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3	NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast which inspire fear because they are fearsome adjectives: ''Vicious, Grim, Sinister, Nefarious, Horrible'', etc.
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5	Or they inspire mistrust because they sound "false", like [[HonestJohnsDealership "honest"]].
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7	----
8	!Examples:
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10	[[foldercontrol]]
11
12	!!Common Adjectives:
13
14	[[folder:Craven]]
15	[[AC:ComicBooks]]
16	* Kraven the Hunter, a ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' villain.
17
18	[[AC:{{Film}}]]
19	* Kraven, from ''Film/Underworld2003'', who wouldn't you know it, turns out to be a treacherous cowardly bastard.
20	* Creator/WesCraven made a lot of horror movies, but he was a nice guy.
21	* Thomas Craven, the cop from ''Film/EdgeOfDarkness2010''. (Though only the bad guys really needed to fear him.)
22
23	%%[[AC:{{Literature}}]]
24	%%* The Craven family from ''Literature/TheSecretGarden''.
25	%%* Vandameer Craven from ''Literature/SkulduggeryPleasant''.
26	[[/folder]]
27
28	[[folder:Crazy]]
29	[[AC:LiveActionTV]]
30	* ''Series/WalkerTexasRanger'': Two {{Gangbanger}}s the titular policeman arrested had the nickname "Loco" ("loco" being Spanish for crazy), both of whom being leaders of their respective gangs:
31	** Juan Morales of the Diablos gang (played by Creator/EmilioRivera) from Season 6's "[[Recap/WalkerTexasRangerS6E24TestOfFaith Test of Faith]]".
32	** Edmundo Chaves of the Firelake Bloods from Season 7's "Jacob's Ladder".
33	[[/folder]]
34
35	[[folder:Dark]]
36	[[AC:AnimeAndManga]]
37	* ''Anime/YuGiOh'' has several instances:
38	** Yami (= Dark) Yugi, whose early punishments for people who attacked or threatened his friends included tricking people into yoyoing themselves through a roof to fall several stories, getting people stung by their own scorpions and subjecting people to illusory torture by EldritchAbomination.
39	** Yami Bakura, who loves [[AndIMustScream trapping people in game-based objects]] (such as, in the manga, storing souls in a pair of dice so they always rolled high).
40	** Yami Marik, who unlike the other two has no ancient Egyptian backstory, he just kills people.
41	%%* ''Manga/DNAngel'''s phantom thief, Dark Mousy. Also his evil counterpart, Krad.
42	%%* The [[ArtifactOfDoom Book of Darkness]] from ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAs''. [[spoiler:Then again, its real name is the far more benign "Book of the Night Sky".]]
43
44	[[AC:ComicBooks]]
45	%%* ComicBook/{{Batman}}, the Dark Knight.
46	%%* ComicBook/{{Darkseid}}, [[ComicBook/NewGods Lord of]] [[TheEmpire Apokolips]]. [[ThemeNaming Pretty]] [[ArchetypalCharacter clearly]] [[{{Troperiffic}} deliberate]].
47	%%* ''ComicBook/XMen'': Raven Darkholme, ComicBook/{{Mystique}}'s real name.
48	%%* [[http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix3/darkrider.htm The Dark Rider]]
49	* The DCU has supervillain Damian Dharc.
50
51	[[AC:{{Film}}]]
52	* A common misconception surrounding ''Franchise/StarWars'' is that Darth is Dutch or German for dark, when neither of these statements are accurate. Dark would be ''donker'' and ''dunkel'', respectively. [[ItWasHisSled Vader, on the other hand ''is'' Dutch for father]], though it is pronounced differently in Dutch, and the intended derivation is from “invader”.
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54	[[AC:{{Literature}}]]
55	%%* Then there's G. M. Dark from ''Literature/SomethingWickedThisWayComes''.
56	* Darken Rahl from ''Literature/SwordOfTruth'', the BigBad of the first book who comes very close to destroying the world.
57	%%* Darquesse from ''Literature/SkulduggeryPleasant''.
58	* ''Literature/WarriorCats'':
59	** Darkstripe is the BigBad's [[TheDragon Dragon]].
60	** Darktail is also a villain in the sixth series, ''A Vision of Shadows''.
61
62	%%[[AC:{{Music}}]]
63	%%* ''[[CreepyCircusMusic The Carny of Mr Dark]]'' by Deathwatch Beetle Repairmen
64
65	[[AC:VideoGames]]
66	* Joe Darke, a serial killer from ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney''
67	* The Evil "Mr. Dark" in ''VideoGame/{{Rayman}}''
68	%%* Dark Fact from ''VideoGame/{{Ys}}''.
69	%%* Dark Sol from ''VideoGame/ShiningInTheDarkness''.
70	* ''VideoGame/DotA2'' gives us Darkterror the Faceless Void.
71	%%* The default name for the Estate in ''VideoGame/DarkestDungeon'' is "Darkest", meaning that the [[FeaturelessProtagonist Heir]] is Lord or Lady Darkest.
72
73	%%[[AC:WebOriginal]]
74	%%* [[Website/SCPFoundation Marshall, Carter, and Dark, Ltd.]]
75
76	[[AC:WesternAnimation]]
77	* Buzz Lightyear's former partner, Warp Darkmatter from ''WesternAnimation/BuzzLightyearOfStarCommand.
