History Main / VirusAndCureNames

->''"In the myth, Belairiform was a prince who killed the Chimera. A monster with a head of a lion and a tail of a serpent, that plagued the ancient world. I think Nekhorovich created a monster virus in Chimera. And you need an antivirus to kill it called Belairiform."''

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E1TreehouseOfHorrorVII Treehouse of Horror VII]]", Lisa invents the [[IncredibleShrinkingMan shrinking device]] called a "debigulator", and the device that reverses it is called a "rebigulator".

->''In the myth, Belairiform was a prince who killed the Chimera. A monster with a head of a lion and a tail of a serpent, that plagued the ancient world. I think Nekhorovich created a monster virus in Chimera. And you need an antivirus to kill it called Belairiform.''
-->--'''Ethan Hunt''', ''Film/MissionImpossibleII''

Remember that Administrivia/TropesAreFlexible so non-viral substances and their counteracting agents also count.

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* ''Film/EscapeFromLA'': {{Subverted}} with the Plutoxin 7 virus. Its cure is [[spoiler:nothing]] since it's just a common flu virus. Snake is tricked into believing otherwise.

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* ''Literature/CharlieAndTheGreatGlassElevator'': There is a pill called Wonka-Vite which makes people younger. The cure for those who are aged ''too'' young --that is to say, out of existence, which happened to the Oompa-Loompas he tested the prototypes on-- is a RapidAging liquid called Vita-Wonk.

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* ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|2003}}'': Mellorak, cured by Bittamucin.
* ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'': The episode [[Recap/StarTrekS3E19RequiemForMethuselah "Requiem For Methuselah"]] introduces the Rigellian Fever, a bacterium-caused disease similar to Earth's bubonic plage. It's cured by Ryetalyn.
* ''Series/TheXFiles'': [[Recap/TheXFilesS01E24TheErlenmeyerFlask "The Erlenmeyer Flask"]] introduces the infectious, alien form Purity, also known as black oil. The same episode gives a putative name --Purity Control-- to the vaccine that wouldn't be developed until several episodes later.

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* ''Webcomic/CincoElementos'': {{Subverted}}. The Dawn Project isn't about creating a cure for the Dusk virus --in fact, the virus is implied to have been extinct back then--, but about creating a PowerNullifier that would allow [[PoisonousPerson virus elementals]] to touch other people. Then again, the Dawn Project [[spoiler:is actually a cover to recreate the Dusk virus.]]

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E1TreehouseOfHorrorVII "Treehouse of Horror VII"]], Lisa invents the [[IncredibleShrinkingMan shrinking device]] called a "debigulator", and the device that reversed it was called a "rebigulator".

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''In the myth, Belairiform was a prince who killed the Chimera. A monster with a head of a lion and a tail of a serpent, that plagued the ancient world. I think Nekhorovich created a monster virus in Chimera. And you need an anti virus to kill it called Belairiform.''
->--'''Ethan Hunt''', ''Film/MissionImpossibleII''

Compare UnifiedNamingSystem, which is this but for hero and villain organizations. SubTrope of ThemeNaming.

* ''VideoGame/MetalGear'': There's FOXDIE and [[spoiler:FOXALIVE]].

** The G-Virus and its cure DEVIL.
** The Las Plaga virus and the Las Plaga Removal Lazer.

* ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'': The episode [[Recap/StarTrekS3E19RequiemForMethuselah "Recap/StarTrekS3E19RequiemForMethuselah"]] introduces the Rigellian Fever, a bacterium-caused disease similar to Earth's bubonic plage. It's cured by Ryetalyn.

* ''Manga/Reborn2004'': Tsuna becomes afflicted with demon[[SomethingItis itis]]. The cure is its opposite, angelitis.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': One episode had a [[IncredibleShrinkingMan shrinking device]] called a "debigulator", and the device that reversed it was called a "rebigulator".

* ''Manga/Reborn2004'': Tsuna becomes afflicted with demonitis. The cure is its opposite, angelitis.

* ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'': Rigellian Fever, cured by Ryetalyn

If a virus, cybernetic or organic, has a fancy name then expect a related name for the cure. It might be that the names allude to opposite concepts, that one is derived from the other, or that they follow a common theme.

* ''Literature/EndersGame'': Creator/OrsonScottCard named the saga's virus descolada and recolada viruses. They translate as "un-glueing" and "re-glueing" because of their effect on DNA.

* ''VisualNovel/{{Snatcher}}'': "Lucifer-Alpha" ravages eastern Europe, but mutates into a benign form by the present day. ''VideoGame/SDSnatcher'' follows more in line with the trope with "Lucifer-Beta" (the New and Improved virus) and "L-Angel" (the antidote).

* ''VideoGame/MetalGear': There's FOXDIE and [[spoiler:FOXALIVE]].

If a virus, cybernetic or organic, has a fancy name then expect an opposing or at least a related name for the cure. It might be that the names allude to opposite concepts, that one is derived from the other, or that they follow a common theme.

* ''Film/MissionImpossibleII'': Chimera (virus) and Bellerophon (cure) are named after a monster from Myth/GreekMythology and its slayer. This is {{justified}}, as those are actually their codenames from the project that created them.

* The Revelation computer virus and the cure Faith in the game ''VideoGame/{{Uplink}}''.
* ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' has: T-Virus/Daylight Vaccine (because in the daylight, you don't need an umbrella); G-Virus/DEVIL; Las Plaga/Las Plaga Removal Lazer.
* From the ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' series, there's FOXDIE and [[spoiler:FOXALIVE]].
* ''VideoGame/DeusEx'': Gray Death, cured by Ambrosia.
** Also, the "good" AI Daedalus and the "evil" AI Icarus. [[spoiler:And they merge to form...Helios]].
* ''Starcraft: Brood War'': Hyperevolutionary virus, cured by Infestation Antidote
* ''VisualNovel/{{Snatcher}}'' gives us a backstory where "Lucifer-Alpha" ravages eastern Europe, but mutates into a benign form by the present day. ''VideoGame/SDSnatcher'' follows more in line with the trope with "Lucifer-Beta" (the New and Improved virus) and "L-Angel" (the antidote).

* Chimera (virus) and Bellerophon (cure) in ''Film/MissionImpossibleII''. Named for a monster from Myth/GreekMythology and its slayer. This is justified, as those are actually their codenames from the project that created them.
* Subverted in ''Film/EscapeFromLA'': Virus: Plutoxin 7. Cure: [[spoiler:Nothing, it's just a common flu virus; Snake is tricked into believing otherwise]].

* Creator/OrsonScottCard's descolada and recolada viruses in the [[Literature/EndersGame Ender saga]]. They translate as "un-glueing" and "re-glueing" because of their effect on DNA.
* Literature/SnowCrash and Snow Melt.
* Not a virus, but in ''Literature/CharlieAndTheGreatGlassElevator'', the sequel to ''Literature/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'', there is a pill called Wonka-Vite which makes people younger. The cure for those who are aged ''too'' young -- that is to say, out of existence, which happened to the Oompa-Loompas he tested the prototypes on -- is a RapidAging liquid called Vita-Wonk.

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* In ''Manga/Reborn2004'', Tsuna becomes afflicted with demonitis. The cure is its opposite, angelitis.
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* The ComicBook/GreenLantern Corps includes a sentient smallpox virus, Leezle Pon, who fights off the evil Sinestro Corps virus Despotellis.
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Compare UnifiedNamingSystem, which is this but for hero and villain organizations.

If a virus, computer or organic, has a fancy name then expect an opposing or at least a related name for the cure.

* From the ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' series, there's FOXDIE and[[spoiler:FOXALIVE]].