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* The villain from ''[[Cowboy Bebop]]''.

 

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

 

* [[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.}}

 

* 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.

 

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

 

 

* Grimmjow of ''[[Bleach]]''.

* Wolfgang Grimmer from [[Monster (manga)|Monster]]

 

* 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).

 

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

 

* 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]]''.

 

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

 

* Mr. Grimm of ''[[Twisted Metal]]''.

 

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

 

 

* [[Sinestro]] from ''[[Green Lantern]]''.

* Mr. Sinister from ''[[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]]''.

 

* 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]]''.

 

* Synyster Gates from ''Avenged Sevenfold''.

 

* And ''[[Sinistar]]''. He hungers! Run! Run! Run! Run!

* Slight variation: Sinistrals, from the ''[[Lufia]]'' games.

 

* Simon Bar Sinister, from ''[[Underdog (animation)|Underdog]]''.

* Senor Sinestrio of ''[[El Tigre]]''.

 

 

 

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

 

* Dr. Nefario from ''[[Despicable Me]]''.

 

* Nefaria is the right hand of the [[Big Bad]] in Saban's ''[[Masked Rider]]''.

 

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

 

* 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]].

 

 

 

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

 

* 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.

 

* Sid Shady from the riddle game ''Mind Trap''.

 

 

 

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

 

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

 

* And Greedy from ''[[Ristar]]''.

 

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

 

 

 

* Dick Dastardly from ''[[Wacky Races]]''.

 

 

 

* 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.}}

 

* Lord Horribus in ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]''.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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

 

* Dr. Evil, ''[[Austin Powers]]'' arch-enemy.

* The titular [[Serial Killer]] in ''[[Evilenko]]''.

 

* Avery Schreiber played a villain named "Mr. Evil" on ''The Harlem Globetrotters Popcorn Machine''.

 

* ''[[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 Crash in the ''[[Crash Bandicoot]]'' series.

 

* ''[[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]]''.

 

 

 

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

 

* Kraven, from ''[[Underworld (film)|Underworld]]''

* [[Wes Craven]] makes a lot of horror movies.

 

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

 

 

 

* 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.

 

 

 

* ''[[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]].

* ''[[D.N.Angel]]'''s phantom thief, Dark Mousy. Also of note is his evil counterpart, Krad.

 

* [[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]

 

* 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.

 

* Then there's G. M. Dark from ''[[Something Wicked This Way Comes]]''.

* Darken Rahl from ''[[Sword of Truth]]''.

 

* Joe Darke, a serial killer from ''[[Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney|Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney]]''

* The Evil "Mr. Dark" in ''[[Rayman]]''

* Dark Sol from ''[[Shining in the Darkness]]''.

 

 

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

 

* Spades Slick, the heartless gangster from ''[[Homestuck]]''.

* Slick from ''[[Waterworks]]'', though he's an [[Anti-Villain]] at worst.

 

* Honest John from ''[[Pinocchio]]''

* [[Honest John's Dealership]]

* [[wikipedia:MGR-1 Honest John|MGR-1 Honest John]] nuclear or nerve gas missiles.

 

 

* 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.

 

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

 

* ''[[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}}.

 

* General Grievous from ''[[Star Wars]]''.

* Count Vile from ''[[Press Start]]''.

* ''[[Mr. Sardonicus]]'': Baron Sardonicus (sardonic) and his servant Krull (cruel).

 

* 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.

* 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]].

 

* 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.

* ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'': Does anyone really want a hernia exam from a doctor named ''Crusher???''

 

* 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''.

* Feral Chaos in ''[[Dissidia Final Fantasy]] 012''.

 

* ''[[Last Res0rt]]'': Gabriel the Maskless.

 

* ''[[The Spoony Experiment]]'': Dr. Insano.

 

* Clandistino from the cartoon ''[[The Bluffers]]''.

* McNasty from the ''[[Pound Puppies]]'' movie.

 

* 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]]).

* 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]].

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