History NamesToRunAwayFrom / Mor

* Morlun from ''ComicBook/SpiderMan''. This guy, among other things, [[spoiler:ate Spider-Man's EYE. Then killed him]]. Sure, Peter got better, but still.
* ComicBook/{{Morbius}} the Living Vampire. [[FriendlyNeighborhoodVampires He's a good guy at heart]] — [[HorrorHunger until he gets hungry]].
* Baron Mordo, supervillain enemy of ComicBook/DoctorStrange.
* Judge Mortis, one of the OmnicidalManiac Dark Judges from ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'', whose touch causes people to [[MakeThemRot rot alive]].
* Mordath was the BigBad of ''ComicBook/{{Sojourn}}''.

* Morlocks, from the novel ''Literature/TheTimeMachine'', who were the namesake of ''Franchise/XMen'''s Morlocks and the basis for the novel ''Morlock Night'' (which makes them even more intelligent and dangerous).

* Moriondor is the name given to the first generation of Orcs in ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower''. The name is canon only to the show.

* Mr. Morden, agent of the Shadows in ''Series/BabylonFive''.

* Mordecai Sahmbi, the BigBad of ''Series/TimeTrax''.

* ''Series/{{Lexx}}'' offers Mort, who wants to reanimate the severed head of his unrequited love by attaching parts harvested from corpses--and if necessary, the living.
* Throughout ''Series/{{Angel}}'', the ruthless Lilah Morgan is the most-featured representative of demonic law firm Wolfram & Hart.
* ''Series/PowerRangersMysticForce'' had the Morlocks and their general, Morticon, as ongoing villains.
** ''Series/PowerRangersSPD'' had Mora/Morgana as TheDragon.
* ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Knight_(TV_series) Dark Knight]]'', a "re-imaginded update" of Ivanhoe (with Robin Hood and Camelot thrown in) had a black-hat wizard called Mordour as one of the antagonists.

* Morton Koopa, Jr. of ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros'' fame.

* Morgra from David Clement-Davies' novel ''The Sight''.

* Latinized version from ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}:'' Mortarion, Primarch of the Death Guard. Also Mork.

* The Morton family in ''Videogame/AloneInTheDarkTheNewNightmare''.

* Morta in ''VideoGame/Yume100''. He has an overwhelmingly (and rather [[NightmareFuel chillingly]]) positive opinion on death, viewing it as a ''reward'' bestowed upon people who have made it far in life.

* Moribund Kadaver from ''Skeleton Krew''.

* MickeyMouse would have been called Mortimer Mouse if not for Creator/WaltDisney's wife's distaste for the way it sounded. The name ended up going to Mickey's rival.

* Morda from ''[[Literature/ChroniclesOfPrydain Taran Wanderer]]'' is another evil wizard.

* In fact, the word for death-related things being something that starts with "mor/mar" is not exclusive to Latin. It came from Proto-Indo-European, meaning the trope is more than [[OlderThanDirt four thousand years old]]. Cognates in other ancient dead languages are Hittite "meerzi" ("vanish"), Old Persian "martiya" ("mortal man"), Sanskrit "marati" ("die"), and Old Irish "mar" ("dead"). Personal names example include Mara, the BigBad of UsefulNotes/{{Buddhism}}, and the Morrigan, goddesses of war in Myth/CelticMythology. And yes, Mortimer, as well; it came from a place in France called "Mortemer", which means "dead pond".
* From the same Proto-Indo-European root as "mors" is "mare", the word for an evil spirit. While it is is obsolete in modern English, it still survives in words like "nightmare" (which originally referred to the belief that the spirit liked to haunt humans at night, causing their, well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin nightmares]]) and cognates in other Germanic languages like the Dutch "nachtmerrie" and German "Nachtmahr" (though "Albtraum" is more commonly used these days). Oh, and since it came from PIE, non-Germanic languages have it, too: Serbo-Croatian "noćna mora", Albanian "merë" ("fear"), etc.

