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== [[Video Games]] ==
* From ''[[Tales of Symphonia (Video Game)|Tales of Symphonia]]'', the last in a venerable line of demon hunters. He asks the party to schlep around the world collecting "[[Evil Weapon|Devil's Arms]]", for what turn out to be [[Face Heel Turn|less-than-savory]] [[Bonus Boss|purposes]]. Still, with a name like that, you'd think the party would have guessed ''something'' was up.
* Abyssion is a dragon in ''[[World of Warcraft]]''.
 
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== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* The name of the most powerful Chaos sorcerer from ''[[Warhammer 40000 (Tabletop Game)|Warhammer 40000]]''.
 
== [[Video Games]] ==
* Also a recurring monster in the ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' series.
* [[Big Bad]] of the ''[[Prince of Persia]]'' reboot.
* In ''[[Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne (Video Game)|Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne]]'', Hikawa's {{spoiler|[[One-Winged Angel|Demonic Sponsor]]}} is named Ahriman.
 
 
== Amon ==
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Also, the demon possessing [[Devilman (Manga)|Akira Fudoh]].
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX (Animeanime)|Yu-Gi-Oh GX]]'' had Adrian Gecko as "Amon Garam" in the original Japanese versions.
 
== [[Video Games]] ==
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* Amon from ''[[The Legend of Korra (Animation)|The Legend of Korra]]''
 
== [[Real Life]] ==
* Real life Nazi Commandant Amon Goeth, featured in ''[[Schindler's List (Film)|Schindler's List]]''.
 
 
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== [[Literature]] ==
* One of Woland's henchmen from ''[[The Master and Margarita (Literature)|The Master and Margarita]]''. Notable in that, almost certainly, this actually ''is'' the demon Azazel.
 
== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
* The [[Big Bad]] of ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'' Seasons 1 and 2, revealed at the end of Season 4 to have actually have been taking orders from Lucifer.
* It's spelled with three a's in the television series ''[[Hex]]'', but the intention is still there.
 
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== [[Fanfic]] ==
* Ronan '[[Rouge Angles of Satin|Beelzbub]]', the "[[Designated Hero|hero]]" of ''[[Naruto Veangance Revelaitons (Fanfic)|Naruto Veangance Revelaitons]]''. However, it's unlikely the author actually knew the origin of the name and simply used it because it [[Rule of Cool|sounded cool]]. Although, it ''is'' a fitting name, considering how demonic and evil the [[Jerk Sue|cha]][[God Mode Sue|rac]][[Lemon Stu|ter]] is .
 
== [[Real Life]] ==
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* BelialVamdemon, [[Big Bad]] of ''[[Digimon Adventure 02 (Anime)|Digimon Adventure 02]]''. ''Digimon'' loves this, apparently. Was dubbed as MaloMyotismon, which still evokes the adjective variety, but fell flat. Then again, so did BelialVamdemon.
** Then again, according to some mythos, Belial was ''the very demon who tempted Lucifer''.
* Momo '''Velia''' Deviluke from ''[[To Love Ru (Manga)|To Love Ru]]''.
* ''[[Angel Sanctuary (Manga)|Angel Sanctuary]]'': The Mad Hatter, one of the Seven Satans of Hell, whose sin is Pride, was given the name Belial by God. Not only does Kaori Yuki mention that the name means useless, but Belial is also mentioned as being in love with Lucifer.
 
== Film ==
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== Literature ==
* Be'lal was one of the [[Quirky Miniboss Squad|Forsaken]] in ''[[The Wheel of Time (Literature)|The Wheel of Time]]'', until Moirane got him.
 
