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* Many of the characters in ''VideoGame/{{Sacrifice}}'' have names from mythology, but none of them seem to have any meaningful connection with the relevant myth.
* All the bosses in the ''VideoGame/HouseOfTheDead'' series are named after the Major Arcana of the standard Tarot deck. Sometimes, the names very vaguely describe the enemy (e.g. the multi-headed hydra dubbed "Tower" is pretty tall and the batlike "Hanged Man" is suspended in the air), but they're mostly just there to be cool.
* In any given ''VideoGame/FireEmblem'' game, there's often a few people with names taken from Mythology (e.g. Cain and Abel, Minerva, Percieval, etc.), who seem to have been named at random without much consideration.
* ''VideoGame/MetalGearAcid2'' names the Test Subjects (Golab, Harab Serap, Chagadiel) after four of the ten Kabbalist Qliphoth for no good reason.
* ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'' has a lot of mythological names for things, particularly places given names from Norse mythology, most of which have little or no connection to the things they're named for. There are a couple of exceptions, though.
** This is because ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'' is a distant prequel to ''VideoGame/TalesOfPhantasia'', which was far more directly inspired by Norse mythology.
** ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss'' carries it to a whole new extreme. Nearly all the towns' names, the "Qlipoth" underworld, and even the ''title'' -- all drawn directly from the Qabalah in ways that make it clear there was absolutely no understanding of the original material.
* All the bosses in the ''VideoGame/HouseOfTheDead'' series are named after the Major Arcana of the standard Tarot deck. Sometimes, the names very vaguely describe the enemy (e.g. the multi-headed hydra dubbed "Tower" is pretty tall and the batlike "Hanged Man" is suspended in the air), but they're mostly just there to be cool.
* In any given ''VideoGame/FireEmblem'' game, there's often a few people with names taken from Mythology (e.g. Cain and Abel, Minerva, Percieval, etc.), who seem to have been named at random without much consideration.
* ''VideoGame/MetalGearAcid2'' names the Test Subjects (Golab, Harab Serap, Chagadiel) after four of the ten Kabbalist Qliphoth for no good reason.
* ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'' has a lot of mythological names for things, particularly places given names from Norse mythology, most of which have little or no connection to the things they're named for. There are a couple of exceptions, though.
** This is because ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'' is a distant prequel to ''VideoGame/TalesOfPhantasia'', which was far more directly inspired by Norse mythology.
** ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss'' carries it to a whole new extreme. Nearly all the towns' names, the "Qlipoth" underworld, and even the ''title'' -- all drawn directly from the Qabalah in ways that make it clear there was absolutely no understanding of the original material.
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* Many of In VideoGame/BaldursGateIII, a Gith character (usual names are eg. Lae'zel, Vlaakith, Voss) named Orpheus is introduced to the lore. The character's story bears no similarities to the Greek myth of Orpheus.
* A ''lot'' of characters in''VideoGame/{{Sacrifice}}'' have names from mythology, but none of them seem to have any meaningful connection with the relevant myth.
* All the bosses in the ''VideoGame/HouseOfTheDead''''VideoGame/{{Boktai}}'' series are named after the Major Arcana of the standard Tarot deck. Sometimes, the names very vaguely describe the enemy (e.g. the multi-headed hydra dubbed "Tower" is pretty tall and the batlike "Hanged Man" is suspended in the air), but they're mostly just there to be cool.
* In any given ''VideoGame/FireEmblem'' game, there's often a few people with names taken from Mythology (e.g. Cain and Abel, Minerva, Percieval, etc.), who seem to have been named at random without much consideration.
* ''VideoGame/MetalGearAcid2'' names the Test Subjects (Golab, Harab Serap, Chagadiel) after four of the ten Kabbalist Qliphoth for no good reason.
* ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'' has a lot of mythological names for things, particularly places given namesfigures from Norse mythology, most of which yet have little or no connection absolutely ''nothing'' to do with said mythology and are in a [[RecycledInSpace Gunslingers... IN SPACE]] type setting that features vampires. [[SarcasmMode Makes sense]]. The closest one to its namesake is Boktai 2's final boss Jormungand, who is a nightmarish BeastOfTheApocalypse in the things they're named for. shape of an eldritch-looking serpent. There are a couple of exceptions, though.
few exceptions to the ThemeNaming but they generally end up fitting this trope as well (compare Django and Sabata to their SpaghettiWestern namesakes, for instance, or the banshee Carmilla to the literary Literature/{{Carmilla}}.)
