Old Scratch

Old Scratch or Mr. Scratch is a nickname or pseudonym for the Devil. The name likely comes from Middle English scrat, the name of a demon or goblin, derived from Old Norse skratte.

Mentions
Examples of usage of the name "Old Scratch" are found in:

Literature

 * "The Devil and Tom Walker" (1824) by Washington Irving
 * A Christmas Carol (1843) by Charles Dickens
 * The Three Clerks (1857) by Anthony Trollope
 * The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) by Mark Twain
 * The Sing-Song of Old Man Kangaroo (1900) by Rudyard Kipling
 * "The Devil and Daniel Webster" (1936) by Stephen Vincent Benét
 * "Prologue to an Adventure" (1938) by Dylan Thomas
 * "The Fair to Middling (1959) by Arthur Calder-Marshall
 * "The Last Rung on the Ladder" (1978) by Stephen King
 * Miracle Monday (1981) by Elliot S. Maggin
 * Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (2004) by Susanna Clarke
 * The Barn at the End of Our Term (2007) by Karen Russell
 * Homestuck (2009) by Andrew Hussie
 * I, Ripper (2015) by Stephen Hunter
 * Chilling Adventures of Sabrina #6 (2016) by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
 * Scratchman (2019) by Tom Baker
 * Windswept House (1996, pg 402) by Fr. Malachi Martin
 * "Disappearance At Devil's Rock" (2016) by Paul Tremblay

Film

 * The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941)
 * The Story of Mankind (1957)
 * Crossroads (1986)
 * Prince of Darkness (1987)
 * The Witches of Eastwick (1987)
 * Rock 'n' Roll Nightmare (1987)
 * Crazy as Hell (2002)
 * Mud (2012)

Television

 * Constantine
 * American Dad! (Episode: "Permanent Record Wrecker")
 * Lucifer (Episode: "Lucifer, Stay. Good Devil.")
 * Quantum Leap (Episode: "The Boogieman")
 * The Messengers (Episode: "Death Becomes Her")
 * Billions (Episode: "The Wrong Maria Gonzalez")(2018)
 * American Horror Story (Episode: "Sojourn")
 * Criminal Minds
 * Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Netflix TV Series (2018) by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
 * Being Human
 * Hap and Leonard (TV series) (Season 3, Episode 1)
 * The Cuphead Show (season 1, episode 1, Carn-Evil)
 * A Christmas Carol (FX, 2019)
 * Lawmen: Bass Reeves (Episode 7)

Music

 * "Beelz" song written by Stephen Lynch
 * "Three Men Hanging" song by Murder by Death
 * "Tight Like That" by Clutch
 * "Un-Reborn Again" by Queens of the Stone Age
 * "Bewitched" by Beat Happening
 * ”The Devil Lives in a Mason Jar” by John Driskell Hopkins
 * "Oldscratch" by The Distillers

Video games

 * Alan Wake
 * Alan Wake's American Nightmare
 * Alan Wake 2
 * Descent 3
 * Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
 * Pirate101
 * The Simpsons: Tapped Out

Miscellaneous

 * Episode 12 of the podcast Welcome to Night Vale
 * A proposed Doctor Who feature film developed by Tom Baker and Ian Marter was given the working title Doctor Who Meets Scratchman.