== [[Video Games]] ==
* Berial is the name of a boss in ''[[Devil May Cry (Video Game)|Devil May Cry]] 4''.
* In [[Diablo (Video Gameseries)|Sanctuary]], this is the name of the Lord of Lies. In ''[[Diablo III (Video Game)|Diablo III]]'', he's behind the trouble in Caldeum and you're charged with taking him out.
* Also ''[[Star Ocean Till the End of Time]]'', in which he is fought alongside one named Belzeber (Baalzebul or Beelzebub) and subsequent to one named Azazer (Azazel). Oh, and the guy they work for is called Lucifer, though the American port, at least, changed it to Luther.
* Belial's used to such an extreme in ''[[Devil Survivor (Video Game)|Devil Survivor]]'' that not only do they have a boss named "Belial", but if a demon so much as has "Bel" in its name, you know it's going to be a tough fight. It even reaches the point where they renamed Baldr to Beldr so that he could fit the rule.
* Belial is the name of a boss in ''[[Wild Arms 4 (Video Game)|Wild Arms 4]]''.
* Belias, the fire demon Esper in ''[[Final Fantasy XII (Video Game)|Final Fantasy XII]]''.
* The bio stage boss in ''[[Gradius]] IV'' is supposed to be named this, although it's transliterated as "Viral" in the US manual.
* A [[Recurring Boss]] in ''[[Odin Sphere]]''. {{spoiler|Played straight in that while he is a dragon trusting of humanity, he was magically enthralled to the Wise Men as a result and winds up fighting every protagonist, with Cornelius as his final opponent.}}
* ''[[Oracle of Tao (Video Game)|Oracle of Tao]]'', the first [[Big Bad]] is Belial. The second is a fictitious angel named Estheriel.
** As a side note, one of the heroes is named Azrael, below.
 
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== [[Film]] ==
* Of ''[[The Prophecy (Filmfilm)|The Prophecy]]'' and ''[[The Omen]]'' fame
 
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* Also features in ''[[El Goonish Shive (Webcomic)|El Goonish Shive]]''.
 
== [[Web Work]] ==
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* Damien, the son of Satan on ''[[South Park (Animation)|South Park]]''.
 
 
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Hiruma from ''[[Eyeshield 21]]'' has the kanji for "demon" in his name, 魔. His name literally means "Devil in broad daylight"...
* The Demon sisters, the [[Devil in Plain Sight|red-skinned girls]] who first appear as the new school queens in episode 6 of ''[[Panty and& Stocking Withwith Garterbelt (Anime)|Panty and Stocking With Garterbelt]]''. {{spoiler|[[Captain Obvious|Guess what?]] [[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin|They're demons.]]}}
 
== [[Comic Books]] ==
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* Demonica from the [[PSPlay Station 2]] medieval take on Powerstone, ''Barbarian''. Though her story is different, you can definitely see the resemblance in body stance, personality, and the reasons for despising humans.
* Akuma from ''[[Street Fighter]]''.
* The Demon of the Western Sea Chousokabe Motochika and Shimazu the Ogre from ''[[Sengoku Basara (Video Game)|Sengoku Basara]]''.
 
== Webcomics ==
* ''[[Girl Genius (Webcomic)|Girl Genius]]'': One of the Mongfish sisters was named Demonica.
 
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* Not to state the obvious or anything, but Demona from ''[[Gargoyles (Animation)|Gargoyles]]''.
* The supervirus Daemon from ''[[Re Boot]]''.
 
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Diavolo (Italian for "devil") from ''[[Jo Jo's Bizarre Adventure (Manga)|Jo Jos Bizarre Adventure]]''
* The ''Devil Z'' from ''[[Wangan Midnight]]'', a car so powerful and dangerous that all previous owners have met with often fatal crashes.
* The Deviluke family from ''[[To Love Ru (Manga)|To Love Ru]]''.
* Diablomon/Diaborumon from ''[[Digimon (Franchise)|Digimon]]''.
* The Tuffles in the ''[[DragonballDragon Ball]]'' verse, whose name sounds like the German word for devil.
* Devil (Dark) Gundam in ''[[Mobile Fighter G Gundam (Anime)|Mobile Fighter G Gundam]]''.
 
== [[Comic Books]] ==
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* ''[[Diablo (Video Gameseries)|Diablo]]'', the Lord of Terror and the lord of all demons from the game series bearing his name. This one may be too obvious to count in, however.
* Devil King from ''[[Sengoku Basara (Video Game)|Devil Kings]]''.
* ''[[Monster Hunter (Video Game)|Monster Hunter]]'' provides Diablos, the Unforgiving Tyrant, who is just as nasty as he sounds. ''Tri'' adds Deviljho to the lineup.
* Does being named after a chord specifically nicknamed "The Devil in Music" count? Because if it does, chalk one up for {{spoiler|[[Pokémon Black and White|Ghetsis (G-Cis tritone) Harmonia]], the [[Complete Monster|biggest]] [[Knight of Cerebus|bad yet]] in ''Pokemon''}}.
 
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* [[101 Dalmatians (Disney)|Cruella de Vil]], whose name has both "devil" and "evil" in it.
** ''Cruel'' Devil, indeed. Just run away now.
 
