This is a list of fictional institutions, that is, fictional organizations from literature and entertainment that are not companies, governments, nor schools. For those categories, see:

• List of fictional companies
• List of fictional governments
• List of fictional schools

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Medical/Technological

Asylums and mental health institutions

• Arkham Asylum for the Criminally Insane, Gotham City - Batman
• Arkham Sanitarium, Arkham, Massachusetts - H. P. Lovecraft mythos
• Bainbridge Hospital - Doctor Who Past Doctor Adventures novel Blue Box by Kate Orman
• Belle Isle Asylum, South New Jersey - Aqua Teen Hunger Force
• Brigham Elisha Dashwood Laboratory of Alternative Mentalities Doctor Who audio drama Minuet in Hell
• Calmwood Mental Hospital - The Simpsons, “Hurricane Neddy”
• Control Corps - Kabuki
• HAL Institute for Criminally Insane Robots - Futurama, “Insane in the Mainframe”
• Asylum for Criminally Insane Humans - Futurama, “Insane in the Mainframe”
• New Bedlam Asylum (also New Bedlam Rest Home for the Emotionally Interesting) - The Simpsons
• Pescadero State Hospital - Los Angeles, California - Terminator 2: Judgment Day
• Ravencroft Institute for the Criminally Insane - Spider-Man comics
• Roritor Comatorium - Brain Candy
• Royal Canadian Instutute for the Mentally Insane - Strange Brew
• Summerholt Neurological Institute - Smallville
• Wallbrook, Cincinnati, Ohio - Rain Man

Arkham Asylum as it appeared on Batman: The Animated Series. ... Gotham Citys skyline, as it appears in the 1989 Batman movie. ... Batman (originally referred to as the Bat-Man and still referred to at times as the Batman) is a DC Comics fictional superhero who first appeared in Detective Comics #27 in May 1939. ... Arkham is a fictional city in Massachusetts. ... Howard Phillips Lovecraft (August 20, 1890 – March 15, 1937) was an American author of fantasy, horror and science fiction. ... Doctor hoe is a long-running nudistBritish science fiction television programmar (and 1996 television movie) produced by the BBC about a mysterious time-travelling adventurer known as The Doctor, who explores time and space with his companions, fighting evil. ... The Past Doctor Adventures (sometimes known by the abbreviation PDA or PDAs) are a series of spin-off novels based on the long running BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who and published under the BBC Books imprint. ... Kate Orman is an Australian science-fiction author, best known for her books connected to the British science-fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Aqua Teen Hunger Force (also known as ATHF or simply Aqua Teen) is an American animated television series shown on Cartoon Network as part of its Adult Swim late-night programming block. ... Minuet in Hell is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Simpsons redirects here. ... Hurricane Neddy is the eighth episode from the eighth season of The Simpsons. ... Cover to Kabuki: Skin Deep Kabuki is a comic book series by artist and writer David Mack, first published in 1994 by Caliber Press and later by Image Comics. ... Futurama is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening (creator of The Simpsons) and David X. Cohen for the Fox Network. ... Insane in the Mainframe is the 11th episode in series 3 of Futurama. ... Futurama is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening (creator of The Simpsons) and David X. Cohen for the Fox Network. ... Insane in the Mainframe is the 11th episode in series 3 of Futurama. ... Simpsons redirects here. ... Nickname: City of Angels Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates: State California County Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Area    - City 1,290. ... Terminator 2: Judgment Day (commonly abbreviated T2) is a 1991 movie directed by James Cameron and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, and Robert Patrick. ... Spider-Man swinging around his hometown, New York City. ... Brain Candy (1996) is the first (and so far only) feature film by The Kids in the Hall, a popular but distinctly alternative Canadian comedy troupe. ... Strange Brew is also the title of a song by the band Cream (released on their 1967 album Disraeli Gears), and of a compilation album - Strange Brew: The Very Best of Cream Strange Brew is a 1983 film starring the popular SCTV characters Bob & Doug McKenzie, played by Dave Thomas... Smallville is an American television series that debuted on October 16, 2001 on the WB Network (see 2001 in television). ... Nickname: The Queen City Location in Hamilton County, Ohio, USA Coordinates: Country United States State Ohio County Hamilton Founded 1788 Incorporated 1819 Mayor Mark L. Mallory (D) Area    - City 206. ... Rain Man is a 1988 film which tells the story of a selfish yuppie who discovers that his father has left all of his estate to the autistic brother he never knew he had. ...

Hospitals

• Albion Hospital, London - Doctor Who
• Alchemilla Hospital - Silent Hill
• Boston General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts - Coma
• Brookhaven Hospital - Silent Hill 2 and Silent Hill 3
• Cedars Sinewave Robot Hospital - Futurama, “Bendin’ in the Wind”
• Chicago Hope, Chicago, Illinois - Chicago Hope
• Community General Hospital, Los Angeles, California - Diagnosis: Murder
• Cook County General Hospital, Chicago, Illinois - ER, note, Stroger Hospital in Chicago was formerly named Cook County Hospital, and was an inspiration for the show
• Holby City Hospital, Holby, UK - Casualty and Holby City
• John Ford Clinic for Alcoholic Cowboys - The Simpsons
• Lady Sybil Free Hospital, Ankh-Morpork - Discworld
• Kingdom Hospital, Lewiston, Maine - from Stephen King miniseries of the same name
• Marvin Monroe Memorial Hospital, Springfield, USA - The Simpsons, “Who Shot Mr. Burns?”
• Mayfair Medical, New Orleans, Louisiana - Anne Rice novels
• Mercy Point, outer space - Mercy Point
• 4077^th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital, Uijeongbu, Republic of Korea - M*A*S*H
• Port Charles General Hospital, Port Charles, New York - General Hospital
• Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital - House
• Rampart General Hospital, Los Angeles, California - Emergency!
• Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen - The Kingdom
• Rittenhouse Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Strong Medicine
• Sacred Heart Hospital - Scrubs
• St. Eligius, Boston, Massachusetts - St. Elsewhere
• St. Hugh's Hospital, Sun Hill, London - The Bill
• St. Jerome's - Silent Hill 4: The Room
• Seattle Grace Hospital, Seattle, Washington - Grey's Anatomy
• Sector Twelve General Hospital, outer space - James White's Sector General series of novels
• Shortland Street Hospital, Ferndale, New Zealand - Shortland Street
• Springfield General Hospital, Springfield, USA - The Simpsons
• Springfield Presbyterian Hospital - The Simpsons
• Taco Bellevue Hospital, New New York City, New New York - Futurama
• Wandin Valley Hospital - A Country Practice