78	-->'''Buzz''': But Warp-\
79	'''Warp''': Agent Z, please.\
80	'''Buzz''' Of course, [[IdentityAmnesia amnesia]]!\
81	'''Warp''': No.\
82	'''Buzz''': [[EvilKnockoff Evil clone]].\
83	'''Warp''': No.\
84	'''Buzz''': [[ArtificialHuman Android replica]].\
85	'''Warp''': No!\
86	'''Buzz''': ...Okay, okay, it's so obvious! Zurg's [[MindControlDevice mind control ray]]. He got to you first!\
87	'''Warp''': Actually, [[FaceHeelTurn I went to him]]. Evil is just so much more profitable than good, [[EvilFeelsGood and more fun]].\
88	'''Buzz''': I don't believe it! The Warp Darkmatter I trained side by side with would not work for the most evil force in the universe!\
89	'''Warp''': Look, Lightyear, I've been Zurg's payroll since the academy. Once I got the L.G.M.'s to spill the secret of the Unimind, the Big Z brought me on full-time. My name's ''Dark''matter! Who's surprised here?
90	[[/folder]]
91
92	[[folder:Dastardly]]
93	[[AC:WesternAnimation]]
94	* Dick Dastardly from ''WesternAnimation/WackyRaces'', who [[DickDastardlyStopsToCheat named a trope]] due to his persistent dastardly cheating schemes. Also ADickInName.
95	[[/folder]]
96
97	[[folder:Evil]]
98	[[AC:AnimeAndManga]]
99	* Tekkaman Evil, TheDragon from ''Anime/TekkamanBlade''.
100	* Ubel (German for "evil") from ''Manga/FrierenBeyondJourneysEnd''
101
102	[[AC:ComicBooks]]
103	* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'': Saturnian slaver Eviless
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105	[[AC:{{Film}}]]
106	* Dr. Evil, ''Film/AustinPowers'' arch-enemy, is a parody of both this trope and the DiabolicalMastermind Ernst Blofeld-type Bond villain.
107	* The eponymous SerialKiller in ''Film/{{Evilenko}}''.
108
109	[[AC:Literature]]
110	* ''Literature/DivineComedy'': There's a group of devils in the fifth ditch of the Eighth Circle named the Malebranche, which means "Evil Claws" according to the [[https://www.amazon.com/Dante-Encyclopedia-Richard-Lansing/dp/0415876117 The Dante Encyclopedia]]. Each of them has a name to reflect their sadistic nature, with their leader going by Malacoda ("evil tail") as he hunts for politicians to hook and flay.
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112	[[AC:LiveActionTV]]
113	* Avery Schreiber played a villain named "Mr. Evil" on ''The Harlem Globetrotters Popcorn Machine''.
114
115	[[AC:{{Theatre}}]]
116	* Evillene the Wicked Witch of the West, from ''Theatre/TheWiz''.
117
118	[[AC:VideoGames]]
119	%%* ''VideoGame/{{Berzerk}}'' has Evil Otto.
120	* ''VideoGame/PokemonColosseum'': It may be an unwritten rule that the leaders of Cipher have some part of Evil in their name. First was Evice, and second was [[VideoGame/PokemonXDGaleOfDarkness Greevil]]. For added evil points, Greevil's Japanese name translates into 'Deathgold'.
121	%%* Evil Marie in ''VideoGame/{{CarnEvil}}''.
122	%%* Evil Crash in the ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot'' series.
123	%%* Prior to its name-change, the Deviljho from VideoGame/MonsterHunter was named "Eviljho".
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125	[[AC:WesternAnimation]]
126	* ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians'': Cruella de Vil, attempted puppy killer. Triple whammy, because you have "cruel", "evil", and "devil" in her name, if you ignore the word breaks.
127	%%* Evil-Lyn from ''Franchise/MastersOfTheUniverse''.
128	%%* Evil The Cat from ''WesternAnimation/EarthwormJim''.
129	%%* Aku (Japanese for Evil), [[MadeOfEvil a being of pure malevolence]], from ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack''.
130	[[/folder]]
131
132	[[folder:Greedy]]
133	[[AC:Anime and Manga]]
134	* Greed from ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'', an AnthropomorphicPersonification of that [[SevenDeadlySins sin]].
135
136	[[AC:{{Film}}]]
137	* Greedo from ''Franchise/StarWars'', a bounty hunter.
138
139	[[AC:VideoGames]]
140	* Greed from ''VideoGame/TheBindingOfIsaac'', another personification of a deadly sin from another series.
141	%%* Greedy from ''VideoGame/{{Ristar}}''.
142	%%* Greevil from ''VideoGame/PokemonXDGaleOfDarkness'', as mentioned directly above.
143
144	[[AC:WesternAnimation]]
145	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Captain Planet\|AndThePlaneteers}}'' foe and inveterate polluter, Hoggish Greedly.
146	[[/folder]]
147
148	[[folder:Grim]]
149	Special thanks to TheGrimReaper.
150
151	[[AC:AnimeAndManga]]
152	* Wolfgang Grimmer from ''Manga/{{Monster}}''. He may look harmless but threaten his life and you'll wind up another victim of The Magnificent Steiner.
153	* One of [[BigBad Aizen’s]] EliteMooks in ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' is named Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez, who so happens to be a BloodKnight.