**This is because ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'' is a distant prequel to ''VideoGame/TalesOfPhantasia'', which was far more directly inspired by Norse mythology.
** ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss'' carries itIts SpiritualSuccessor, ''VideoGame/LunarKnights'', replaces the norse motif with one based on old victorian writers, with similar results, though [[GeniusBonus they usually refer to a whole new extreme. Nearly all the towns' names, the "Qlipoth" underworld, and even the ''title'' -- all drawn directly from the Qabalah in ways book they wrote that make it clear there was absolutely no understanding of fits the original material.character themselves]] - for instance, Creator/BramStoker becomes the vampiric ''Baron'' Stoker, while Creator/CharlesPerrault, writer of ''The Literature/PussInBoots'', lends his name to an anthropomorphic cat. Why Creator/LordByron is now [[spoiler: a DoomsdayDevice]], though, is anyone's guess.
* A ''lot'' of characters in
* All the bosses in the ''VideoGame/HouseOfTheDead''
* In any given ''VideoGame/FireEmblem'' game, there's often a few people with names taken from Mythology (e.g. Cain and Abel, Minerva, Percieval, etc.), who seem to have been named at random without much consideration.
* ''VideoGame/MetalGearAcid2'' names the Test Subjects (Golab, Harab Serap, Chagadiel) after four of the ten Kabbalist Qliphoth for no good reason.
* ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'' has a lot of mythological names for things, particularly places given names
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** ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss'' carries it
* ''VideoGame/DawnOfWar'': The Blood Ravens don't have as well-defined a theme as other SpaceMarine chapters (who are space Vikings/Mongols/Romans/Renaissance Italians...), so their names can go from Greek myth (Endymion, Apollo Diomedes) to referencing the North (Davian Thule, Indrick Boreale), Abrahamic religion (Gabriel Angelos, Thaddeus), both (Jonah Orion) and sometimes, [[CanisLatinicus High Gothic]] (Martellus, Avitus).
* In any given ''VideoGame/FireEmblem'' game, there's often a few people with names taken from Mythology (e.g. Cain and Abel, Minerva, Percieval, etc.), who seem to have been named at random without much consideration.
* All the bosses in the ''VideoGame/HouseOfTheDead'' series are named after the Major Arcana of the standard Tarot deck. Sometimes, the names very vaguely describe the enemy (e.g. the multi-headed hydra dubbed "Tower" is pretty tall and the batlike "Hanged Man" is suspended in the air), but they're mostly just there to be cool.
* All the bosses in the ''VideoGame/HouseOfTheDead'' series are named after the Major Arcana of the standard Tarot deck. Sometimes, the names very vaguely describe the enemy (e.g. the multi-headed hydra dubbed "Tower" is pretty tall and the batlike "Hanged Man" is suspended in the air), but they're mostly just there to be cool.
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* A ''lot'' of characters in the ''VideoGame/{{Boktai}}'' series are named after figures from Norse mythology, yet have absolutely ''nothing'' to do with said mythology and are in a [[RecycledInSpace Gunslingers... IN SPACE]] type setting that features vampires. [[SarcasmMode Makes sense]]. The closest one to its namesake is Boktai 2's final boss Jormungand, who is a nightmarish BeastOfTheApocalypse in the shape of an eldritch-looking serpent. There are a few exceptions to the ThemeNaming but they generally end up fitting this trope as well (compare Django and Sabata to their SpaghettiWestern namesakes, for instance, or the banshee Carmilla to the literary Literature/{{Carmilla}}.)
** Its SpiritualSuccessor, ''VideoGame/LunarKnights'', replaces the norse motif with one based on old victorian writers, with similar results, though [[GeniusBonus they usually refer to a book they wrote that fits the character themselves]] - for instance, Creator/BramStoker becomes the vampiric ''Baron'' Stoker, while Creator/CharlesPerrault, writer of ''The Literature/PussInBoots'', lends his name to an anthropomorphic cat. Why Creator/LordByron is now [[spoiler: a DoomsdayDevice]], though, is anyone's guess.
* ''VideoGame/DawnOfWar'': The Blood Ravens don't have as well-defined a theme as other SpaceMarine chapters (who are space Vikings/Mongols/Romans/Renaissance Italians...), so their names can go from Greek myth (Endymion, Apollo Diomedes) to referencing the North (Davian Thule, Indrick Boreale), Abrahamic religion (Gabriel Angelos, Thaddeus), both (Jonah Orion) and sometimes, [[CanisLatinicus High Gothic]] (Martellus, Avitus).