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Silent Hill 3 is the third installment in the survival horror series. ... Futurama is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening (creator of The Simpsons) and David X. Cohen for the Fox Network. ... Bendin in the Wind is the 13th episode in season 3 of Futurama. ... Flag Seal Nickname: The Windy City Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location Location in Chicagoland and northern Illinois Coordinates , Government Country State Counties United States Illinois Cook, DuPage Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 606. ... Chicago Hope was a popular CBS drama series created by David E. Kelley that ran from September 18, 1994 to May 4, 2000. ... Nickname: City of Angels Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates: State California County Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Area    - City 1,290. ... Flag Seal Nickname: The Windy City Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location Location in Chicagoland and northern Illinois Coordinates , Government Country State Counties United States Illinois Cook, DuPage Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 606. ... ER is a long-running American serial medical drama created by novelist Michael Crichton and set primarily in the emergency room of fictional County General Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. ... The John H. Stroger, Jr. ... Casualty is a long-running BBC television drama serial, first broadcast in 1986 and transmitted on BBC One. ... Holby City is a medical drama television serial broadcast on BBC One in the United Kingdom. ... John Ford (February 1, 1894 – August 31, 1973) was one of the most accomplished American film directors of the 1930s to 1960s, known particularly as a director of the Westerns, although his tributes to the veterans of World War II and Americana are also equally effective. ... Simpsons redirects here. ... Ankh-Morpork is a fictional city-state which prominently features in Terry Pratchetts Discworld series of fantasy novels. ... // This article is about the novels. ... Stephen Kings Kingdom Hospital was a thirteen-episode miniseries based on Lars von Triers Riget, which was developed by horror writer Stephen King in 2004 for American television. ... Main Street, also U.S. Route 202 in downtown Lewiston Coordinates: Counties Androscoggin County Area    - City 35. ... Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author best known for his enormously popular horror novels. ... Springfield is the fictional city in which the TV series The Simpsons is set. ... Simpsons redirects here. ... Who Shot Mr. ... Nickname: The Crescent City, The Big Easy, The City That Care Forgot, NOLA (acronym for New Orleans, LA) Location in the State of Louisiana and the United States Coordinates: Country United States State Louisiana Parish Orleans Founded 1718 Mayor Ray Nagin (D) Area    - City 350. ... Anne Rice. ... Characters Dr. Grote Maxwell played by Joe Morton Dr. Haylen Breslauer played by Maria del Mar Dr. Dru Breslauer played by Alexandra Wilson Dr. Caleb C.J. Jurado played by Brian McNamara ANI - Android Nursing Interface played by Julia Pennington Dr. Rema Cook played by Gay Thomas Dr. Batung played... The Mobile Army Surgical hospital (MASH) refers to a United States Army medical unit serving as a fully functional hospital in a combat area of operations. ... Uijeongbu is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. ... M*A*S*H is an American medical drama/black comedy produced by 20th Century Fox for CBS. M*A*S*H was created by Larry Gelbart, inspired by the 1961 novel Catch 22, the 1968 Richard Hooker novel MASH, and the 1970 film of the same name. ... Port Charles, New York is the fictional city in which the American ABC television network daytime soap opera General Hospital and its spin-off Port Charles is set. ... General Hospital is the longest-running daytime American soap opera on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) television network, and is also the longest-running soap opera produced in Hollywood (having been taped at the Prospect Avenue ABC Television Center West and Sunset-Gower Studios). ... House M.D., often referred to simply as House, is an American medical drama television series created by David Shore and executive produced by film director Bryan Singer. ... Nickname: City of Angels Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates: State California County Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Area    - City 1,290. ... Emergency! 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It was created by Bill Lawrence, who also co-created Spin City. ... Nickname: City on the Hill, Beantown, The Hub (of the Universe)1, Athens of America, The Cradle of Revolution, Puritan City, Americas Walking City Location in Massachusetts, USA Counties Suffolk County Mayor Thomas M. Menino(D) Area    - City 232. ... St. ... Sun Hill is a fictional London suburb which is the setting for British police television drama series The Bill. ... London (pronounced ) is the capital city of the United Kingdom and the largest city of England (strangely, England has no constitutional existence within the United Kingdom, and therefore cannot be said to have a capital). ... The Bill is a long-running British television police procedural shown on ITV1, at 8pm, usually on Wednesdays and Thursdays. ... Nickname: The Emerald City Location of Seattle in King County and Washington Coordinates: Country United States State Washington County King Incorporated December 2, 1869 Mayor Greg Nickels (D) Area    - City 369. ... Greys Anatomy is a Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winning American primetime television medical drama. ... James White (April 7, 1928 - August 23, 1999) was a prolific Northern Irish author of science fiction novellas, short stories and novels. ... Shortland Street is a New Zealand soap opera set in a modern metropolitan Auckland City hospital. ... Springfield is the fictional city in which the TV series The Simpsons is set. ... Simpsons redirects here. ... Simpsons redirects here. ... For the restaurants of a similar name, see Taco Bill. ... Futurama is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening (creator of The Simpsons) and David X. Cohen for the Fox Network. ... A Country Practice was one of the longest-running Australian television drama series. ...