154
155	[[AC:ComicBooks]]
156	%%* Grimjack of ''ComicBook/{{Grimjack}}''.
157	* Mr Benjamin Grimm, otherwise known as The Thing of the ''ComicBook/FantasticFour''. [[CreepyGood He may look monstrous, but he’s a nice guy.]]
158	* There is a low-level Avengers villain by the name of Grim Reaper, whose abilities include a cybernetic scythe.
159	%%* [[http://www.comicvine.com/grim-hunter/29-15311/grim-hunter/108-3841/102297-grim-hunter/105-191540/ The Grim Hunter]], who shares this with his father Kraven (see below).
160
161	%%[[AC:{{Film}}]]
162	%%* The hero of the ''Film/{{Doom}}'' movie, John Grimm.
163
164	[[AC:{{Literature}}]]
165	* In the ''Literature/HarryPotter'' series, a black dog known as "the Grim" is an omen of death.
166	%%* Grim Tuesday from the ''Keys of the Kingdom'' series.
167	* Grimhild, the EvilMatriarch of the Gjukung clan in the Old Norse ''Literature/VolsungaSaga''.
168
169	[[AC: RealLife]]
170	%%* Harald Hardrada the famous Viking. While Hardrada for some reason is not regularly transliterated into history books, it means something like "hard" "ruthless" or "grim".
171	%%* Ottoman Sultan Selim the Grim.
172	* Creator/TheBrothersGrimm. They might have been perfectly swell chaps themselves, but many of the fairy tales they collected were a bit... well, take a wild guess.
173
174	%%[[AC:{{Toys}}]]
175	%%* Grimlock of ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}''.
176
177	%%[[AC:VideoGames]]
178	%%* Mr. Grimm of ''VideoGame/TwistedMetal''.
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180
181	* Grimhilde, better known as the Evil Queen from Disney's ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs''.
182	[[/folder]]
183
184	[[folder:Honest]]
185	%%[[AC:AnimeAndManga]]
186	%%* Prime Minister Honest, the BigBad from ''Manga/AkameGaKill''.
187
188	%%[[AC:Films -- Animated]]
189	%%* Honest John from ''WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}}''
190
191	%%[[AC:Tropes]]
192	%%* HonestJohnsDealership
193	%%** ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' had one manned by some "Honest Ed".
194
195	%%[[AC:{{Theatre}}]]
196	%%* "Honest" Iago from ''Theatre/{{Othello}}''.
197
198	[[AC:RealLife]]
199	* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MGR-1_Honest_John MGR-1 Honest John]] nuclear or nerve gas missiles.
200	[[/folder]]
201
202	[[folder:Horrible]]
203	Just silly enough that it's (as far as is recorded here) never used seriously.
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205	[[AC:{{Literature}}]]
206	* Horribin the Clown from Tim Powers's ''The Anubis Gates''. [[spoiler: An adept of Ancient Egyptian sorcery, who runs a crew of beggars that he crippled himself.]]
207	%%* Madame Morrible in ''Literature/{{Wicked}}''.
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209	%%[[AC:NewspaperComics]]
210	%%* ''ComicStrip/HagarTheHorrible''
211
212	%%[[AC:WebComics]]
213	%%* Lord Horribus in ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance''.
214
215	%%[[AC:WebVideo]]
216	%%* Dr. Horrible from ''WebVideo/DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog''' is a ... horrible example.
217	[[/folder]]
218
219	[[folder:Insidious]]
220	[[AC:Film]]
221	* Darth Sidious of ''Franchise/StarWars''. Double points for rhyming with "hideous". There is a certain in-story justification, as Sith 'names' are not technically names, but titles given after they've purposely started down the road of evil.
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223	%%[[AC:Video Games]]
224	%%* This is the real name for [[MoeAnthropomorphism Welrod Mk.II]] from ''VideoGame/GirlsFrontline''.
225	[[/folder]]
226
227	[[folder:Mean]]
228	%%[[AC:{{Literature}}]]
229	%%* School bully Bugs Meany from ''Literature/EncyclopediaBrown''.
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231	[[AC:{{Theatre}}]]
232	* Evamean the Wicked Witch of the East, from ''Theatre/TheWiz''. In Creator/{{NBC}}'s adaptation, the Tin Man even exclaims, "They don't call her Evamean for nothing!", after recalling how the witch changed him from a human to a heartless metallic person.
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234	[[AC:VideoGames]]
235	%%* The eponymous ''VideoGame/IMMeen''.
236	* Team Meanies of ''VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeonRescueTeam'', is a team that is composed of three Pokémon, two of which are commonly associated with dark and/or villainous behavior; Ekans, a snake who was the first Pokémon that belonged to Jessie of Team Rocket in the anime, and Gengar, the final evolved form of the Ghost Pokémon, Gastly.
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238	[[AC:RealLife]]
239	* Creator/ColmMeaney, an Irish actor who is actually by many accounts a pretty nice guy. Doesn't help that outside of ''Franchise/StarTrek'' fandoms he's mostly known for playing villains or at the very least hard-assed AntiHero types.
240	[[/folder]]
241
242	[[folder:Nefarious]]
243	%%[[AC:ComicBooks]]
244	%%* Count Nefaria, a long-running Creator/MarvelComics villain.
245
246	%%[[AC:Films -- Animated]]
247	%%* Dr. Nefario from ''Franchise/DespicableMe''.
