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** Extra-dimensional supervillain [[Characters/FantasticFourEnemies Annihilus]], who invokes both Noun names and Ancient Dead Languages.

* Based on the behavior and naming convention among the Innovade from Gundam 00, some fans have come to believe that one named Killing Spree is somewhere out there.

* In Gundam SEED Destiny, one of the Mobile Armors has a name that strangely enough DOESN'T make anyone consider running away: Destroy Gundam.
* Z Gundam had both the Psyco Gundam and Psyco Gundam Mk.II (given that it sounds like Psycho Gundam, it should give most pilots second thoughts about going against it).

* Gundam W has both the Gundam Deathscythe and Gundam Deathscythe Hell (an upgraded version), and they're piloted by a guy who refers to himself as "The God of Death". And Heavy-Arms, though it's not so much an example, as it always runs out of ammo before the battle is over.
* G Gundam had the "Devil Gundam". The dub changed this to "Dark Gundam", which sounds less scary. Originally, though it was called "Ultimate Gundam" so it could only get more intimidating.
* In Gundam 08th MS Team, Sanders 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.

* Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn has the NZ-666 Kshatriya.

* ''VisualNovel/ShinkyokuSoukaiPolyphonica'' has the [[NamesToRunAwayFrom/{{Colors}} Crimson]] [[NamesToRunAwayFrom/{{Nouns}} Annihilator]].
* The ''Kanojo ga Flag wo Oraretara'' manga gives us the lolita Hakua ''Berserker '''Bladefield'''''.

* In ''FanFic/{{Tormentor}}'' Harry Potter changes his name to "Ajas Terror Mephysto." It's a SignificantAnagram of "Harry James Potter," "Ajas" [[AsLongAsItSoundsForeign sounds foreign]] and is an alternate spelling of [[Literature/TheIliad Ajax]], "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]]]]."

* The full name of The Nex in FanFic/TheAgeOfDusk turns out to be "The Nex[[spoiler:usofeverfatedrisingmadnesshopeofallturnedblackdoomtoallthebeligerentsandtheirgodsallhaildoomnightmares]]". Of course most people only get as far as "Nex-" [[BrownNote before dying horribly]].
* In ''Fanfic/{{FREAKINGENSOKYO}}'', [[{{Deuteragonist}} deuteragonist]] Matt gives himself various aliases. "Satanslaughter Mckillgore" is among the nicest of these.

* In ''Videogame/{{Subnautica}}'', any creature labeled as a Leviathan is something you do NOT want to fuck with. These huge creatures are usually extremely hostile, and will actively hunt you down if you enter their territory.

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* Played straight in the ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' audio drama Red-Marked'' when discussing the actions of a now treacherous enemy commander

* ComicBook/SpiderMan's foe [[Characters/SpiderMan Carnage.]] Let's see... his supervillain alias means "gore and bloodshed", and his real name is Cletus Kasady-double hard "k" sounds, the redneck sounding "Cletus", and a variant of "Cassidy" that incorporates a K.

** Extra-dimensional supervillain [[Characters/FantasticFour Annihilus]], who invokes both Noun names and Ancient Dead Languages.

* ''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 past few decades commanding a Nilfgaardian black-ops unit known as the Vrihedd Brigade, who have a reputation for atrocities and ruthlessness.

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** "Auntie Maya", whose full name translates to "[[BadassCreed Murder The Gods and Topple Their Thrones]]": conqueror of twenty thousand worlds, student of the [[AbsurdlySharpBlade Art of Cutting]], and would-be noodle vendor.
** The Thorn Angel, 6 Juggernaut Star Scours The Universe, stands out for being given its name by the Gods.

** "Auntie Maya", whose full name translates to "[[BadassCreed Murder The Gods and Topple Their Thrones]]": conqueror of twenty thousand worlds, star pupil of ''the'' MasterSwordsman, and thief of noodles.

** "Auntie Maya", more formally known as [[BadassCreed Murder The Gods and Topple Their Thrones]]: conqueror of twenty thousand worlds, star pupil of ''the'' MasterSwordsman, and thief of noodles.

