Names to Run Away From Really Fast/Quotes

"Heydrich apparently hates the moniker the good people of Prague have bestowed on him. Actually, why he would hate the name "the Hangman" is baffling to me; It would appear he has done everything in his power to earn it."

- Hans Landa, Inglorious Basterds

"It was one of those comic book name coincidences, like how you know a college professor named Dr. Klaus von der Murder isn't going to be getting tenure."

- Lore Sjoberg

"What kind of idiot would knowingly date a girl named Knives?"

- Ramona Flowers, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

"Oh, tut tut tut. You're far too modest, Edwin. You have restored the name 'Blackgaard' to a position of honor! Not an easy thing to do..."

- Dr. Regis Blackgaard, Adventures in Odyssey

"Lord Yama the Vengeful? Wekehsa, in the future, you might want to refrain from stealing things belonging to anyone with 'the Vengeful' in their name. You should also add 'the cruel' and 'the bloody' to that list."

- Koss, Guild Wars

"Remember, kids: In comics, if your name sounds like anything, you will become a super villain."

- Linkara

"'General Grievous' is a 'fiendish droid leader?' Odd, he sounded like a social worker."

- Bill Corbett; Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith Riff Trax

""OBADIAH STANE?! Why not just call him Menacing T. Badperson?!""

- Iron Man Riff Trax

"Don't fear! Dark Apocalypse is here! ...Hello? (crowd runs away screaming)"

- Does This Cape Make Me Look Fat? by Chelsea Cain and Marc Mohan

"Terry: So, what's the creepy lady's power?

Tamara: I'm not sure, but they call her "Bombshell".

Terry: Oh, that's encouraging."

- Batman Beyond

"Why he would hate the name "the Hangman" is baffling to me. It would appear he's done everything in his power to earn it. I, on the other hand, love my unofficial title."

- Hans Landa aka The Jew Hunter, Inglourious Basterds

"Then you fight "Dark Warrior", oooh, scary name. How about "Death Guy" or "Mr Kill?""

- The Angry Video Game Nerd

"My name from Adam Goodheart, you'll find

Is changed to Gideon Crawle

For a bad Bart's steward

Who heart is much too hard

Is always "Gideon Crawle""

- Old Adam, Ruddigore

"I really understand wanting to build a robot army and threaten the UN. Heck, in a few years' time my actual name will be Doctor Trollman - at which point I think that I personally am required by dramatic law to put on a funky costume and cause and/or fight crime."

- Frank Trollman

"Your translator doohickey called him "annihilate" or "nihilism" or something. I mean, there's your frickin' clue train pulled right up to the station."

- Ben Grimm, Ultimate Fantastic Four, on "Nihil"

"Wilson: This guy's name is Weber, not von Lieberman!

House: I call Weber "von Lieberman." Way eviler."

- House

"He looked like he should be named Mass Murderer, Serial Killer or Sadistic Bastard. Or, at the very least, Snake."

- Adriana, in reference to Cael, Deadly Sins chapter 4

"Isn't it funny how psychos have such unique names? This is questioned in Dark Ride, indeed why is it always Jeremiah, Elias, or Isaac? And if your surname happens to be Slaughter, Gore, Knifey, Cutty, or Carver then it appears you can skip that career aptitude normalizing test."

- Vegan Voorhees, on Carver

"I'm not called the Torturer because I don't torture people."

- The Torturer, American Dreamz