248
249	%%[[AC:{{Literature}}]]
250	%%* Nefarian Serpine from ''Literature/SkulduggeryPleasant''.
251
252	[[AC:LiveActionTV]]
253	* Nefaria is the right hand of the BigBad in Saban's ''Series/MaskedRider''.
254
255	[[AC:VideoGames]]
256	* Dr. Nefarious, a BigBad in the ''Franchise/RatchetAndClank'' series (''Up Your Arsenal'' and ''A Crack in Time'').
257	* ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot'': Dr. Nefarious Tropy. Bonus points for having a sinister name even when it's shortened ([[PunnyName N. Tropy = entropy]]). And he sounds like Creator/PeterLorre.
258	%%* Count Nefarious from ''VideoGame/{{Toonstruck}}''.
259	* One of Water Mages from ''VideoGame/{{Gothic}}''. {{Subverted\|Trope}}, as he is mostly harmless.
260	* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'': Nefarian the black dragon. His human disguise is [[SarcasmMode subtlety]] named Lord Victor Nefarius.
261
262	%%[[AC:WesternAnimation]]
263	%%* Omnifarious, from ''WesternAnimation/StaticShock'', who found a way to use multiple powers at will from different samples of the Big Bang gas.
264	[[/folder]]
265
266	[[folder:Savage]]
267	[[AC:ComicBooks]]
268	* ''ComicBook/VandalSavage'', Creator/DCComics supervillain. While he may act sophisticated much of the time, he ''is'' a caveman, and has engaged in thousands if not millions of acts of murder, torture and cannibalism in his incredibly long life.
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270	[[AC:{{Literature}}]]
271	* Globe-trotting millionaire genius super-man [[Literature/DocSavage "Doc" Savage]] from the pulp franchise of the same name. Just because he's dedicated his life to using his superior abilities--[[TwoFistedTales and his superior fists]]--for the good of mankind doesn't mean he's not dangerous. Just ask his enemies.
272
273	[[AC:LiveActionTV]]
274	* ''Series/DoctorWho'': [[Recap/DoctorWhoS37E8TheWitchfinders "The Witchfinders"]] has widowed landowner Becka Savage, who is not only carrying out a vicious WitchHunt against her own villagers, [[spoiler:she's responsible for unleashing the evil plaguing Bilehurst Cragg, and is doing it to punish others for her own sins]].
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276	%%[[AC:ProfessionalWrestling]]
277	%%* "Macho Man" Randy Savage
278
279	[[AC:VideoGames]]
280	%%* Savage Ruler from the ''VideoGame/{{Darius}}'' series, an even more difficult variant of Violent Ruler, one of the {{Final Boss}}es.
281	* As if [[NamesToRunAwayFrom/DemonsOrAngels Deviljho]] from ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'' wasn't bad enough, there's also its variant ''Savage'' Deviljho, who is enraged ''by default'' and has ''another'' rage state on top of that.
282
283	[[AC:RealLife]]
284	* Adam Savage from ''Series/MythBusters'': His job involves smashing, blowing up, or otherwise destroying various items in big and spectacular ways (and he is ''[[{{Keet}} very]]'' enthusiastic about his work). Also, in episodes where the crew play out character roles, Adam often plays villainous characters with "Savage" somewhere in their name (i.e. [[Film/JamesBond Baron von Savage]], [[{{Pirate}} Captain Redbeard the Savage]]).
285	[[/folder]]
286
287	[[folder:Shady]]
288	%%[[AC:{{Music}}]]
289	%%* Will [[Music/{{Eminem}} the real Slim Shady]] please stand up?
290
291	[[AC:Newspaper Comics]]
292	* Recurring criminal Shady Shrew from ''ComicStrip/SlylockFox''. This trope is usually extrapolated to other bit criminals like Reeky Rat or Slick Smitty -- it's surprising that name profiling hasn't been implemented yet.
293
294	%%[[AC:Tabletop Games]]
295	%%* Sid Shady from the riddle game ''Mind Trap''.
296	[[/folder]]
297
298	[[folder:Sinister]]
299	[[AC:ComicBooks]]
300	%%* Sinestro from ''ComicBook/GreenLantern''. It should be noted that he's left(sinister)-handed. It's not clear how his home planet's naming works. That being said Sinestro is his surname, his first name being Thaal.
301	* ''ComicBook/{{Wonder Woman\|1942}}'': Sinestra, a former Nazi spy who turned to kidnapping, human trafficking and scams after Nazi Germany fell.
302	* Recurring villain Mr. Sinister from ''ComicBook/XMen''. Originally named Nathaniel Essex, took the name after his wife declared him to be "something sinister".
303
304	[[AC:{{Literature}}]]
305	%%* Sinistrad from ''Literature/TheDeathGateCycle''.
306	* Zig-zagged in ''[[Literature/HIVEseries the H.I.V.E. series,]]'' where the Political Manipulation instructor, the [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder Contessa Maria Sinistre]], is a HeelFaceRevolvingDoor. The trend stops later in with her [[spoiler: granddaughter Lucy Dexter. "Dexter" being an alias to protect her identity, as she would not be able to study at the H.I.V.E. normally if the other students knew she also had MindControl like her grandmother. However, she is a good character, even one of the series love interests, until her DeathOfTheHypotenuse fate in book six.]]
307
308	%%[[AC:{{Music}}]]
309	%%* Synyster Gates from ''Avenged Sevenfold''.