* The ''Polistes Carniflex'' wasp is also known as ''the Executioner Wasp''. Yeah. And according to Coyote Peterson, it's sting is even worse than ''the bullet ant''.

* In ''Disney/AtlantisMilosReturn'', the third (and arguably [[EnsembleDarkhorse the]] [[EvilIsCool best]]) villain is called[[TheSagaOfErikTheRed Erik]] '''HELL'''strom. Switching the letters around a bit, one can also [[MeaningfulName read]] "Hell-storm" in his name, which… isn't exactly better… and is also quite close to [[ApocalypseHow his goal]].

* 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 [[Literature/ArsGoetia Glasya la Bolas]].
** [[MagicTheGathering Phage the Untouchable]]. Aside from how her name is derived from the Greek word for 'devour', anyone who gets called 'the Untouchable' because touching them makes you rot and die on the spot (or maybe you get lucky and the contact is brief enough that only [[http://www.tappedout.net/media/mtg-cards/onslaught/swat.jpg parts of you get rotted away]]) would qualify. Doesn't help that she's a sadistic (worse) pit fighter (even worse) who works for the Patriarch of the evil Cabal (can it get any worse?).

* The titular character [[DarkIsEvil Black]][[SnakesAreSinister adder]] from his [[Series/{{Blackadder}} namesake show.]] Fortunately for us (and [[ButtMonkey unfortunately for him]]), he's LaughablyEvil.

* [[Webcomic/GirlGenius Gilgamesh Wulfenbach]]. Animal plus conqueror. He really does try to be polite, though. [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass It's not his fault that people don't listen to him until he makes the shit hit the fan]]. But when he says [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20071121 "Leave now, or you will die!"]], [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20071126 you might want to run]].

* In ''Webcomic/KillSixBillionDemons'':

* ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'': Eina-Afa ("Synthetic Wind") is the ten-million year old Oafan AI in charge of a space station the size of a planet. She changed her name to to T'kkkuts-Afa at some point, which means "Broken Wind." That is not a fart joke. The word "t'kkkuts" is an Oafan curse, denoting something broken or destructive. Afa means "wind," and has religious connotations, such as "unmoved mover" and "God." So while a literal translation of her name is Broken Wind, a more ''useful'' one is "Angry God."

* USS ''Midway''... [[DowplayedTrope doesn't really sound like it at first does it?]] People familiar with naval history though will recognize it as the name of the most important carrier battle in history. The second ship to bare the name's crew also claimed she bore it because she was more powerful than all the ships who fought in the battle combined despite being completed only a few years later. Now that is scary.

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* In ''Disney/AtlantisMilosReturn'', the third (and arguably [[EnsembleDarkhorse the]] [[EvilIsCool best]]) villain is called[[TheSagaOfErikTheRed Erik]] '''HELL'''strom. Switching the letters around a bit, one can also [[MeaningfulName read]] "Hell-storm" in his name, which… isn't exactly better… and is also quite close to [[ApocalypseHow his goal]].
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--->'''Harry''': Seriously? Archleone? As in "seeking whom he may devour"? Could you get any more obvious? [[note]] This from Literature/TheBible, (1 Peter 5:8) "Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour." Archleone is latin for "Great Lion." [[/note]]
** Also from ''The Dresden Files'' we have a demonic being known only as "He Who Walks Behind"... and he is frikkin terrifying.
* And from the same [[Creator/JimButcher author]] in ''Literature/CodexAlera'', we have Gaius Tavarus Magnus. Translation; Lord Super-Wolverine the Great.
* [[Literature/{{Discworld}} Carcer]] is a Crime-Related Scary Noun in an Ancient Dead Language with a hard "k" sound that ends in an "-er". That's a [[KnifeNut lot]] [[ImplausibleDeniability of]] [[PsychoForHire evil]], right there.
* The War in Heaven. Full stop. ''Literature/FactionParadox''. ''The [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence Celestis]]''. '''''[[EldritchAbomination The Enemy]]'''''
* ''Literature/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.
* ''Literature/BridgeOfBirds'' gives us The Hand That No One Sees. Don't ask.
* ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'': Sauron's minions are only allowed to [[HeWhoMustNotBeNamed refer to him]] as ''"He"'' or more colloquially, '''''"The Eye".'''''

