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{{trope}}
A form of [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]. But ''only'' really scary nouns count: ''Doom, hunter, death, cage; etc.''
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== [[Comic Books]] ==
* ''[[Doctor Doom]]'', of course.
* [[Superman/Characters|Doomsday]] from ''[[Superman]]'', if his [[Obviously Evil]] appearance isn't enough.
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=== Hunter ===
In fact, the naming of someone as Hunter is apparently so iconic that some "tests" to determine the [[Mary Sue]]-ness of characters specifically have a point (or more!) for someone named Hunter. Jäger (German "hunter") likely counts.
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
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== [[Literature]] ==
* Hunter was also the name of the extremely intimidating [[Action Girl]] from ''[[Neverwhere]]''.
== Live-Action TV ==
* Subverted in the ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]'' episode "The Squire of Gothos", with the meteorologist [http://memory-alpha.org/wiki/Karl_Jaeger Karl Jaegar]. Upon hearing his name, Trelane (a fanboy of Human military history) promptly squees: "Ein Deutsch Soldat, nein?"
== [[Professional Wrestling]] ==
* Hunter Hearst Helmsley, a.k.a. [[Triple H]], from [[WWE]]. Ironically, the name is a leftover from a previous gimmick as a snobby aristocrat, and was not originally given to the sledgehammer-wielding, water-spitting, all-ass-kicking-all-the-time [[Badass]] we know today.
== [[Video Games]] ==
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=== Death (or "Deth") ===
A favored name component of villains and Evil Overlords, although such a name is usually not given to a character at birth, but acquired later once they've reached a certain level of "badassitude".
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
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* Not a person, but anything that goes by the name of ''[[Death Note]]'' is clearly [[Artifact of Doom|not something to be trifled with]].
* ''[[Sayonara, Zetsubou-sensei]]'' gives us the eponymous teacher's older brother, Itoshiki Mikoto - better known as ''Zetsumei-sensei'', or Dr. Death.
* ''[[Sekirei]]'' has Shiina who's name means "Death" for a ''very good reason'' despite his very sweet nature.
== [[Comic Books]] ==
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* [[Marvel Comics]]' ''[[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]]'':
** Villainess Lady Deathstrike definitely qualifies.
** Death Adder. If the name isn't enough, [[Reptiles Are Abhorrent|he's a member of the Serpent Society.]]
** Deathbird, [[Cain and Abel|sister of]] [[Royally Screwed-Up|Shi'ar empress]] [[X-Men/Characters/Recurring Characters|Lilandra]].
* ''[[Transformers Timelines]]'' gave the name Deathsaurus to a villain who was once the [[Big Bad]] of ''[[Transformers Victory]]''.
== [[Film]] ==
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== [[Literature]] ==
* It is the middle name of detective [[Lord Peter Wimsey]], although in his case it is pronounced "Deeth" (rhymes with "teeth"). The Wimsey books also include a {{spoiler|psychotic neurologist named Sir Julian ''Freke''}}.
* The ''[[Discworld]]'' novels, despite featuring [[The Grim Reaper|Death Himself]] as a prominent good guy, had a villain named Edward d'Eath (no relation) in ''[[Discworld/Men At Arms|Men At Arms]]''.
* There's also a De'Ath in ''[[Gormenghast]]''.
* In [[Neal Stephenson]]'s ''[[The Baroque Cycle]]'', {{spoiler|Édouard de Gex}} takes the alias Edmund de Ath after he fakes his death. Given how many people he ends up killing or causing the death of, [[Rule of Symbolism|it's quite symbolic]].
* [[Patricia A. McKillip]]'s ''Riddle of the Stars'' trilogy features a man named Deth whose true allegiance is ambiguous, but eventually turns out to be {{spoiler|a good guy}}.
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== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* ''[[Warhammer 40000]]'':
** Death Korps of Krieg.
** Deathwatch.
** Deathwing.
** Death Guard.
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== [[Real Life]] ==
* Exception -- De'Ath (not pronounced like you'd expect) was apparently a real English aristocratic name. Inspired [[Terry Pratchett]] for Edward d'Eath.
* The Totenkopf--German for dead man's head, or Death's head--is used as an insignia for many military units worldwide. Historically, it is probably most commonly associated with the German military. It's most notorious use, of corse, was the unit which takes its name from the symbol, the SS-Totenkopfverbände: The "Death's-Head Units" of the Schutzstaffel which was responsible for administrating Nazi death camps.
