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[[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]] which inspire fear because they are fearsome adjectives: ''Vicious, Grim, Sinister, Nefarious, Horrible'', etc.

Or they inspire mistrust because they sound "false", like "honest".
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== Vicious ==
=== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ===
* The villain from ''[[Cowboy Bebop]]''.
* The main antagonist of ''[[Pokémon 4Ever]]'' is named Lord Vicious the Mask (Vicious-sama no Kamen). He's also rumored to have been named for Sid Vicious, but evidence is hazy.

=== [[Comic Books]] ===
* In ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures]]'', there was a villain called Vid Vicious (obviously named after Sid Vicious).

=== [[Literature]] ===
* [[Spell My Name with an "S"|Vishous]] from J.R. Ward's ''[[Black Dagger Brotherhood]]'' novels, mercifully shortened to 'V'. Most of her male characters have bizarrely spelled "badass" names, including Torhment, Phury, Zsadist, Rhage, Rehvenge, and Wrath (well, that last one is spelled correctly). John Matthew doesn't fare any better with his warrior name:  {{spoiler|Tehrror; as does Butch when he's revealed to be a half-breed and gets saddled with a vampiric name of legend: The Dehstroyer.}}

=== [[Music]] ===
* Sid Vicious of the Sex Pistols. Sid was actually not that violent, nor was he particularly good in a fight; the pose of being a "moral danger" was certainly deliberate.

=== [[Western Animation]] ===
* The [[M.A.S.K.|Vicious Evil Network Of Mayhem]].

== Grim -- special thanks to [[The Grim Reaper]]. ==

=== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ===
* Grimmjow of ''[[Bleach]]''.
* Wolfgang Grimmer from [[Monster (manga)|Monster]]

=== [[Comic Books]] ===
* Grimjack of ''Grimjack''.
* Mr Benjamin Grimm, otherwise known as The Thing of the ''[[Fantastic Four (Comic Book)|Fantastic Four]]''.
* [http://www.comicvine.com/grim-hunter/29-15311/grim-hunter/108-3841/102297-grim-hunter/105-191540/ The Grim Hunter], who shares this with his father Kraven (see below).

=== [[Film]] ===
* The hero of the ''[[Doom (series)|Doom]]'' movie, John Grimm.

=== [[Literature]] ===
* In the ''[[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]]'' series, a black dog known as "the Grim" is an omen of death.
* Grim Tuesday from the ''Keys of the Kingdom'' series.
* Grimhild, the [[Evil Matriarch]] of the Gjukung clan in the Old Norse ''[[The Saga of the Volsungs|Volsunga Saga]]''.

=== [[Toys]] ===
* Grimlock of ''[[Transformers]]''.

=== [[Video Games]] ===
* Mr. Grimm of ''[[Twisted Metal]]''.

=== [[Western Animation]] ===
* Grimhilde, better known as the Evil Queen from Disney's ''[[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Disney film)|Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs]]''.

== Sinister:  ==

=== [[Comic Books]] ===
* [[Sinestro]] from ''[[Green Lantern]]''.
* Mr. Sinister from ''[[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]]''.

=== [[Literature]] ===
* Subverted with Professor Sinistra, Astronomy teacher at Hogwarts in the ''[[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]]'' series, who is actually a good soul, if an inveterate alarmist.
* Sinistrad from ''[[The Death Gate Cycle]]''.

=== [[Music]] ===
* Synyster Gates from ''Avenged Sevenfold''.

=== [[Video Games]] ===
* And ''[[Sinistar]]''. He hungers! Run! Run! Run! Run!
* Slight variation: Sinistrals, from the ''[[Lufia]]'' games.

=== [[Western Animation]] ===
* Simon Bar Sinister, from ''[[Underdog (animation)|Underdog]]''.
* Senor Sinestrio of ''[[El Tigre]]''.


== Nefarious:  ==

=== [[Comic Books]] ===
* Count Nefaria, a long-running [[Marvel Comics]] villain.

=== Film - Animated ===
* Dr. Nefario from ''[[Despicable Me]]''.

=== [[Live-Action TV]] ===
* Nefaria is the right hand of the [[Big Bad]] in Saban's ''[[Masked Rider]]''.

=== [[MMORPG|MMORPGs]] ===
* ''[[World of Warcraft]]'': Lord Victor Nefarius AKA Nefarian the Black Dragon.

