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* ''ComicBook/AgeOfApocalypse'': The villain in this apocalyptic story is Apocalypse and his followers. The heroes are the alternate ComicBook/XMen.
* In the ''ComicBook/AgeOfUltron'' story arc, ComicBook/{{Ultron}} is the villain whom ComicBook/TheAvengers are fighting.
* Arctic Nation is the group of [[FantasticRacism white fur supremacists]] in the ''ComicBook/{{Blacksad}}'' album of the same name who serve as Blacksad's antagonists. [[spoiler:It's eventually revealed as a subversion; the real antagonist was Jezebel, who orchestrated everything that happened to get revenge on her father.]]

* ''ComicBook/{{Onslaught}}'': The BigBad was the titular SplitPersonality of ComicBook/{{Professor X}}avier, though his look invoked the other half of his origin, ComicBook/{{Magneto}}.

* The ''ComicBook/SinCity'' comic ''That Yellow Bastard'' refers to Hartigan's antagonist, the serial killing, child molesting Roark Jr. whom he must destroy to protect Nancy. It's the form Roark ended up as after the experimental treatment his corrupt father paid for to regrow his penis.

** ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'' StoryArc ''ComicBook/{{Bizarrogirl}}'' is named after the eponymous adversary.

** "ComicBook/LuthorUnleashed" is named after Superman's nemesis.

* ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'' has Freddy Fazbear himself. Well, [[DemotedtoExtra for one game...]]

* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'': Euron "Crow's Eye" Greyjoy is the main "crow" referenced in the title ''Literature/AFeastForCrows'', the book in which he makes his physical debut. While there are other scavengers picking Westeros' corpse and taking advantage of the chaos in the aftermath of the first phase of the war, Euron is the most powerful and comes close to giving a full TitleDrop.

* ''Film/Bagead223'': Baghead is the shapeshifting SealedEvilInACan in the basement of the pub Iris inherits.

* The Red Dragon Island from ''VideoGame/{{Poptropica}}'' actually takes its name from [[spoiler:the AxCrazy Red Dragon that the player must fight in the end.]]

* ''[[VideoGame/SoulSeries Soul Edge]]'', the first game in the series, was titled after the eponymous evil sword, which serves as [[LivingWeapon the primary motivating antagonist]] of the entire series. For the release on the original UsefulNotes/PlayStation, the name was changed to ''Soul Blade'' in the US to avoid a nasty trademark squabble with a game developer named "Tim Langdell" (notorious for suing anyone in the game industry who would use the word "edge" for their products); later games were named after Soul Edge's [[BigGood polar opposite,]] Soul Calibur.

** ''Crash Bandicoot 2: N-Tranced'' on UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance: TheDragon to BigBad Doctor Nefarious Tropy (after Uka Uka sacked Cortex for another failure) is master hypnotist N. Trance and the first three bosses are Crash's siblings and recurring gag character Fake Crash, who have all been entranced by him.

* A fairly large amount of [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfVideoGames golden age arcade games]], such as ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong'', ''VideoGame/{{Sinistar}}'', ''VideoGame/{{Centipede}}'', ''VideoGame/SpaceInvaders'', and ''VideoGame/{{Qix}}'', were named after their villains.

** ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'': "[[Recap/LegendsOfTomorrowS1E13Leviathan Leviathan]]" (it's the name of the giant KillerRobot with which [[BigBad VandalSavage]] attacks the heroes), "[[Recap/LegendsOfTomorrowS2E3Shogun Shogun]]", "[[Recap/LegendsOfTomorrowS2E4Abominations Abominations]]" (referring to the [[OurZombiesAreDifferent zombies]] the team face in the episode), and "The Legion of Doom".

* ''ComicBook/AgeOfApocalypse'': The villain in this AfterTheEnd story is ComicBook/{{Apocalypse}} and his followers. The heroes are the alternate ComicBook/XMen.

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* The first DLC released for ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'' was called ''Jaws of Hakkon,'' which is the name of a hostile tribe of Avvar who serve as the primary antagonists of the DLC's main quest.

* ''[[VideoGame/{{Contra}} Neo Contra]]'' is the titular terrorist organization in the game's plot.

* ''Xybots'' is named for the enemy MechaMooks.

* ''Manga/SoulEater'': According to Atsushi Ohkubo, the title does not refer to [[CharacterTitle its protagonist of the same name]] (who is actually secondary to Maka Albarn, the main heroine), but rather the story's ultimate villain, Kishin Asura, who is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin an eater of souls]]. Surely enough, Asura is referred to as the "Soul Eater" in the penultimate chapter.

* The ComicBook/SpiderMan novel's ''Literature/CarnageInNewYork'' and its sequel ''Literature/GoblinsRevenge''.

* The ComicBook/SpiderMan novels ''Literature/CarnageInNewYork'' and its sequel ''Goblin's Revenge''.