Research institutes and facilities

• Aperture Labratories (sic) - Portal
• Area 52 - Looney Tunes: Back in Action
• Black Mesa Research Facility - in the single-shooter game Half-Life
• Black Mesa East - also in Half-Life
• British Experimental Rocket Group - The Quatermass Experiment and sequels
• Cabbage Research Centre - Discworld
• C.I.: The Cartwright Institute for the Study of Freedom Illnesses - C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America
• The Clinic for Paranormal Research in Wisconsin - Marvel's New Universe
• Coolidge Institute - Sneakers
• Foundation for Law and Government - vigilante justice, Knight Rider
• Global Multimedia Protocol Group - maintains the Metaverse protocol, part of the Association for Computing Machinery, Snow Crash
• Haggershaven-community of scholars and scientists in Bring the Jubilee (1955), an alternate history by Ward Moore.
• Hammond Foundation - exploration, Jurassic Park
• Hereti-Corp - Sluggy Freelance
• Humanidyne Research Corporation - Misfits of Science
• Jefferson Institute - comatorium services (ostensibly), Coma novel and movie
• Lancre Royal Society for the Betterment of Mankind - Discworld
• Marie Celeste Research Institute - Pandora's Star
• Maximegalon Institute of Slowly and Painfully Working Out The Surprisingly Obvious - Mostly Harmless
• Nelson Institute of Marine Research - Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
• New Avalon Institute of Science - Battletech
• Operation Hennessey - The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
• Phoenix Foundation - MacGyver
• Project Cadmus - DC Comics
• Robinson Heath Nuclear Utilisation Technology Centre - The Leaky Establishment and other works by David Langford
• Sealab - Sealab 2020 and Sealab 2021
• S.T.A.R. Labs - DC Comics
• The Centre - The Pretender (TV series)
• Umbrella Corporation - Resident Evil
• Zissou Society - The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

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Mark Thomas Miller and Courteney Cox in Misfits of Science Misfits of Science was a short-lived American superhero fantasy TV series from 1985, lasting for only 16 episodes. ... The novel Coma writtin by Robin Cook in 1977 was his first publication. ... Lancre (pronounced Lanker) is a fictional country from Terry Pratchetts Discworld novels. ... // This article is about the novels. ... The Commonwealth Saga is a science fiction series by British SF writer Peter F. Hamilton. ... The front cover of the US first hardcover edition of Mostly Harmless. ... Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea was a science-fiction film directed by Irwin Allen and released in 1961. ... 20 Year Anniversary of BattleTech logo. ... The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou is Wes Andersons fourth feature length film and was released in the U.S. on December 25, 2004. ... MacGyver was an American adventure television series about a laid-back, extremely resourceful ex-secret agent, played by Richard Dean Anderson. ... 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Retirement homes and elderly care facilities

• Final Curtain Old Actors' Home, Los Angeles, California - Futurama
• Pokey Folks, Townsville - The Powerpuff Girls
• Shady Oaks Retirement Home, Quahog, Rhode Island - Family Guy
• Shady Pines Retirement Home, Miami, Florida - The Golden Girls
• Springfield Retirement Castle, Springfield USA - The Simpsons

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Political/Governmental

Government/international agencies

Defense agencies

• G.I. Joe - G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero
• GUN (Guardian Unit of Nations) - Sonic the Hedgehog
• Hypnos (Digimon)
• MASK (Mobile Armored Strike Kommand) - M.A.S.K.
• NERV - Neon Genesis Evangelion
• S.H.I.E.L.D. (Supreme Headquarters International Espionage Law-enforcement Division, later Strategic Hazard Intervention Espionage Logistics Directorate) - Marvel Comics
• Stargate Command - in Stargate SG-1
• S.T.R.I.K.E. (Special Tactical Reserve for International Key Emergencies- British version of SHIELD) - Marvel UK
• UNATCO (United Nations Anti-Terrorist Coalition) - Deus Ex video game and sequel, Deus Ex: Invisible War
• U.N.I.T. (United Nations Intelligence Taskforce) - Doctor Who, also known as N.U.I.T. (French division) and O.G.R.O.N. (Russian division)
• UNTIL (United Nations Tribunal on International Law-Enforcement) - Champions (role-playing game)
• W.H.O. (Weird Happenings Organisation) - Marvel UK

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Espionage/spy agencies

• A.P.E. (Agency to Prevent Evil) - Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp
• British Royal Library Task Force - Read or Die
• Bureau of Sabotage - The Dosadi Experiment
• The B.R.O.T.H.E.R.H.O.O.D. - Undercover Brother
• Cable Street Particulars (historic version) - Discworld
• The Company - (Kabuki comic book)
• CONTROL - Get Smart
• CTU (Counter-Terrorist Unit) - (24)
• The Diogenes Club - The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, various works of Kim Newman
• DXS - (Department of External Services) - MacGyver
• The Factory - Kabuki comic book
• The Finger (secret police), the Eye (CCTV monitoring), and the Ear (phone surveillance) - graphic novel and film V for Vendetta
• Third Echelon - Splinter Cell videogame series.
• Federal Intelligence Service - (Restored Republic of Haven espioange agency, Honor Harrington series)
• H.E.A.T. (Hemisphere Emergency Action Team) - Acapulco H.E.A.T.
• IADC (Inter-Agency Defense Command) - Wonder Woman
• IIA (International Intelligence Agency) - Access Denied
• IMF (Impossible Missions Force) - black ops team, Mission: Impossible
• Internal Security (InSec) - (secret police and espionage agency of the People's Republic of Haven, Honor Harrington series)
• I.S.A (International Security Agency) - Days of Our Lives
• MI-13 - Marvel UK
• The Ministry - The Avengers
• NID - National Intelligence Division - Stargate SG-1
• Noh - (Kabuki comic book)
• Obsidian Order - Cardassian intelligence, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
• Office of State Security (StateSec, SS) - (Succeeded Internal Security of the People's Republic of Haven, Honor Harrington series)
• OMEGA sector - Last line of defence -True Lies
• OP - Shiri
• ORION - Top Secret/S.I.
• OSS - Spy Kids
• Public Security Section 9 - Ghost in the Shell
• Section 13 - Jackie Chan Adventures
• Section 31 - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
• SHUSH - Darkwing Duck
• SIA - (It Takes A Thief)
• Tal Shiar - Romulan intelligence, Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
• T.H.U.N.D.E.R. (The Higher United Nations Defense Enforcement Reserves)- T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents
• U.N.C.L.E. (United Network Command for Law Enforcement) - The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
• W.I.N. (World Intelligence Network) - Joe 90
• WOOHP (World Organization Of Human Protection) - Totally Spies
• World Security Bureau - General Hospital

