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{{trope}}
A form of [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]: Languages besides English can be quite open when coming up with names you normally wouldn't give your child.
See also [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast/Ancient Dead Languages|Ancient Dead Languages]].
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=== Geist ===
A common [[Badass]] name. It translates as "ghost" or "spirit," but people/things named Ghost tend to be far less threatening... unless of course [[
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* ''[[MD Geist]]''
* Signum from ''[[Lyrical Nanoha|Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's]]'' can summon the Panzergeist (Armored Ghost).
** This is more commonly translated as "Tank Spirit", which is more accurate given the effect that it has.
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== [[Literature]] ==
* Heh, this gonna be fun... One of Polish literature classics, ''Lalka'', features a certain Professor Geist, late XIXth Century scientist ([[
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* ''[[
* Geist in ''Asura Blade''
* ''Maken X''/Shao's [[Big Bad]].
* John Raimi, alias ''[[Geist]]'' from the Gamecube title of the same name.
* The Geist Balrog in ''[[Maple Story]]'' is a more vicious version of the Crimson Balrog, and is an additional party quest boss.
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== [[Literature]] ==
* The Malfoy family from ''[[Harry Potter]]''. This one is actually only indirectly derived from Latin; thanks to Rowling's obsession with French/Old French wordplay, the name is rough Old French for "bad faith" (modern French would have something else).
* ''[[Ivanhoe]]'' has a lot of these. The [[The Knights Templar|Templar]] Preceptor Albert de Malvoisin ("bad neighbor"), for one.
* Maladict{{spoiler|a}}, [[Must Have Caffeine|coffee-addicted]] [[Our Vampires Are Different|vampire]] {{spoiler|and [[Sweet Polly Oliver]]}} from ''[[Discworld/Monstrous Regiment|Monstrous Regiment]]''.
* Matron Malice from the ''Dark Elf Trilogy''.
* ''[[The Demonata]]'' - Malice.
* Maleagant, a villain from [[King Arthur|Arthurian legend]], introduced by [[Chrétien de Troyes|Chretien De Troyes]].
* Gualterio Malatesta, an assassin and villain from the ''[[Alatriste|Captain Alatriste]]'' series.
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== MMORPG ==
* The villain of the MMO ''Wizard 101'' is named Malistaire.
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* Malekith, the Witch-King of the Dark Elves from ''[[Warhammer Fantasy]]''.
** Earlier we have Malekith the Accursed, the Dark Elf who seeks the Casket of Ancient Winters in the Walt Simonson run of Marvel's ''Thor'' comics back in the 80's.
== [[Theatre]] ==
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* Special mention to Dr. Malcolm Betruger, the villainous [[Mad Scientist]] responsible for the demon invasion in ''[[Doom]] 3''. Not just "mal" in the name but [[Bilingual Bonus]] as "Betrüger" is German for "deceiver" or "swindler," not to mention sounding a lot like "betrayer," which he does to you early on.
** And then in ''Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil'', {{spoiler|Betruger is turned into a new and powerful demon known as the Maledict}}.
* Malus from ''[[Castlevania|Castlevania 64]]''.
* Malus, the {{spoiler|final}} colossus in ''[[Shadow of the Colossus]]''. The other colossi have much more harmless-sounding Latin titles.
* There's also Dreadlord Mal'Ganis from the ''[[Warcraft]]'' universe.
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* [[The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks|Malladus]]. Hoo boy.
* Malicia, the [[Wicked Witch]] from ''[[King's Quest VII]]''.
* [[
* Malroth, the [[True Final Boss]] of ''[[Dragon Quest]] II''.
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== [[Literature]] ==
* Mr. Tod, the fox in [[Beatrix Potter]]. (Though since "tod" is a traditional North English dialect word for "fox," that one may just be a coincidence.)
* [[Sweeney Todd]], legendary London serial murderer.
== [[Real Life]] ==
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=== Others ===
Russian (and Slavic, in general) names seem to be frequently used in Western fiction for bad guys, probably due to the [[
== [[Comic Books]] ==
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** Mind you, it translates roughly as "crown-twig." Then again, if you get creative with it, you could interpret it as "a branch in the crown of a tree," which would imply that he's just ''better'' than you.
*** Or perhaps [[Jesus|a crown of thorns]]?
* Skeith from ''[[.hack]]''. It means "shadow". And for added Run Away Now points, it carries the [[Boss Subtitles|Boss Subtitle]] "The Terror of Death".
* In ''Adventures of Rad Gravity'', Kakos' name vaguely hints at him being the true [[Big Bad]]. The [[Final Dungeon|final planet]] is named Telos, the Greek word for "end".
* The bosses Sonnenblume (German for sunflower), Loewenzahn (dandelion), and Alraune (mandrake, a hallucinogenic nightshade) in ''[[P.N.03]]''.
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