** Its SpiritualSuccessor, ''VideoGame/LunarKnights'', replaces the norse motif with one based on old victorian writers, with similar results, though [[GeniusBonus they usually refer to a book they wrote that fits the character themselves]] - for instance, Creator/BramStoker becomes the vampiric ''Baron'' Stoker, while Creator/CharlesPerrault, writer of ''The Literature/PussInBoots'', lends his name to an anthropomorphic cat. Why Creator/LordByron is now [[spoiler: a DoomsdayDevice]], though, is anyone's guess.
* ''VideoGame/DawnOfWar'': The Blood Ravens don't have as well-defined a theme as other SpaceMarine chapters (who are space Vikings/Mongols/Romans/Renaissance Italians...), so their names can go from Greek myth (Endymion, Apollo Diomedes) to referencing the North (Davian Thule, Indrick Boreale), Abrahamic religion (Gabriel Angelos, Thaddeus), both (Jonah Orion) and sometimes, [[CanisLatinicus High Gothic]] (Martellus, Avitus).
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* A ''lot'' ''VideoGame/MetalGearAcid2'' names the Test Subjects (Golab, Harab Serap, Chagadiel) after four of the ten Kabbalist Qliphoth for no good reason.
* Many of the characters in ''VideoGame/{{Sacrifice}}'' have names from mythology, but none of them seem to have any meaningful connection with the''VideoGame/{{Boktai}}'' series are named after figures relevant myth.
* ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'' has a lot of mythological names for things, particularly places given names from Norse mythology,yet most of which have absolutely ''nothing'' little or no connection to do with said mythology and are in a [[RecycledInSpace Gunslingers... IN SPACE]] type setting that features vampires. [[SarcasmMode Makes sense]]. The closest one to its namesake is Boktai 2's final boss Jormungand, who is a nightmarish BeastOfTheApocalypse in the shape of an eldritch-looking serpent. things they're named for. There are a few exceptions couple of exceptions, though.
** This is because ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'' is a distant prequel tothe ThemeNaming but they generally end up fitting this trope as well (compare Django and Sabata to their SpaghettiWestern namesakes, for instance, or the banshee Carmilla to the literary Literature/{{Carmilla}}.)
''VideoGame/TalesOfPhantasia'', which was far more directly inspired by Norse mythology.
**Its SpiritualSuccessor, ''VideoGame/LunarKnights'', replaces the norse motif with one based on old victorian writers, with similar results, though [[GeniusBonus they usually refer ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss'' carries it to a book they wrote whole new extreme. Nearly all the towns' names, the "Qlipoth" underworld, and even the ''title'' -- all drawn directly from the Qabalah in ways that fits make it clear there was absolutely no understanding of the character themselves]] - for instance, Creator/BramStoker becomes the vampiric ''Baron'' Stoker, while Creator/CharlesPerrault, writer of ''The Literature/PussInBoots'', lends his name to an anthropomorphic cat. Why Creator/LordByron is now [[spoiler: a DoomsdayDevice]], though, is anyone's guess.
* ''VideoGame/DawnOfWar'': The Blood Ravens don't have as well-defined a theme as other SpaceMarine chapters (who are space Vikings/Mongols/Romans/Renaissance Italians...), so their names can go from Greek myth (Endymion, Apollo Diomedes) to referencing the North (Davian Thule, Indrick Boreale), Abrahamic religion (Gabriel Angelos, Thaddeus), both (Jonah Orion) and sometimes, [[CanisLatinicus High Gothic]] (Martellus, Avitus).original material.
* Many of the characters in ''VideoGame/{{Sacrifice}}'' have names from mythology, but none of them seem to have any meaningful connection with the
* ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'' has a lot of mythological names for things, particularly places given names from Norse mythology,
** This is because ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'' is a distant prequel to
**
* ''VideoGame/DawnOfWar'': The Blood Ravens don't have as well-defined a theme as other SpaceMarine chapters (who are space Vikings/Mongols/Romans/Renaissance Italians...), so their names can go from Greek myth (Endymion, Apollo Diomedes) to referencing the North (Davian Thule, Indrick Boreale), Abrahamic religion (Gabriel Angelos, Thaddeus), both (Jonah Orion) and sometimes, [[CanisLatinicus High Gothic]] (Martellus, Avitus).