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Cover to Kabuki: Skin Deep Kabuki is a comic book series by artist and writer David Mack, first published in 1994 by Caliber Press and later by Image Comics. ... Look up Control in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Get Smart was an American comedy television series that satirized the secret agent genre, which was quite popular in the mid-1960s. ... CTU also stands for Czech Technical University in Prague. ... 24 (twenty four) is a current U.S. television action/drama series, produced by the Fox Network and syndicated worldwide. ... The Diogenes Club is a fictional gentlemans club created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and featured in several Sherlock Holmes stories, most notably The Greek Interpreter. It seems to have been named after Diogenes the Cynic (although this is never expanded upon in the original stories) and was co... The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes is a 1970 film directed and produced by Billy Wilder, and starring Robert Stephens as Sherlock Holmes. ... Kim Newman (born July 31, 1959) is an English journalist, film critic, and fiction writer. ... MacGyver was an American adventure television series about a laid-back, extremely resourceful ex-secret agent, played by Richard Dean Anderson. ... Cover to Kabuki: Skin Deep Kabuki is a comic book series by artist and writer David Mack, first published in 1994 by Caliber Press and later by Image Comics. ... // Secret police (sometimes political police) are a police organization which operates in secrecy for the national purpose of maintaining national security against internal threats to the state. ... Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, in the Columbine High School Massacre. ... It has been suggested that Telephone recording,Voice logging be merged into this article or section. ... V for Vendetta is a 2006 action-thriller film set in London in a dystopian near future. ... This article is about the comic book series. ... Third Echelon is the name of a fictional organization featured in the Splinter Cell series of games manufactured by Ubisoft, endorsed by author Tom Clancy, and since accompanied by a novel with a related plot. ... This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. ... Alapulco H.E.A.T. was a short live 1993 television series in which the H.E.A.T. team, a group of specialists recruited to fight a secret war on terrorists, is based in Acapulco, Mexico. ... Wonder Woman is a fictional DC Comics superheroine co-created by William Moulton Marston and wife Elizabeth Holloway Marston. ... Access Denied is a Liberators album. ... The Impossible Missions Force, IMF, is the fictional intelligence agency of the U.S. government from the American television series Mission: Impossible and series of films. ... The term black op is used in two instances. ... Mission: Impossible is the name of an American television series which aired on the CBS network from September 1966 to September 1973. ... Days of our Lives is a long-running American soap opera. ... The Mighty World of Marvel #1: The very first Marvel UK title published in 1972. ... The Avengers is a British 1960s television series featuring secret agents in a fantasy 1960s Britain. ... Stargate SG-1 (often abbreviated as SG-1) is a science fiction television series based upon the 1994 science fiction film Stargate. ... Cover to Kabuki: Skin Deep Kabuki is a comic book series by artist and writer David Mack, first published in 1994 by Caliber Press and later by Image Comics. ... The Obsidian Order is a Cardassian secret police organization in the fictional Star Trek universe. ... Cardassians are a spacefaring race in the fictional Star Trek universe. ... Space station Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (ST:DS9 or STDS9 or DS9 for short) is a science fiction television series produced by Paramount and set in the Star Trek universe. ... True Lies is a 1994 action movie/comedy directed by James Cameron. ... Shiri (Swiri) is a 1999 Korean film written and directed by Kang Je-gyu. ... The ORION logo ORION, or the ORION Foundation, is a fictional secret intelligence agency from the TSR role-playing game Top Secret/S.I.. The organization, consisting of at least 12 bureaus located around the world, existed to counter the evil schemes of its rival, the villainous WEB. Category: ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Top Secret (role-playing game). ... Alexa Vega as Carmen in Spy Kids Spy Kids is the name of a film trilogy released from 2001 to 2003. ... The National Public Safety Commission ) is a Japanese Cabinet Office commission. ... Motoko Kusanagi from the manga Ghost in the Shell. ... 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Investigative agencies

• Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense (B.P.R.D.) - Hellboy
• Cable Street Particulars (modern version) - Discworld
• Celestial Intervention Agency - Doctor Who
• Center - Martin Mystery
• Charles Townsend Agency - Charlie's Angels
• C.B.I. (Confederate Bureau of Investigation) - C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America
• C.I.H.L. (Creative Institute of Higher Learning/Creature Intelligence Hybrid Laboratory) - Martin Mystery
• C.D.A. (Child Detection Agency) - Monsters, Inc.
• Department of Observation and Measurement of Scientific Work - Doomwatch
• Federal Investigative Agency (FIA) - (National Police force of the People's Republic of Haven, in the Honor Harrington series)
• The Initiative - Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• Izono Criminal Research Center - MPD Psycho
• Japanese Bureau of Investigation - 2009 Lost Memories
• MIB (Men In Black) - Men in Black
• Ministry of Information, especially the Department of Information Retrieval - Brazil
• National Intelligence Agency - Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
• The Nose - graphic novel and film V for Vendetta
• NTAC (National Threat Assessment Command) - The 4400
• OSI (Office of Scientific Intelligence) - The Six Million Dollar Man
• OSIR (Office of Scientific Investigation & Research) - Psi Factor
• SAVE (Societas Argenti Viae Eternitata, "The Eternal Society of the Silver Way", originally Societas Albae Viae Eternitata, "The Eternal Society of the White Way") - Chill (role-playing game)
• The Shadow Directory - Doctor Who Virgin New Adventures Psi-Powers arc
• Special Public Safety Task Force aka Section 2 - TOKKO
• The Torchwood Institute - Doctor Who and Torchwood
• UNIT (United Nations Intelligence Taskforce) - Doctor Who
• VUE Commission - The Falls

