History NamesToRunAwayFrom / MixAndMatch

* Literature/ArtemisFowl. His first name is that of a Greek goddess, specifically the Hunter (which he lampshades in a CrowningMomentOfAwesome), his second means chicken - but he's one of the most frightening teenagers you'll ever come across. The whole Fowl family have this status in-universe, and the Butlers probably do too.

* A YouTube skeptic who goes by the name Aydin Paladin and also goes by Altana Vault conjures up images of this fierce BloodKnight who is prone to being a KnightTemplar. It's a bit of a [[SubvertedTrope subversion, however]], as she's actually a really nice lady who retweets and gushes over fanart made for her, does gaming streams where she chats with her fans, and is willing to make friends with anyone on any part of the political spectrum. [[BewareTheNiceOnes Just don't make up rumors about her and spread them as fact, it won't be pretty.]]

* [[WebAnimation/{{RWBY}} Cinder Fall (ashes and fall, always a winning combination) and Mercury Black (A very poisonous metal, and the Black surname)]]. You gotta wonder [[WhatDidYouExpectWhenYouNamedIt what were their parents thinking when picking their names...]]

* From an English perspective, General (Jacabus [[NamesToRunAwayFrom/ReligiousNames Herculaas]]) [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/NamesToRunAwayFrom/KNames "Koos"]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koos_de_la_Rey de la Rey]], "[[SpellMyNameWithAThe the]] [[NamesToRunAwayFrom/Animal lion from the West-Transvaal]]", the most talented and dangerous Boer general to face.

** The {{Franchise/Nasuverse}} also has the delightfully named Primate Murder, a gigantic dog-like monster that exists to destroy threats to Earth's existence. Said threats are primarily humanity.

* In Gundam 08th MS Team, Sandurs is nicknamed "The Grim Reaper", because his allies always get killed on their third mission, no matter what team he's assigned to. Shiro and co. manage to make it through, though.

* ''Manga/PandoraHearts'' has the B- Rabbit. Doesn't seem like something that should be terrifying, right? Wrong. Unlike the KillerRabbit usually PlayedForLaughs this rabbit is A: the size of a small car, and B: the most powerful force of destruction known to the world. FluffyTheTerrible? oh no. Not when the meaning of the B is revealed. The full title/name is [[spoiler:Oz]] the Bloodstained Black Rabbit. BewareTheNiceOnes indeed.

* The ''Literature/MalazanBookOfTheFallen'' has Anomander Rake, the Son of Darkness, Lord of Moon's Spawn, Mane of Chaos, Bearer of Dragnipur, Knight of High House Dark, Blacksword, Black-Winged Lord, Slayer of the Elder God Draconus and Lord of the Tiste Andii.

* [[MalazanBookOfTheFallen Anomander Rake]]. Son of Darkness, Lord of Moon's Spawn, Mane of Chaos, Bearer of Dragnipur, Knight of High House Dark, Blacksword, Slayer of the Elder God Draconus, Lord of the Tiste Andii

* SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker's name follows a good amount of these rules. It combines: 1. A "The" name that contains 2. a Verb (joke), which is also 3. a Noun (as in a practical joker), which 4. Ends in R and 5. Has a harsh K sound in it. In addition, some of his nicknames or alternate titles exemplify other rules; one particularly obvious one is "The Thin White Duke of Death", which combines 1. a "The" name, which also has 2. the color white in it and also 3. has the title "Duke" in it and 4. has the noun/verb "death" in it. Those particularly sharp Tropers amongst us might know of several other titles that fit...

* [[NamesToRunAwayFrom/{{Animal}} Tyranno]][[NamesToRunAwayFrom/DemonsOrAngels satan]] from ''{{Deathsmiles}}''.

* Leo Alexander of ''DarkHeavens''. As an added bonus, his first name plus being a ScaryBlackMan gives him the nickname [[RedBaron "The Black Lion"]].

* ''Literature/TheWitcher'': Isengrim Faoiltearna. Isengrim is the name of several wolf characters in Medieval beast epics, and also contains the words "Eisen" ("Iron" in German) and the English "grim". For extra "run away", Faoiltearna also bears TheRedBaron name "Iron Wolf". Faoiltearna lives up to his name well, by being a rabid human-hating elf-supremacist, who incidentally has spent the pst few decades commanding a Nilfgaardian black-ops unit known as the Vrihedd Brigade, who have a reputation for atrocities and ruthlessness.