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* ''ComicBook/XMen'': The series went through a phase in UsefulNotes/{{the Dark Age|of Comic Books}} when a lot of new characters had Biblical or religious names, sometimes appropriately (Apocalypse, Nimrod), vaguely appropriately (Babel spires), or for no particular reason at all (Bishop, Gideon). Ahab would count, except that he's an obvious reference to ''Literature/MobyDick''.
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* ''ComicBook/XMen'': The series went through a phase in UsefulNotes/{{the MediaNotes/{{the Dark Age|of Comic Books}} when a lot of new characters had Biblical or religious names, sometimes appropriately (Apocalypse, Nimrod), vaguely appropriately (Babel spires), or for no particular reason at all (Bishop, Gideon). Ahab would count, except that he's an obvious reference to ''Literature/MobyDick''.
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** The fifth season went nuts with Odyssey ThemeNaming, calling the BigBad "Poseidon" and having Michael and company face off against a one-eyed terrorist who they called "Cyclops". And Michael was held in a Yemeni prison called [[AsLongAsItSoundsForeign "Ogygia"]] under the name "Kaniel Outis", in case there were still people who felt the writers might still have a shred of subtlety left.
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* In ''Film/{{Godmothered}}'', [[spoiler:Eleanor thinks Hugh Prince's name means that Mackenzie will fall in love with him. However, she never ends up in a relationship with him.]]
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* The ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'': Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael, Michelangelo. Some continuities say that pre-mutated Splinter was an ordinary pet rat owned by an art lover, which is where he got the names when he and the four young turtles were exposed to the mutagenic goop.
* The ''ComicBook/XMen'' went through a phase in UsefulNotes/{{the Dark Age|of Comic Books}} when a lot of new characters had Biblical or religious names, sometimes appropriately (Apocalypse, Nimrod), vaguely appropriately (Babel spires), or for no particular reason at all (Bishop, Gideon). Ahab would count, except that he's an obvious reference to ''Literature/MobyDick''.
* The trope is parodied in ''ComicBook/{{Preacher}}'' when someone pointed out that Jesse Custer's name [[SignificantMonogram has "J.C." for initials]] and Jesse says it's a ridiculous idea. He insists on it even after he heals the sick, or rather, uses the Word of God to order a mentally-tortured man to forget about his ordeal (which Jesse was responsible for in the first place).
* ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' clone Kaine seems to have been given this name simply to allow him to have a power called "the Mark of Kaine" (burning the his hand print on to his victim's faces) rather than for any Biblical connotations.
* The ''ComicBook/XMen'' went through a phase in UsefulNotes/{{the Dark Age|of Comic Books}} when a lot of new characters had Biblical or religious names, sometimes appropriately (Apocalypse, Nimrod), vaguely appropriately (Babel spires), or for no particular reason at all (Bishop, Gideon). Ahab would count, except that he's an obvious reference to ''Literature/MobyDick''.
* The trope is parodied in ''ComicBook/{{Preacher}}'' when someone pointed out that Jesse Custer's name [[SignificantMonogram has "J.C." for initials]] and Jesse says it's a ridiculous idea. He insists on it even after he heals the sick, or rather, uses the Word of God to order a mentally-tortured man to forget about his ordeal (which Jesse was responsible for in the first place).
* ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' clone Kaine seems to have been given this name simply to allow him to have a power called "the Mark of Kaine" (burning the his hand print on to his victim's faces) rather than for any Biblical connotations.
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* The ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'': Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael, Michelangelo. Some continuities say that pre-mutated Splinter was an ordinary pet rat owned by an art lover, which is where he got the names when he and the four young turtles were exposed to the mutagenic goop.
* The ''ComicBook/XMen'' went through a phase in UsefulNotes/{{the Dark Age|of Comic Books}} when a lot of new characters had Biblical or religious names, sometimes appropriately (Apocalypse, Nimrod), vaguely appropriately (Babel spires), or for no particular reason at all (Bishop, Gideon). Ahab would count, except that he's an obvious reference to ''Literature/MobyDick''.
*''ComicBook/{{Preacher}}'': The trope is parodied in ''ComicBook/{{Preacher}}'' when someone pointed out that Jesse Custer's name [[SignificantMonogram has "J.C." for initials]] and Jesse says it's a ridiculous idea. He insists on it even after he heals the sick, or rather, uses the Word of God to order a mentally-tortured man to forget about his ordeal (which Jesse was responsible for in the first place).