* In fact, the word for death-related things being something that starts with "mor/mar" is not exclusive to Latin. It came from Proto-Indo-European, meaning the trope is more than [[OlderThanDirt four thousand years old]]. Cognates in other ancient dead languages are Hittite "meerzi" ("vanish"), Old Persian "martiya" ("mortal man") Sanskrit "marati" ("die") and Old Irish "mar" ("dead"). Personal names example include Mara, the BigBad of UsefulNotes/{{Buddhism}} and the Morrigan, goddesses of war in Myth/CelticMythology. And yes, Mortimer, as well; it came from a place in France called "Mortemer", which means "dead pond".

* The variation ''mar-'' appears in the English "nightmare" and the French equivalent "cauchemar", the German word "Nachtmahr" (old German for "nightmare", though "Albtraum" is used nowadays), and in Esperanto "kosxmaro". It's thought to come from proto-Indo-European, which means this trope is some [[OlderThanDirt four thousand years old]].

* Mordred, Morgause, and Morgan le Fay from the legend of King Myth/ArthurPendragon.

* Mörðr Valgarðsson, one of the few people in Literature/TheIcelandicSagas who come across as unambiguously "evil".
* Mordred, Morgause, and Morgan le Fay from the legend of KingArthur.

-->Tom Marvolo Riddle = I Am Lord Voldemort]]

* ''Literature/TheNeverendingStory'' has the villain G'mork, the servant of the Nothing, and Morla The Ancient One, who, while not being a villain, represents the nihilism and atrophication which allows the Nothing to take hold.

* The ''Series/WarOfTheWorlds'' TV series {{retcon}}ned the Martians into Mor-Taxans from the planet Mor-Tax (and later, Morthren from the planet Morthrai.)

* Subverted with Christian Morgenstern, who is a funny poet.

* Morlun from ''SpiderMan''. This guy, among other things, [[spoiler:ate Spider-Man's EYE. Then killed him]]. Sure, Peter got better, but still.

* Morgause and Mordred from ''Series/{{Merlin}}'', just like in the legend. And... [[spoiler: Morgana after her FaceHeelTurn.]]

A form of NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Since "mors" is Latin for "death", and many languages use something with a close resemblance (works with the English word "mortality", as well as the French "mort", Spanish "muerte", Portuguese or Italian "morte", etc, or even worse German "Mord" for "murder" and Czech "mor" for plague), any name with mor- or mort- can be used to indicate death, evil or a disease.

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* Morlun from ''SpiderMan''. This guy, among other things, [[spoiler: ate Spider-Man's EYE. Then killed him.]] Sure, Peter got better, but still.
* ComicBook/{{Morbius}} the Living Vampire. He's a good guy at heart -- until he gets hungry.

* Mordred, Morgause and Morgan le Fay from the legend of KingArthur.

Morgenstern (Morning Star) is a particular variation that applies specifically to {{Satan}}; see also LouisCypher.

A form of NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Since "mors" is Latin for "death", and many Latin-derived modern languages use something with a close resemblance (works with the English word "mortality", as well as the French "mort", Spanish "muerte", Portuguese or Italian "morte", etc, or even worse German "Mord" for "murder"), any name with mor- or mort- can be used to indicate death or evil.

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* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' has several examples:
** [[GodDamnedBats Murlocs]]
** Morbent Fel, a malevolent warlock
** Mor'ladim, an undead elite soldier
** Moroes, second boss of Karazhan
** Morpaz, dragon boss in Sunken Temple
** Morgrinn Crackfang, a Pandarian champion
* ''VideoGame/{{Mabinogi}}'' has Morgant, also known as Dark Lord, who is both TheDragon and has yet to be defeated in the mainstream storyline; [[spoiler: both times you actually fight him the dialogue suggests [[ILetYouWin he let you win]], although Tarlach does manage to knock him out temporarily in a cutscene.]]
* ''VideoGame/GuildWars2'' prominently features Mordremoth, the Elder Dragon of the Maguuma Jungle, in its first expansion Heart of Thorns.
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