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** "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS4E111PrintersDevil Printer's Devil]]" centers around a strange gentleman who goes by the name "MrSmith" who appears after the protagonist says he'll do anything to keep his failing newspaper business going. Mr. Smith modifies their Linotype machine and everything he reports eerily happens shortly ''after'' he writes about it. Then he tells the protagonist he'd like him to sign a contract turning over his soul as payment...
** "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS4E116OfLateIThinkOfCliffordville Of Late I Think of Cliffordville]]" has a CorruptCorporateExecutive end up in the office of one Miss Devlin, who sends the exec back in time to (supposedly) get richer earlier. The exec ends up instead becoming a janitor in the firm where he should have worked while the janitor he'd previously abused got his old job. It's implied that "Miss Devlin" makes a game out of eternally tricking the two into switching places, ruining their lives 'for the first time' every time.

* ''Literature/PleaseDontTellMyParentsImASupervillain'' gives us Lucyfar, who claims to be the [[{{Satan}} Archangel Lucifer]] herself. In a mild twist, she makes no attempt to hide this.

* Luci from ''WesternAnimation/{{Disenchantment}}'' is a clear reference to Lucifer though he's at the bottom of the demon ladder rather than being the devil.

* In a bizarre, but fantastic portrayal, ''Literature/NotWantedOnTheVoyage'' indicates Satan as a seven-foot-tall transsexual named Lucy. She's also on the side of good; Noah is evil. It's that kind of book.

* In his solo series, Marvel's [[Characters/XMenTheOriginalTeam Iceman]] encountered a woman named Marge Smith who turned out to be a CosmicEntity named Mirage.

* In the HGame ''Lucy Got Problems,'' the [[SuccubiAndIncubi succubus]] protagonist, Lucy, is more properly named Lucile Furr, and has about five or so middle names, nicely crossing over with IHaveManyNames. It's not stated whether or not she's related to You Know Who, but...

* A common theme in many traditional folk ballads.

* Music/LilUziVert

** Averted in later episode with Mr. Lunas, who Morty suspects lives on the moon. He is just a regular human being; what Morty saw was just a smidge on his telescope.

* In ''Film/TheSantaClause 3'' when Santa brings the Sandman to out help get his in-laws to the North Pole without blowing his identity, he introduces him as Sandy.

* He's not exactly Satan, but [[spoiler:Low-Key Lyesmith]] from the Creator/NeilGaiman novel ''Literature/AmericanGods'' turns out to be [[spoiler:a Norse god with a suspiciously similar sounding name]]. He's bad news, to say the least. ''Literature/AmericanGods'' also contains a wealthy, "forgettable" god who is essentially the inversion of this trope: even the WordOfGod about him is an [[TheUnreveal unreveal]].
** A few other gods use pseudonyms like this when blending in amongst humans;
*** Odin uses the name "Mr Wednesday".[[note]]The day Wednesday was named after Wodan, which was an old name for Odin[[/note]]
*** Anansi is called Mr. Nancy.
*** Anubis calls himself Mr. Jacquel, being an anthropomorphic jackal in Egyptian mythology.
*** Thoth is called Mr. Ibis.[[note]]Thoth had the head of an Ibis bird in Egyptian mythology [[/note]]

** Loki is Luke
** Tiu is Mr Chew

* ''Literature/HarryPotter'' has Lucius Malfoy, father of Draco and high-ranking follower of [[BigBad Voldemort]] (in a twofer, his last name means "bad faith"). While not the main villain himself, he's definitely quite evil and is associated with [[SnakesAreSinister snakes]] (almost all bad wizards are Slytherin House alumni, and Lucius takes it a step further by carrying his wand in a cane tipped with a silver snake's head). He's even associated with [[TheCorrupter corrupting an innocent character]], as he slipped Tom Riddle's diary into Ginny Weasley's school things so that she would open the Chamber of Secrets.

** The eponymous figure in the award-winning short story "The Man in the Black Suit."
** George [[MeaningfulName Elvid]] in the 2010 novella "[[Literature/FullDarkNoStars Fair Extension]]."

** He doesn't have the MeaningfulName, but Randall Flagg from ''Literature/TheStand'' and other King novels fit this trope in every other way.

