History NamesToRunAwayFrom / Animal

* Franchise/{{Fallout}}:

** In [[VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas New Vegas]], [[TheFederation NCR]] troops are sometimes called "Bears", after their flag. [[DownplayedTrope It only happens on occasion, and most often as a metaphor than to describe them directly.]]

* BigBad of ''VideoGame/FarCry 2''.

* Ursa (her name meaning 'she-bear') from ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' is an aversion. Despite being the wife of the [[BigBad Fire Lord]], she is shown to be a kind and loving mother ...who admittedly killed Azulon, the then-[[BigBad Fire Lord]], for threatening the life of her son.
* ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid'': Ursula. The name actually means "''little'' she-bear," but she turns it into a Name to Run Away From ''anyway''.

* Krokodil is a makeshift opioid brewed from codeine in countries like UsefulNotes/{{Russia}} where heroin is harder to come by. The active ingredient (desomorphine) is several times more potent than actual heroin, but crude production methods (similar to those used to cook meth from pseudoephedrine) leave a ''lot'' of toxic byproducts in the brew, leading to [[BodyHorror infamously gruesome side effects]] like gangrene. Indeed, the nickname "Krokodil" may be a reference to the scaly skin that develops around injection sites.

* Krokodil is a makeshift opioid brewed from codeine in countries like UsefulNotes/{{Russia}} where heroin is harder to come by. The active ingredient (desomorphine) is several times more potent than actual heroin, but crude production methods (similar to those used to make meth from pseudoephedrine) leave a ''lot'' of toxic byproducts in the brew, leading to [[BodyHorror infamously gruesome side effects]] like gangrene. Indeed, the nickname "Krokodil" may be a reference to the scaly skin that develops around injection sites.

* Krokodil is a makeshift opioid brewed from codeine in countries like UsefulNotes/{{Russia}} where heroin is harder to get. The active ingredient (desomorphine) is several times more potent than actual heroin, but the crude production methods (similar to those used to make meth from pseudoephedrine) leave a ''lot'' of toxic byproducts in the brew, leading to [[BodyHorror infamously gruesome side effects]] like gangrene. Indeed, the nickname "Krokodil" may be a reference to the scaly skin that develops around injection sites.

* Krokodil (UsefulNotes/{{Russian|Language}} for "[[NeverSmileAtACrocodile crocodile]]") is a makeshift opioid brewed from codeine in countries like UsefulNotes/{{Russia}} where heroin is harder to get. The active ingredient (desomorphine) is several times more potent than actual heroin, but the crude production methods (similar to those used to make meth from pseudoephedrine) leave a ''lot'' of toxic byproducts in the brew, leading to [[BodyHorror infamously gruesome side effects]] like gangrene. Indeed, the nickname "Krokodil" may be a reference to the scaly skin that develops around injection sites.

Most kinds of bear aren't well-known or catchy enough to get their own section, but watch out for anyone who goes by "Grizzly" or "Kodiak". However Russian bears (as a name, nickname, or title) definitely fit in this trope.

* Franchise/{{Batman}}

* Paladin Kodiak from ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'', and the Bear Brothers from the ''The Pitt'' DLC.

* Solid , Liquid, and Solidus Snake of the ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' series.
** The Cobra Unit from the third game, although none of them are actually named after snakes.

* Solid (and Liquid and Solidus) Snake of ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid''.
** The Cobra Unit from the third game.

* A lesser known example is the badass bodyguard of the big bad from ''[[OneMustFall 2097]]''.

* In ''Literature/TheDivineComedy'', a wrathful demon fixated on maiming any in his reach is named "Draghignazzo," which the Dante Encyclopedia translates as "Big Nasty Dragon."

* ''Literature/MalazanBookOfTheFallen'' has 'Draconus'. If that doesn't sound impressive enough, given the importance of dragons in the setting, then his title 'Suzerain of Night' surely will.

* ''Film/MirrorMask'' star Music/StephanieLeonidas, and her sister Creator/GeorginaLeonidas.

* Tigerclaw/Tigerstar from [[Literature/WarriorCats Warriors]] is the main BigBad of the series.

* A couple characters in ''Literature/WarriorCats'' have names beginning in "Raven-"; however, they seem to be some of the rare [[NonActionGuy Non-Action Guys]] in the series.

* The [[RedBaron Dragon of Dojima]], [[VideoGame/Yakuza Kiryu Kazuma]].

* ''Franchise/MetalGear'': Revolver Ocelot.

* Foxheart (though not quite a villain, more like an annoying anagonist) from ''Literature/WarriorCats'', whose name in-universe is an insult meaning cruel or heartless.

* ''Series/{{Grimm}}'' has Captain Renard. Ironically for this series, which is normally heavy on ThemeNaming, he is ''not'' a literal fox creature.

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* Great Tiger, the Indian boxer with access to magical powers of illusion and duplication, from ''PunchOut''.