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1	->''In the myth, Belairiform was a prince who killed the Chimera. A monster with a head of a lion and a tail of a serpent, that plagued the ancient world. I think Nekhorovich created a monster virus in Chimera. And you need an antivirus to kill it called Belairiform.''
2	-->--'''Ethan Hunt''', ''Film/MissionImpossibleII''
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4	If a virus, cybernetic or organic, has a fancy name then expect a related name for the cure. It might be that the names allude to opposite concepts, that one is derived from the other, or that they follow a common theme. At the very least, both names will have a similar termination or suffix.
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6	Remember that Administrivia/TropesAreFlexible so non-viral substances and their counteracting agents also count.
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8	Compare UnifiedNamingSystem, which is this but for hero and villain organizations. SubTrope of ThemeNaming, when certain related elements of a story are named following a specific theme or pattern.
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10	!!Examples:
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12	[[AC:Anime & Manga]]
13	* ''Manga/Reborn2004'': Tsuna becomes afflicted with [[SomethingItis demonitis]]. The cure is its opposite, angelitis.
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15	[[AC:Comic Books]]
16	* ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'': The Green Lantern Corps includes a sentient smallpox virus, Leezle Pon, who fights off the evil Sinestro Corps virus Despotellis.
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18	[[AC:Films -- Live-Action]]
19	* ''Film/EscapeFromLA'': {{Subverted}} with the Plutoxin 7 virus. Its cure is [[spoiler:nothing]] since it's just a common flu virus. Snake is tricked into believing otherwise.
20	* ''Film/MissionImpossibleII'': Chimera (virus) and Bellerophon (cure) are named after a monster from Myth/GreekMythology and its slayer. This is {{justified\|Trope}}, as those are actually their codenames from the project that created them.
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22	[[AC:Literature]]
23	* ''Literature/CharlieAndTheGreatGlassElevator'': There is a pill called Wonka-Vite which makes people younger. The cure for those who are aged ''too'' young --that is to say, out of existence, which happened to the Oompa-Loompas he tested the prototypes on-- is a RapidAging liquid called Vita-Wonk.
24	* ''Literature/EndersGame'': The descolada and recolada viruses translate as "un-glueing" and "re-glueing" because of their effect on DNA.
25	* ''Literature/SnowCrash'': Snow Crash and Snow Melt.
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27	[[AC:Live-Action TV]]
28	* ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica\|2003}}'': Mellorak, cured by Bittamucin.
29	* ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'': The episode [[Recap/StarTrekS3E19RequiemForMethuselah "Requiem For Methuselah"]] introduces the Rigellian Fever, a bacterium-caused disease similar to Earth's bubonic plage. It's cured by Ryetalyn.
30	* ''Series/TheXFiles'': [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E24TheErlenmeyerFlask "The Erlenmeyer Flask"]] introduces the infectious, alien form Purity, also known as black oil. The same episode gives a putative name --Purity Control-- to the vaccine that wouldn't be developed until several episodes later.
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32	[[AC:Video Games]]
33	* ''VideoGame/DeusEx'':
34	** Gray Death, cured by Ambrosia.
35	** The "good" AI Daedalus and the "evil" AI Icarus. And [[spoiler:they merge to form]] Helios.
36	* ''VideoGame/MetalGear'': There's FOXDIE and [[spoiler:FOXALIVE]], reflecting the latter's purpose as [[spoiler:a computer virus designed to destroy the Patriots and free the world of their control - essentially, the exact antithesis of FOXDIE's intended purpose.]].
37	* ''VideoGame/MoshiMonsters'': The "Glumping Potion" turns Moshlings (essentially the game's equivalent to pet animals) into [[AlwaysChaoticEvil Glumps]]. Its antidote is the De-Glumping Potion.
38	* ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'':
39	** The T-Virus and its vaccine Daylight because in the daylight, you don't need an umbrella.
40	** The G-Virus was named partly for Golgotha (the site at which Jesus was crucified) and partly for its creator's wish to create God-like {{Transhuman Abomination}}s. Its cure was named DEVIL as a play on these factors, fitting with the religious theme of the two.
41	** The Las Plaga parasites and the Las Plaga Removal Lazer.
42	** The C-Virus has the Anti-C vaccine.
43	* ''VisualNovel/{{Snatcher}}'': "Lucifer-Alpha" ravages Eastern Europe, but mutates into a benign form by the present day. ''VideoGame/SDSnatcher'' follows more in line with the trope with "Lucifer-Beta" (the New and Improved virus) and "L-Angel" (the antidote).
44	* ''VideoGame/StarCraftI'': ''Brood War'' brings the Hyperevolutionary virus, cured by Infestation Antidote.
45	* ''VideoGame/{{Uplink}}'': The computer virus is called Revelation, while the cure is Faith. Both of them follow a religious theme.
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47	[[AC:Webcomics]]
48	* ''Webcomic/CincoElementos'': {{Subverted}}. The Dawn Project isn't about creating a cure for the Dusk virus --in fact, the virus is implied to have been extinct back then--, but about creating a PowerNullifier that would allow [[PoisonousPerson virus elementals]] to touch other people. Then again, the Dawn Project [[spoiler:is actually a cover to recreate the Dusk virus.]]
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50	[[AC:Web Original]]
51	* ''Website/{{Neopets}}'': Several of the medicines have the name of the disease or related words in their names:
52	** Bubbles is cured with a Bubbles Herbal Drink.
53	** Hoochie Coochies is cured with Hoochie Coochie Tablets.
54	** Itchy Scratchies is cured with Itchy Scratchy Cream.
55	** Kikoughela is cured with Kikoughela Drops.
56	** Neezles is cured with a Neezles Jab.
57	** Neggitus is cured with a Neggitus Injection, while [=NeoMites=] are cured with a [=NeoMites=] Injection.
58	** [=NeoFlu=] is cured with [=NeoFlu=] Jelly Pills.
59	** [=NeoPox=] is cured with [=NeoPox=] [[MedicinalCuisine Pizza]].
60	** [=NeoWarts=] are cured with Neowart Fungus.
61	** Shaky Flakies is cured with Shaky Flaky Cream.
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63	[[AC:Western Animation]]
64	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E1TreehouseOfHorrorVII "Treehouse of Horror VII"]], Lisa invents the [[IncredibleShrinkingMan shrinking device]] called a "debigulator", and the device that reversed it was called a "rebigulator".
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66	[[AC:Real Life]]
67	* Old-school hackers had a taste for the dramatic that actually made this sort of thing reasonably common, e.g. "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creeper_virus Creeper]]" vs. "Reaper".

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