his soul as payment...
209	** "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S4E14OfLateIThinkOfCliffordville Of Late I Think of Cliffordville]]" has a CorruptCorporateExecutive end up in the office of one Miss Devlin, who sends the exec back in time to (supposedly) get richer earlier. The exec ends up instead becoming a janitor in the firm where he should have worked while the janitor he'd previously abused got his old job. It's implied that "Miss Devlin" makes a game out of eternally tricking the two into switching places, ruining their lives 'for the first time' every time.
210	* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1985'':
211	** In the episode "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1985S1E8 Dealer's Choice]]", a group of friends find themselves playing poker with a stranger named "Nick", who keeps getting three sixes in every hand he is dealt...
212	** Yet another episode features an "A. Daemon".
213	* The 2017 Brazilian series ''Series/VadeRetro'', whose title translates to something on the lines of ''begone'', is protagonized by an unscrupulous, richer-than-rich entrepreneur named Abel Zebu and his naïve lawyer, Celeste (literally ''from the sky''). There are also Abel's wife, Lucy Ferguson, their son, Damien, his stepdaughter, Carrie, and his employee, Lilith, a burlesque dancer.
214	* ''Series/WhitechapelTVSeries'' had a {{Gender Flip}}ped version in the form of Louise Iver. Which as an added bonus, is also an anagram of "I rouse evil", which is exactly what she does throughout the episodes.
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217	[[folder:Music]]
218	%% Give examples* A common theme in many traditional folk ballads.
219	* The Polish stoner rock band Corruption has a song titled "Lucy Fair".
220	* The first song of the album ''Music/SmiteAndIgnite'', a tie-in for the video game ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'', is entitled 'Lightbringer', with the vocalist proclaiming this as his title in the chorus. On the face of it, like most of the songs on the album, this is simply an allusion to one of in-game items... but guess how 'Lightbringer' would be rendered in Latin?
221	** This is made even more obvious if you know who the vocalist is, since he's been somewhat {{typecast\|ing}} as this in [[Music/{{Avantasia}} another band]]...
222	* There's a German screamo band that goes by the name of Louis Cyphre.
223	* In "El día del final", a ''Music/LesLuthiers'' play, the antichrist is born from Satan as a woman called Lucía Fernández. Luci-Fernández.
224	* Music/DonMcLean's ''Music/AmericanPie'' features such a character, identified by the narrator as "Jack Flash," in the song's climactic penultimate verse, his appearance heralding the final transition from the turbulent but hopeful '60s to the ultra-cynical '70s. Many have speculated that this character is a metaphor for Mick Jagger of Music/{{The Rolling Stones\|Band}}, owing to the Stones' songs "Jumping Jack Flash" and "Sympathy for the Devil;" [=McLean=] disliked the Stones' DarkerAndEdgier brand of rock and at the close of the '60s they had become infamous after a man was stabbed to death during their performance at the infamous Altamont Free Concert (though contrary to popular belief, the song they were playing at the time was ''not'' "Sympathy for the Devil").
225	* The {{Narrator}} of Music/ReginaSpektor's "Pavlov's Daughter", Lucille, can be interpreted as this.
226	* For U2's [=ZooTV=] tour in the '90s, Bono introduced the character of [[http://www.canadanne.co.uk/macphisto/ Mr MacPhisto]].
227	* Music/LilUziVert chose a named that sounded like Lucifer.
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229
230	[[folder:Pinballs]]
231	* The "Luci" Premium Edition of the ''Pinball/{{ACDC}}'' pinball table is named after HotAsHell devil girl Luci, who is heavily implied to be Satan.
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233
234	[[folder:Pro Wrestling]]
235	* [=LuFisto=]'s original [[TheGimmick gimmick]] was that of a [[TheCorrupter morally dubious manager]] named Lucy Ferr. Switching to "[=LuFisto=]" seems to have come from what general consensus calls [[SanitySlippage insanity]], which happened to make her a lot more approachable.
236	* To Women's Extreme Wrestling descended a {{fallen angel}} named [[Wrestling/DaffneyUnger Lucy Furr]], who was out to steal the souls of [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs its wrestlers, its hos and its wrestlers who were also hos.]]
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239	[[folder:Radio]]
240	* Frequently used in ''Radio/OldHarrysGame'', although not as a twist since we ''know'' which character's Satan. There's sometimes a twist when the detail of who he's disguised as gets held back, instead.