*''Franchise/SpiderMan'' clone ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': Kaine seems to have been given this name simply to allow him to have a power called "the Mark of Kaine" (burning the his hand print on to his victim's faces) rather than for any Biblical connotations.connotations.
* ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'': Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael, Michelangelo. Some continuities say that pre-mutated Splinter was an ordinary pet rat owned by an art lover, which is where he got the names when he and the four young turtles were exposed to the mutagenic goop.
* ''ComicBook/XMen'': The series went through a phase in UsefulNotes/{{the Dark Age|of Comic Books}} when a lot of new characters had Biblical or religious names, sometimes appropriately (Apocalypse, Nimrod), vaguely appropriately (Babel spires), or for no particular reason at all (Bishop, Gideon). Ahab would count, except that he's an obvious reference to ''Literature/MobyDick''.
* The ''ComicBook/XMen'' went through a phase in UsefulNotes/{{the Dark Age|of Comic Books}} when a lot of new characters had Biblical or religious names, sometimes appropriately (Apocalypse, Nimrod), vaguely appropriately (Babel spires), or for no particular reason at all (Bishop, Gideon). Ahab would count, except that he's an obvious reference to ''Literature/MobyDick''.
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* ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'': Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael, Michelangelo. Some continuities say that pre-mutated Splinter was an ordinary pet rat owned by an art lover, which is where he got the names when he and the four young turtles were exposed to the mutagenic goop.
* ''ComicBook/XMen'': The series went through a phase in UsefulNotes/{{the Dark Age|of Comic Books}} when a lot of new characters had Biblical or religious names, sometimes appropriately (Apocalypse, Nimrod), vaguely appropriately (Babel spires), or for no particular reason at all (Bishop, Gideon). Ahab would count, except that he's an obvious reference to ''Literature/MobyDick''.
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Someone or something is given a fancy name taken from mythology, religious lore or history, laden with implications for the educated audience -- but never turns out to actually have a MeaningfulName. Maybe the writer just needed an AwesomeMcCoolname for their plucky protagonist or a [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast name to run away from really fast]] for their BigBad and didn't bother about any specific connotations, or they hoped their MacGuffin would seem more important with a sufficiently cabbalistic name -- in any case, it turns out that [[EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory no-one's Jesus in Purgatory]].
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Someone or something is given a fancy name taken from mythology, religious lore or history, laden with implications for the educated audience -- but never turns out to actually have a MeaningfulName. Maybe the writer just needed an AwesomeMcCoolname for their plucky protagonist or a [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast name to run away from really fast]] for their BigBad and didn't bother about any specific connotations, or they hoped their MacGuffin would seem more important with a sufficiently cabbalistic name -- in any case, it turns out that [[EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory no-one's no one's Jesus in Purgatory]].
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* Lampshaded in ''LightNovel/AccelWorld'', where many powerful Enemies are based on religious or mythological figures. After the protagonists defeat Inti (an Incan sun god), only for it to be replaced by Tezcatlipoca, a Super-Class Enemy Deity of Demise from Aztec mythology, the following exchange occurs.
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* Lampshaded in ''LightNovel/AccelWorld'', ''Literature/AccelWorld'', where many powerful Enemies are based on religious or mythological figures. After the protagonists defeat Inti (an Incan sun god), only for it to be replaced by Tezcatlipoca, a Super-Class Enemy Deity of Demise from Aztec mythology, the following exchange occurs.
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* Lampshaded in ''LightNovel/AccelWorld'', where many powerful Enemies are based on religious or mythological figures. After the protagonists defeat Inti(an Incan sun god), only for it to be replaced by Tezcatlipoca, a Super-Class Enemy Deity of Demise from Aztec mythology, the following exchange occurs.
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* Lampshaded in ''LightNovel/AccelWorld'', where many powerful Enemies are based on religious or mythological figures. After the protagonists defeat Inti(an Inti (an Incan sun god), only for it to be replaced by Tezcatlipoca, a Super-Class Enemy Deity of Demise from Aztec mythology, the following exchange occurs.
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** Shiva. In Hindu mythology, a male god of war. In ''FF'', a sexy female 'ice queen'. Some theorise that this was punning off 'shiver'.
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** Shiva. In Hindu mythology, a male god of war.[[DestroyerDeity destruction]]. In ''FF'', a sexy female 'ice queen'. Some theorise that this was punning off 'shiver'.