=== [[Video Games]] ===
* Dr. Nefarious, a [[Big Bad]] in the ''[[Ratchet and Clank]]'' series (''Up Your Arsenal'' and ''A Crack in Time'').
* ''[[Crash Bandicoot]]'': Dr. Nefarious Tropy. Bonus points for having a sinister name even when it's shortened ([[Punny Name|N. Tropy = entropy]]). And he sounds like [[Peter Lorre]].
* Count Nefarious from the PC game ''[[Toonstruck]]''.
* One of Water Mages from [[Gothic]]. [[Subverted Trope]], as he is mostly harmless.


== Shady:  ==

=== [[Music]] ===
* Will [[Eminem|the real Slim Shady]] please stand up?

=== [[Newspaper Comics]] ===
* Shady Shrew from ''[[Slylock Fox]]''. This trope is usually extrapolated to other bit criminals like Reeky Rat or Slick Smitty -- it's surprising that name profiling hasn't been implemented yet.

=== Tabletop Games ===
* Sid Shady from the riddle game ''Mind Trap''.


== Greedy:  ==

=== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ===
* Greed from ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'', an [[Anthropomorphic Personification]] of that [[Seven Deadly Sins|sin]].

=== [[Film]] ===
* Greedo from ''[[Star Wars]]'' -- who did not [[The Dog Shot First|shoot first]].

=== [[Video Games]] ===
* And Greedy from ''[[Ristar]]''.

=== [[Western Animation]] ===
* ''[[Captain Planet and the Planeteers]]'' foe, Hoggish Greedly.


== Dastardly: ==

=== [[Western Animation]] ===
* Dick Dastardly from ''[[Wacky Races]]''.


== Horrible -- Just silly enough that it's (as far as is recorded here) never used seriously.  ==

=== [[Literature]] ===
* Horribin the Clown from Tim Powers's ''The Anubis Gates''.  {{spoiler|An adept of Ancient Egyptian sorcery, who runs a crew of beggars that he crippled himself.}}

=== [[Web Comics]] ===
* Lord Horribus in ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]''.

=== [[Web Original]] ===
* Dr. Horrible from ''[[Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog|Doctor Horribles Sing Along Blog]]''' is a ... horrible example.


== Evil ==

=== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ===

* Tekkaman Evil, [[The Dragon]] from ''[[Tekkaman Blade]]''.

=== [[Film]] ===
* Dr. Evil, ''[[Austin Powers]]'' arch-enemy.
* The titular [[Serial Killer]] in ''[[Evilenko]]''.

=== [[Live-Action TV]] ===
* Avery Schreiber played a villain named "Mr. Evil" on ''The Harlem Globetrotters Popcorn Machine''.

=== [[Video Games]] ===
* ''[[Berzerk]]'' has Evil Otto.
* ''[[Pokémon Colosseum]]'': It may be an unwritten rule that the leaders of Cipher (listed far below) have some part of Evil in their name. First was Evice, and second was Greevil. For added evil points, Greevil's Japanese name translates into 'Deathgold'.
* Evil Marie in ''[[Carn Evil]]''.
* Evil Crash in the ''[[Crash Bandicoot]]'' series.

=== [[Western Animation]] ===
* ''[[101 Dalmatians|One Hundred and One Dalmatians]]'': Cruella de Vil. Triple whammy, because you have "cruel", "evil", and "devil" in her name, if you ignore the word breaks.
* Evil-Lyn from ''[[He-Man and the Masters of the Universe]]''.
* Evil The Cat from ''[[Earthworm Jim (animation)|Earthworm Jim]]''.


== Craven ==

=== [[Comic Books]] ===
* Kraven the Hunter, a ''[[Spider-Man]]'' villain.

=== [[Film]] ===
* Kraven, from ''[[Underworld (film)|Underworld]]''
* [[Wes Craven]] makes a lot of horror movies.

=== [[Literature]] ===
* The Craven family from ''[[The Secret Garden]]''.


== Insidious ==

=== [[Film]] ===
* Darth Sidious of ''[[Star Wars]]''. Double points for rhyming with "hideous". There is a certain in-story justification, as Sith 'names' are not technically names, but titles given after they've purposely started down the road of evil.