241	** In more recent episodes, he goes by the name 'Mr. Harrison' when disguised as a human, presumably a reference to 'Old Harry'.
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244	[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
245	* ''TabletopGame/DiscworldRolePlayingGame'': The fansite "[[http://www.byenighte.com/ Discworld bye Nighte]]" includes an adventure that's a pastiche of ''Film/AngelHeart'', including a senior Assassin named Viktor Ogeness, who is, of course, [[Literature/{{Eric}} Demon King Vassenego]].
246	* ''TabletopGame/WarhammerFantasyRoleplay'': The 2nd Edition vampire sourcebook mentions a historical vampire named Louis Cypher, who attempted to invade the elven homeland of Ulthuan and has not been heard from since.
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249	[[folder:Theatre]]
250	* ''Theatre/DamnYankees'' has Mr. Applegate. Considering what caused Adam and Eve to be kicked out of Eden...
251	* In ''Theatre/JasperInDeadland'', the most Hell-like part of Deadland is a NightmarishFactory run by a former angel called "Little Lu".
252	* Nick Shadow from the opera ''[[Theatre/TheRakesProgress The Rake's Progress]]''.
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254
255	[[folder:Video Games]]
256	* The protagonist of ''VideoGame/AceCombatZeroTheBelkanWar'' goes by the callsign Cipher of the Galm (Garm) Team of the 66th Division of the 6th Air Force, and gains the title Demon Lord of the Round Table.
257	* In ''VideoGame/AlanWake'' there is a character called Barbara Jager, who probably has no direct connection to Literature/BabaYaga. Also Mr. Scratch from ''VideoGame/AlanWakesAmericanNightmare''.
258	* ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'':
259	** ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaCurseOfDarkness'' has a priest named Zead who occasionally advises Hector, who turns out in the end to be [[spoiler:Death]]. He uses the SdrawkcabName approach, but to add a twist, he reverses the Japanese pronunciation of his English name. [[spoiler:Also, though it's spelled differently, Zed (the Commonwealth pronunciation of the letter Z) is equated with the Omega of the Greek alphabet, which in turn is often associated with ending and death.]]
260	** Renon from ''VideoGame/{{Castlevania 64}}'' claims he is nothing more than a demonic businessman who sells goods because "one needs gold even in Hell these days". [[spoiler:According to the contract if you spend 30,000 or more he owns your soul, and when he swings by to claim it he reveals himself to be a ''very'' high-level demon with power that actually surpasses Death himself.]]
261	* In ''VisualNovel/{{Demonbane}}'', there's a mysterious woman calling herself Nya. As the story progresses, players can see her face briefly change to a demonic being with three burning eyes. Eventually, it's revealed that she's [[spoiler:[[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Nyarlathotep]]]]. It appear again as Father Ny in the Elder Gods ending and as Nyarla in the prequel novel.
262	* ''VideoGame/DigimonStoryCyberSleuth'': A side case involves a girl named "Athena" who has been chatting all the time with a third-year middle schoolboy who became a {{Hikikomori}} because of her. The girl turns out to be Minervamon.
263	* ''VideoGame/Doom2016'': You can initialize Samuel Hayden's name to [[{{Satan}} S. Hayden]]. Uh oh. [[spoiler:It turns out to be a RedHerring in the sequel. His real name is Samur Maykr, the Seraphim.]]
264	* One quest in ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'' is started by randomly encountering a man named Sam Guevenne in a bar. As it turns out, [[spoiler:he is actually Sanguine, the [[OurGodsAreDifferent Daedric Prince]] of [[FunPersonified Debauchery]] and [[TheHedonist Hedonism]]]], and [[WhatDidIDoLastNight you're in for a ride]] if you choose to join him. As is the case for most Daedric Princes, he [[AboveGoodAndEvil isn't inherently "evil"]] and, in this case, is more interested in just having a good time. For completing the quest, he gives you a powerful magical artifact as a gift "to remember old Uncle [[spoiler:Sanguine]]".
