History Main / Satan

** Lucifer is a FallenAngel, the Sin of Pride and the King of Hell. He is married to Myth/{{Lilith}}, with whom he has one daughter in the form of [[WesternAnimation/HazbinHotel Charlie]].

* Him from ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' is an effeminate {{expy}} of Satan (except in the original script, in which he was directly Satan) with pincer hands in place of goat hooves.

** In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS1E6EscapeClause Escape Clause]]", a hypochondriac makes a DealWithTheDevil to avoid death.
** In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS2E41TheHowlingMan The Howling Man]]", a man must decide whether to release the title character. Once he does, he finds out who the captive really is...
** In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS4E111PrintersDevil Printer's Devil]]", our favorite demon tries to get a newspaper owner to sell his soul by giving him a linotype machine that can make things come true by printing them. Here he's played with utter relish by Creator/BurgessMeredith.
** Satan has never been sexier than when ''she'' was played by Creator/JulieNewmar in "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS4E116OfLateIThinkOfCliffordville Of Late I Think of Cliffordville]]".

** In the episode "Dealer's Choice", the Devil crashes a poker game to collect on the soul of one of the players. However, he's a pretty [[AffablyEvil affable guy]], not even revealing himself for a while because he's having such a fun time playing, and when he's discovered, he gives his target a chance to win his freedom in a game. [[spoiler:When he's exposed as a cheater, he basically says "My bad", forfeits, and leaves peacefully, but not before restocking the players on food and beer.]]
** In "I of Newton", he brags that he knows everything and can do anything. His target [[spoiler:gets rid of him by coming up with something he can't do: "Get lost"]].

WebOriginal/TheStarWarGatherings has him mentioned a few times.

* ''WebAnimation/HazbinHotel''
** Charlie's father, Lucifer Morningstar, is Hell's "head honcho". While there are overlords in Hell and criminals fight in turf wars over parts of Pentagram City, everyone recognizes Lucifer as the man on top. [[IControlMyMinionsThrough Though most denizens of Hell don't respect authority, they fear Lucifer's power enough to show fealty.]]
** The top-tier DemonLordsAndArchdevils in the show are rulers of rings of Hell based on the SevenDeadlySins, and Lucifer's sin is Pride. Satan is a separate character from Lucifer, and is the ruler of Wrath, as per an old typology of demon lords corresponding to the seven sins that also mentions Lucifer and Satan separately.

'''Remember, this trope is about the use of Satan as a PublicDomainCharacter. If the character shares several significant features with him but isn't at least implied to be the abrahamic Devil, they go under SatanicArchetype. If the character claims to be Satan when they literally are not, then it's a case of DevilComplex.'''

* He's the main villain of ''VideoGame/{{Broforce}}''. At first, he seems to just be someone to kill to end the level, and not very powerful, but come the final levels of the game, which take the Broforce to Hell, he's shown to be more powerful than previously thought, to the point that he becomes the FinalBoss.

%%* While Arceus is the ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' equivalent of {{God}}, [[VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeon Primal Dialga]], the [[spoiler: (fake)]] BigBad of the second ''Pokemon Mystery Dungeon'' game (who looks like an evil Dialga with a black body and red stripes instead of a blue body and green stripes) may actually be the series' equivalent of the Devil. Giratina and Darkrai are popular candidates for the title as well, though they are both [[DarkIsNotEvil not outright evil.]] [[VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeon Occasionally played straight]] with the latter however.
%%** Giratina definitely fits the role of Satan on a cosmic level: it's a literal god/EldritchAbomination that was banished for its aggressive tendencies(in particular, its obsession with balance) by what is implied to be the aformentioned Arceus. While [[SatanIsGood not evil]](it prevents [[OmnicidalManiac Cyrus]] from achieving [[GodhoodSeeker godhood]]), it's a fearsome opponent that has the potential of threatning the world. One could say it's more Hades, keeper of the Underworld, than Satan.
%%** As far as imagery goes, the closest this franchise has is Ghetsis Harmonia, the human BigBad of the [[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite fifth]] [[VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2 generation.]] [[DevilishHairHorns His hair is shaped like horns going out to the side]], his [[RedEyesTakeWarning eyes are red]], and his second outfit is a creepy looking BlackCloak. He is also fixated on "capturing hearts, minds, and souls of others", and his battle theme is almost a DarkReprise of Arceus'. The opening to the "Episode N" arc of [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} the anime]] even shows him set to a red, flaming background throwing his cape back in a very Devil-esque fashion. This all seems to suggest that any world he'd rule would be Hell on Earth.

