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* In ''[[Spawn]]'', the hero Spawn absorbs the souls of thousands of murdered people, who thereby become Spawns themselves, and he utters the phrase, "I am Legion, for we are many."
* In ''[[New Mutants]]'', Professor Xavier's son Daniel, a mutant with several distinct personalities, each one controlling a separate mutant power, calls himself Legion in reference to this quote.
=== Fan Works ===
* The title character of the fanfic cycle ''[[Legion's Quest]]'' by Ed Becerra is known as this because of the [[Freak Lab Accident]] which "smeared" him across all his counterparts in other universes, letting him access their abilities and distributing any damaage and other ill effects he suffers across their infinite number -- effectively reducing it to nothing.
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=== Religion and Mythology ===
* The original comes from an incident in [[The Bible]] where Jesus is recorded exorcising a demon
▲* The original comes from an incident where Jesus is recorded exorcising a demon possessed man. In the course he asks the man's name and the demon's say, "Legion for we are many". Legion is Roman for infantry division. Thus literally it is closer to "my name is Big Red One." For the effect it draws metaphorically it is like, "My name is Waffen SS."
=== Tabletop Games ===
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