265	** Similarly, One of the [=NPCs=] that shows up in the town in ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsBlades'' after a while is a very loopy bearded man by the name of Theodore Gorlash, who always seems to know more about what's going on than he lets on (but [[MadOracle good luck getting any straight info from him]]) and allows the player to alter their appearance on a whim. It's all but outright stated that "[[SignificantAnagram Theodore Gorlash]]" is actually an avatar of Lord Sheogorath, the [[MadGod Daedric Prince of Madness]].
266	* ''Videogame/EternalDarkness'' plays a variation, where the BigBad Pious Augustus often masquerades as a human named P. Augustine.
267	%%If he doesn't pretend he's not a demon and his name isn't a reference to his real one then he's just not an example* In ''VideoGame/GrimGrimoire'', one of the teachers is a TallDarkAndSnarky devil, who doesn't hide that he's a devil at all. And as it turns out, there was an extremely strong horrible demon trapped in the school as well. Who knew?
268	%%** However, he subverts parts of this in that his given name, Advocat, doesn't allude at all to his real name [[spoiler: Mephistopheles. Yes, ''that'' [[Myth/{{Faust}} Mephistopheles]]]]. Luckily he's actually TrueNeutral and doesn't directly involve himself (and when he does, it's usually to help ''[[FullNameBasis Lillet Blan]]'' in a small way).
269	* The FinalBoss battle of ''VideoGame/GuitarHero III'' involves a guitar duel between the player and a recently revealed to be demonic manager named... you guessed it... Lou. As a matter of fact, he points out to the band, in some ''extremely'' fine print, a clause stating "Your soul is MINE!" The not-quite-part-of-the-band Guitarist is essentially called down to "Lou's Inferno" (aka Rock 'n' Roll Hell) to save his/her bandmates' asses. They duel to a heavy metal version of [[RuleOfCool ''The Devil Went Down to Georgia''.]] In this case, up until the point the hapless band tumbles to Hell... pardon me, "Lou's Inferno"... there isn't any clear evidence that there's anything otherworldly about him. For all they know, he's just a veteran metalhead who's a little too into it. Given how vanishingly few metal bands who used Satanic imagery ever took it seriously, this lapse of judgment is perhaps forgivable.
270	* In the HGame ''VisualNovel/LucyGotProblems'' the [[SuccubiAndIncubi succubus]] protagonist, Lucy, is more properly named Lucile Furr, and has about five or so middle names, nicely crossing over with IHaveManyNames. It's not stated whether or not she's related to You Know Who, but...
271	* The flash game ''VideoGame/{{Motherload}}'', in which you play as a mining company whose benefactor is the mysterious "Mr. Natas". A real head-scratcher, that one.
272	* ''VideoGame/PonyIsland'': Louey in the colorful version of Pony Island.
273	* In all the IF routes in ''VideoGame/SengokuRance'', a woman named Keikoku with long pink hair that has flower patterns on it shows up. Eventually, one way or another she is revealed as being some sort of evil figure. It's actually difficult to figure out exactly ''what'' she is, though. She isn't human, she's not a demon and she isn't a youkai. She's classified as Monster in [[UltimateShowdownOfUltimateDestiny Free For All]].
274	* Louis Cypher/Cyphre is a common pseudonym for Lucifer in the ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'' series, where he often interacts with the main character disguised as a human.
275	** In VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiStrangeJourney he switches genders as [[spoiler:"Louisa Ferre"]].
276	** In ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIV'', where he appears as [[spoiler:Japanese schoolgirl Hikaru]].[[note]][[spoiler:The name can mean "light" in Japanese, and "Lucifer" can be translated from Latin as "light-bringing".]][[/note]]
277	** In the [[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiI first]] SMT, there's also Ambassador Thorman. That one's pretty obvious. [[spoiler:But an inversion of the trope as Thor is rarely considered evil, at worst a jerkass.]]
278	* Trisha from ''VideoGame/{{Catherine}}'' turns out to be the goddess, Ishtar using an anagram of her name.
279	* One of the rulers in the "Chronicles of the Sword" side game in ''[[VideoGame/SoulSeries SoulCalibur III]]'' is named Demuth Beel Zebus Halteese. Guess which alignment he falls under. Go on, guess.
280	* A rather strange example of MoralGuardians meddling with the game, The North American version of ''VideoGame/StarOceanTillTheEndOfTime'' features a character named Luther. His name is Lucifer in the Japanese version. The weird part is that the game really has no particular reason to make such a change. Religion in general, fictional or otherwise, is avoided.
