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* ''Fanfic/ANewLifeEra'': Erik Masspunch qualifies. The name is backed up by the fact that he weighs 500 pounds of muscle.
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* ''Series/{{Bones}}'': Subverted with series protagonist Bones (she's a forensic anthropologist, it's her father who's the murderer in the family, and he answers to plain, ordinary "Max Keenan"). Played straight with a variety of criminals including The Gormogon, Arthur Graves, and The Gravedigger. It's {{Discussed}} and {{Lampshaded}} late in the series, when Cam expresses suggests the one they're currently after should be called "Puppito" (Italian for "little puppet"). Booth agrees that "serial killers shouldn't get cool names".

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* ''Series/{{Bones}}'': Subverted with series protagonist Bones (she's a forensic anthropologist, it's her father who's the murderer in the family, and he answers to plain, ordinary "Max Keenan"). Played straight with a variety of criminals including The Gormogon, Arthur Graves, and The Gravedigger. It's {{Discussed}} and {{Lampshaded}} late in the series, when Cam expresses suggests her opinion that the one they're currently after should be called "Puppito" (Italian for "little puppet"). Booth agrees that "serial killers shouldn't get cool names".
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* When professional wrestlers aren't using their real name, they often have names like this. You'd want to run away too if you heard you were fighting people called Wrestling/HulkHogan, Wrestling/AndreTheGiant, Fray Tormenta ("Friar Tempest"), or Wrestling/TheUndertaker. This is more common with {{heel}} wrestlers, of course (and keep in mind that Hogan did start as one, which is why he's named after [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk a giant, destructive monster]]). One particularly famous inversion is Ricky Steamboat, who was born Richard Blood, but was too nice to be able to live up to his birth name.

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* When professional wrestlers aren't using their real name, they often have names like this. You'd want to run away too if you heard you were fighting people called Wrestling/HulkHogan, Wrestling/AndreTheGiant, Fray Tormenta ("Friar Tempest"), or Wrestling/TheUndertaker. This is more common with {{heel}} wrestlers, of course (and keep in mind that Hogan did start as one, which is why he's named after [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk a giant, destructive monster]]). One particularly famous inversion is Ricky Steamboat, who was born Richard Blood, but was too nice to be able to live up to his birth name. Also, Fray Tormenta was a técnico (the Mexican equivalent of a face) for most if not all of his in-ring career
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* ''Webcomic/HumanityLost:'' General Deicide started out commanding an army of mutated humans engaged in a war of conquest against the alien races. Then he and his army mutinied, and joined the aliens, so now someone else needs to run away really fast.
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*Podcast/HeroClub: ''The Rift Rats'''s King Thor's-beard-ravens-wolf. His name involves Norse myths and powerful mystical animals, and rules over a race of brutal and powerful aliens. These aliens eat and might be made of plutonium, snort giant killer insects for fun, and routinely kill and enslave people they come across. He also captains a very big and dangerous spaceship, and is an arch-enemy of a Flash Gordon-like hero, Bravus Boss
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* WebOriginal/JennyEverywhere's archnemesis and EvilCounterpart, Jenny Nowhere, usually depicted as every bit the walking embodiment of nihilism that the name implies.

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* WebOriginal/JennyEverywhere's MediaNotes/JennyEverywhere's archnemesis and EvilCounterpart, Jenny Nowhere, usually depicted as every bit the walking embodiment of nihilism that the name implies.
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* ''Series/{{Bones}}'': Subverted with series protagonist Bones (she's a forensic anthropologist, it's her father who's the murderer in the family, and he answers to plain, ordinary "Max Keenan"). Played straight with a variety of criminals including The Gormogon, Arthur Graves, and The Gravedigger. It's {{Lampshaded}} late in the series, when Cam expresses the opinion that "serial killers shouldn't get cool names", and suggests the one they're after should be called "Puppito" (Italian for "little puppet").

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* ''Series/{{Bones}}'': Subverted with series protagonist Bones (she's a forensic anthropologist, it's her father who's the murderer in the family, and he answers to plain, ordinary "Max Keenan"). Played straight with a variety of criminals including The Gormogon, Arthur Graves, and The Gravedigger. It's {{Discussed}} and {{Lampshaded}} late in the series, when Cam expresses the opinion that "serial killers shouldn't get cool names", and suggests the one they're currently after should be called "Puppito" (Italian for "little puppet").puppet"). Booth agrees that "serial killers shouldn't get cool names".
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* ''Series/{{Bones}}'': Subverted with series protagonist Bones (she's a forensic anthropologist, it's her father who's the murderer in the family, and he answers to plain, ordinary "Max Keenan"). Played straight with a variety of criminals including The Gormogon, Arthur Graves, and The Gravedigger.