310
311	%%[[AC:VideoGames]]
312	%%* ''VideoGame/{{Sinistar}}''. He hungers! Run! Run! Run! Run!
313	%%* Slight variation: Sinistrals, from the ''VideoGame/{{Lufia}}'' games.
314	%%* Sinestra, [[DragonsAreDemonic Deathwing's]] mate from ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' (her real name is Sintharia, which incidentally is also an example, just a different one).
315
316	[[AC:WesternAnimation]]
317	* Senor Sinestro on ''WesternAnimation/ElTigre''.
318	* Dr. Sinister, a one-time character in ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'' episode of the same name.
319	* Simon Bar Sinister, the main villain of ''WesternAnimation/{{Underdog}}''.
320	[[/folder]]
321
322	[[folder:Slick]]
323	Both the meaning and the snakelike pronunciation have connotations of being sly, manipulative, scheming, smug.
324
325	[[AC:NewspaperComics]]
326	* Fraudster Slick Smitty from ''ComicStrip/SlylockFox''
327
328	[[AC:ProfessionalWrestling]]
329	* The Doctor of Style (and later known as "Reverend" after his HeelFaceTurn), Slick, a shifty manager in the WWF.
330
331	[[AC:VideoGames]]
332	* Slick, the BigBad of ''VideoGame/RiverCityRansom''.
333
334	[[AC:WebComics]]
335	* Spades Slick, the heartless gangster from ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}''.
336	* Slick from ''Webcomic/{{Waterworks}}'', though he's an AntiVillain at worst.
337	[[/folder]]
338
339	[[folder:Strange]]
340
341	[[AC:ComicBooks]]
342	* ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'' villain Hugo Strange.
343
344	%%[[AC:{{Film}}]]
345	%%* The title character of ''Film/DoctorStrangelove''.
346
347	[[AC:{{Literature}}]]
348	* The Lestrange family, fanatical [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Death Eaters]] best known for [[spoiler:having tortured Neville’s parents into incurable insanity]], in the ''Literature/HarryPotter'' series.
349
350	[[AC:VideoGames]]
351	* ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity'' features Dr. Hugo Strange as one half of the BigBadDuumvirate. Lampshaded by some of the various Mooks, who note that the name 'Strange' doesn't exactly inspire confidence.
352
353	[[/folder]]
354
355	[[folder:Vicious]]
356	%%[[AC:AnimeAndManga]]
357	%%* Vicious, the main antagonist from ''Anime/CowboyBebop''.
358	%%* The main antagonist of ''Anime/Pokemon4Ever'' is named Vicious the Iron-Masked Marauder (Vicious-sama no Kamen). He's also rumored to have been named for Sid Vicious, but evidence is hazy.
359
360	%%[[AC:ComicBooks]]
361	%%* In ''ComicBook/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesAdventures'', there was a villain called Vid Vicious (obviously named after Sid Vicious).
362
363	%%[[AC:{{Literature}}]]
364	%%* [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Vishous]] from J.R. Ward's ''Literature/BlackDaggerBrotherhood'' novels, mercifully shortened to 'V'. Most of her male characters have bizarrely spelled "badass" names, including Torhment, Phury, Zsadist, Rhage, Rehvenge, and Wrath (well, that last one is spelled correctly). John Matthew doesn't fare any better with his warrior name: [[spoiler: Tehrror; as does Butch when he's revealed to be a half-breed and gets saddled with a vampiric name of legend: The Dehstroyer.]]
365
366	[[AC:{{Music}}]]
367	* Music/SidVicious of the Music/SexPistols. Sid was actually not that violent, nor was he particularly good in a fight; the pose of being a "moral danger" was certainly deliberate.
368
369	%%[[AC:WesternAnimation]]
370	%%* The [[WesternAnimation/{{MASK}} Vicious Evil Network Of Mayhem]].
371	[[/folder]]
372
373	[[folder:Vile]]
374	[[AC:ComicBooks]]
375	* Early in his career, The Human Torch fought a villain named The Painter whose not-very-subtle real name was Wilhelm von Vile.
376
377	%%[[AC:{{Film}}]]
378	%%* Count Vile from ''Film/PressStart2007''.
379
380	%%[[AC:{{Literature}}]]
381	%%* Lord Vile from ''Literature/SkulduggeryPleasant''.
382	%%* Venandekatra the Vile in Literature/BelisariusSeries. It is specifically noted that other names (like "Grim") carry a compliment with them as well as an insult; they imply that someone is a MagnificentBastard. Whereas vile is just an insult.
383
384	[[AC:VideoGames]]
385	* The ''VideoGame/MegaManX'' games feature a recurring foe named Vile (his Japanese name was VAVA, but [[DubNameChange it was changed]] [[WritingAroundTrademarks out of fear that it along with his uncanny resemblance to]] [[Franchise/StarWars Boba Fett]] [[WritingAroundTrademarks might cause trouble]]). Originally TheDragon in the first game, he would go on to make repeat appearances as a WildCard. The ''VideoGame/MegaManZero'' series would later introduce a Dr. Vile as its BigBad; this was [[OneSteveLimit localized as "Weil"]].
386	* The Vile Tribe, the antagonist race from the ''VideoGame/{{Lunar}}'' series, is widely feared by the "good" races as AlwaysChaoticEvil, but their situation is more complicated than it first appears.
