List of fictional institutions
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This is a list of fictional institutions, that is, fictional organizations from literature and entertainment that are not companies, governments, fraternities & sororities nor schools. For those categories, see:
- List of fictional companies
- List of fictional governments
- List of fictional schools
- List of fictional fraternities and sororities
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[edit] Medical/Technological
[edit] 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
- Santa Rosa Mental Health Institute - Lost
- Summerholt Neurological Institute - Smallville
- Wallbrook, Cincinnati, Ohio - Rain Man
[edit] 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
- Kurosaki Clinic - Bleach
- 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
- 4077th 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, Princeton, New Jersey - House, M.D.
- Rampart General Hospital, Los Angeles, California - Emergency!
- Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen - The Kingdom
- Rittenhouse Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Strong Medicine
- Royal Hope Hospital, London - Doctor Who
- 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
- St. Ray's Memorial - Mama's Family
- 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
- Wilshire Memorial - Three's Company
[edit] 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
- The Centre - The Pretender (TV series)
- 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
- Dino Institute - DINOSAUR
- Foundation for Law and Government - vigilante justice, Knight Rider
- Institute of Future Technology - Back to the Future: The Ride
- 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
- The Hanso Foundation - Lost
- Hereti-Corp - Sluggy Freelance
- Humanidyne Research Corporation - Misfits of Science
- Imagination Institute - Journey Into Imagination with Figment
- 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
- Mittelos Bioscience - Lost
- 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
- Umbrella Corporation - Resident Evil
- Widmore Labs - Lost
- Zissou Society - The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
[edit] 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
- Sunshine Home, New York City, All in the Family
[edit] Political/Governmental
[edit] Government/international agencies
[edit] 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
[edit] 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 - Starfleet’s secret service - 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
See also List of fictional secret police organizations
[edit] 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
[edit] 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)
[edit] Agencies whose powers cover all the above categories
- Executive Branch General Operational Command - Snow Crash
- The Bureau of Internal Investigation -Escape Velocity: Nova
[edit] Government licensing agencies
- Ofdrug - If... Drugs Were Legal
[edit] 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, Louisiana - 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
- Stalag 13 - Hogan's Heroes
- 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
[edit] Police forces
- Balboa County Police Department - Veronica Mars
- 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
[edit] 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
[edit] Non-departmental public bodies
- Bird Facilities Investments - from The Falls, a parody of the British Film Institute
[edit] Paramilitary, rebel, and rogue military groups
- See Guerrilla, Revolutionary, and Terrorist Organizations section at List of fictional military organizations
[edit] 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
- H.A.R.M. - No One Lives Forever
- 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
- SCORPIA (S'abotage, C'O'RruPtion Intelligence and Assassination) - Alex Rider
- 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
[edit] 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
[edit] 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
[edit] Political parties
See List of fictional political parties
[edit] Social
[edit] 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
See also Secret societies#Fictional secret societies
[edit] 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
- Folie a Deux - Nightclub in the audiobook podcast Seventh Son
[edit] Street gangs
- The Baseball Furies - The Warriors
- The Baker Street Irregulars - Sherlock Holmes stories
- The Beagle Boys - Walt Disney Comics esp. Uncle Scrooge
- 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 Savage Wolf gang - Marvel Comics
- 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
[edit] 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
- Scout Commando Corps. - Militant youth organization, Car Wars role-playing game
- 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
[edit] 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
[edit] 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
[edit] 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
[edit] Other
[edit] 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)
[edit] 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
- Torchwood Institute - Doctor Who and Torchwood
- The Watchers - Highlander: The Series
- The Watchers Council - Buffy the Vampire Slayer
[edit] 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
[edit] Sporting or gaming leagues
- The Pokémon League - Pokémon
- A.D.A.A. (American Dodgeball Association of America) - Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
- A.A.D.A. (American Autoduel Association of America)-Autodueling club from Car Wars
[edit] 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
[edit] See also
- Lists of fictional things
- List of fictional companies
- Companies in Atlas Shrugged
- List of fictional brands
- List of fictional buildings
- List of fictional places
- List of fictional radio stations
- List of fictional religions
- List of fictional schools
- List of fictional television stations
- List of fictional video game companies
- List of fictitious company names used by Microsoft
[edit] External links
- TV Acres with many lists of organizations from TV shows