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7	->''"In the myth, Bellerophon 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 Bellerophon."''
8	-->-- '''Ethan Hunt''', ''Film/MissionImpossibleII''
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10	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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12	Remember that Administrivia/TropesAreFlexible, so non-viral substances and their counteracting agents also count.
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14	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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16	!!Examples:
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18	[[foldercontrol]]
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20	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
21	* ''Manga/Reborn2004'': Tsuna becomes afflicted with [[SomethingItis demonitis]]. The cure is its opposite, angelitis.
22	[[/folder]]
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24	[[folder:Comic Books]]
25	* ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'': The Green Lantern Corps includes a sentient smallpox virus, Leezle Pon, who fights off the evil Sinestro Corps virus Despotellis.
26	[[/folder]]
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28	[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
29	* ''Film/EscapeFromLA'': {{Subverted\|Trope}} with the Plutoxin 7 virus. Its cure is [[spoiler:nothing]] since it's just a common flu virus. Snake is tricked into believing otherwise.
30	* ''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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33	[[folder:Literature]]
34	* ''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.
35	* ''Literature/EndersGame'': The descolada and recolada viruses translate as "un-glueing" and "re-glueing" because of their effect on DNA.
36	* ''Literature/SnowCrash'': Snow Crash and Snow Melt.
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39	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
40	* ''Series/BattlestarGalactica2003'': Mellorak, cured by Bittamucin.
41	* ''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.
42	* ''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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45	[[folder:Video Games]]
46	* ''VideoGame/DeusEx'':
47	** Gray Death, cured by Ambrosia.
48	** The "good" AI Daedalus and the "evil" AI Icarus. And [[spoiler:they merge to form]] Helios.
49	* ''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.]].
50	* ''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.
51	* ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'':
52	** The T-Virus and its vaccine Daylight because in the daylight, you don't need an umbrella.
53	** 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.
54	** The Las Plaga parasites and the Las Plaga Removal Lazer.
55	** The C-Virus has the Anti-C vaccine.
56	* ''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).
57	* ''VideoGame/StarCraftI'': ''Brood War'' brings the Hyperevolutionary virus, cured by Infestation Antidote.
58	* ''VideoGame/{{Uplink}}'': The computer virus is called Revelation, while the cure is Faith. Both of them follow a religious theme.
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61	[[folder:Webcomics]]
62	* ''Webcomic/CincoElementos'': {{Subverted\|Trope}}. 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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65	[[folder:Websites]]
66	* ''Website/{{Neopets}}'': Several of the medicines have the name of the disease or related words in their names:
67	** Bubbles is cured with a Bubbles Herbal Drink.
68	** Hoochie Coochies is cured with Hoochie Coochie Tablets.
69	** Itchy Scratchies is cured with Itchy Scratchy Cream.
70	** Kikoughela is cured with Kikoughela Drops.
71	** Neezles is cured with a Neezles Jab.
72	** Neggitus is cured with a Neggitus Injection, while [=NeoMites=] are cured with a [=NeoMites=] Injection.
73	** [=NeoFlu=] is cured with [=NeoFlu=] Jelly Pills.
74	** [=NeoPox=] is cured with [=NeoPox=] [[MedicinalCuisine Pizza]].
75	** [=NeoWarts=] are cured with Neowart Fungus.
76	** Shaky Flakies is cured with Shaky Flaky Cream.
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79	[[folder:Western Animation]]
80	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E1TreehouseOfHorrorVII Treehouse of Horror VII]]", Lisa invents a [[ShrinkRay shrinking device]] called a "debigulator", and the device that reverses it is called a "rebigulator".
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83	[[folder:Real Life]]
84	* 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".
85	[[/folder]]

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