History Main / MyHeroZero

* The protagonist Lelouch of ''Anime/CodeGeass'' uses the alias Zero while working to obliterate the Britannian empire and build a new world in its place. It makes sense once you learn that Britannia names conquered areas and people with numbers (Ex: Area 11 and Elevens), so Zero signifies both his rebellion and his secret oppressed royal lineage.

*** And then Suzaku [[spoiler:[[BecomingTheMask drops the "Knight of"]] bit]].

* A example from a villain; in ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'', Yammy reveals that the ranks of the espada go from 0 to 9, not 1 to 10 as previously thought, when he proceeds to grow in immense strength and size as he loses the 1 from his 10 tattoo. (This won't help him, of course, as he is pitted against [[spoiler: Kuchiki Byakuya and Zaraki Kenpachi, two of the most badass shinigami]].)
** ''Bleach'' also offers us the nihilistic villain [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Ulqiorra Cifer]], who actually seems to work most closely with Yammy.

* ''Manga/FairyTail'': Zero, the most powerful member and [[spoiler: SuperpoweredEvilSide of Guildmaster Brain of the Oracion Seis]]. In this case, his name is most likely intended to bring to mind 'nothingness' because he [[OmnicidalManiac explicitly wishes to destroy all of creation]].

** [[spoiler: Who actually is the heroic Zero just mentioned. MindScrew for 900, please.]]

* The [[{{Cyborg}} Type-0 Cyborgs]] from ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikers''.

** A less villainous example is Vinsmoke Reiju (''Rei'' meaning zero in Japanese), the eldest of Vinsmoke Judge's five children. The quintuplets -- with the exception of [[TheUnfavorite Sanji]] (''san'' meaning three) -- are {{Tyke Bomb}}s who were genetically modified before birth to become {{Super Soldier}}s, with Ichiji (''ichi'' = one), Niji (''ni'' = two), and Yonji (''yon'' = four) being remorseless sociopaths at Judge's behest. Rei, however, still retains her humanity, and is disgusted by her family's vile actions and LackOfEmpathy. Whereas Judge and the other siblings mercilessly abused Sanji for being the only one to be born entirely normal and thus "[[TheSocialDarwinist weak]]", she is [[TokenGoodTeammate the only one to actually care for him]].

** It goes further than with TheReveal: [[spoiler: it turns out the eponymous BigGood of the series is named Ray which in Japanese is written just like "Zero"; in fact the plan to bring her back to life is called Revival Zero.]]

* As of late 2015, UsefulNotes/RaspberryPi Zero is the latest and greatest version.

* {{God}}, if you are Sufi, Muslim, or Baha'i. The Ninety Nine or Hundred Names of God always begin with Al-Ilah, contracted as Allah as name number zero; if it wasn't counted that way there would be one too many names.

* If you DivideByZero, [[RealityBreakingParadox you create a universe-breaking black hole]].[[note]]Unless you're {{God}}, or a MemeticBadass like Website/{{Chuck Norris|Facts}}, Creator/BruceLee, [[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar Kenshiro]], and [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Killer B]].[[/note]]

* Music/Gong included the track "Zero the Hero and the Witch's Spell" on their 1973 album "Flying Teapot". Zero is mentioned several times throughout the album.
[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WO2FIdYx5Uk]]

* [[Music/Gong Gong]] included the track "Zero the Hero and the Witch's Spell" on their 1973 album "Flying Teapot"[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WO2FIdYx5Uk]]

* Music/Gong included the track "Zero the Hero and the Witch's Spell" on their 1973 album "Flying Teapot"[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WO2FIdYx5Uk]]

* In ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'', there are two [[SNKBoss bosses]] who go by the name Zero. The Zero you fight in ''2000'' is a [[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters traitorous]] {{clon|ingBlues}}e who tries using a KillSat to take over NESTS. He gets blasted with his own satellite by Kula and is ultimately killed by Whip, but succeeds in [[NukeEm nuking]] Southtown (although Kula destroys the Zero Cannon before it can be used to cause any more damage). You fight the '''real''' Zero in ''2001''. [[NobleDemon Turns out he's actually an old man]] [[BloodKnight who prefers a]] [[LetsFightLikeGentlemen fair fight]]. So he calls upon 3 strikers - a boss from a previous game, a {{Ninja}}, and a black mountain lion-to assist him in fighting you because he's a sub-boss. He dies in the end too. Both are capable of producing black holes.

* Zeromaru, the Veedramon from ''Manga/DigimonVTamer01''. "Maru" can mean "zero"; thus the two zeroes in his name, combined with the "ichi" (meaning "one") in his partner Taichi's name, lead to their CatchPhrase "Our combination is 100 percent!"
** Furthermore, after first explaining this CatchPhrase, Lord [=HolyAngemon=] notes that zero and one are the basis for binary code and, thus, the Digital World.

** As of ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3'', Zero shares an English [[Creator/JohnnyYongBosch voice actor]] with…[[Anime/CodeGeass Zero]].

* ''LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero'':

* When the ROM image of the complete-but-unreleased English translation to ''VideoGame/{{MOTHER|1}}'' was leaked, it was dubbed ''[[http://www.lostlevels.org/200407/ebzero.png EarthBound Zero]]'', to avoid confusion with [[VideoGame/EarthBound1994 the sequel]]. As you can tell by the redirect, however, ''MOTHER'' was eventually officially localised as ''Earthbound Beginnings''.