And what I should be, all but less then he\\

Better to reign in Hell, then serve in Heaven.''

* Played with in the Russian classic ''The Master and Margarita.'' Woland causes mass mayhem in 1930s Moscow including but not limited to driving hack writers insane, beheading someone ([[OnlyAFleshWound he got better]]) and sending thousands of Muscovites into the streets naked. Yet despite his deviousness, the novel shows a Soviet Russia so screwed up that Woland and his entourage come across as ManipulativeBastard{{s}} at worst. By the end of the novel, Woland's even in league with UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} to grant a young couple peace (essentially send them to Dante's first level of heaven). Woland isn't seen perpetrating evil at all. He and his ilk are shown handing punishments right and left ''to those who deserve them'', which just happen to be everyone. While Woland doesn't agree with Yeshua on some key philosophical points, he's actually shown as ''[[SatanIsGood a force of good]]'' ([[GoodIsNotNice with a twisted sense of humor]]).

* ''Film/TheDarkSideOfTheMoon'': The monster in this space horror turns out to be, in fact, the Devil himself. He somehow uses TheBermudaTriangle as a portal to get onto unsuspecting vessels to kill their crew by possessing and turning them against each other before dumping the derelicts on the other side of the moon.

** WordOfGod has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BD93EWy3KKk&t=3674s stated]] that Satan is a separate character from Lucifer, but at the point where only the pilot of the show has been released, not a lot is known. Considering that the top-tier DemonLordsAndArchdevils in the show are rulers of rings of Hell based on the SevenDeadlySins, and Lucifer's sin is Pride ([[WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss and Asmodeus's is Lust]]), it's likely Satan is the ruler of Wrath, as per an old typology of demon lords corresponding to the seven sins that also mentions Lucifer and Satan separately.

[[IHaveManyNames Known also as]]... Helel (supposedly his original angelic name, which in Hebrew literally means [[LightIsNotGood "shining one"]] and metaphorically means "morning star") or Lucifer (Latin translation for the word Helel, which literally means "light bringer"), Samael (another angelic name often attributed to him, Hebrew for [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast "Poison of God"]]), {{Beelzebub}} (Hebrew for "Lord of Flies"), [[{{UsefulNotes/Islam}} Iblis]], the Father of Lies, [[Music/BlackSabbath the Prince of Darkness]], "the Other Guy", Old Scratch, Old Nick, the Quare Fellow, [[ComicBook/TheSandman Lucifer Morningstar]], [[Music/{{Prince}} Spooky Electric]], [[WebOriginal/LOLCats Basement Cat]]... or simply the Devil. Also [[YouAreNumberSix has a number]], which is [[NumberOfTheBeast 666]]. Should you encounter someone with any of these names, ''[[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast run away]]''.[[note]]Though the authenticity for some of these names for Satan is still a subject to debate to this day.[[/note]]

Satan is the GreaterScopeVillain or BigBad of most varieties of UsefulNotes/{{Christianity}}, UsefulNotes/{{Judaism}} and UsefulNotes/{{Islam}} (and by extension of most settings in which he is confirmed to exist), and a fair amount of fiction with religious influences, and other religions have similar variants. Traditionally, he is the single most evil being in existence, period.

* ''Film/HellsHighway'' features a female Satan who [[HostileHitchhiker poses as a hitchhiker and kills those who give her a ride]], such as a memorable scene where she [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYpzLTzm3NM cuts the infamous Ron Jeremy's penis off]], which causes him to crash into a gas station after he takes several seconds to even notice it occurred.

* Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle's Literature/InfernoLarryNivenAndJerryPournelle and ''Escape From Hell'' books, based on Dante's work have a somewhat more articulate Satan who talks to the protagonists [[spoiler:when they are climbing down him to escape]] suggesting sardonically that God "could take lessons in morality from Vlad the Impaler" and that "He could have made a better universe by throwing dice".

* ''WesternAnimation/ThePoint'': This version appears as a "man" called [[https://youtu.be/FCDGjhoj4fs the Pointed Man]], with three different heads[[note]]Much like Dante's depiction in the Inferno[[/note]] one of whom is female. "His" purpose throughout the film is trying to convince Oblio that nothing has a point, citing "a point in every direction is the same as no point at all."