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* ''Series/{{Bones}}'': Subverted with series protagonist Bones (she's a forensic anthropologist, it's her father who's the murderer in the family, and he answers to plain, ordinary "Max Keenan"). Played straight with a variety of criminals including The Gormogon, Arthur Graves, and The Gravedigger. It's {{Lampshaded}} late in the series, when Cam expresses the opinion that "serial killers shouldn't get cool names", and suggests the one they're after should be called "Puppito" (Italian for "little puppet").
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*''Anime/{{Albegas}}'': The villains are called the "Dellingers" (as in, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derringer the gun]]). Oddly, their names are quite bland, like "Dally", "Duston", "Azas", "Deran" and "Bios". And of course, their TokenGoodTeammate, [[TomTheDarkLord Julia]].
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'' fic ''Fanfic/TurningRedSecretsOfThePanda'', Xióngmāo shāshǒu translates to "Panda Killer".
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* ''Film/TheDevilsMirror'' features a bloodthirsty sect called the "Bloody Ghouls Clan" as the antagonists.
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* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' has plenty, but one standout is the Imperial Guard's Death Korps of Krieg. Not only are they a bunch of GasMaskMooks (with all the anonymity and indoctrination it implies), they're all ''psychotically'' loyal to the Emperor and do their fighting down in the muck of trenches--bayonets, shovels, and flamethrowers are the order of the day among the Korps. It's not an exaggeration to say that Kriegers ''will'' die for the Emperor and ''will'' take their enemies with them. They ''especially'' hate heretics, so any Chaos worshippers or rebel factions are best advised to leave if they hear a Death Korps regiment has been called in.
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* ''Series/Gladiators2024'': All of the Gladiators use imposing names, but Viper's an antisocial {{Heel}} with anger issues who cheats when facing competitors. A snake-in-the-grass name suits him very well.
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* ''VideoGame/Ristar'': The game's main villain, Kaiser Greedy, doesn't have a name that screams "good ruler", trying to take over the titular character's home solar system.

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* ''VideoGame/Ristar'': ''VideoGame/{{Ristar}}'': The game's main villain, Kaiser Greedy, doesn't have a name that screams "good ruler", trying to take over the titular character's home solar system.
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** ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchineel Manchineel]]'' trees are named from Spanish for "little apple", because their fruit look like small apples. But a longer Spanish name for the trees is "manzanilla de la muerte" or "little apple of death". The trees are so poisonous that even standing under one in a rainstorm can blister skin.

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** ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchineel Manchineel]]'' trees are named from Spanish for "little apple", "[[FluffyTheTerrible little apple]]", because their fruit look like small apples. But a longer Spanish name for the trees is "manzanilla de la muerte" or "little apple of death". The trees are so poisonous that even standing under one in a rainstorm can blister skin.
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** ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchineel Manchineel]]'' trees are named from Spanish for "little apple", because their fruit look like small apples. But a longer Spanish name for the trees is "manzanilla de la muerte" or "little apple of death". The trees are so poisonous that even standing under one in a rainstorm can blister skin.
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* ''VideoGame/Ristar'': The game's main villain, Kaiser Greedy, doesn't have a name that screams "good ruler", trying to take over the titular character's home solar system.
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** ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digitalis Digitalis]]'' species are sometimes known as "Dead Man's Bells" or "Witch's Gloves" in reference to their toxicity.
** ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deathcamas Death camas]]'' are a group of very similar looking flowering plants that are highly toxic and are sometimes [[PoisonMushroom mistaken]] for [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camassia edible camas]] with dangerous or even lethal results.
** ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excoecaria_agallocha Excoecaria agallocha]]'' is an unremarkable looking mangrove tree with ''severely'' irritating and toxic sap that can cause blindness. Hence its common names of blind-your-eye mangrove, blinding tree, poisonfish tree, and river poison tree.
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* ''Film/MadMax'' has many villains with colorful and threatening names, such as "[[Film/MadMax1 the Toecutter]]", "[[Film/MadMax2 Lord Humongus]]", "[[Film/MadMaxBeyondThunderdome MasterBlaster]]", and "[[Film/MadMaxFuryRoad the Immortan Joe]]"

