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* The ''ComicBook/{{X-Men}}'' went through a phase in the DarkAge 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.''

* A lot of the monsters in the FinalFantasy series are given names of creatures and heroes from various different myths, but many seem like an excuse to give mooks an awesome name.

A subtrope of FauxSymbolism (applied to names). Can overlap with ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming. Contrast NonindicativeName.

* All the bosses in the ''HouseOfTheDead'' series are named after the Major and Minor Arcana of the standard Tarot deck. Sometimes, the names very vaguely describe the enemy (i.e. 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.

->'''A NAME IS A CLOAK OF LETTERS THROWN UPON A MAN. IT MEANS ''NOTHING.'''''
-->-- '''The Transcendent One''', PlanescapeTorment

* Many of the characters in ''{{Sacrifice}}'' have names from mythology, but none of them seem to have any meaningful connection with the relevant myth.

* ''VideoGame/MetalGearAcid2'' names the Test Subjects (Golab, Harab Serap, Chagadiel) after the Kabbalist Qliphoth for no good reason.

* 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 [[TheBeatles John, Paul, George, and Ringo]].

* ''MetalGearAcid 2'' names the Test Subjects (Golab, Harab Serap, Chagadiel) after the Kabbalist Qliphoth for no good reason.

-->-- '''The Transcendent One''', {{Planescape Torment}}

* ''EarthMaidenArjuna'' has an archer heroine named after the Hindu hero of the ''Baghavad Gita'', but the series is a [[{{UsefulNotes/Taoism}} taoist]] tract and the heroine's journey is completely different to that of her mythical namesake.

* In ''Film/{{Moon}}'', the four harvesters are named Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John--the names of [[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 [[TheBeatles John, Paul, George, and Ringo]].

* ''ElGoonishShive'' has Immortals (who regularly wipe most of their memory anyway) randomly taking grand names from some or other mythology. As one of them said, there's nothing as funny as a hissy fit happening whenever two "Zeus"-es meet. Which is one of reasons why he prefers "Jerry".

* In ''{{Moon}}'', the four harvesters are named Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John--the names of [[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 [[TheBeatles John, Paul, George, and Ringo]].

* The ''ComicBook/{{X-Men}}'' went through a phase in the DarkAge 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 ''MobyDick.''

* The ''TeenageMutantHeroTurtles'': Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael, Michelangelo.
* The ''XMen'' went through a phase in the DarkAge 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 ''MobyDick.''

* The [[QuirkyMiniBossSquad four enemy Mega Men]] in MegaManZXAdvent. They all have names taken from mythology; none of them are at all related to their elemental powers, and at least half of them are even the wrong gender. For example, the male Siarnaq is named after a Inuit goddess of ice. There is a bit more to the ThemeNaming, however, in that three out of four— along with another pair of characters, Prometheus and Pandora— share their names with moons orbiting Saturn (Aeolus is the only exception).

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* ''NeonGenesisEvangelion'' name-drops judeo-christian angels and biblical figures without having anything to do with Christianity. They sort of fit what they do, though.

* ''NeonGenesisEvangelion'' name-drops judeo-christian angels and biblical figures without having anything to do with christianism. They sort of fit what they do, though.

* ''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 ''TalesOfSymphonia'' is a distant prequel to ''TalesOfPhantasia'', which was far more directly inspired by Norse mythology.
** ''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.

* ''NeonGenesisEvangelion'' name-drops judeo-christian angels and biblical figures without having anything to do with christianism.

* ''NeonGenesisEvangelion'' name-drops names of judeo-christian angels and biblical figures without having anything to do with christianism.

* ''EarthMaidenArjuna'' has an archer heroine named after the Hindu hero of the ''Baghavad Gita'', but the series is a [[UsefulNotes/Taoism taoist]] tract and the heroine's journey is completely different to that of her mythical namesake.
* ''NeonGenesisEvangelion'' name-drops names of judeo-christian angels and biblical figures without having anything to do with christianism.

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* ''EarthGirlArjuna'' has an archer heroine named after the Hindu hero of the ''Baghavad Gita'', but the series is a [[UsefulNotes/Taoism taoist]] tract and the heroine's journey is completely different to her mythical namesake.
* ''Evangelion'' name-drops names of judeo-christian angels and biblical figures without having anything to do with christianism.

* The [[QuirkyMiniBossSquad four enemy Mega Men]] in MegaManZXAdvent. They all have names taken from mythology; none of them are at all related to their elemental powers, and at least half of them are even the wrong gender. For example, the male Siarnaq is named after a Inuit goddess of ice.

* ''CaveStory'' has minor {{NPC}}s named Cthulhu and Santa. The latter is an ordinary Mimiga who looks almost entirely unlike SantaClaus.