* In ''FanFic/{{Tormentor}}'' Harry Potter changes his name to "Ajas Terror Mephysto." It's a SignificantAnagram of "Harry James Potter," "Ajas" [[AsLongAsItSoundsForeign sounds foreign]], "Terror" as in the noun, and "Mephysto" as in the demon that steals human souls. [[FromBadToWorse It gets worse]] after the Goblins run their inheritance test and determine that he is "Ajas Terror Mephysto-[[spoiler: [[LukeIAmYourFather Voldemort]]]]."

* From ''ASongOfIceAndFire'', Ser Gregor Clegane, aka The Mountain That Rides.

* Not sure what category this comes under, but the name of I.M.Meen from the [[IMMeen video game of the same name]]. Come on, anyone who didn't see he was a villain?

* Ramses Overdark, Madaran imperial assassin from ''MagicTheGathering''. Actually, legends is full of these types of names. Dakkon Blackblade, Rasputin Dreamweaver, Boris Devilboon, Tuknir Deathlock, Nebuchadnezzar, and that's just the humans. The Elder Dragons have names like Palladia-Mors and Vaevictis Asmadi, though the most powerful one is named...Nicol. Which doesn't sound ''that'' baleful...until you realize that "Nicol" comes from "nickel", the German for ''"devil"''. Oh, and the Bolas likely comes from [[ArsGoetia Glasya la Bolas]].

* [[{{Exalted}} First and Forsaken Lion]]. Adjective+ Adjective+ Animal=a serious candidate for the BigBad of the setting.

* [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil4 Krauser]]. It starts with a K, it ends with an R, and it sounds so very [[WorldWarTwo German]].

* Dr. Diabolik of the WhateleyUniverse. You've got the K-word, the evil adjective, the evil title... For extra credit, his daughter is named Jadis (like the White Witch in ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia'') and his son is named Malachai, Mal for short. Their codenames are She-Beast and Techno-Devil. You do the math.

* Also in ''VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}}'', Oleander. A poisonous plant. I don't trust this guy.
* [[YggdraUnion Gulcasa, Emperor of Carnage]]. That he goes around riding a dragon and twirling a SinisterScythe is bad enough, but he's an Emperor in a Japanese RPG (which is almost always bad), and Carnage, well, speaks for itself. Add to this that he's also referred to as Blazing Emperor, that his personal skill is named [[KillEmAll Genocide]], and that he is a direct descendant of the evil dragon [[SealedEvilInACan Brongaa]]... yeah. People actually run away as soon as they hear his name in-universe.\\

Ironically enough, [[spoiler:Gulcasa is actually so sweet and good-natured it's downright pitiful. He doesn't get SympatheticPOV until ''very'' late into ''YggdraUnion'', though, so unless you've played ''YggdraUnison'' and ''VideoGame/BlazeUnion'', you wouldn't be able to tell]]. You still don't want to make him angry, though.

* ''WelkinWeasels'' features the Grand Inquisitor Torca Marda. It's got the hard K sound in the middle, it's not quite an R-ending but it sounds close to one, ''and'' it's a ShoutOut to Tomas de Torquemarda, the infamous RealLife head of the Spanish Inquisition.

* In ''Webcomic/Starslip'', a character questions whether a certain CEO is really all that bad. I mean, how much can you tell from a name like Archcount Obdrath von Lucifuge? "His name's, like, Lord Murdertron or something."

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* Nrvnsqr Chaos in ''{{Tsukihime}}''. Name looks unpronounceable, but it's actually 'Nero Chaos' so he doesn't get that one, technically. Hard K sound though. Plus, his most used name is generally 'Chaos,' a name he was given because he's just that evil as far as the Church is concerned. They ''really'' hate him. So that's both Infernal and Noun. Oh, and technically it's a title, as his real/original name is actually rather ordinary. As far as he's concerned, though, he doesn't really have a name anymore and merely responds to what people call him. It happens when you start tossing your identity away.

* ''TsubasaReservoirChronicle'''s Kurogane - it means Black Steel, and covers the "weapon" category as well as the K sound.

* Do some math, folks. Demonic + Kool Letturz + Ends with R + HatePlague + {{Pokemon}} ='' '''CIPHER''' ''Yes, they are utterly evil, why do you ask?