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* ''Film/MadMax'' has many villains with colorful and threatening names, such as "[[Film/MadMax1 the Toecutter]]", "[[Film/MadMax2 "[[Film/MadMax2TheRoadWarrior Lord Humongus]]", "[[Film/MadMaxBeyondThunderdome MasterBlaster]]", and "[[Film/MadMaxFuryRoad the Immortan Joe]]"
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* ''Webcomic/{{Paranatural}}'': The rather sadistic and creepy-looking vice principal of Mayview Middle school, who basically runs the whole thing while [[PuppetKing Principal Pleezdoo]] is too meek to contradict, is revealed to be named Devilora Demonelle [=DuNacht=]. [[spoiler: The fact that this is revealed when she is revealed to also be in cahoots with some dangerous spirits just make it evident she's more than just a SadistTeacher]].

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** The evil future self of Series/KamenRiderZiO is Ohma Zi-O, with "Ohma" directly invoking MaouTheDemonKing.

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** The evil future self of Series/KamenRiderZiO is Ohma Zi-O, with "Ohma" directly invoking MaouTheDemonKing.derived from both MaouTheDemonKing and "ohmagatoki", the twilight hour when evil spirits appear.



** ''Series/KamenRiderRevice'' has a particularly on-the-nose name with Kamen Rider Evil, though to be fair it's part of a SdrawkcabName pun -- it's a JekyllAndHyde situation, and his good side is named Kamen Rider Live. And while all the Riders in this series make use of demonic powers, one is called Kamen Rider Demons. Ironically, Demons is completely heroic, but there's a reason he has such a dark name: [[spoiler:the powers were designed for, and later claimed by, a villain. The hero Demons was just a test subject.]]
** ''Series/KamenRiderGeats'' has FallenHero [[spoiler:Keiwa Sakurai]], who uses the Bujin Sword buckle starting from episode 42. “Bujin Sword” roughly translates to “War God Sword”, perfectly encapsulating [[spoiler:Keiwa’s more brutal fighting style and manipulative tendencies brought about by a thirst for vengeance, which Buffa learns the hard way.]]

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** ''Series/KamenRiderRevice'' ''Series/KamenRiderRevice'', themed around the DealWithTheDevil, has a several Riders with demonic names:
*** One half of the duo that make up Revice is Kamen Rider Vice, as in the opposite of virtue (but also referring to him being Revi's second; the show's Vice-Rider). Though as one of the title characters, he mellows into an AntiHero pretty quickly.
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particularly on-the-nose name with is Kamen Rider Evil, though to be fair it's part of a SdrawkcabName pun -- it's a JekyllAndHyde situation, and his good side is named Kamen Rider Live. And while all the Riders in this series make use of demonic powers, one is called Live.
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Kamen Rider Demons. Ironically, Demons is completely heroic, but there's a reason he has such a dark name: [[spoiler:the powers were designed for, and later briefly claimed by, a villain. The hero Demons was just a test subject.]]
*** The villain of the movie is Kamen Rider Daimon.
** ''Series/KamenRiderGeats'' has FallenHero [[spoiler:Keiwa Sakurai]], who uses the Bujin Sword buckle starting from episode 42. “Bujin Sword” "Bujin Sword" roughly translates to “War "War God Sword”, Sword", perfectly encapsulating [[spoiler:Keiwa’s [[spoiler:Keiwa's more brutal fighting style and manipulative tendencies brought about by a thirst for vengeance, which Buffa learns the hard way.]]]]
** The initial villains of ''Series/KamenRiderGotchard'' are the Three Sisters of Darkness, with "Darkness" involving a kanji that refers to the underworld. And when they create an EvilKnockoff of Gotchard, they give it the oh-so-friendly name Kamen Rider Dread.
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* ''Manga/OnePiece'': The Kid Pirates' first mate's has an [[RedBaron epithet]] that like many other pirates falls under this trope (literally translates as "Massacre Soldier", or "Murder Machine" in the official translation), but his ''real name'' is scary enough that he didn't really need an epithet: ''Killer''.
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* ''WebAnimation/AnimatorVsAnimation'': Names have power, literally. A stick figure created by the Animator would be given a name, and their strength and power would be equal to how badass their name sounds. A character named ''Victim'' would be a weak, throwaway character, meant only to be killed, while characters named ''TheChosenOne'' or ''The Dark Lord'' would be powerful enough to destroy the world--or save it.

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