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Someone or something is given a fancy name taken from mythology, religious lore or history, laden with implications for the educated audience - -- but never turns out to actually have a MeaningfulName. Maybe the writer just needed an AwesomeMcCoolname for their plucky protagonist or a [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast name to run away from really fast]] for their BigBad and didn't bother about any specific connotations, or they hoped their MacGuffin would seem more important with a sufficiently cabbalistic name - -- in any case, it turns out that [[EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory no one's no-one's Jesus in Purgatory]].
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-->'''Aster Vine''': Enough of your lies, Cosmos! Inti is a god from Incan mythology! It doesn't make sense that an Aztec god would come out!\\
'''White Cosmos''': Hee-hee, I suppose not. But, you see, Aster, hun. There's no real meaning to the names used in this world. The majority of proper names are things the system just scooped up and embedded somewhere. Even my name and yours, hmmm?
'''White Cosmos''': Hee-hee, I suppose not. But, you see, Aster, hun. There's no real meaning to the names used in this world. The majority of proper names are things the system just scooped up and embedded somewhere. Even my name and yours, hmmm?
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-->'''Aster Vine''': Vine:''' Enough of your lies, Cosmos! Inti is a god from Incan mythology! It doesn't make sense that an Aztec god would come out!\\
'''WhiteCosmos''': Cosmos:''' Hee-hee, I suppose not. But, you see, Aster, hun. There's no real meaning to the names used in this world. The majority of proper names are things the system just scooped up and embedded somewhere. Even my name and yours, hmmm?
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* The ''ComicBook/XMen'' went through a phase in UsefulNotes/{{the Dark Age|of Comic Books}} when a lot of new characters had Biblical or religious names, sometimes appropriately (Apocalypse, Nimrod), vaguely appropriately (Babel spires), or for no particular reason at all (Bishop, Gideon). Ahab would count, except that he's an obvious reference to ''Literature/MobyDick.''
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* The ''ComicBook/XMen'' went through a phase in UsefulNotes/{{the Dark Age|of Comic Books}} when a lot of new characters had Biblical or religious names, sometimes appropriately (Apocalypse, Nimrod), vaguely appropriately (Babel spires), or for no particular reason at all (Bishop, Gideon). Ahab would count, except that he's an obvious reference to ''Literature/MobyDick.''''Literature/MobyDick''.
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* ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' clone Kaine seems to have been given this name simply to allow him to have a power called 'the Mark of Kaine' (burning the his hand print on to his victim's faces) rather than for any Biblical connotations.
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* ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' clone Kaine seems to have been given this name simply to allow him to have a power called 'the "the Mark of Kaine' Kaine" (burning the his hand print on to his victim's faces) rather than for any Biblical connotations.
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* In the first ''{{Literature/Redwall}}'' book, the abbey is under attack by a large rat named Cluny. There is a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cluny_Abbey Cluny Abbey]] in France, although the author said he was unaware of the fact at the time.
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* In the first ''{{Literature/Redwall}}'' ''Literature/{{Redwall}}'' book, the abbey is under attack by a large rat named Cluny. There is a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cluny_Abbey Cluny Abbey]] in France, although the author said he was unaware of the fact at the time.
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* In ''Film/{{Moon}}'', the four harvesters are named Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John--the names of [[Literature/TheBible the four gospels]]. Screenwriter Nathan Parker insists that these were simply the first set of four names that came to mind, and that he could have just as easily named them [[Music/TheBeatles John, Paul, George, and Ringo]].
* In ''Film/{{Moon}}'', the four harvesters are named Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John--the names of [[Literature/TheBible the four gospels]]. Screenwriter Nathan Parker insists that these were simply the first set of four names that came to mind, and that he could have just as easily named them [[Music/TheBeatles John, Paul, George, and Ringo]].
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* Creator/YoshitakaAmano once bragged in an interview that the common Japanese pop cultural portrayal of Bahamut as being the King of the Dragons was invented by him, because he thought dragons were cool. Amano was referring to the ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' series - but he was in fact wrong, as Final Fantasy stole the concept from ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', where Bahamut was known as the Platinum Dragon. The mythological [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahamut Bahamut]] is actually a fish/whale hybrid supporting a bull, which supports the world. Similarly, ''D&D'' also has a dragon named Tiamat, who is Bahamut's opposite number. The mythological Tiamat hails from Mesopatamian mythology, and is a literal-ocean monster.
