Urban Legends that would make good Supervillain Names

Cafe Society
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Over in City of Heroes, those of us in the C.E.C.I.L. supergroup (http://sdmb.culex.us) are doing a little thinking about next year’s City of Villains. The idea of having a supervillain group based on urban legends seems appealing. So I thought I’d tap into the SDMB’s wellspring of creativity. Post, if you will, the names/titles of urban legends that might make good supervillains.

The challenge is finding a name that evokes the legend without requiring too much explanation.

So far we have:

Sewer Gator
Choking Doberman
Hook Hand
Microwave Poodle

Surely the great (and terrible) minds of the SDMB can gift us with more. So lay it on us, Dopers.

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I’ll search Snopes for ideas, but how about “Wax Tadpole?” It refers to the legend that Coca-Cola translates into Chinese as “Bite the wax tadpole.”

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Spanish Fly.

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I also recall mention of “Proctor and Gamble”, a pair of Satanists.

How about “Cola Spermicide”? Or is that too racy?

Oh, I know! An undead blaster with appropriate explosion powers, named “Zombie Mikey”. He still has Pop Rock power.

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There’s “No Va,” for the mythic reason Chevy Nova’s didn’t sell in Latin America.

One of the most famous urban legends is that Walt Disney was cryogenically frozen, maybe you could use that somehow. “The Suspended Animator” or something.

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Cryogenically Frozen Walt

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Said it before, and I’ll say it again. Peanut Butter Kitty.

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The Vanishing Hitchhiker

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Carmeggedon --the JATO car?

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The Hash-Slinging Slasher.

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Ima Norange.

Ether bandit.

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Shortstop Castro–who uses his athletic prowness & baseball-themed weapons to incite Red Revolution.

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Suicide Roommate

Scuba Skydiver

Hanging Munchkin

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A few thoughts here. Some are pretty lame, but might inspire better names:

Kidney Thief (Competing with Vahz?)
Bonsai Kitten
Moon Landing Hoax (Dark/Rad would be the choice among current powersets, for the shadows and the Van Allen belt elements)
Black Helicopter (obviously a flyer)
Man in Black (Someone had better sign up early if they want this one.)
Eelskin Wallet (electric or magnetic powers)
Equinox Egg
Intensive Care Janitor (the UL about the janitor unpluggin life support equipment to run a vacuum)
Bloody Mary
Hair Spider
Titanic Mummy

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In all the versions I’ve heard, he’s referred to as the Ether Bunny. Which has some nice comedic value in costume design.

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Well, ether or…

:smiley:

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Infected Needle - HIV-infected needle stuck in a pay phone/theater seat/etc.
(I’ll be taking that one, thank you, in-game.)

The game has a name-character limit of 15. Somebody NEEDS to find a way to compress the Vanishing Hitchhiker into 15 characters.

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Internet Man (looks like Al Gore)
Lemonjello and Oranjello
E-Mail Cash (the Microsoft UL)
Whoever the Nigerian e-mail scammer is

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How about “Mexican Lap-Rat”?

And although it may not qualify as “urban legend” howzabout -

“alien-rectal prober?”

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The Organjacker

My own take on this UL and this famous SF term.