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* In ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni (Visual Novel)|Higurashi no Naku Koro Nini]]'' the Sonozaki sisters and their grandmother all have the character for 'oni' (demon) in their names. (The twins' mother did, too, but had to change the spelling when she got married.) It's an [[In the Blood|old family tradition]]...
* For ''[[Katekyo Hitman Reborn (Manga)|Katekyo Hitman Reborn]]'', the assassins of the Varia squad have names like Leviathan, Belphegor, and Mammon.
* Lala Satalin (for "Satan") Deviluke and Nana Asta (for "Astaroth") Deviluke from ''[[To Love Ru (Manga)|To Love Ru]]''.
 
== [[Literature]] ==
* Heavily subverted in Timothy Zahn's ''Heir to the Empire'' trilogy, as, when Han and Lando first meet Garm Bel Iblis, they disagree on whether he can be trusted, with Han sure he's on the up-and-up, while Lando is more suspicious. [[Genre Savvy|Readers familiar with this trope]] might tend to side with Lando, since Garm was the name, in Norse myth, of the Hound that guarded the gate to the underworld, while Bel, an alternate spelling of ba'al, in Christian demonology, was/is the name of a demon, while, Iblis is, in Arabic, an alternate name for Satan. It turns out, however, that Han is right and Garm Bel Iblis is a straightforward white-hat.
* The true name of the Dark One in ''[[The Wheel of Time (Literature)|The Wheel of Time]]'' is Shai'tan, an anglicized form of the Arabic word for Satan.
* The name given to Sandworms in ''[[Dune]]'', "Shaitan."
 
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro Ni (Visual Novel)|Umineko no Naku Koro Nini]]'' has the [[Quirky Miniboss Squad]], the [[Seven Deadly Sins]] Sisters of Purgatory: Lucifer, Satan, Asmodeus, Beelzebub, Leviathan, Belphegor, and Mammon. Their main job in the series is carrying out human sacrifices to resurrect their mistress. (And [[Fan Service]].)
** The demons from ''[[Ars Goetia]]'' - Ronove, Gaap, Zepar, and Furfur - also follow this trope pretty well, to the same extent as the Stakes of Purgatory.
* Caim from ''[[Drakengard]]''. Named after a demon of the ''[[Ars Goetia]]''. Rides a [[Instant Awesome, Just Add Dragons|dragon]]. [[Ax Crazy|Completely]] '''''[[Ax Crazy|batshit insane]]'''''.
 
== Webcomics ==
* Doc Scratch from ''[[Homestuck (Webcomic)|Homestuck]]'', an enigmatic, subtle figure with mysterious, vast powers and ambiguous morality at best, almost like Old Scratch himself.
 
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* Chernabog (Slavic for "black god") in ''[[Fantasia (Disney)|Fantasia]]''.
 
== Hell ==
 
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Doctor Hell from ''[[Mazinger Z (Anime)|Mazinger Z]]''. The dubbed version (''[[Tranzor Z]]'') was worried people might be offended by that, so they called him "Doctor Demon" instead. Yeah, that's a LOT better.
* ''[[Inu Yasha (Anime)Inuyasha|Inu Yasha]]'' has [[Villain Sue|Naraku]], a pun on the word "Naraka", the term for Hell in Buddhism.
 
== [[Mythology]] ==
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* Infernals are giant golems of rock and fire summoned by demons and warlocks in ''[[War CraftWarcraft]] III'' and ''[[World of Warcraft]]''.
 
== [[Real Life]] ==
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Lucemon of ''[[Digimon Frontier (Anime)|Digimon Frontier]]''.
* If you go for a variant on "beelzebub" or "satan", you'll generally look like you're trying too hard, though. Unless you're in Japan: Mr. Satan (from ''[[Dragon Ball (Manga)|Dragon Ball]] Z''). He's not evil, though, and while he'd be a [[Badass]] in any other Verse, in DBZ he's a [[Muggle]] with [[Fake Ultimate Hero|delusions of grandeur]]. ''[[Digimon (Franchise)|Digimon]]'' also gives us Demon, Beelzebumon, and SkullSatamon. They were dubbed as Daemon, Beelzemon, and... SkullSatamon?!
* Ulquiorra Cifer from ''[[Bleach (Manga)|Bleach]]''.
* Gid '''Lucion''' Deviluke in ''[[To Love Ru (Manga)|To Love Ru]]''.
 
== [[Comic Books]] ==
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== [[Film]] ==
* Of course [[Louis Cypher|Louis/Luis Cypher]] (''[[Angel Heart (Film)|Angel Heart]]'', ''[[The Matrix (Film)|The Matrix]]''...)
 