* Creator/YoshitakaAmano once bragged in an interview that the common Japanese pop cultural portrayal of Bahamut as being the King of the Dragons was invented by him, because he thought dragons were cool. Amano was referring to the ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' series - but he was in fact wrong, as Final Fantasy stole the concept from ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', where Bahamut was known as the Platinum Dragon. The mythological [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahamut Bahamut]] is actually a fish/whale hybrid supporting a bull, which supports the world. Similarly, ''D&D'' also has a dragon named Tiamat, who is Bahamut's opposite number. The mythological Tiamat hails from Mesopatamian mythology, and is a literal-ocean monster.
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* Creator/YoshitakaAmano once bragged in an interview that the common Japanese pop cultural portrayal of Bahamut as being the King of the Dragons was invented by him, because he thought dragons were cool. Amano was referring to the ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' series
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* A ''lot'' of characters in the ''VideoGame/{{Boktai}}'' series are named after figures from Norse mythology, yet have absolutely ''nothing'' to do with said mythology and are in a [[RecycledInSpace Gunslingers... IN SPACE]] type setting that features vampires. [[FlatWhat Wut.]]
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** Nor was this the first time it happened - predecessor series ''VideoGame/MegaManZero'' had its Four Guardians named after mythological beasts - Harpuia from harpies (despite being male), Leviathan from the biblical monster of the same name, Fefnir from the norse dragon/dwarf [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Fafnir]] and Phantom from... [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin phantoms]]. They have virtually nothing in common with their namesakes aside from elemental associations and the fact that Harpuia flies and Leviathan swims, [[spoiler: though Phantom's name becomes very appropriate after he is KilledOffForReal and becomes a ghost inhabiting cyberspace.]]
* A ''lot'' of characters in the ''VideoGame/{{Boktai}}'' series are named after figures from Norse mythology, yet have absolutely ''nothing'' to do with said mythology and are in a [[RecycledInSpace Gunslingers... IN SPACE]] type setting that features vampires.[[FlatWhat Wut.]][[SarcasmMode Makes sense]]. The closest one to its namesake is Boktai 2's final boss Jormungand, who is a nightmarish BeastOfTheApocalypse in the shape of an eldritch-looking serpent. There are a few exceptions to the ThemeNaming but they generally end up fitting this trope as well (compare Django and Sabata to their SpaghettiWestern namesakes, for instance, or the banshee Carmilla to the literary Literature/{{Carmilla}}.)
** Its SpiritualSuccessor, ''VideoGame/LunarKnights'', replaces the norse motif with one based on old victorian writers, with similar results, though [[GeniusBonus they usually refer to a book they wrote that fits the character themselves]] - for instance, Creator/BramStoker becomes the vampiric ''Baron'' Stoker, while Creator/CharlesPerrault, writer of ''The Literature/PussInBoots'', lends his name to an anthropomorphic cat. Why Creator/LordByron is now [[spoiler: a DoomsdayDevice]], though, is anyone's guess.
* A ''lot'' of characters in the ''VideoGame/{{Boktai}}'' series are named after figures from Norse mythology, yet have absolutely ''nothing'' to do with said mythology and are in a [[RecycledInSpace Gunslingers... IN SPACE]] type setting that features vampires.
** Its SpiritualSuccessor, ''VideoGame/LunarKnights'', replaces the norse motif with one based on old victorian writers, with similar results, though [[GeniusBonus they usually refer to a book they wrote that fits the character themselves]] - for instance, Creator/BramStoker becomes the vampiric ''Baron'' Stoker, while Creator/CharlesPerrault, writer of ''The Literature/PussInBoots'', lends his name to an anthropomorphic cat. Why Creator/LordByron is now [[spoiler: a DoomsdayDevice]], though, is anyone's guess.
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* Lampshaded in ''LightNovel/AccelWorld'', where many powerful Enemies are based on religious or mythological figures. After the protagonists defeat Inti(an Incan sun god), only for it to be replaced by Tezcatlipoca, a Super-Class Enemy Deity of Demise from Aztec mythology, the following exchange occurs.
-->'''Aster Vine''': Enough of your lies, Cosmos! Inti is a god from Incan mythology! It doesn't make sense that an Aztec god would come out!\\
'''White Cosmos''': Hee-hee, I suppose not. But, you see, Aster, hun. There's no real meaning to the names used in this world. The majority of proper names are things the system just scooped up and embedded somewhere. Even my name and yours, hmmm?