* The Death Cap, ''Amanita phalloides'', which contains the same deadly poison as the Destroying Angel, and is said to have caused more deaths than any other mushroom species.
* Death camas.
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== [[Literature]] ==
* Payne in J.R. Ward's ''[[Black Dagger Brotherhood]]'' series is Vishous' fraternal twin sister. She's a warrior and shares her brother's resentment for their mother.
* ''[[Harry Potter]]'': Whip out your Spanish dictionary and you get Dolores Umbridge.
== [[Video Games]] ==
* ''[[Max Payne (series)|Max Payne]]'', [[Anti-Hero]] and [[One-Man Army]]. Considering the [[Xtreme Kool Letterz|Xtremely Kool X]] in his first name, the name's a double whammy ... If you mess with him, you will experience pain to the max.
* Then there's Paine from ''[[Final Fantasy X
* The Lady of Pain, ruler of Sigil, from ''[[Planescape]]''.
* [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|The Pain]] from ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3 Snake Eater]]''.
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* Blaze of ''[[Mortal Kombat]]''.
* Blaze Fielding from ''[[Streets of Rage]]'', though, is a heroine. In ''SOR 2'' she gained the ability to shoot fireballs from her palm as a special move.
* Later [[Sega]] had a character named "[[Sonic the Hedgehog/Characters/Other Protagonists|Blaze the Cat]]" (''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]''). Her powers are the same.
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* ''[[Hellboy (comics)|Hellboy]]''.
* Anton Hellgate, recurring villain in Marvel's ''[[Ghost Rider]]'' comics during the 90's.
* Hellhound, used by two [[DC]] villains. The second bought the rights to the name.
== [[Film]] ==
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== [[Comic Books]] ==
* Zebediah ''Killgrave'' from above becomes a twofer, so you know he's bad news (of course, Luke ''Cage'' beat the tar out of him last we saw of him).
* And from the [[DC]] side of things, we have [[Lex Luthor]]'s assistant, Mercy Graves (who has ''no'' mercy).
* Also, ''[[100 Bullets|One Hundred Bullets]]''' [[Badass Grandpa|Agent Graves]].
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* Beyond the Grave from ''[[Gungrave]]'', who is an unstoppable zombie killing machine. The instruction booklet of the original game also says Grave is often called "Death" by his enemies.
* The ''[[Halo]]'' series has the [[Eldritch Abomination|Gravemind]].
* League of Legends has, for a while now, Malcolm Graves. He's a shotgun-toting conman who was betrayed by a fellow conman who he'd made an arrangement with. One of his skills in the game is to fire a [[Fridge Logic|cone of three large bullets... but his gun only has two, straight, barrels...]] This troper has heard the crazy awesome, if impossible, explanation that he spits the third bullet from his mouth without anyone noticing Doesn't explain why the skill is cone-shaped, but eh. Not the gunman you want to meet in a dark alleyway, that's for sure.
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== [[Literature]] ==
* There's also Darth Bane from ''[[Star Wars]]''. Not only was he a Sith, but he tricked the leader of the Sith into wiping out the rest of the order, including himself (that is to say, the leader of the Sith).
* The Bane, a gigantic [[Evil Albino]] rat from ''[[The Underland Chronicles]]''.
* ''[[Harry Potter]]'': the [[Our Centaurs Are Different|centaur]] Bane, like most of the rest of his herd, sees no reason to show humans any mercy.
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Subversion: Dark of ''[[D.N.Angel]]'', while a thief and a bit smug, works with the [[Dark Is Not Evil|best of motivations]]. Then again, [[Evil Counterpart]] [[Sdrawkcab Name|Krad]] plays it straight as can be.
== [[Comic Books]] ==
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* Bryan Fury from ''[[Tekken]]''.
=== Tear ===
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* The [[One-Winged Angel]] of Garland from ''[[Final Fantasy I]]'' who also reappears as the ultimate [[Big Bad]] in ''[[Dissidia Final Fantasy]]''.
* There's also [[Blob Monster|Argosax the Choas]] in ''[[Devil May Cry]] 2''.
* Chaos from ''[[Sonic Adventure]]'' (especially in his/its [[One-Winged Angel]] form).