387	%%* Mr. Vile from ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie''. The worst thing about him may be that you ''can't'' run away from him really fast.
388	* V.I.L.E., the evil organization in the original ''Series/WhereInTheWorldIsCarmenSandiego'' games. (It's also FunWithAcronyms and one of the ''more'' sensible examples, as it stands for Villains' International League of Evil.)
389	[[/folder]]
390
391	[[folder:Wicked]]
392	[[AC:{{Literature}}]]
393	* ''Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz'' has the Wicked Witch of the West, who's become an iconic villain in both the original book and the countless adaptations, including her infamously scary incarnation in [[Film/TheWizardOfOz the 1939 cinematic musical]]. On the other hand, Gregory Maguire wrote a novel titled ''Literature/{{Wicked}}'' exploring the witch's own point of view and making her significantly less...well, wicked. She does descend into {{tragic villain}}y in the end in Maguire's novel, but the [[Theatre/{{Wicked}} stage musical]] based on the book gives her an even bigger dose of AdaptationalHeroism to go with the generally LighterAndSofter tone.
394	* W.I.C.K.E.D. from ''Literature/TheMazeRunner'' and its sequels. It doesn't stand for anything good, either: "World In Catastrophe: Killzone Experiment Department".
395	[[/folder]]
396
397	[[folder:Wily]]
398	[[AC:{{Literature}}]]
399	* Dire Wily, the villain to the also significantly named Halcyon Blithe in the series of the same name.
400
401	%%[[AC:VideoGames]]
402	%%* Dr. Wily, from the ''VideoGame/MegaManClassic'' series.
403
404	[[AC:WesternAnimation]]
405	* [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Wile E. Coyote]], though he's more of an AntiVillain than anything.
406	[[/folder]]
407
408	!!Other Adjectives:
409
410	%%[[folder:Anime and Manga]]
411	%%* Several Stand names from ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure'' fit in this category, like Killer Queen, Bad Company, Cheap Trick, Scary Monsters...
412	%%[[/folder]]
413
414	[[folder:Comic Books]]
415	* [=DePrayve=] from ''ComicBook/WerewolfByNight'', [[JekyllAndHyde an evil side of a good scientist]] who chose to go by that name since he is "[[CardCarryingVillain depraved]]".
416	* ComicStrip/FlashGordon's foe Ming the Merciless.
417	* ComicBook/{{Diabolik}}'s name derives from "diabolico", meaning "devilish" in Italian. Double so because he took the name from a panther that was just that terrible (and the man who gave him the name was the one who, after barely surviving the first encounter, actually killed and stuffed the beast).
418	* The full name of Paperinik, ComicBook/DonaldDuck's superhero/antihero alter ego from Italian stories, is Paperinik the Devilish Avenger. Anyone foolish enough to earn his wrath has found out it's perfectly appropriate.
419	[[/folder]]
420
421	[[folder:Fan Fiction]]
422	* In ''Fanfic/IfTheyHaventLearnedYourName'', the Winter Soldier steals a weird aircraft that turns out to be a NighInvulnerable alien spaceship capable of supersonic flight. For lack of a better term, he half-jokingly refers to the spaceship as the ''USS Motherfucker'', a moniker that winds up sticking as he abbreviates the name to just Motherfucker. This is ''before'' he discovers that it has destructive capabilities that qualify it as a weapon of mass destruction. Tony Stark approves of the name, naturally.
423	%%* ''FanFic/MyImmortal'': [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment Ebony]] [[PunctuationShaker Dark'ness]] [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment Dementia Raven Way]]: {{Dark\|erAndEdgier}}ness, [[ThroughTheEyesOfMadness insanity]], CreepyRavens... Wait, this may be the best name ever.
424	%%* ''FanFic/TheTaintedGrimoire'': Dread[[spoiler: Raven]].
425	* ''Fanfic/{{Paradise}}'': Awe the dragon. It is mentioned that even the dragons among other races fear him above all else.
426	* ''Fanfic/WhatAboutWitchQueen'': the Stormbringing Ocean, or Stormbringer for short. It's said that the climate there matches the name and the ships that dare to cross it - so-called pendulums - are giant {{Cool Boat}}s at least three times as big as regular seagoing ships.
427	* ''FanFic/{{Domoverse}}'': Sadist, who beat, starved, and [[spoiler:turned Issac into a girl]], inflicting PTSD on him in the process, and is a HeroKiller.
428	[[/folder]]
429
430	[[folder:Film]]
431	* The head of the Separatist military forces in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' goes by the moniker General Grievous.
432	* Not a character, but the sinister pub in ''Film/AnAmericanWerewolfInLondon'' is called "The Slaughtered Lamb". Can any good come of that?
433	%%* Lord Humungus from ''Film/TheRoadWarrior''.
434	%%* ''Film/MrSardonicus'': Baron Sardonicus (sardonic) and his servant Krull (cruel).
435	%%* Maleficent, the wicked fairy in Disney's ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty''. In the LiveActionAdaptation ''Film/{{Maleficent}}'' it is her birth name, leading to DeathbringerTheAdorable moments with an innocent fairy child bearing an obvious villain name.
436	%%* Tiránico from ''WesternAnimation/BolivarElHeroe''. His name translates as tyrannical, symbolizing his cruelty and the Spanish oppression in New Granada.
