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== Γιαπωνεζικα (Anime) ==
* ''[[Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam|Zeta Gundam]]'' and ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ|Gundam Double Zeta]]''.
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* Lambdadelta from ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro ni]]''. While her name in the [[Visual Novel|VN]] is usually written as "Lambdadelta", she herself writes "ΛΔ". The firing sequence of the Siestas in the VN also counts, it's Japanese transliterated into the Greek alphabet.
* ''[[Planetes]]'s'' name is actually written in Greek (''Πλανήτες'').
* ''[[Last Exile]]'' uses the Greek alphabet for in-universe
* The main [[Black Box]] technology in ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]'' is called a Lambda Driver.
== Βιντεοπαιχνιδια (Video games) ==
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* The various incarnations of Omega Weapon in the ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' series.
** ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'' likes random smatterings of Greek text spelling English words. Like the shot bar in Junon, or signs for the Golden Saucer, and the letters displayed in the elevator in the reactors.
* In ''[[
* Lambda Core and its science team of ''[[Half Life]]''. Technically, the title contains a Lambda for the "a".
** Justified in that λ (the lambda) is actually the variable of half-life.
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** The third through fifth installments of ''[[Mega Man Battle Network]]'' used Greek letters to refer to the different boss tiers. The weakest version was not marked with a Greek letter, though.
** Gamma (the final boss) from ''[[Mega Man 3]]''.
** The remastered soundtracks for ''Mega Man Zero'', barring the first, have Greek names that correspond to a theme of their game. The second game's soundtrack is ''Idea''
* [[Olympus Mons|Arceus]] from the ''[[Pokémon Diamond and Pearl]]'' games is known as the "Alpha Pokémon".
* The ''[[God of War (series)|God of War]]'' franchise has a random Omega coupling the "of" in the logo.
** Omega shows up everywhere in the game too; even the experience point meter is a big Omega (Filling up a large letter Z with red fluid wouldn't look nearly as cool). The games do take place in ancient Greece though.
* ''[[Makai Kingdom]]'' has a [[Large Ham]] main character, Overlord Zetta [sic], the most badass overlord in the entire cosmos!
* The Lambda-11, Mu-12, Nu-13 series of [[Robot Girl
* The final chapter of ''[[Xenogears]]'' is named 'Alpha and Omega.' The game also directly quotes the Bible verse at the top of the page in its intro.
* [[Trauma Center]]'s GUILT are named after the Greek names for the seven days of the week.
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** The Asari, being [[Fantasy Counterpart Culture|Greeks IN SPACE]], are strongly associated with Greek place names. They live, for instance, in the Athena nebula (and are matriarchal). ''Illium'', for instance, is deliberately close to the Latinate form of ''Ilion'', Troy.
* One of the playable ships in ''[[Gradius]] Gaiden'' is called Falchion β.
* Subject Delta, the Alpha Series and half the locations in [[
* In the original ''[[
* The denominations of the further stages in [[Metroid]] evolution are '''alpha''', '''gamma''', '''zeta''' and '''omega''', in this order.
* All of Aika's specials in ''[[Skies of Arcadia]]'' are named with a Greek letter: Alpha Storm, Delta Shield, etc. [[Fridge Logic|Where she learned the Greek alphabet is anyone's guess.]]
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== Επιτραπεζια παιχνιδια (Tabletop Games) ==
* The Alpha Legion from ''[[Warhammer
** The Tau of ''[[Warhammer
* An timeline for Task Force Games' game ''Starfire'' in Nexus magazine #6. The Terran Federation's Survey Command issues Omega Contingency orders to govern the use of starship weapons against hostile aliens.
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** Plus, for symmetry with Alpha, {{spoiler|Echo with all her personalities uploaded at once}} was called Omega.
* The eponymous space station of ''[[Babylon 5]]'' names most of its Starfury squadrons after Greek letters and orbits a planet named Epsilon III. Psi Corps uses the letter as its insignia and all members wear it on a badge. Earth also fields the Omega-class destroyer and many many ships named after mythological figures.
* The "555" in ''[[Kamen Rider 555]]'' is [[Word of God|officially translated]] as "Φ's" ("Phi's" or "Faiz"), and the letter Phi is the motif of the lead character Kamen Rider Faiz. The series' theme song is titled "Justiφ's" (Justiphi's, Justifaiz, Justifies). The other Kamen Riders in the series are Kaixa (Χ Chi) and Delta (Δ). The series' [[Mook
** The Kamen Riders in the [[Non-Serial Movie]] ''Paradise Lost'' are Psyga (Ψ Psi) and Orga (Ω Omega).
** Kamen Riders appearing in the show's action stage shows are Alpha, Beta, and Gamma.
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== Λογοτεχνια (Literature) ==
* Greek letters are often part of a [[Mad Lib Thriller Title]], as lampshaded in the [[Discworld]] novel ''[[
** Speaking of ''[[Discworld]]'', the unofficial motto of Unseen University is "Eta Beta Pi".
* [[Edgar Allan Poe]]'s ''How to Write a Blackwood Article'', a parody of the (apparently poorly-written) horror stories in the magazine Poe wrote for, has the narrator being told to include some random Greek in her story just because the letters look cool:
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** Its counterpart was later named the "Alpha Effect".
== Κομικς στο Διαδικτυο (
* In [[Haru-Sari]] Cortinon named all the elves he was studying after greek letters the only one named was the young Chi-min (Omicron).
* ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court]]'' has [[Strange Girl|Gamma and Zimmy]] ([[Word of God]] says the latter is a diminutive of "Zeta").
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