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This is a disambiguation page, for the Judeo-Christian demon,
see Beelzebub
Beelzebub also appears
briefly near the end of Gaiman's Good Omens novel, in which he fulfills the role
of a demonic Metatron.
Beelzebub is a popular boss in the
Megami Tensei series of videogames, as Lucifer's second-in-command,
and is often an available fusion, especially in the latest MegaTen
game, Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne, he is often a "two-form" boss
with a human and more powerful fly form.
Square Enix's
Final
Fantasy series of video games also contains a gigantic
fly-type boss, found in the last dungeon of Final Fantasy
II who goes by the name Beelzebub. The same enemy is also
recycled with a palette swap as a boss called Beelzebub Soul in the
bonus game, "Soul of Rebirth" for Final Fantasy I
& II: Dawn of Souls.
The name for the band
King Crimson
was coined by lyricist Peter Sinfield as a synonym for
Beelzebub.
In a full-length animated movie
under the title Shoujo Kakumei Utena (Girl Revolution Utena or
Revolutionary Girl Utena),
Adolescence Apocalypse, a phantom character known as Akio is seen as the
prince of the world, saving people who need help. The needy people
who began demanding his aid eventually overcame him. As he tried to
withdrawal from the hoarding throngs that followed him, his twin
sister did her best to lock him away in their castle, being
condemned as "The Witch" for taking away the prince of the world.
Later, his sister discovers that he was only posing as a prince,
when he reverted back into a fly; she learned that he was the Lord
of the Flies. The castle is seen throughout the movie and called
Castle Beelzebub.
In the video game Star Ocean 3: Till The End Of
Time, Beelzebub shows up as an enemy boss; a blonde man with a
whip. Azazel,
Belial and Lucifer are also names of enemies;
all human. In the English version of the game, Beelzebub was
renamed Belzeber, Azazel became Azazer, Belial became Berial, and
Lucifer became Luther.
The Dead Milkmen released their famous
single "Punk Rock Girl" on an album entitled "Beelzebubba".
In
Ragnarok
Online, an item known as the Belzebub (sometimes Berzebub or
Beelzebub) Card grants player's 30% faster casting time.