* Literature/TheQuran mentions Shaitan as another name for Iblis, itself likely derived from the Greek word for Satan, Diabolos. Instead of a fallen angel, Iblis is a [[OurGeniesAreDifferent jinn]] who refused to kneel before Adam and, by extension, humanity. As a result, he was cast out of Heaven and became the first infidel (''kafir''). Unlike the Bible, Iblis is explicitly described as being responsible for goading Adam's wife to eat the forbidden fruit, as he had vowed to tempt humanity following his expulsion.

Satan's backstory casts him as a FallenAngel, originally the [[LightIsNotGood light-bearing]] [[CelestialParagonsAndArchangels archangel]] of {{Heaven}}, who is damned to spend eternity in {{Hell}} due to his rebellion against {{God}}. By virtue of his once-grand celestial position, Satan is depicted as the king of Hell and the creator of Demons, even if he's as much a prisoner there as any of the damned. This backstory is derived from the ''Literature/BookOfRevelation'' in ''Literature/TheBible''.

** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E8TheImpossiblePlanet The Impossible Planet]]"/"[[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E9TheSatanPit The Satan Pit]]" would reveal the "real" Satan, [[BigRedDevil the Beast]], a big scary monster bound since before the dawn of time by an ancient race and the origin of every mythology's Devil. Of course, the Doctor's skeptical, since he's met so many "real" versions of mythological beings. The Dæmons are mentioned in passing as a ContinuityNod.

** One of the Treehouse of Horror episodes had Ned Flanders as Satan, selling Homer a donut in exchange for his soul.

** According to some of the sketches done for "Sven Hoek", Satan was apparently supposed to be George Liquor in a devil costume. In the final cartoon, he still looks more than a little like George and is even voiced by MichaelPataki.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/SuperFriends'' episode "Swamp of the Living Dead", the LegionOfDoom makes a DealWithTheDevil with a malevolent floating head called the Evil Being. WordOfGod confirms that the Evil Being is Satan.

* In ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'', [[LouisCypher Lucius Needful]] operates a store that gives mystical items with some curse attached to them. Rick immediately calls him out as the Devil, causing Needful to drop any attempts at being mysterious, and [[TheDevilIsALoser proceeds to humiliate him throughout the entire episode]].

** The ''Series/{{Angel}}'' episode "The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco" mentions an incident where "the devil built a robot."[[note]]El Diablo Robótico, which is also the name of a band.[[/note]]

* ''Series/SevenDays'' had the Devil show up disguised as a chrononaut from further in the future, tricking the team into assassinating a diplomat and provoking an international crisis that would result in nuclear war. His identity is revealed when Parker stops him, provoking a rant at how Parker and the team keep screwing up the plans he makes for human misery.

** Satan has never been sexier than when ''she'' was played by Julie Newmar in the episode "Of Late I Think of Cliffordville".
** In "Escape Clause", a hypochondriac makes a DealWithTheDevil to avoid death.
** In "The Howling Man", a man must decide whether to release the title character. Once he does, he finds out who the captive really is...
** "Printer's Devil". Our favorite demon tries to get a newspaper owner to sell his soul by giving him a linotype machine that can make things come true by printing them. Here he's played with utter relish by Burgess Meredith.
** The 80s revival has the episode "Dealer's Choice", wherein the Devil crashes a poker game to collect on the soul of one of the players. However, he's a pretty [[AffablyEvil affable guy]], not even revealing himself for a while because he's having such a fun time playing, and when he's discovered, he gives his target a chance to win his freedom in a game. [[spoiler: And when he's exposed as cheating, he basically says "My bad", forfeits, and leaves peacefully, but not before restocking the players on food and beer.]]
** Also from the 80s revival, "I of Newton", where he brags that he knows everything and can do anything. His target [[spoiler:gets rid of him by coming up with something he can't do: "Get lost."]]

** In the episode "Signs and Wonders", [[spoiler: Reverend [=MacKay=], the killer, is implied to be Satan]].
** The episode "Die Hand Der Verletz" [The Hand That Wounds], features a woman (Phyllis Paddock) who comes to town and begins killing the Devil worshipers there. It's implied that she's the devil, and is killing them for not taking the rituals seriously. As Mulder puts it "[[EvilIsNotAToy Did you think you could just summon the Devil and then ask him to behave?]]"
** Perhaps the best candidate (though there's no reason they can't all be him) is Aaron Starkey in "All Souls". He's after the souls of Nepholim (children of Seraphim and human women) which a Priest claims the Devil actually would be after, is capable of setting people on fire with a glance, his [[TheShadowKnows shadow has horns]], he can't enter churches, and speaks with VoiceOfTheLegion when angered. It's heavily implied an actual Seraph finally defeats him.

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