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Martin Mystery (2003) is an animated television series. ... Charlies Angels was a television series broadcast from 1976 to 1981, about three women who work for a fictional private investigation agency, the Charles Townsend Agency. ... Martin Mystery may refer to: Martin Mystère, an Italian comic book published in the U.S. as Martin Mystery Martin Mystery, a television animation series inspired by the comic character Category: ... Monsters, Inc. ... Doomwatch was a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC, which ran on the BBC1 channel for thirty-seven fifty-minute episodes, plus one unshown, and one part made, in three seasons transmitted on Mondays from 9 February 1970 to 14 August 1972. ... The Republic of Haven is a fictional star nation in the Honorverse. ... Honor Stephanie Harrington is a fictional character, the eponymous heroine of a series of science fiction books set in the Honorverse, written by David Weber and published by Baen Books. ... Buffy the Vampire Slayer is an American cult television series that aired from March 10, 1997, until May 20, 2003. ... MPD Psycho or Multiple Personality Detective Psycho (多重人格探偵サイコ Tajuu Jinkaku Tantei Saiko) is a manga series by Eiji Otsuka and drawn by Sho-u Tajima, later adapted as a live action six-episode TV miniseries by director Takashi Miike. ... 2009 Lost Memories (2002) (Hangul: 2009 로스트 메모리즈) is a South Korean SF action movie, directed by Lee Si-myung. ... Men in Black is a 1997 science fiction comedy action film directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, starring Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith and Vincent DOnofrio. ... The term Ministry of Information may refer to the following: Minister of Information - A British government position during the First and Second World War. ... Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman was a live-action television series based on the Superman comic books. ... V for Vendetta is a 2006 action-thriller film set in London in a dystopian near future. ... This article is about the comic book series. ... The 4400 is a science fiction program on the USA Network, Space: The Imagination Station, and Sky One. ... Part of The Bionic series The Six Million Dollar Man was an American television series about a cyborg working for a U.S. secret service called OSI. The show was based on the novel Cyborg by Martin Caidin, and aired on the ABC network from 1973 to 1978. ... Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal was a Canadian sci-fi/drama television series which aired from 1996 to 2000. ... Chill is a role-playing game that captures the feel of late 20th-century horror films. ... Doctor hoe is a long-running nudistBritish science fiction television programmar (and 1996 television movie) produced by the BBC about a mysterious time-travelling adventurer known as The Doctor, who explores time and space with his companions, fighting evil. ... The Virgin New Adventures (often referred to simply as NAs within fandom) were a series of novels from Virgin Publishing based on the British science-fiction television series Doctor Who, which had been cancelled in 1989, continuing the story of the series from where the television programme had left off. ... TOKKO ) is a Japanese manga series by Tohru Fujisawa. ... The Torchwood Institute is a fictional organisation from the British science fiction television series Doctor Who and its spin-off series, Torchwood. ... Doctor hoe is a long-running nudistBritish science fiction television programmar (and 1996 television movie) produced by the BBC about a mysterious time-travelling adventurer known as The Doctor, who explores time and space with his companions, fighting evil. ... Torchwood is a British television science fiction and crime drama created by Russell T. Davies and starring John Barrowman and Eve Myles dealing with the machinations and activities of the fictional Torchwood Institute. ... The United Nations Intelligence Taskforce (also known as UNIT) is a fictional military organization from the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Doctor hoe is a long-running nudistBritish science fiction television programmar (and 1996 television movie) produced by the BBC about a mysterious time-travelling adventurer known as The Doctor, who explores time and space with his companions, fighting evil. ... The Falls is a 1980 film directed by Peter Greenaway. ...

Administrative departments

• Bureau of Alien Affairs - Known Space
• Bureau of Relocation - CoDominium administration for Voluntary and Involuntary colonists
• Department H (Canada) - Marvel Comics
• Department of Administrative Affairs (UK) - Yes Minister
• Department of Extranormal Operations (US) - Chase and other DC Comics.
• Department of Metahuman Affairs (US) - DC Comics
• Department of Paranormal Resources (UK) - Temps and Eurotemps by Midnight Rose
• Department of Social Affairs - The Thick of It
• Department of Social Scrutiny (DoSS) Britain: What A State by Ian Vince. Responsible for tax, welfare and counter-insurgency.
• Environmental Perfection Agency (US) - The Case of the Toxic Spell Dump by Harry Turtledove (pastiches the real Environmental Protection Agency)
• General Assistance Department (UK) - The Men from the Ministry
• Ministry of Magic (UK) - Harry Potter
• National Council on Astronautics - 2001: A Space Odyssey
• Royal Manticoran Astrography Investigation Agency - (Honor Harrington series)

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Agencies whose powers cover all the above categories

• Executive Branch General Operational Command - Snow Crash

• The Bureau of Internal Investigation -Escape Velocity: Nova

Snow Crash is a science fiction novel written by Neal Stephenson and published in 1992. ...

Government licensing agencies

• Ofdrug - If... Drugs Were Legal

This refers to the television series, for other uses see If If. ...

Jails and prisons

• Azkaban Prison - Harry Potter
• Batongaville State Prison - Natural Born Killers
• Blackgate Penitentiary, Gotham City - Batman comics
• Belle Reve Penitentiary - DC Comics esp. Suicide Squad
• Cold Mountain Penitentiary - The Green Mile
• Commander Riker's Island - Futurama
• Desert prison - Final Fantasy VII
• D-District Prison - Final Fantasy VIII
• Fox River State Penitentiary - Prison Break
• Hawksbill Station - Hawksbill Station by Robert Silverberg
• Men-Tel Corporation Fortress - Fortress
• Morningwood Penitentiary, Springfield USA - The Simpsons
• Nova Prospekt - Half-Life 2
• Oswald maximum security penitentiary (Renamed) - Oz
• Oswald state correctional facility level 4 - Oz
• Quadrant Six - Lost In Space
• Quahog Prison, Quahog, Rhode Island - Family Guy
• The Raft - Marvel Comics
• Shawshank Prison, Portland, Maine - The Shawshank Redemption
• Slabside Penitentiary ("the Slab"), Antarctica- DC Comics
• Springfield State Prison, Springfield USA - The Simpsons
• Springfield Women's Prison, Springfield USA - The Simpsons
• Springwood Minimum Security Prison, Springfield USA - The Simpsons
• Stattica Robot Penitentiary - Futurama
• Stryker's Island, Metropolis - Superman comics
• The Tanty, Ankh-Morpork - Discworld
• The Vault - Marvel Comics
• The Village - The Prisoner
• Wentworth Detention Centre - Prisoner
• Woodward Penitentiary for Women - Gothika