* Jack Reacher, of the unnamed series by Lee Child. K-name, -er, Title/adjective/verb (He's always just Reacher, often for trivial things such as being like 6'5 and reaching for things for people.), Famous murderers/assassins. [[spoiler:He's destroyed one town physically, and one he destroyed the economy of. He's dismantled at least one private military establishment, and another military contractor received his foot in a sunless place.]]
* [[Franchise/TheDarkTower The Gunslinger]] [[spoiler: Roland of Gilead]] Rednecky, Weapon, Title, Ends in R, Weapon, Adjective/The Adjective One/The Man, [[spoiler: nouns]]. Definitely worth running from. Fast. Before you cross him. After, it's just too late.
* Literature/ArtemisFowl. His first name is that of a Greek goddess, specifically the Hunter (which he lampshades), 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.
* Leo Alexander of ''Literature/DarkHeavens''. As an added bonus, his first name plus being a ScaryBlackMan gives him the nickname [[RedBaron "The Black Lion"]].

* Lamentation Kane in Tadd Williams's "And Ministers of Grace." Kane is a holy assassin TykeBomb. His name is lampshaded by two different characters. His atheist enemy wonders if he's named for the lamentations of his enemies. His ally quotes from the Book of Lamentations.
* From ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'', Ser Gregor Clegane, aka The Mountain That Rides.

* Literature/StephanieHarrington, known to [[KillerRabbit treecats]] as "Death Fang's Bane". It gets worse when you know what a "death fang" is (humans call them "hexapumas"). Sadly, she never learned it, as the treecats had no way to communicate it to her.
* ''Literature/CiaphasCain: The Emperor's Finest'' hangs a lampshade on this when a space hulk that brought a genestealer brood to the planet Viridia is identified as the ''Spawn of Damnation''.
--> '''Cain (narration):''' Who chose it, and why they can't call these things something a little more cheerful, is beyond me.\\
'''Amberly Vail (footnote):''' Traditionally space hulks are given their names by the Inquisition conclave responsible for the sector in which they first appear, and, as Cain points out, they do tend towards the melodramatic.
* The main character of ''Literature/TheMurderbotDiaries'', the titular Murderbot, chose the name itself [[spoiler: after it killed fifty-seven people, possibly involuntarily]]. The humans it’s working with are not reassured by its choice of name once they find out.

* [[MyImmortal Ebony Dark'ness Dementia Raven Way]]

* ''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: several stories tall when upright, and B: the most powerful force of destruction known to the cast, with its power explicitly tailored for the purpose of collapsing everything that comes into contact with its attack into nonexistence, [[spoiler:including the cast's reality and world]]. This creature is [[spoiler:the power behind [[CataclysmBackstory the collapse of Sablier]], the disaster that sent the entire plot in motion]]. FluffyTheTerrible? ''Oh 'no.''' Not when the meaning of the B is revealed. It's the ''Bloodstained'' Black Rabbit, and [[spoiler: though the character themself is actually a [[SympatheticScentientWeapon tragic]] and ultimately [[RighteousRabbit heroic]] figure,]] the name has been horribly, ''[[TraumaCongaLine thoroughly]]'' earned.

* ''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: several stories tall when upright, 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.
* Adolf Anime/{{K}} Weismann: Wolf? Check. Famous killer? Check. K sound? [[MysteriousMiddleInitial Check so hard]] it's the [[OneLetterTitle name of the show]]. The V sound of the German W gives it a kick as well. Perfect for the series' most powerful King, with the [[WhiteHairBlackHeart Sephiroth hair]], watching the heroes from an ominous blimp, while dancing with what looks like a ''corpse''. On top of all that? [[spoiler: it's a complete subversion. That was all [[GrandTheftMe someone else]]. He's the sweetest, kindest person in the whole show. A ridiculously {{Moe}} NonActionGuy who gives several characters an inexplicable desire to ''cook for him'' just by being so ''cute''.]] But you never do find out what the Anime/{{K}} stands for.