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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==

 

== [[Comic Books]] ==

** Most of [[The Empire]]'s [[Cool Ship|Cool Ships]] have scary-ass names like ''Avenger, Executor, Exsanguinator, Eviscerator''... Lampshaded in one of the ''[[X Wing Series|X-Wing]]'' novels.

* [[The Silence of the Lambs|Hannibal Lecter]]

* [[Dr. Strangelove|General]] [[General Ripper|Ripper]]

* David Sumner of ''[[Straw Dogs]]'' turns out to be [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass|the single most dangerous man in the universe]]

* People with last names ending in "-er" seem to be the vast majority of the population of [[Hot Fuzz|Sandford]]. While not all of them are {{spoiler|in on the evil conspiracy}}, this does add to the creepiness of the quiet little town.

** [[Truth in Television]] - many English names are taken from professions, which tend to end in "-er."

 

== [[Literature]] ==

* [[Mordor]] is a [[Lord of the Rings|placename]] you will want to run away from really fast.

* In [[Neal Stephenson]]'s ''[[The Baroque Cycle]]'', one of [[Hanging Judge|Jeffreys']] hired assassins is named Bob Carver.

== [[Live-Action TV]] ==

* [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|Ripper]].

 

== [[Tabletop Games]] ==

** Also Pokemon-related: [[Pokémon Colosseum|Nascour]]. The guy couldn't be more [[Obviously Evil]] if he tried.

* ''[[Final Fantasy X]]'': {{spoiler|Seymour Guado}}

* Reapers from ''[[Mass Effect]]''.