== [[Literature]] ==
* Also, Lucius Malfoy from ''[[Harry Potter (Literaturenovel)|Harry Potter]]''
* Le Chiffre, of ''[[Casino Royale (Literature)|Casino Royale]]'', gets bonus points for being a pretty good spy name even in translation - it means "the number" or "the cypher".
 
== [[Video Games]] ==
* Similarily, "Lucien" is also a name to be found on dangerous people, as ''[[The Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion (Video Game)|Oblivion]]'', ''[[Fable (Videovideo Gamegame series)|Fable]]'', and ''[[Runescape (Video Game)|Runescape]]'' demonstrate.
* Lucifron, a monster which looks like [http://www.wowpedia.org/images/7/76/Luci.jpg this], in ''[[World of Warcraft]]''.
* The [[Big Bad]] in the ''[[Ghosts N'n Goblins (Video Gameseries)|Ghosts N Goblins]]'' series, although he was renamed Loki or Rushifell in the American versions of some of the games.
 
== Webcomics ==
* ''[[Girl Genius (Webcomic)|Girl Genius]]'': [[Mad Scientist|Dr. Lucifer Mongfish]], [[Mad Scientist's Beautiful Daughter|father]] of [[Big Bad|Lucrezia]], Serpentina, and Demonica. They themselves qualify for different categories of this trope.
 
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* Lucius Henious VII and his son, Beezy on ''[[Jimmy Two -Shoes]]''.
* Lucifer the Cat from Disney's ''[[Cinderella (Disney film)|Cinderella]]'', the original [[LOLcats|Basement Cat]].
* ''[[Ben 10: Alien Force (Animation)|Ben 10 Alien Force]]'' gives us Mike Morningstar. Morningstar, is of course, the most common translation for Lucifer.
 
 
== Mephistopheles ==
* When the original Dr Faustus made his [[Deal Withwith the Devil]], ''this'' was the demon he made the deal with.
 
== Anime and Manga ==
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== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* ''[[Warhammer 40000 (Tabletop Game)|Warhammer 40000]]'' doesn't use the entire name, but do have a Blood Angels [[Magic Knight|Librarian]] called Mephiston.
 
== [[Video Games]] ==
* One of the Undead's Dreadlord hero units in ''[[War CraftWarcraft]] 3'' bears the name Mephistroth.
* Also Mephisto from the ''[[Diablo (Video Gameseries)|Diablo]]'' series.
* ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' has a twofer in Mephiles the Dark. Or maybe [[Temporal Paradox|it doesn't]], actually.
* The [[Big Bad]] Mephisto from ''[[Alundra 2: (VideoA Game)New Legend Begins|Alundra 2]]''.
* He is the [[Big Bad]] in the ''Hordes Of The Underdark'' expansion of ''[[Neverwinter Nights]]''.
* An NPC in Demon's Souls that only appears after you acquire Pure Black Character Tendency, which is achieved by either killing off friendly NPC's or invading other players' worlds and killing them and after you kill Yurt the Silent Chieftain, her accomplice (who will also assassinate NPC's in the Nexus if left alive long enough). When you speak to her, she will send you on missions to assassinate friendly NPC's, offering valuable items in return. When all the missions are completed (when everyone in the Nexus and beyond are basically dead), she will attack and attempt to kill you. All of this is accompanied by her evil appearance and malicious voice.
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== [[Film]] ==
* The name of the [[Respawning Enemies|self-replicating]] demon in the first ''[[Hellboy (Filmfilm)|Hellboy]]''.
* Alec [[Sdrawkcab Name|Leamas]] from ''The Spy Who Came in from the Cold'', the [[Anti-Hero]] protagonist. His status as a [[The Mole|double agent]] in a [[Crapsack World]] of [[Black and Gray Morality]] references the angel's simultaneous good and evil.
 
== [[Literature]] ==
* The Forsaken Sammael from ''[[The Wheel of Time (Literature)|The Wheel of Time]]''.
 
== [[Comic Books]] ==
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== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
* The [[Big Bad]] in Volume 5 of ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]''.
 
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* The Master of the [[Warhammer 40000 (Tabletop Game)|Dark Angels 3rd Company]], Sammael of the Ravenwing (which in itself probably qualifies for this trope).
 