== Dark  ==

=== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ===
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh (anime)|Yu-Gi-Oh]]'' has several instances:
** Yami (= Dark) Yugi, whose early punishments for people who attacked or threatened his friends included tricking people into yoyoing themselves through a roof to fall several stories, getting people stung by their own scorpions and subjecting people to illusory torture by [[Eldritch Abomination]].
** Yami Bakura, who loves [[And I Must Scream|trapping people in game-based objects]] (such as, in the manga, storing souls in a pair of dice so they always rolled high).
** Yami Marik, who unlike the other two has no ancient Egyptian backstory, he just kills people.
* ''[[D.N.Angel]]'''s phantom thief, Dark Mousy. Also of note is his evil counterpart, Krad.

=== [[Comic Books]] ===
* [[Darkseid]], [[New Gods|Lord of]] [[The Empire|Apokolips]]. [[Theme Naming|Pretty]] [[Archetypal Character|clearly]] [[Troperiffic|deliberate]].
* ''[[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]]'': Raven Darkholme, [[X-Men/Characters/Villains|Mystique]]'s real name.
* [http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix3/darkrider.htm The Dark Rider]

=== [[Film]] ===
* A common misconception surrounding ''[[Star Wars]]'' is that Darth is Dutch or German for dark, when neither of these statements are accurate. Dark would be donker and dunkel, respectively. [[It Was His Sled|Vader, on the other hand is Dutch for father]], though it is pronounced differently in Dutch.

=== [[Literature]] ===
* Then there's G. M. Dark from ''[[Something Wicked This Way Comes]]''.
* Darken Rahl from ''[[Sword of Truth]]''.

=== [[Video Games]] ===
* Joe Darke, a serial killer from ''[[Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney|Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney]]''
* The Evil "Mr. Dark" in ''[[Rayman]]''
* Dark Fact from ''[[Ys]]''.
* Dark Sol from ''[[Shining in the Darkness]]''.

== Slick -- Both the meaning and the snakelike pronunciation have connotations of being sly, manipulative, scheming, smug.  ==

=== [[Video Games]] ===
* Slick, the [[Big Bad]] of ''[[River City Ransom]]''.

=== [[Web Comics]] ===
* Spades Slick, the heartless gangster from ''[[Homestuck]]''.
* Slick from ''[[Waterworks]]'', though he's an [[Anti-Villain]] at worst.

== Honest ==
* Honest John from ''[[Pinocchio]]''
* [[Honest John's Dealership]]
** ''Garfield'' had one manned by some "Honest Ed".
* [[wikipedia:MGR-1 Honest John|MGR-1 Honest John]] nuclear or nerve gas missiles.

== Other Adjectives ==

=== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ===
* Subtly, several names translate to disabilities, though that's not always bad. On the good side, Cecile from ''[[Code Geass]]'' ("Blind"). On the bad side, Claudia from ''[[The Vampire Chronicles]]'' ("Lame"). "Cecile" comes from "caecus", which means "blind" in Latin. In olden times it implied powers of prophesy as well, since many famous seers (Tiresias for example) were blind.

=== Comic Books ===
* ''[[Vandal Savage]]'', [[DC Comics]] supervillain. Though he's a terrible person overall, [[Playing with a Trope|he's not particularly savage]].

=== Fan Works ===
* ''[[My Immortal]]'': [[Redundant Department of Redundancy|Ebony]] [[Punctuation Shaker|Dark'ness]] [[Redundant Department of Redundancy|Dementia Raven Way]]: [[Darker and Edgier|Darkness]], [[Through the Eyes of Madness|insanity]], [[Ravens and Crows|corvoids]]...Wait, this may be the best name ever.
* ''[[The Tainted Grimoire]]'': Dread {{spoiler|Raven}}.

=== [[Film]] ===
* General Grievous from ''[[Star Wars]]''.
* Count Vile from ''[[Press Start]]''.
* Not a character, but the sinister pub in ''[[An American Werewolf in London]]'' is called "The Slaughtered Lamb". Can any good come of that?
* Lord Humongous from the ''[[Mad Max]]'' series.
* ''[[Mr. Sardonicus]]'': Baron Sardonicus (sardonic) and his servant Krull (cruel).

=== [[Literature]] ===
* Vendacious from ''[[Zones of Thought|A Fire Upon the Deep]]'' is one letter off from "mendacious". [[Treacherous Advisor|Perhaps not the best name for the head of your intelligence agency.]]
* Dire Wily, the villain to the also significantly named Halcyon Blithe in the series of the same name.
* Ras the Destroyer from ''[[Invisible Man (novel)|Invisible Man]]''.
* Many villains in the ''[[Redwall]]'' series have such names as Cluny the Scourge, Slagar the Cruel, Ferahgo the Assassin, and Gulo the Savage.
* Lord Foul the Despiser from the ''[[Chronicles of Thomas Covenant]]'', who doubles as [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast/Titles|Titles]] as well as [[Narm]].