281	** In general, however, while specific religious themes aren't harped on, MANY names of antagonists were changed in most ''VideoGame/StarOcean'' games for localizations. For instance, Azazel, the original JP name for a [=SO3=] antagonist, was changed to Azazer, as the original refers to a fallen angel of Abrahamic lore, and most of the Ten Wise Men from [=SO2=] had similar changes to avoid sounding overtly religious.
282	** The PSP port rendered them back to the original names. As for Lucifer/Luther, it could also be a subtle TakeThat to the MoralGuardians by giving the comparison the Luther being related to Martin Luther, the man who kicked off the protestant reformation. Add in that most MoralGuardians are Protestant...
283	* In a non-devil example, there is the ArcVillain for the Wall Street mission in ''VideoGame/{{Unavowed}}'', one "Mr. Roy Fellows", the enigmatic CEO of Grant City Trust. It turns that Fellows' real identity is that of [[spoiler:[[Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream Robin Goodfellow]], one of TheFairFolk]].
284	* One of these appears in the ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' raid instance Ulduar, a vast prison built to contain the Old God Yogg-Saron. Throughout the instance, players hear the voice of Sara, a vrykul woman trapped by minions of Yogg-Saron, calling out to them to help her. When they reach him, Sara spends the first phase of the fight helping and encouraging the players... [[spoiler:and reveals in the second phase that she's really an avatar of the Old God himself. She'd lured the players down through the prison to unlock all the gates and break the final bonds holding him in place.]]
285	* ''VideoGame/YokaiWatch3'' reveals that the mysterious Lucas' last name is Schiffer. Lucas Schiffer. Considering he's a Yo-kai and the son of the original Enma, it makes sense.
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288	[[folder:Web Animation]]
289	* ''WebAnimation/{{Glitchtale}}'' has a very, ''very'' subtle version with the BigBad of season 2, [[spoiler:Betty]]. An ordinary, innocent name until you find out that it's actually a shorthand for [[spoiler:'''Bête Noire''', referring to the object of a very strong hatred, or literally meaning "Black Beast".]].
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291
292	[[folder:Webcomics]]
293	* [[ManipulativeBastard Doc Scratch]] of ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', according to WordOfGod (A reference to "Old Scratch").
294	* In ''Webcomic/SatanAndMe'', Satan goes by "Stan" when posing as a human.
295	[[/folder]]
296
297	[[folder:Web Original]]
298	* ''Website/{{Cracked}}'' put the Devil being unable to pose as human without using a PunnyName as number 2 in their [[https://www.cracked.com/article_27767_completely-moronic-plot-twists-tv-movies-needs-to-retire.html "Completely Moronic Plot Twists TV and Movies Needs to Retire"]].
299	* ''WebVideo/FrenchBaguetteIntelligence'': ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYVKqM2WhJw Art vs "Art" video]]'' has Cypher, who while not the devil, evokes this trope as it is revealed that his username is 'Lou Cypher', a pun on 'Lucifer'.
300	* ''Website/TheOnion'''s show ''Dr. Good'', has the creepy plastic surgeon [[SignificantAnagram Dr. Tanas]], who gives increasingly unsubtle hints to his true identity as the show progresses.
301	* ''Website/SCPFoundation'': [[http://scp-wiki.net/scp-719 SCP-719 ("Light-Bringer")]]. The otherdimensional being using SCP-719 to communicate with humans has a cult that worships him. In their writings, the being is referred to as "The Light-Bringer" (c.f. Lucifer, "light bringing") and "The Morning Star".
302	* There's a piece of literary porn on the 'net about a lawyer's wife whose husband's boss is nicknamed Nate, for ''[[SdrawkcabName Natas]]'', but the real culprit here is his associate named ''Luc'', who seduces her. So she has his full-term kid [[ExpressDelivery in seven months]].
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304
305	[[folder:Western Animation]]
306	* In the British/Canadian cartoon ''WesternAnimation/TheBaskervilles'' the owner of Underworld: The Theme Park is Mr. Boss, whose real name is Nicolas Lucifer III.
307	* Big D in the ''WesternAnimation/ClassOf3000'' episode "The Devil and Lil' D".
308	-->'''Lil' D:''' What's your D stand for?\
309	'''Big D:''' Uh... Dwight.
