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{{trope}}
Names with the letter '''K''' in them (especially as the first or last letter), for some reason, look tougher than names without it. Perhaps it's because this letter is rarely used by itself the English language, and thus it sounds [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast/Foreign Language Names|sinisterly foreign]]. Or maybe it's because those few English words are mostly of a rather morbid variety (e.g., "kill", "keelhaul", "kick", "kidney", [[Fluffy the Terrible|"kitten"]]), and the name sounds scary by association.
K Names don't necessarily denote evil characters (or entities). Sometimes they're given to tough and brutal warriors - though you'd better [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|run away from those really fast, too]].
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Note: This trope is brought to you by the letter "K". Names with "c", "cc", "ck", "cch", "q", "cq" etc. are not this trope. '''"Kh"''' is okay, though.
A subtrope of [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]. See also [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast/R Names|R Names]] and [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast/Xtreme Kool Letterz|Xtreme Kool Letterz]].
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* [[Hellboy (comics)|Karl Ruprecht Kroenen]]
* Kang the Conqueror, a major ''[[The Avengers (Comic Book)|Avengers]]'' villain. Note that 'Kang' is an alias; his birth name is the disappointingly normal Nathaniel Richards.
* Let's be frank; would you ''really'' want to have anything to do with [[Watchmen (comics)|Walter "Rorschach" Kovacs]]?
* [[Thieves and Kings|Ramanious Kath]] Also, his minion Klachilles.
* Many Italian [[The Sixties|1960s]] comic book [[Anti-Hero|Anti Heroes]], starting with ''[[Diabolik]]''. Notable examples include ''Kriminal'' and ''Satanik''.
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== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
* Klingons from ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]''. Especially Kang, Koloth, Kor, Korax and Kras.
** Note also the non-Klingon Kodos the Executioner, [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast/Mix And Match|a double whammy]] (although he gets some sympathy in the end of his episode).
** Khan.
** From the perspective of the bad guys, 'Kirk' is probably a name to run really, really fast from...
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== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* ''[[Warhammer
** Also, Khorne, Chaos God of War, whose followers are known by their battle cry "Blood for the Blood God!" The 40k universe is [[Crapsack World|not a happy place]].
** Kaelis Ra, the god of death. Oh, and Kaela Mensha Khaine, the Eldar god of war.
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* In Dungeons & Dragons Orcs and Drow tend to have k and g sounds in there names, so if one runs after hearing a name like Grak or Kagak (which are just random names btw) it's probably best for their health.
== Toys ==
* Most of the [[
** The Ignika, one of the most powerful Kanohi, and the only one that was intentionally made sentient.
== [[Video Games]] ==
* [[Super Mario Bros.|King Koopa]] was probably the first widely-known use of this trope in gaming.
* [[Command
* Korax, the really eeeeevil end-of-game boss from ''Hexen''.
* Kratos, ''[[God of War (series)|God of War]]''.
** Kratos Aurion from ''[[Tales of Symphonia]]'' too.
* King K Rool from ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'' 1-3 (and Land 1-3, and 64, etc). Speaking of which, pretty much every single Kremling and boss character comes under this: KAOS, Kerozene, King Kut Out, Kleever, Kroctopus, Krow and Kludgel.
* [[
* Armok, God of Blood and almighty deity from the full title of ''[[Dwarf Fortress]]''.
* Kraid from the ''[[Metroid]]'' series.
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* The entire race of the [[Proud Warrior Race Guy|krogans]] who are entirely battle-driven and want to kick the galaxy's ass in ''[[Mass Effect]]''
** And from [[Mass Effect 3]] we get Kalros, the mother of all [[Sand Worm|thresher maws.]]
* In [[
* [[Mother 3|Kumatora]]: It even means ''bear-tiger''.
* [[Sonic the Hedgehog|Dr. Eggman]]'s original name is Dr. Ivo Robotnik.
* [[Dragon Age Origins]] gives us [[Our Orcs Are Different|the darkspawn]]...well, most of them: gemlocks, hurlock, and sharlocks (more commonly called Shrieks in the game, but they're still examples of this)
* The Dovahkiin from Skyrim who can evoke this with their real name if the player so desires, also notable are the twin brothers Vilkas and Farkas of the Companions, Kodlak Whitemane, and Ulfric Stormcloak.
== [[Web Comics]] ==
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* Kang and Kodos from ''[[The Simpsons]]''.
* ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' has Koh, Zuko, Roku, and pretty much everyone from the Water Tribe (''K''atara, So''kk''a, Ha''k''oda, Pa''kk''u, etc.).
** ''[[The Legend of Korra]]'' has the title character <ref>whose name isn't that much of a surprise, since she's from the Southern Water Tribe</ref> and Mako
* Kaa the Snake from "The Jungle Book." His name alone strikes fear into the hearts of all animals, especially the Bandaar-Logs (monkeys).
* Korgoth of Barbaria.
* Hordak of ''[[She
* [[Kids Next Door|Kuki Sanban]] appears to be a sweet, lovable girl, and for the most part she is. [[Berserk Button|Deface or injure a Rainbow Monkey in her presence]] ''[[Unstoppable Rage|at your own peril]]''.
* Krang from the 1980s ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' cartoon looks scary, but is actually an [[Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain]].
** Oroku Saki (best known by his nickname, [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast/Verbs|Shredder]]), on the other hand, is much more dangerous.
** Karai, aka Lady Shredder.
** Tokka, an evil mutated Alligator snapping turtle.
* [[Invader Zim|Tak the Hideous New Girl]]
== [[Real Life]] ==
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* Genghis Khan.
* The Ku Klux Klan.
* Any Kardasian
* Kamikaze
* Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini
* Hurricane Katrina
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