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Police forces

• Bureau of Ajudicators - Doctor Who serial Colony in Space and Virgin New Adventures
• Ankh-Morpork City Watch - Discworld
• Bureau des Etrangers - In the BBC TV Series Bergerac set in Jersey
• Chancellery Guard, Gallifrey - Doctor Who
• C.O.P.S. (Central Organization of Police Specialists) - C.O.P.S. (Cartoon)
• Department of Precrime - Minority Report
• E.O.D (Elite Operations Division) - True Crime: Streets of LA
• Gotham City Police Department - Batman esp. Gotham Central
• Hawai`i Five-O - Hawai`i Five-O
• Hit Team - Hit Team
• The Judges of Mega-City One - Judge Dredd
  • Academy of Law
  • Psi Division
  • Public Surveillance Unit
  • Special Judicial Squad (internal affairs)
• Metro City Police Department - Inspector Gadget
• Metropolis Special Crimes Unit - Superman
• Metrocops - Max Headroom
• Paradigm City Military Police - The Big O
• Royal Canadian Kilted Yaksmen - Ren and Stimpy
• S.T.A.R.S. - Special Tactics and Rescue Squad/Service - Resident Evil
• Special Mobile Investigation Troops Second Division, Special Public Safety Task Force - Tokko
• Springfield Police Department - The Simpsons
• Team America: World Police - Team America: World Police
• S.C.A.T. - Special Crimes Action Team, a California based police task force in the TV sko, B.J. and the Bear

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Conservation and land management agencies

• National Sacrifice Zone Program - part of the National Parks Service, manages parcels whose cleanup cost exceeds total future economic value in Snow Crash
• WSPB - from The Falls, a worldwide extension of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds

The National Park Service (NPS) is the United States federal agency that manages all National Parks, many National Monuments, and other conservation and historical properties with various title designations. ... Snow Crash is a science fiction novel written by Neal Stephenson and published in 1992. ... The Falls is a 1980 film directed by Peter Greenaway. ... The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) is Europes largest wildlife conservation charity. ...

Non-departmental public bodies

• Bird Facilities Investments - from The Falls, a parody of the British Film Institute

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Paramilitary, rebel, and rogue military groups

See Guerrilla, Revolutionary, and Terrorist Organizations section at List of fictional military organizations

This is a List of fictional military organizations, including military branches of political bodies or governments, fringe or guerrilla groups, privately run militia, and autonomous and unconventional militaries, such as special forces, that do not fall under traditional military hierarchies. ... This is a List of fictional military organizations, including military branches of political bodies or governments, fringe or guerrilla groups, privately run militia, and autonomous and unconventional militaries, such as special forces, that do not fall under traditional military hierarchies. ...

Terrorist/criminal organizations

• The 100 (later the 1000) - DC Comics esp. Rose and Thorn and Black Lightning
• ACROSS - Excel Saga
• A.I.M. (Advanced Idea Mechanics, criminal scientists) - Marvel Comics
• Akatsuki - Naruto
• The Alliance of Twelve - Alias
• AVALANCHE - Final Fantasy VII
• Brotherhood of Evil Mutants - X-Men
• Breccia - (Troll Mafia) Discworld
• Carlyle Firm ("the Bloody Carlyles") - Newton's Wake by Ken MacLeod
• C.H.U.M.P. (Criminal Headquarters for the Underground Master Plan ) - Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp
• Cobra - G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero
• Disco Boys - Mystery Men
• Ecumenical Liberation Army - parody of the Symbionese Liberation Army; Network
• E.V.I.L. (Every Villain Is Lemons) - SpongeBob SquarePants
• False Face Society - Black Mask's organisation in Batman
• FOWL (Fiendish Organization of World Larceny) - Darkwing Duck
• The Frat Boys - Mystery Men
• The Furriers - Mystery Men
• G.L.A (Global Libaration Army) - Command & Conquer: Generals
• Human Liberation Front - Ghost in the Shell
• HYDRA - Marvel Comics, esp. Captain America and Nick Fury
• Intergang - Superman
• KAOS - Get Smart
• K-Directorate - Alias
• Maggia - Marvel Comics
• NAH (Nihilistic (or Nameless) Anarchist Horde) - The Illuminatus! Trilogy
• NSF (Northwest Secessionist Forces) - Deus Ex and its sequel, Deus Ex: Invisible War
• The Not So Goody Boys - Mystery Men
• PAGAN (People Against Goodness And Normalcy) - Dragnet
• Red Cell- "La Femme Nikita"
• The Red Eyes - Mystery Men
• Second Wave - 24
• Shadowloo - Street Fighter
• SPECTRE (Special Executive for Counterintelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion) - James Bond movies
• The Suits - Mystery Men
• The Susies - Mystery Men
• THRUSH (Technical Hierarchy for the Removal of Undesireables and the Subjugation of Humanity) - The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
• VENOM (Viciously Evil Network of Mayhem) - M.A.S.K.
• VIPER - Champions (role-playing game)
• WEB - Top Secret/S.I.
• WOB (Word Of Blake) - Battletech