* ''Film/AngelHeart'': Louis Cyphre is Satan, as played by Robert De Niro. {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d by Harry: "Louis Cyphre". Lucifer. Even your ''name'' is a dime store joke." Louis explains, "Mephistopheles is ''such'' a mouthful in Manhattan."

** "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS4E116OfLateIThinkOfCliffordville Of Late I Think of Cliffordville]]" has a CorruptCorporateExecutive end up in the office of one Mr. Devlin, who sends the exec back in time to (supposedly) get richer earlier. The exec ends up instead becoming a janitor in the firm where he should have worked while the janitor he'd previously abused got his old job. It's implied that "Mr. Devlin" makes a game out of eternally tricking the two into switching places, ruining their lives 'for the first time' every time.

Be very wary of guys named "Lou", "Luke", "Lukas", or "Lucius", particularly if their last name is Siffer or Cypher or [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast something like that]]. Remember to keep an ear open for Milton (author of ''Literature/ParadiseLost'') and [[NamesToRunAwayFrom/{{Mor}} Morgenstern]] (German for "morning star"; but [[EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory be careful with this one]], "morning star" is [[MessianicArchetype also a title for Jesus]][[note]]''I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.'' (Rev. 22:16)[[/note]]). Also take a careful look at the ones named "Nick", "Scratch", "Deuce", "Thorn" or some variant thereon, [[PresidentEvil and definitely don't trust any President whose name is Nixon (which, apart from the obvious, also sounds exactly like "Nick's son")]]. In certain cases, don't trust women named "Lucy" or "Georgia". You should also be on the lookout for anyone with a two-syllable name starting with "S" and ending with "N." For the nautical equivalent, be wary of sailors with names like [[DavyJones David Jones]]. Apparently the Devil's not very good at choosing aliases, despite having a huge variety to pick from. Or maybe it just shows [[GoodIsDumb his opinion of the hero's intelligence level]]. Or, it could just be ego.

* The title character of ''LightNovel/NyarukoCrawlingWithLove'' makes absolutely no effort to hide the fact that she's [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Nyarlathotep the Crawling Chaos]], even introducing herself as such when she joined [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent Mahiro]]'s high school class and making references to the Mythos in casual conversation. Apparently nobody other than Mahiro and his mother has ever heard of Creator/HPLovecraft. On the other hand, Nyarko is far, '''''far''''' friendlier than Nyarlathotep is usually portrayed, so maybe people [[CassandraTruth just don't believe her]].

->'''Corso:''' "L...C...F." Who's LCF?\\

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* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' features an Eye of Providence-esque demon by the name of [[PunnyName Bill]] Cipher. A relative?

** "Something Ricked This Way Comes" gives us Mr. Lucius Needful, who owns a mysterious store that offers magical items for free whose "price" is that they always have some kind of ironic twist attached to them. Being wise to these tricks, Rick outright asks him if he's the Devil upon meeting him. After that, Needful doesn't even bother hiding it and straight-up calls himself the Devil. When Needful reveals his true identity to Summer, her response is essentially "Well, ''duh'', but you've been nice to ''me''."
** In "Big Trouble in Little Sanchez", Morty's gym teacher, Coach Feratu, is revealed to be a vampire. Hilariously, "Feratu" isn't even his real name, but an alias he picked out to blend in with humans (his real name being Balik Alistane). When The ruler of all vampires hears of Coach Feratu's death, he goes into a rant about how stupid it is for masquerading vampires to give themselves names with subtle clues to their identity.
** Averted in later episode with Mr. Lunas, who Morty suspected lived on the moon. He is just a regular human being; what Morty saw was just a smidge on his telescope.
* ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekTheAnimatedSeries'' episode "The Magicks of Megas-Tu". An alien satyr named Lucien is revealed to be the Lucifer of Earth mythology. Notably, in this one, Lucifer is actually a ''[[SatanIsGood good guy]]''.

* ''Series/CriminalMinds'', while it doesn't have canonical supernatural elements, has still invoked this trope--the cannibalistic Satanist unsub of "Lucky" is named Floyd Feylinn Farrell. Since F is the 6th letter of the alphabet, "FFF" is "[[NumberOfTheBeast 666]]". "Mr. Scratch" is another example; not only is the imaginary demon Mr. Scratch named an existing devil's name, the killer's own name is Peter Lewis.

* ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|1978}}'' had one Count Iblis[[note]]Iblis being a character in the Koran commonly identified as the Devil[[/note]] during its "War of the Gods" two-parter. A mysterious visitor to the rag-tag fleet, he uses mysterious powers and miracles to persuade the Colonials to willingly grant him their loyalty, while mysterious beings of light start appearing and the characters start talking about theology. [[spoiler:He's eventually driven off when he accidentally strikes down a protagonist who explicitly rejected his authority.]]

* Averted in ''Series/{{Lucifer}}''. Lucifer straight up tells everyone that his name is Lucifer Morningstar and that he is the Devil. It is then subverted because in Los Angeles people are used to strange names and assume that it is just a stage name[[note]]'''"God given, I'm afraid"'''[[/note]] and refuse to believe him that he is the Lord of Hell.
* Jokingly invoked during the riffing in ''[[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 MST3k]]'''s presentation of an educational high school short called "Film/{{Cheating}}". As a student is shown getting high marks for a test on which he'd cheated, Tom Servo mimics his teacher saying, "This contract arrived for you from a Mr. Elzebub."
** Subtly referenced in the ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' episode riffing on ''Film/TheUndead'', where Mike quips "Thank you, Mr. Zebub" when a hand comes from off-screen and lights [[{{Streetwalker}} Diana's]] cigarette for her.

* In ''Series/{{The Twilight Zone|1985}}'':
** In episode "Dealer's Choice", a group of friends find themselves playing poker with a stranger named "Nick", who keeps getting three sixes in every hand he is dealt...
** Another episode, "Printer's Devil," centers around a strange gentleman who goes by the name "MrSmith" who appears after the protagonist says he'll do anything to keep his failing newspaper business going. Mr. Smith modifies their Linotype machine and everything he reports eerily happens shortly ''after'' he writes about it. Then he tells the protagonist he'd like him to sign a contract turning over his soul as payment...

** And another has a CorruptCorporateExecutive end up in the office of one Mr. Devlin, who sends the exec back in time to (supposedly) get richer earlier. The exec ends up instead becoming a janitor in the firm where he should have worked while the janitor he'd previously abused got his old job. It's implied that "Mr. Devlin" makes a game out of eternally tricking the two into switching places, ruining their lives 'for the first time' every time.

** Averted in later episode with Mr. Lunas, who Morty suspected might be a werewolf. He is just a regular human being.

* Maou Sadao from ''LightNovel/TheDevilIsAPartTimer'' may have the worst alias ever. The given name he chooses (Sadao) is perfectly reasonable. Unfortunately the characters he chooses for his family name are 真奥 (secret inside) and he pronounces them "Maou" which means devil. Alciel, his aide, even complains that this was a terrible decision. The official English translation of his name is Jacob Satan.

Be very wary of guys named "Lou", "Luke", "Lukas", or "Lucius", particularly if their last name is Siffer or Cypher or [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast something like that]]. Remember to keep an ear open for Milton (author of ''Literature/ParadiseLost'') and [[NamesToRunAwayFrom/{{Mor}} Morgenstern]] (German for "morning star"; but [[EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory be careful with this one]], "morning star" is [[MessianicArchetype also a title for Jesus]][[note]]''I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.'' (Rev. 22:16)[[/note]]). Also take a careful look at the ones named "Nick", "Scratch", "Deuce", "Thorn" or some variant thereon, [[PresidentEvil and definitely don't trust any President whose name is Nixon (which, apart from the obvious, also sounds exactly like "Nick's son")]]. In certain cases, don't trust women named "Lucy" or "Georgia". You should also be on the lookout for anyone with a two-syllable name starting with "S" and ending with "N." Apparently the Devil's not very good at choosing aliases, despite having a huge variety to pick from. Or maybe it just shows [[GoodIsDumb his opinion of the hero's intelligence level]]. Or, it could just be ego.

* ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'': [[http://scp-wiki.net/scp-719 SCP-719 ("Light-Bringer")]]. The otherdimensional being using SCP-719 to communicate with humans has a cult that worships him. In their writings, the being is referred to as "The Light-Bringer" (c.f. Lucifer, "light bringing") and "The Morning Star".