== [[Video Games]] ==
* The Demon Lord Samael from ''[[Darksiders (Video Game)|Darksiders]]''.
* Dahlia informs the protagonist that the strange marks around [[Silent Hill]] are the mark of Samael, who will enter the world to destroy it if Harry does not take the talisman she gives him to the right place in time. {{spoiler|She's lying. Her cult is trying to summon their "god," and the talisman allows her to break into Alessa's otherworld.}}
 
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* Considering the [[Theme Naming]] of the series, possibly Samuel "Samy" Garvin on ''[[Jimmy Two -Shoes]]''.
 
 
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Evangeline Athanasia Katherine McDowell from ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima (Manga)|Mahou Sensei Negima]]'', has a hard K sound in the middle names just to increase the fear. Also an [[Overly Long Name]], and the girl has a number of [[Red Baron|Titles to Run Away From Really Fast]]
** [[Embarrassing Middle Name|She hates it]] [[Fluffy the Terrible|when people call her "Kitty"]].
* ''[[Black Butler (Manga)|Black Butler]]'' has two: Angelina Durless (aka Madame Red) {{spoiler|who is actually one-half of Jack The Ripper}}, and [[Light Is Not Good|Angela Blanc]] {{spoiler|the female identity of a [[Gender Bender|hermaphroditic]] [[Our Angels Are Different|batshit crazy angel]] who wants to [[Pure Is Not Good|purify]] London by [[Kill It Withwith Fire|burning out the sin]]}}.
* The mind-rending, city-destroying, giant alien monsters of ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion (Anime)|Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' are called Angels. While some have almost beautiful shapes, most are bestial monsters or, seemingly, physically impossible (such as a 600-metre by 3 nanometre floating circle and a floating, proton beam-firing octahedron) Furthermore, the most beautiful Angel, Arael, a giant, glowing, winged creature in space, is the cause of the trope-naming [[Mind Rape]], and is a prime example of [[Light Is Not Good]].
 
== [[Comic Books]] ==
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== [[Literature]] ==
* Angela, the [[Cloudcuckoolander|kooky]] but fearsome witch from the ''[[Inheritance Cycle (Literature)|Inheritance Cycle]].''
 
== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
* [[Magnificent Bastard|Angela]] from ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]''.
* If he's going by [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)|Angel]], you're probably going to live. If he's calling himself [[Complete Monster|Angelus]], run like hell.
 
== [[Real Life]] ==
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* [[Complete Monster|Muruta Azrael]] of ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam SEED (Anime)|Gundam SEED]]'', an [[Smug Snake|arrogant]], [[He-Man Woman Hater|misogynistic]], [[Fantastic Racism|racist]] lobbyist and politician who seeks to [[Final Solution|kill every]] [[Born Winner|Coordinator]] in existence with [[Nuke'Em|nuclear weapons]] and uses [[Psycho Serum|drugged up]] [[Tyke Bomb|Tykebombs]] as front-line [[Child Soldier|Child Soldiers]]. Oh and he's a [[Sore Loser]] to boot. Start running now.
 
== [[Comic Books]] ==
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== [[Literature]] ==
* Asriel of ''[[His Dark Materials]]''.
* The real guy shows up in ''[[Good Omens (Literature)|Good Omens]]'', and in one of the ''[[Discworld (Literature)|Discworld]]'' books.
* Azreal, the leader of the Poppy Warriors in the [[Gemma Doyle]] Trilogy.
 
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== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* Current Chapter Master of the Dark Angels in ''[[Warhammer 40000 (Tabletop Game)|Warhammer 40000]]'' is one Azrael.
 
== [[Video Games]] ==
* Azurile from ''[[Dragon Quest Monsters|Dragon Warrior Monsters]]''
* Izual from ''[[Diablo (Video Gameseries)|Diablo]] II'' is possibly a corruption of this name.
* A major villain in ''[[Chaos Legion]]''.
* Indie fangame ''[http://www.rpgrevolution.com/game/final-fantasy-time-and-again_43.html Final Fantasy: Time And Again]'' has Azrael as the main character, [[Author Avatar|who also happens to be the creator's webname]], as a Dragoon. She's called "[[Affectionate Nickname|Azzie]]" in the game.
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== [[Comic Books]] ==
* [[X-Men (Franchise)/Villains/Characters|Exodus]] (born Bennet du Paris) is a [[Marvel Comics]] [[Super Villain]].
 