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Activist groups

• CAELOSS (Citizen's Army for the Economic Liberation of Suicide Slum), Superman comics
• Campaign for Equal Heights - dwarf pressure group, Discworld
• Campaign for Real Mayhem - Pressure group demanding authentic tavern brawls, Discworld (parodies the Campaign for Real Ale)
• C.L.I.T. (Coalition for Liberation of Itinerate Tree-dwellers) - militant animal liberation, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
• C.L.I.T.O.R.I.S. (Committee for the Liberation and Integration of Terrifying Organisms and their Rehabilitation Into Society) - Polymorph support group, Red Dwarf
• Dudes for the Legalation of Hemp [sic] - Futurama
• FANG (Feminists Against Neanderthal Guys) - Married... with Children
• F.A.R.T. (Fathers Against Rude Television) - Futurama
• H.O.O.P. (Hands Off Our Penises) - anti-circumcision group, "Pilot" episode of Arrested Development
• L.A.B.I.A. (Liberate Apes Before Imprisoning Apes) - militant animal liberation, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
• League Against Cruelty To Dogs - Discworld
• M.E.A.T. (Mankind for Ethical Animal Treatment) - vegetarian group, "The Problem with Popplers" episode of Futurama
• Mothers Against Canada - television decency movement, South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
• National Gun Association - parody of the National Rifle Association, Family Guy
• National Ray-Gun Association - parody of the National Rifle Association, Futurama
• NO MA'AM (National Organization of Men Against Amazonian Masterhood) - Married... with Children
• One Cell, One Vote - Futurama (TV series)
• Open Spaces Coalition - Anti-suburban sprawl group, I ♥ Huckabees
• People for the Ethical Treatment of Humans - Futurama
• Silicon Anti-Defemation League - troll pressure group, Discworld
• SNUH (Springfieldians for Nonviolence, Understanding, and Helping) - anti-cartoon violence organization, The Simpsons

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Inter-political alliances

• D.O.O.P. (Democratic Order of Planets)- Futurama
• Earth Alliance - Babylon 5
• Systems Commonwealth - Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda
• Trade Federation - Star Wars
• United Federation of Planets - Star Trek
• World Council - version of the United Nations in Justice League (animated series)
• ZAFT (Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty) - Gundam Seed

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Political parties

See List of fictional political parties This is a list of fictional political parties of various countries. ...

Social

Chivalric, brotherly, and secret orders

• The Ancient Mystic Society of No Homers (formerly Stonecutters)- The Simpsons
• Beaver Lodge - Newhart
• Bene Gesserit - Dune Chronicles
• Benevolent Order of the Bison - Dobie Gillis
• Benevolent Order of Buffalo - Punky Brewster
• The Brotherhood - Doctor Who Virgin New Adventures Psi Powers arc
• Brotherhood of the Cruciform Sword - Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
• Brotherhood of Jewish Clowns - "Homer the Heretic" episode of The Simpsons
• Daughters of the Alamo - Dallas
• Elucidated Brethren of the Ebon Night - Discworld
• Fraternal Order of the Bass - Laverne and Shirley
• International Order of Friendly Sons of the Raccoons - The Honeymooners
• International Possum Brotherhood - The Red Green Show
• Knights Of The Scimitar - Cheers
• Leopard Lodge - Happy Days
• Loyal Order of Caribou Lodge - Blondie comic strip
• Loyal Order of Water Buffalo - The Flintstones
• Mystic Knights of the Cobra - Mama's Family
• Mystic Knights of the Sea - The Amos 'n' Andy Show
• Order of the Phoenix - Harry Potter
• Priory of Sion - The Da Vinci Code
• Royal Order of the Mystic Nile Lodge - The Real McCoys
• Sacred Order of the Stonecutters - The Simpsons
• Secret Order of the Beavers - One Day at a Time
• Seekers of Truth and Penitence - a guild of torturers in The Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe
• Sons of the Tundra - Northern Exposure
• The Wildebeests - The Drew Carey Show

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College fraternities and sororities

• Alpha Beta - fraternity, Revenge of the Nerds
• Delta Gamma - fraternity, Happy Days, though there is a sorority with this name
• Delta Nu - Sorority "Legally Blonde"
• Delta Tau Chi - fraternity, Animal House
• Epsilon Rho Rho - also known as Robot House, robot fraternity, Futurama
• Kappa Alpha - sorority, Road Trip, though there are two actual fraternities with this name
• Kappa Kappa Kappa - sorority, unaware that their sweaters read "KKK" - Mad TV
• Kappa Kappa Wong - sorority, Futurama
• Lamda Lambda Lambda - fraternity, Revenge of the Nerds
• Omega Mu - sorority, Revenge of the Nerds
• Omega Theta Pi - fraternity, Animal House
• Pi Delta Pi - sorority, Revenge of the Nerds
• Rho Rho - fraternity, Revenge of the Nerds
• Snooty House - fraternity, Futurama

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Social and private clubs

• Albacore Club - Chinatown
• Barrington Country Club - Family Guy
• Cobalt Culb - The Shadow
• The Diogenes Club - From the Sherlock Holmes stories.
• Drones Club - parody of bachelor's clubs, P. G. Wodehouse's Jeeves and Wooster series
• Fidgett's - parody of bachelor's clubs, Discworld
• Fresh Start Club - Discworld (for the undead)
• Junior Ganymede Club - club for butlers, P. G. Wodehouse's Jeeves and Wooster series
• Legitimate Businessman's Social Club - front for the Springfield Mafia, The Simpsons
• Pilgrim - non-judgemental, non-ideological discussion group, Torchwood
• Quahog African American League - Family Guy
• Quahog Beautiful People's Club - Family Guy
• Stepford Men's Association - The Stepford Wives
• Young Men's Anti-Christian Association (YMACA) - Monty Python's Flying Circus

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Street gangs

• The Baseball Furies - The Warriors
• The Baker Street Irregulars - Sherlock Holmes stories
• The Cockbill Street Roaring Lads - Discworld (Samuel Vimes' old gang)
• The Dingbats of Danger Street - DC Comics
• The Gramercy Riffs - The Warriors
• The Jets - West Side Story
• The Jokerz - Batman Beyond
• The Lizzies - The Warriors
• The Mohocks - Discworld (after the real gang of that name)
• The Newsboy Legion - DC Comics
• The Orphans - The Warriors
• the Rogues - The Warriors
• The Scats - Discworld
• The Sharks - Earthbound
• The Sharks - West Side Story
• The Shamlegger Street Rude Boys - Discworld
• The Street Demonz - Batman comics
• The Tenth Egg Street Can't Fink of a Name Gang - Discworld
• The Turnbull A.C.s - The Warriors
• The Warriors - The Warriors
• The Yancy Street Gang - Marvel Comics