437	* A villain who is mentioned by Lucius in ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'' went by the name "Baron von Ruthless".
438	[[/folder]]
439
440	[[folder:Literature]]
441	%%* Vendacious from ''Literature/AFireUponTheDeep'' is one letter off from "mendacious". [[TreacherousAdvisor Perhaps not the best name for the head of your intelligence agency.]]
442	%%* Ras the Destroyer from ''Literature/InvisibleMan''.
443	%%* Many villains in the ''Literature/{{Redwall}}'' series have such names as Cluny the Scourge, Slagar the Cruel, Ferahgo the Assassin, and Gulo the Savage.
444	%%* Lord Foul the Despiser from ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfThomasCovenant'', who doubles as {{NamesToRunAwayFrom/Titles}} as well as {{Narm}}.
445	%%* Roger Chillingworth from ''Literature/TheScarletLetter''.
446	%%* ''Literature/SkulduggeryPleasant'': Baron Vengeous, Mevolent, Auron Tenebrae, Gruesome Krav, Christophe Nocturnal...the list goes on. Justified as ''they'' chose the names themselves.
447	%%* ''Literature/HowToTrainYourDragon'' is full of this: Grabbit The Grim, Gormless The Grim, Stoick The Vast, Grimbeard The Ghastly, Norbert The Nutjob, Madguts The Murderous, Murderous The Magnificent, The Seadragons Furious and Merciless, and, of course, Alvin The Treacherous.
448	* Spoiler from ''The Key To Rondo''. The kids quickly realize he's bad news, and suspect that he's [[spoiler: working for the Blue Queen.]] Worse, he's [[spoiler: actually Leo's Wicked Uncle George, who had given the eponymous Key to the Blue Queen so she could [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen run the world]] while he lived in luxury.]]
449	%%* In Literature/VorkosiganSaga Emperor Dorca's [[TheDragon dragon]] is Pierre Le Sanguinaire which means "Bloody Pete" in English.
450	* ''Literature/HorusHeresy'': In a series based on a [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer40000}} franchise]] absolutely encrusted with nightmarish titles, the high-ranking Dark Mechanicus official Urtzi ''Malevolus'' has one of the least subtle; most of the others at least did something violent to earn a title like "Flesh Tearer" or "the Red Angel", Urtzi seemingly joined up with a surname that is "malevolent" with the last few letters changed, then got promoted to a high rank.
451	%%* In ''Literature/WarriorCats'', one villain is named Brokenstar.
452	* The BigBad in ''Literature/OneFlewOverTheCuckoosNest'' is a BattleaxeNurse named Mildred Ratched, whose surname sounds an awful lot like "wretched".
453	* ''Literature/TheLastUnicorn'', has King Haggard, who rules over a {{Mordor}} hell hole, has a [[PetMonstrosity Pet Demon]], and has 99% of the Unicorn population as his prisoners. Truly his realm is as haggard as his name and character.
454	* Emperor Dayless the Conqueror in ''Literature/ShadowOfTheConqueror.'' His first name was more sinister than his title, as he hails from a world where [[TheNightThatNeverEnds nights are apocalyptic events]]. He [[AppropriatedAppellation gleefully took the insult as his own name]], vowing to suck the light out of the lives of all his enemies.
455	* In the backstory of ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'', one of the first kings of the Targaryen dynasty was the infamous Maegor the Cruel, remembered for such deeds as killing enemies after they'd surrendered, burning down churches with his dragon, and murdering wives when they failed to give him an heir.
456	[[/folder]]
457
458	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
459	* Robbie Rotten from ''Series/LazyTown''. Granted, he's not exactly [[HarmlessVillain easy to run away from]], but he's still got a vicious name.
460	* Sgt Gross in the ''Series/BlakesSeven'' episode "Moloch" is one of the lesser known villains of the show, but notably nasty.
461	* ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' has [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers Master Vile, his children Rita Repulsa and Rito Revolto]], [[Series/PowerRangersTurbo Maligore (combination of Gore and Malevolent), General Havoc]], [[Series/PowerRangersInSpace Dark Specter, Darkonda, Ecliptor]], [[Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy Treacheron, Villamax, Deviot, Furio, Captain Mutiny, Hexuba]], [[Series/PowerRangersLightspeedRescue Diabolico, Jinxer]], [[Series/PowerRangersWildForce Onikage, Toxica/Necronomica]], [[Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder Mesogog (from Magog, as in Gog and Magog)]].
462	** Treacheron is perhaps the only one of these characters who is misnamed. He is ''very'' loyal to his employer.
463	%%* ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' had "Crazy" Joe Davola throughout Season Four.
464	%%* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'': Does anyone really want a hernia exam from a doctor named ''Crusher???''
465	%%** Also, anything at all "of Borg".
466	* The stated backstory of Spike in ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' reveals that his ''human'' nickname was "William the Bloody". In a subversion, it originally referred to his "bloody awful" poetry; it didn't become literal until after he became a vampire. Played straight with "Spike", a nickname that came from his habit of torturing victims with railroad spikes.
467	* ''The Prison of the Abject'' from ''Series/EmeraldCity''. {{Lampshaded}} by the Wizard himself:
468	-->'''Wizard''': Mistress East and I, we had a partnership.
469	-->'''Glinda''': The Prison of the Abject.
470	-->'''Wizard''': Yes, [[{{Understatement}} an unfortunate name]].
