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Line 1: {{trope}} [[File:~~zorglogo_6168~~zorglogo 6168.jpg\|link=The Fifth Element ~~(Film)~~\|right]] Be it because of its outlandish sound or its harsh structure, there seems to be a trend of naming sci-fi ~~villains -- and~~villains—and especially stereotypical ~~ones -- after~~ones—after these three consonants (sometimes with a K instead of a G), with a random vowel in-between and possibly some letters before or after. Compare [[Law of Alien Names]], [[Xtreme Kool Letterz]], [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]. {{examples~~\|Examples:~~}} == [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] == * King Zarkon from ''[[Voltron]]'' would be a near-example. * Zork from ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' ** Also the cards "Dark Master Zorc" and, flipping the letter order, "Gorz the Emissary of Darkness." == [[Comic Books]] == * Spoofed in ''[[Spirou and Fantasio]]'' with Zorglub (portmanteau of Zorg and "Arglub" which is a standard [[Written Sound Effect]] for accidental strangling in Franco-Belgian comics). Notable in that it is currently the older example ~~known -- even~~known—even before ''Starcraft'' ~~-- and~~—and [[Unbuilt Trope\|already a parody]]. * ''[[Calvin and Hobbes]]'' loved this trope. Besides the evil aliens called the [http://calvinandhobbes.wikia.com/wiki/Zorg Zorgs], there were the [http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1986/04/10 Zargs], [http://calvinandhobbes.wikia.com/wiki/Zorkon Zorkons], [http://calvinandhobbes.wikia.com/wiki/Zogwarg Zogwargs], and [https://web.archive.org/web/20121003030922/http://calvinandhobbes.wikia.com/wiki/Zog_guard Zogs] (close). == [[Film]] == Line 24: == [[Literature]] == * Emperor Zhark from the ''[[Thursday Next]]'' books is a near-example (in two different ways). He's the villain of his own pulpy sci-fi series, but in the [[Meta Fiction\|metafictional]] main story, he's one of the good guys. * The [[Ax Crazy]] Prince Serg from the ''[[Vorkosigan Saga]]'' might count, because [[All There in the Manual\|his name is]] [[It Is Pronounced "Tro -PAY"\|pronounced "zerg"]]. == [[Live Action TV]] == * ''[[~~Babylon 5 (TV)\|~~Babylon 5]]'' has a humanoid predator species named Zarg. * Barizorg from ''[[~~Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger (TV)\|~~Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger]]''. {{spoiler\|The name is presumably a corruption/portmanteau from 'cyborg'.}} * Zurgane from ''[[Power Rangers Ninja Storm]]''. == [[Newspaper Comics]] == * Inversion: Hans Zarkov from ''[[Flash Gordon (~~Comic~~comic ~~Strip~~strip)\|Flash Gordon]]'', who's one of the good guys. == [[Toys]] == Line 38: == [[Video Games]] == * ''[[~~Starcraft~~StarCraft]]'': [[Zerg Rush\|What four tropers out of five thought when seeing the title. ]] * Zorg: An alien race in the video games ''[[Strange Adventures in Infinite Space]]'' and ''Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space''. ** They weren't exactly villains, though. Just... alien. == [[Western Animation]] == * The archnemesis of Buzz Lightyear in ''[[Toy Story (franchise)\|Toy Story]] 2'' is called Zurg. Another reconstruction, by the way. * [[Space Ghost]]'s arch-nemesis Zorak. * The alien villain in [[Space Chimps]] is named Zartog. Line 52: [[Category:Speculative Fiction Tropes]] [[Category:Names to Run Away From Really Fast]] ~~[[Category~~{{DEFAULTSORT:A Villain Named Zrg]], A}} [[Category:~~Trope~~{{PAGENAME}}]]