310	* The Red Guy from ''WesternAnimation/CowAndChicken''. He was blatantly referred to as The Devil in the pilot.
311	* Although the Devil from ''WesternAnimation/TheCupheadShow'' is always referred to as such, he doesn't pass up the opportunity to name a few of his many aliases during his introduction song.
312	-->''"They call me Old Scratch, Mr. S, the Big D,\
313	I'm the king of the underworld, yeah, it's great to be me!"''
314	* In ''WesternAnimation/TheDevilAndDanielMouse'', Jan Mouse signs a recording contract with a producer named B. L. Zeebub. Bad move.
315	* Luci from ''WesternAnimation/{{Disenchantment}}'' is a clear reference to Lucifer though he's at the bottom of the demon ladder rather than being the devil. This gets played with throughout the show, from revealing its simply short of "Lucille" to the final season revealing [[spoiler:His full name is actually Lucille Lucifer Jr. DCLXVI, and he is in fact one of Satan's children.]]
316	* ''WesternAnimation/TheGaryColemanShow'': The villain Hornswoggle, implied to be a demon; his name is another word for conning, deceiving or swindling somebody.
317	* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' features an EyeOfProvidence-esque demon by the name of [[PunnyName Bill]] Cipher. A relative?
318	* Lucius Heinous VII and his son Beezy on ''WesternAnimation/JimmyTwoShoes''. It's never directly stated, but the implication is obvious. It's even more obvious with Lucius Heinous I, who (based on his memorial painting) looks a lot more like the traditional interpretation of Satan.
319	* ''WesternAnimation/MovilleMysteries'': One episode focuses on a boy trying to out-do the musical talents of her sister and takes a guitar lesson from a blind guy named Blaine Louis Zee Bonsoir. When the man mysteriously disappears and leaves him his guitar, the boy becomes really talented. Moville, seeing this, points out that the man's initials in the guitar read "BLZB". At the end, it's subverted in that the guy doesn't really have that name but that he changed it to fit the initials on the guitar. One he won from a guy so talented that people claimed made a DealWithTheDevil...
320	* ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'' episode "The Devil to Pay". The Ghostbusters appear on a game show called "Race the Devil", hosted by one "Dib Devlin". The question that lands them a spot on the quiz is "give me two additional names for the Devil"... For some reason, Egon gets a bit suspicious. The appearance of Satan himself on a kid's show is unconvincingly averted by this bit of writer wit:
321	-->'''Winston:''' [[MadnessMantra I have sold my soul to the Devil. I have sold my soul to the Devil.]]\
322	'''Ray:''' Actually, Winston, Dib is a minor demon, not the Devil per se.\
323	'''Winston:''' I have sold my soul to a minor demon. I have sold my soul to a minor demon.
324	* ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'':
325	** "[[Recap/RickAndMortyS1E9SomethingRickedThisWayComes Something Ricked This Way Comes]]" gives us Mr. Lucius Needful, who owns a mysterious store that offers magical items for free whose "price" is that they always have some kind of ironic twist attached to them. Being wise to these tricks, Rick outright asks him if he's the Devil upon meeting him. After that, Needful doesn't even bother hiding it and straight-up calls himself the Devil. When Needful reveals his true identity to Summer, her response is essentially "Well, ''duh'', but you've been nice to ''me''."
326	** In "[[Recap/RickAndMortyS2E7BigTroubleInLittleSanchez Big Trouble in Little Sanchez]]", Morty's gym teacher, Coach Feratu, is revealed to be a vampire. Hilariously, "Feratu" isn't even his real name, but an alias he picked out to blend in with humans (his real name being Balik Alistane). When The ruler of all vampires hears of Coach Feratu's death, he goes into a rant about how stupid it is for masquerading vampires to give themselves names with subtle clues to their identity.
327	** Subverted in later episode with Mr. Lunas, who Morty suspects lives on the moon. He is just a regular human being; what Morty saw was just a smidge on his telescope.
328	* In the ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekTheAnimatedSeries'' episode "[[Recap/StarTrekTheAnimatedSeriesS1E8TheMagicksOfMegasTu The Magicks of Megas-Tu]]", an alien satyr named Lucien is revealed to be the Lucifer of Earth mythology. Notably, in this one, Lucifer is actually a ''[[SatanIsGood good guy]]''.
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