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* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' has a few Chaos Legions that fit this trope - Word Bearers & World Eaters, for example.

* ''Power Blazer'', the Japanese version of {{Power Blade}}.
* ''RoadBlasters''

* ''VideoGame/LegacyOfKain'': '''''Soul Reaver'''''

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* ''Manga/FairyTail'' has Dragon Slayers.

Compare LukeNounverber (when the same principle is applied to character names), VerberCreature (the same principle applied to how a species is called) and TheNounWhoVerbed. See also WeWillUseWikiWordsInTheFuture.

Compare LukeNounverber, when the same principle is applied to character names, VerberCreature, the same principle applied to how a species is called, and TheNounWhoVerbed. See also WeWillUseWikiWordsInTheFuture.

* The Franchise/DCComics "DC Icons" series of YA novels are all titled like this: ''Comicbook/WonderWoman: Warbringer''; ''Comicbook/{{Batman}}: Nightwalker''; ''Comicbook/{{Catwoman}}: Soulstealer'' and ''Comicbook/{{Superman}}: Dawnbreaker''.

* A few installments of ''Literature/FightingFantasy'' uses this naming method, notably ''Literature/StarStrider'', ''Literature/{{Spellbreaker}}'', ''Literature/{{Moonrunner}}'', ''Literature/{{Magehunter}}'', 'Stormslayer'' and the spin-offm adventure ''Dungeoneer''.

* In the opening sequence of InteractiveFiction game ''VideoGame/{{Zork}}: The Undiscovered Underground'' (a prelude to ''VideoGame/ZorkGrandInquisitor'' done in the style of golden-age Creator/{{Infocom}}), desperately trying to get out of a dangerous assignment, the player character rattles off the names of a half-dozen [[NounVerber Noun Verbers]] better qualified for the job. He is cut off as he asks about "Kolchak the--"

** ''NounVerber''

* ''Literature/KemonoNoSoujaErin'': Translates to Beast Player Erin.

* In the InteractiveFiction game ''The Gostak'', the darftunder [[CaptainObvious tunds darfs]].

** Aw, c'mon, at least ''one'' of those is an Adjective Verber. Also, I think it is a creature made of gristle that is grinning.

So, you're a Filmmaker. You're sitting down with a Scriptwriter between the Water-cooler and the Coffee-maker, trying to decide on a name for your epic story about a guy who [[ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes verbs nouns]]. Yeah, he verbs them till they're an adjective. Wait, that's it! He's the ''Noun Verber!''

* {{FATE}} has many examples of [[NounVerber Noun Verbers]] in its randonly-generated monster names. Each part of the names is picked at random from a list.

*** Bloodthirsters and Bloodletters are the greater and lesser daemons of Khorne (Bloodletters riding Juggernauts, giant evil rhinos made of living metal, are called Bloodcrushers instead), while Blood Slaughterers are huge tick-like WalkingTanks. Earlier editions included siege weapons such as the Blood Reaper, Death Dealer, and Doom Blaster. If you're sensing a theme here, Khorne is empowered by the spilling of blood, from his faithful's enemies or themselves.

** As does the Imperium. The Blood Drinkers and Flesh Tearers. Yes, those are the good guys (relatively speaking, of course).

* ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfAncientDarkness'': The main antagonists are a band of corrupted mages called the Soul Eaters, and TheHero is revealed to be a spirit walker. Also, four of the six books are titles this way.[[note]]''Spirit Walker'', ''Soul Eater'', ''Oath Breaker'', ''Ghost Hunter''[[/note]]

* Nightrider in ''Film/MadMax''

This isn't a very popular trope for the actual titles of movies or TV shows, but it's an old standby for lazy fantasy and science fiction authors who need a name that sounds detached from the real world and yet is immediately understandable. For some reason, a very common verb for this is "stalk." The most common noun is probably "death."

* ''Film/Nightcrawler''

* ''Series/{{Farscape}}'' appears to subvert this trope. The Peacekeepers are much more unnecessarily violent and cruel than peaceful, but the majority of them seem to believe they are doing what's right to protect the galaxy, even when they do more harm than good. In "The Peacekeeper Wars", it is revealed that [[spoiler: a group of the shared ancestors of Humans and Sebaceans were taken from their homeworld by Eidelons, a group of very powerful negotiators who can influence rationality in others, and used to keep the peace after negotiations finished. Once the Eidelons disappeared, the Peacekeepers kept peace the only way they could, "at the barrel of a gun"]], indicating that originally, at least, the trope was played pretty straight.

* "Star Star", by Music/TheRollingStones fits this trope in its [[CensoredTitle original form]] [[spoiler: of "Starfucker"]]

* In the opening sequence of InteractiveFiction game ''VideoGame/{{Zork}}: The Undiscovered Underground'' (a prelude to ''VideoGame/ZorkGrandInquisitor'' done in the style of golden-age {{Infocom}}), desperately trying to get out of a dangerous assignment, the player character rattles off the names of a half-dozen [[NounVerber Noun Verbers]] better qualified for the job. He is cut off as he asks about "Kolchak the--"