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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]] |
27 | |
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. |
31 | [[/folder]] |
32 | |
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. |
37 | [[/folder]] |
38 | |
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. |
43 | [[/folder]] |
44 | |
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. |
59 | [[/folder]] |
60 | |
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]]. |
63 | [[/folder]] |
64 | |
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. |
77 | [[/folder]] |
78 | |
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". |
81 | [[/folder]] |
82 | |
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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