* For a double example of this, you've got the villain called KAOS (yes, all caps) in ''[[Donkey Kong Country]] 3'' (and ''Donkey Kong Land 3''). K name, and Chaos. And the level it's first found in is called 'KAOS Karnage', which has got to be a name to run from even faster.
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* The Despair Embodied of ''[[Devil May Cry]] 2'', the [[One-Winged Angel]] and [[Bishonen Line]] (with a touch of [[Viewer Gender Confusion]] and [[Ambiguous Gender]]) of the above Argosax the Chaos and perhaps the only ''[[Your Mileage May Vary|real]]'' [[Your Mileage May Vary|challenge in the game]].
* Also, there's D'Sparil, the [[Big Bad]] of ''[[Heretic]]''.
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== [[Comic Books]] ==
* ''Hero For Hire'': Luke Cage, Power Man. He was so cool that [[Nicolas Cage|Nicholas Coppola]] changed his own last name to match his.
* Psyko from the [[Marvel Comics]] ''[[Sleepwalker]]'' series. He's a [[Serial Killer]] and [[Mind Rape|Mind Rapist]] who likes to [[Brainwashed and Crazy|drive everyone around him insane literally just by looking at them]], try to manipulate them into [[More Than Mind Control|committing murder]], and is more or less a [[Complete Monster]].
* [[GL Red Lantern Corps/Characters|Atrocitus]], perhaps the only ''[[Green Lantern]]'' villain who can give [[Sinestro]] a run for his money in the evil name department. It's appropriate, since he's literally a space demon.
* The Violator from ''[[Spawn]]''.
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== [[Literature]] ==
* General Woundwort from ''[[Watership Down]]''; it's a plant (virtually all rabbits in the book are named after plants), but it contains "wound". Also, "General" as a title.
* ''[[Fear Street]],'' with the nearby Fear Forest and Fear Lake. All of which are named after the Fear family. Plus the town is called ''Shady''side, which is at least gloomy by itself.
* Invoked in ''[[Artemis Fowl]]'' by LEP Officer Trouble Kelp, who chose his first name during his coming-of-age ceremony.
* ''[[Mistborn]]'' has the [[Omnicidal Maniac]] [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|Ruin]]. Also from [[Brandon Sanderson]], in ''[[The Stormlight Archive]]'' we have Odium. Both are Shards of Adolnasium, cosmic concepts personified.
* The Enemy in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' quasi-spinoff [[Faction Paradox]], so-called because giving it a real name would only make you underestimate the sheer scope of its power. Also arguably something there's no point running from unless you have a handy universe stored away.
** Oh, and the [[Eldritch Location|Homeworld]]. [[Physical God|Compassion]] too, come to think of it, and [[Wooby Destroyer Of Worlds|Antipathy]], and... just about all the timeships, really. Then there's the [[Humanoid Abomination|Grandfather]]. Faction Paradox likes to do this a lot, is what we're saying.
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* The last boss in ''[[Super Smash Bros.|Smash Bros Brawl]]'' would be mentioned, but his name is a rather... [[Incredibly Lame Pun|taboo]].
* The Nightmare, from ''[[Metroid]]''. An extremely creepy-looking cyborg monster that can manipulate gravity and shoot lasers all over the place, and if you blow its faceplate off (which looks bad enough on its own), its ''actual face'' is just... [[Nightmare Fuel|eurgh.]] The [[Psycho Strings]] that play in its theme song in ''Other M'' do not help matters.
* From ''[[Neopets]]'', we have the [[Hopeless Boss Fight]] known as Oblivion. He may just be the [[Ultimate Evil]] of Neopia!
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* Abyss, the [[Big Bad]] of ''[[Marvel vs. Capcom 2]]''; also the name of the [[Big Bad]] in ''[[Soul Series|Soul Calibur III]]''.
* Scumocide/Genocide in ''[[Captain Commando]]''.
* Any Servant from ''[[Fate/stay night|Fate Stay Night]]'', but especially [[The Berserker|Berserker]].
* The big bad of ''[[Mass Effect]]'', Sovereign, has a name halfway between noun and title, and boy, is it an [[Eldritch Abomination|Entity]] [[Mind Rape|To Avoid Like]] [[Omnicidal Maniac|The Plague.]] Same with Sov's boss, [[Big Bad|Harbinger]], and ''his'' boss, {{spoiler|the Catalyst}}.
* Juggernauts (described in a terminal as "the big floaty thing that kicks our asses") in ''[[Marathon Trilogy|Marathon]]''.
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