-->'''Aster Vine''': Enough of your lies, Cosmos! Inti is a god from Incan mythology! It doesn't make sense that an Aztec god would come out!\\
'''White Cosmos''': Hee-hee, I suppose not. But, you see, Aster, hun. There's no real meaning to the names used in this world. The majority of proper names are things the system just scooped up and embedded somewhere. Even my name and yours, hmmm?
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Actually forget about it, I was misunderstanding the trope as being about meaningless names, rather than specifically meaningless names that SOUND incredibly meaningful and portentous
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* Incredibly common all over anime and manga, where characters or organisations are given names made up of [[GratuitousEnglish totally random English words]] for little to no reason.
* All of the Mew Mew team from ''Manga/TokyoMewMew'' are named after fruit or vegetables (except for Pudding), mostly in [[GratuitousEnglish English]], although Ichigo ("strawberry") and Zakuro ("pomegranate") were left in Japanese. These weren't just their Mew Mew pseudonyms either, Lettuce's name is ''actually'' "Midorikawa Retasu", for example. While their name corresponds to the colour of their MagicalGirl outfit (Ichigo wears pink, Mint and Lettuce wear different shades of green etc), they're otherwise meaningless, as the girls powers are themed around ''animals'', not food.
* All of the Mew Mew team from ''Manga/TokyoMewMew'' are named after fruit or vegetables (except for Pudding), mostly in [[GratuitousEnglish English]], although Ichigo ("strawberry") and Zakuro ("pomegranate") were left in Japanese. These weren't just their Mew Mew pseudonyms either, Lettuce's name is ''actually'' "Midorikawa Retasu", for example. While their name corresponds to the colour of their MagicalGirl outfit (Ichigo wears pink, Mint and Lettuce wear different shades of green etc), they're otherwise meaningless, as the girls powers are themed around ''animals'', not food.
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* Incredibly common all over anime and manga, where characters or organisations are given names made up of [[GratuitousEnglish totally random English words]] for little to no reason.
* All of the Mew Mew team from ''Manga/TokyoMewMew'' are named after fruit or vegetables (except for Pudding), mostly in [[GratuitousEnglish English]], although Ichigo ("strawberry") and Zakuro ("pomegranate") were left in Japanese. These weren't just their Mew Mew pseudonyms either, Lettuce's name is ''actually'' "Midorikawa Retasu", for example. While their name corresponds to the colour of their MagicalGirl outfit (Ichigo wears pink, Mint and Lettuce wear different shades of green etc), they're otherwise meaningless, as the girls powers are themed around ''animals'', not food.
* All of the Mew Mew team from ''Manga/TokyoMewMew'' are named after fruit or vegetables (except for Pudding), mostly in [[GratuitousEnglish English]], although Ichigo ("strawberry") and Zakuro ("pomegranate") were left in Japanese. These weren't just their Mew Mew pseudonyms either, Lettuce's name is ''actually'' "Midorikawa Retasu", for example. While their name corresponds to the colour of their MagicalGirl outfit (Ichigo wears pink, Mint and Lettuce wear different shades of green etc), they're otherwise meaningless, as the girls powers are themed around ''animals'', not food.
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* ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' clone Kaine seems to have been given this name simply to allow him to have a power called 'the Mark of Kaine' (burning the his hand print on to his victim's faces) rather than for any Biblical connotations.
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* Creator/YoshitakaAmano once bragged in an interview that the common Japanese pop cultural portrayal of Bahamut as being the King of the Dragons was invented by him, because he thought dragons were cool. Amano was referring to the ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' series - but he was in fact wrong, as Final Fantasy stole the concept from ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', where Bahamut was known as the Platinum Dragon. The mythological [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahamut Bahamut]] is actually a fish/whale hybrid supporting a bull, which supports the world. Similarly, ''D&D'' also has a dragon named Tiamat, who is Bahamut's opposite number. The mythological Tiamat hails from Mesopatamian mythology, and is a literal-ocean monster.
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* Creator/YoshitakaAmano once bragged in an interview that the common Japanese pop cultural portrayal of Bahamut as being the King of the Dragons was invented by him, because he thought dragons were cool. Amano was referring to the ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' series - but he was in fact wrong, as Final Fantasy stole the concept from ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', where Bahamut was known as the Platinum Dragon. The mythological [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahamut Bahamut]] is actually a fish/whale hybrid supporting a bull, which supports the world. Similarly, ''D&D'' also has a dragon named Tiamat, who is Bahamut's opposite number. The mythological Tiamat hails from Mesopatamian mythology, and is a literal-ocean monster.
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