471	-->'''West''': An unfortunate prison.
472	[[/folder]]
473
474	%%[[folder:Mythology]]
475	%%* Myth/ClassicalMythology: Ares titles and epithets include Enyalius (meaning warlike), Miaephonus (meaning blood-stained), Brotoloegus (meaning man slaughtering), Thurus (meaning violent or furious), Aatus polemoeo (meaning [[BloodKnight insatiate of fighting and war]]), and Andreïphontes (meaning destroyer of men)
476	%%[[/folder]]
477
478	[[folder:Video Games]]
479	* Horrendous, the jock/big chunk of meat who ruled the warrior city from the video game ''VideoGame/{{Nox}}''.
480	* Iosa the Invincible in ''VideoGame/{{Iji}}''. How did she earn her title? By surviving a ''planet-buster completely unscathed''.
481	* All of the Soulless Gods of ''VideoGame/{{Lusternia}}'' get this treatment: [[BigBad Kethuru the Almighty]], [[TheJuggernaut Illith the Leviathan]], [[VoluntaryShapeshifter Crazen the Greedy]], [[CannibalismSuperpower Great Muud]] and [[{{Intangibility}} Zenos the Insubstantial]]. And yeah, they should ''[[OmnicidalManiac all]]'' be ran away from ''very'' fast.
482	* [=BadBad=] in ''VideoGame/SecretOfTheStars''.
483	%%* King K. Rool ("cruel") in ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry''.
484	%%* Feral Chaos in ''VideoGame/{{Dissidia\|FinalFantasy}} 012''. His in Japanese is Desperado (root word desperate) which isn't any better.
485	* In ''VideoGame/MOTHER3'', we have the Natural Killer Cyborg. And yes, it's just as deadly as its name implies.
486	* One of the bosses in ''Videogame/RogueLegacy'' is a giant AsteroidsMonster with the boss subtitle "The Infinite".
487	* Bad King Greyghast the Terrible in ''Videogame/EmbricOfWulfhammersCastle'' manages to get "bad" and "terrible" in there, along with "ghast", a sort of monster.
488	* If a creature in ''VideoGame/{{Ryzom}}'' has an adjective in its name like "Lacerating", "Rampaging", or "Massive", then unless you are a fairly high-level player (or even if you are a fairly high-level player) you should be running as far away from it as you possibly can.
489	* The [[spoiler:virtual]] reality-warping soldier that serves as Dr. Eggman's [[TheDragon Dragon]] in ''VideoGame/SonicForces'' is named "Infinite", though how the name correlates to him in any way is never explained.
490	* Cutthroat Bill from ''VideoGame/TheCurseOfMonkeyIsland''. He introduces himself as [[SpecialPersonNormalName just "Bill"]], and when Guybrush is unimpressed he reveals the apron he's cleaning has a ''huge'' blood stain on it.
491	[[/folder]]
492
493	[[folder:Webcomics]]
494	* ''Webcomic/KaitenMutenmaru'': Sick is the main villain of the second season.
495	%%* ''Webcomic/LastRes0rt'': Gabriel the Maskless.
496	[[/folder]]
497
498	%%[[folder:Web Original]]
499	%%* ''WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment'': Dr. Insano.
500	%%* ''WebVideo/SuperMarioLogan'' has [=DoesBadThings Guy=]
501	%%[[/folder]]
502
503	[[folder:Western Animation]]
504	%%* Clandistino from the cartoon ''WesternAnimation/TheBluffers''.
505	%%* [=McNasty=] from the 1988 ''[[WesternAnimation/PoundPuppies1980s Pound Puppies]]'' movie.
506	%%* [[MeaningfulName Baddus]] from the ''WesternAnimation/MrBogus'' episodes "[[Recap/MrBogusS2E1ComputerIntruder Computer Intruder]]" and "[[Recap/MrBogusS2E8BogusToTheRescue Bogus To The Rescue]]".
507	%%* Miss Heinous from ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil''. [[spoiler:Although later on, we learn her real name is Meteora, with "Heinous" being the result of a misunderstanding from her adoptive caretaker.]]
508	%%* The Heinous family of ''WesternAnimation/JimmyTwoShoes'', who are of no relation to the ''Star vs. the Forces of Evil'' example above. And to top it off, every member of the family is named Lucius after [[NamesToRunAwayFrom/DemonsOrAngels Lucifer]] (except for Beezy, who derives his from Beelzebub).
509	* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'': Nathalie Sancouer's last name roughly translates to "heartless" in French (sans couer). Sure enough, she's TheDragon to [[BigBad Hawk Moth]].
510	[[/folder]]
511
512	[[folder:Real Life]]
513	%%* Johnny Rotten (real-life: John Lydon), band leader of the Music/SexPistols. Given that 'Johnny' is British slang for 'condom', that verges on {{squick}}, too.
514	* Raoul Vilain (real-life: Raoul Vilain), who killed French president Jean Jaurès.
515	* Duncan Ferguson AKA Duncan Disorderly. A [[ViolentGlaswegian Scottish]] footballer who lives up to his "hardman" image with four convictions for assault (including one on a cop!).
516	* ''Atropa belladonna'', better known as Deadly Nightshade. When the name of a poisonous plant actually contains the word "Deadly", it's probably sign that you should ''stay the hell away''!
517	[[/folder]]
518

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