=== [[Live-Action TV]] ===
* Robbie Rotten from ''[[LazyTown]]''.
* Sgt Gross in the ''[[Blake's 7|Blakes Seven]]'' episode "Moloch" is one of the lesser known villains of the show, but notably nasty.
* ''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]]'' has Master Vile, Rita Repulsa, her brother Rito Revolto, Maligore (combination of Gore and Malevolent), General Havoc, Dark Specter, Darkonda, Ecliptor, Treacheron, Villamax, Deviot, Furio, Captain Mutiny, Hexuba, Diabolico, Jinxer, Onikage, Toxica/Necronomica, and Mesogog (from Magog, as in "Gog and Magog").
* ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'': Does anyone really want a hernia exam from a doctor named ''Crusher???''

=== [[Newspaper Comics]] ===
* [[Flash Gordon]]'s arc-foe, Ming the Merciless. 

=== [[Video Games]] ===
* Horrendous, the jock/big chunk of meat who ruled the warrior city from the video game ''[[Nox]]''.
* The original Japanese name of ''[[Mega Man Zero]]'s'' [[Big Bad]] is ''Vile'', [[Complete Monster|fittingly]]. There was also a Vile in ''[[Mega Man X]]'', ''X3'', and ''X8''.
* The main antagonist from ''[[Sigma Star Saga]]'' was a guy named Tyrannical Overlord.
* Iosa the Invincible in ''[[Iji]]''. How did she earn her title? By surviving a ''planet-buster completely unscathed''.
* All of the Soulless Gods of ''[[Lusternia]]'' get this treatment: [[Big Bad|Kethuru the Almighty]], [[The Juggernaut|Illith the Leviathan]], [[Voluntary Shapeshifter|Crazen the Greedy]], [[Cannibalism Superpower|Great Muud]] and [[Intangible Man|Zenos the Insubstantial]]. And yeah, they should ''[[Omnicidal Maniac|all]]'' be ran away from ''very'' fast.
* Dr. Wily, from the ''[[Mega Man (video game)|Mega Man]]'' series.
* BadBad in ''[[Secret of the Stars]]''.
* King K. Rool ("cruel") in ''[[Donkey Kong Country (video game)|Donkey Kong Country]]''.
* Feral Chaos in ''[[Dissidia Final Fantasy]] 012''.

=== [[Web Comics]] ===
* ''[[Last Res0rt]]'': Gabriel the Maskless.

=== [[Web Original]] ===
* ''[[The Spoony Experiment]]'': Dr. Insano.

=== [[Western Animation]] ===
* Clandistino from the cartoon ''[[The Bluffers]]''.
* McNasty from the ''[[Pound Puppies]]'' movie.

=== [[Real Life]] ===
* Johnny Rotten (real-life: John Lydon), band leader of the [[Sex Pistols]]. Given that 'Johnny' is British slang for 'condom', that verges on [[Squick]], too.
* Adam Savage from ''[[MythBusters]]'': His job involves smashing, blowing up, or otherwise destroying various items in big and spectacular ways (and he is ''[[Keet|very]]'' enthusiastic about his work). Also, in episodes where the crew play out character roles, Adam often plays villainous characters with "Savage" somewhere in their name (i.e. [[James Bond|Baron von Savage]], [[Pirates|Captain Redbeard the Savage]]).
* Colm Meaney an Irish actor who is actually by many accounts a pretty nice guy. Doesn't help that outside of Star Trek fandoms he's mostly known for playing villains or at the very least hard-assed [[Anti-Hero]] types.
* Ivan the Terrible. He was a good ruler early on, defeating many enemies of the Russians, earning him the nickname which could also be translated as "formidable" or "fearsome". Later on, he became [[The Caligula]], making his name scary but appropriate on a whole different way.
* There is is a Zimbabwean footballer (soccer player) called [[wikipedia:Danger Fourpence|Danger Fourpence]].
* Former Pittsburg Steelers defensive tackle, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Greene Charles Edward Greene], aka "Mean Joe" Greene.<ref>This was, in fact, a holdover from playing college football at the North Texas State University, the team's name being the North Texas Mean Greens.</ref> 
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