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Youth organizations

• Bean Scouts - youth organization parodying the Boy Scouts on Camp Lazlo
• Bigger Brothers - foster parent organization, parody of Big Brothers, The Simpsons
• Cavalry Kids - youth organization, The Simpsons
• Junior Campers - youth organization, The Simpsons
• Junior Chickadees - youth organization for girls, Scrooge McDuck Universe
• Junior Dandies - youth group imitating 17th century life, The Simpsons
• Junior Woodchucks - youth organization for boys, Scrooge McDuck Universe
• Jewbilee - Jewish youth camp, South Park -- note that a group called TCI now holds youth events called Jewbilees
• Little Amazons - youth organization for girls, The Oblongs
• Pre-Teen Braves - youth organization, The Simpsons
• Rainbow Squirts - youth organization, Psychonauts
• Space Scouts - youth organisation, Red Dwarf
• Wilderness Girls - youth organization for girls, Troop Beverly Hills
• Wonder Scouts - youth organisation for girls, Wonder Woman comics
• Wolf Cubs - youth organisation, Discworld

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Charitable or rescue organizations

• Blacks Without Soul - Amazon Women on the Moon
• Derek Zoolander Center For Kids Who Can't Read Good and Want To Learn To Do Other Stuff Good Too - Zoolander
• Dream of a Lifetime - Mr. Show with Bob and David (parody of the Make-A-Wish Foundation)
• Grant-A-Dream Foundation - Family Guy (parody of the Make-A-Wish Foundation)
• The Golem Trust - Discworld
• International Rescue - Thunderbirds
• I.J.L.S.A. (International Justice League of Super-Acquaintances)- "SpongeBob SquarePants"
• The Jordan Foundation, sponsors of the Vanguard in Orphans of the Sky (1963) by Robert A. Heinlein.
• Lancre Fell and Dread Mountain Rescue Team - Discworld
• The Little Donny Foundation - Upright Citizens Brigade
• Maria Stark Foundation - Marvel Comics
• National Appeal for the Dead - The Kentucky Fried Movie
• Penguins Unlimited - Penguin sanctuary on Pluto in the 30th century, Futurama
• Save A Child Star - MAD Magazine
• The Sunshine Sanctuary for Sick Dragons - Discworld
• Überwald League of Temperance - Discworld, Vampire support group
• Wayne Foundation - Batman

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Religious charities and foundations

• Consumers for Christ - Brazil (movie)
• Faith Heritage Alliance - The Dead Zone (TV series)
• Young Men's Reformed Cultist of the Ichor God Bel-Shamharoth Association (or Young Men's Pagan Association) -Discworld (parodies the YMCA).

See also List of fictional religions

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Places of worship

• The Ashram, California - Green Arrow
• Barchester Cathedral - Anthony Trollope's Chronicles of Barsetshire
• Cathedral of Hate - Life, the Universe and Everything in Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
• Chapel Of Our Lady of the Checkout Counter - Brazil
• Metropolis Chapel of United Faiths - Superman
• Church of Small Gods, Ankh-Morpork - Discworld
• First Church of the Gooey Death and Discount House of Worship - Imus in the Morning radio show
• First Community Church of Philadelphia - Amen television sitcom
• St. Barnabas' Church - The Vicar of Dibley
• Temple Beth Thupporting Actor - Family Guy

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Other

Libraries

• The abbey library in The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco.
• Central Library - Fullmetal Alchemist
• The Library of Babel - a library that is the entire universe, created by Jorge Luis Borges
• Library of Books Never Written - a library in dreams that contains every book imagined but never written, The Sandman
• Library of the Citadel - contains the fabled Book of Gold and has rather unorthodox recruitment policies, The Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe
• Library of the Miskatonic University - contains the Necronomicon (Cthulhu Mythos by H.P. Lovecraft)
• The Library of St. John the Beheaded - contains the only copies of books banned by the Catholic Church; later part of the Braxiatel Collection (Doctor Who Virgin New Adventures and other spin-offs)
• Library of Unseen University - contains the Octavo (Discworld)
• Wong Library - contains largest collection of literature in the western universe, on two discs (Futurama)

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Paranormal organizations

• BPRD (Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense) - Hellboy
• Center - Martin Mystery
• F.E.A.R. team - F.E.A.R. - First Encounter Assault Recon
• Ghostbusters
• The Legacy - Poltergeist: The Legacy
• Planetary - comic by Warren Ellis
• SS Paranormal Division - Return to Castle Wolfenstein
• Special Public Safety Task Force - Tokko
• The Talamasca - Anne Rice novels
• The Watchers - Highlander: The Series
• The Watchers Council - Buffy the Vampire Slayer

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Unions and professional organisations

• Academy of Inventors - Futurama
• Amalgamated Union of Philosophers, Sages, Luminaries and other Professional Thinking Persons - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
• Astrogators Guild - in Starman Jones (1953) by Robert A. Heinlein
• Film Actors Guild - Team America: World Police (parody of Screen Actors Guild)
• F.I.S.T. (Federation of Inter-State Truckers) in the 1978 film of the same name.
• The Guilds of Ankh-Morpork - Discworld
• The Guild of Calamitous Intent - Venture Brothers
• Information Workers of the World Wide Web (the Webblies) - Cosmonaut Keep by Ken MacLeod (play on the Industrial Workers of the World)
• International Brotherhood of Jazz Dancers, Pastry Chefs and Nuclear Technicians Union - The Simpsons
• Spacing Guild - Dune universe

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Sporting or gaming leagues

• The Pokémon League - Pokémon
• A.D.A.A. (American Dodgeball Association of America) - Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story

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Miscellaneous

• A.A.A.A.A.A.A. (Austro-Afro-Antarctico-Amer-Asian Auto Association) - Futurama
• Cavern Club - Discworld (swamp dragon breeder's association — parodies kennel clubs, also a reference to the Beatles' main venue in their early days)
• Cookieville Minimum-Security Orphanarium - Futurama
• Famous Original Ray's Superior Court - Futurama
• Knights of Jericho - Carnivàle
• Millennium Group - Millennium (TV series)
• The Sharing, a front organization for the Yeerks in Animorphs

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External links

• TV Acres with many lists of organizations from TV shows