== [[Video Games]] ==
* The Exodar in ''[[World of Warcraft]]''. Bonus points for being the Draenei's means of ''exit'' from Draenor.
* One way the [[Big Bad]] of ''[[Final Fantasy V (Video Game)|Final Fantasy V]]'' was [[Spell My Name Withwith an "S"|translated]] before it was officially settled to "Exdeath"; others have included "Exodia."
* The titular [[Big Bad]] of ''[[Ultima III]]: Exodus''.
 
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* The Angels in ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion (Anime)|Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' are all named after biblical angels except for the first two, which are named Adam and Lilith.
 
== [[Film]] ==
* The possible real name of the main character in ''[[Van Helsing (Film)|Van Helsing]]''.
* Gabriel, the Big Bad of ''[[The Prophecy (Filmfilm)|The Prophecy]]''.
 
== [[Literature]] ==
* Subverted with ''[[Percy Jackson and& Thethe Olympians (Literature)|Percy Jackson and The Olympians]]'''s [[Jerkass]] stepdad "Smelly Gabe".
* And played completely straight in ''Far From the Madding Crowd'' with the character of [[Faux Symbolism|Gabriel Oak]]
 
== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
* Sylar's real name in ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]''
* Simon and River's dad from ''[[Firefly (TV)|Firefly]]''
* Also the name of the mysterious "other" ghost whisperer on ''[[Ghost Whisperer]]''.
* Subverted in ''[[Carnivale]]''. Gabriel is the angelic, child-like strongman son of Ruthie the snake charmer. He's [[Berserk Button|only dangerous when someone hurts his momma]].
 
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* The Force Commander from ''[[Warhammer 40000 (Tabletop Game)|Warhammer 40000]]: Dawn of War''. Bonus points for his name being Gabriel ''Angelos''.
 
 
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== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
* The serial killer in the ''[[Criminal Minds (TV)|Criminal Minds]]'' two-parter "The Big Game"/"Revelations" has an alternate personality who believes himself to ''be'' the actual, biblical one.
* On ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'' he is the voice of religious fundamentalism and zealotry in heaven. Oh that, and he wants to restart the apocalypse which the Winchester boys had previously averted.
 
== [[Video Games]] ==
* [[Soul Series (Video Game)/Characters|Raphael Sorel]] from the [[Soul Series]].
 
== [[Western Animation]] ==
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* From ''[[Katekyo Hitman Reborn (Manga)|Katekyo Hitman Reborn]]'', we have a [[Knife Nut]] [[Evil Prince|crown prince]] who wants to off his equally insane younger twin Belphegor and claim the throne.
* Averted with Raziel from [[Christopher Moore|Christopher Moore's]] [[The Verse|verse]]. While he can come off as quite terrifying, he's actually the origin of [[Dumb Blonde]] jokes, and with good reason. Sent to Earth to grant the Christmas wish of a distraught child, he intends to bring back a [[Mall Santa]] the kid saw inadvertently killed, but winds up resurrecting an entire graveyard worth of brain-hungry zombies. In [[Lamb: theThe Gospel According To Biff|Lamb]], tops himself over and over, leading to pinnacle example of Raziel-ness:
{{quote| "The angel confided in me that he is going to ask the Lord if he can become Spider-Man"}}
 
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== Literature ==
* Uriel makes several appearances in ''[[The Dresden Files (Literature)|The Dresden Files]]'', helping out the protagonist, Harry Dresden, who nicknames him Mr Sunshine. Heavily implied to be the most dangerous archangel, and outright stated to be 'Heaven's spook' and he who killed the firstborn of Egypt. He also gives Harry a very nasty fright when he objects to being called 'Uri'. Justified in that Harry's nicknames in particular have power, and that part of his name is very important.
* The name of a planet visited in ''[[A Wrinkle in Time]]'', Particularly the one where the children ride on the back of Mrs. Whatsit, who has transformed into a sort of winged centaur.
* In Dean Koontz's novel ''[[Hideaway]]'', The Angel who it is strongly implied {{spoiler|Was the source of Hatch Harrison's visions, and who speaks and acts through him as he kills Vassago, who we know had renamed himself after a Demon.}}
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== Live Action Television ==
* Uriel from [[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]] appears at first as just another dickish angel ([[Crapsack World|Of which there are many]]) who just doesn't like the Winchesters. {{spoiler|And then he tries to kickstart Armageddon.}}
 
== [[Video Games]] ==
* [[The Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion (Video Game)|Emperor Uriel Septim]].
* One of the fighters from ''[[Quake III Arena]]'' is an ancient gargoyle type thing with this name.
 
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