List of fictional institutions

This is a list of fictional institutions. Fictional institutions include:

• List of fictional bands
• List of fictional companies
• List of fictional educational institutions
• List of fictional espionage organizations
• List of fictional fraternities and sororities
• List of fictional gangs
• List of fictional governments
• List of fictional law firms
• List of fictional media companies and events
• List of fictional military organizations
• List of fictional schools
• List of fictional political parties
• List of fictional secret police and intelligence organizations

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
• Belle Reve Sanitarium - Smallville
• Brigham Elisha Dashwood Laboratory of Alternative Mentalities - Doctor Who audio drama Minuet in Hell
• Calmwood Mental Hospital - The Simpsons, “Hurricane Neddy”
• Control Corps - Kabuki
• Demented Hills - Good Burger
• HAL Institute for Criminally Insane Robots - Futurama, “Insane in the Mainframe”
• Asylum for Criminally Insane Humans - Futurama, “Insane in the Mainframe”
• Institution for the Criminally Ugly - Lynx
• 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

Hospitals

• Albion Hospital, London - Doctor Who
• Alchemilla Hospital - Silent Hill
• Angel of Mercy Hospital - Saw
• 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: [...]
• 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
• Gump Medical Center - Forrest Gump
• 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
• 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, 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
• Smallville Medical Centre - Smallville
• 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, ''MacGyver

Research institutes and facilities

• Bio Lab - Power Rangers Time Force
• Aperture Laboratories - 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

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

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)
• Lightspeed - "Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue"
• 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
• Space Patrol Delta - Power Rangers S.P.D.
• Starfleet - Star Trek
• 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-[...] 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

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-[...] 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
• S.H.U.S.H. - 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

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

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 Domestic Security (US) - Smallville
• 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 (UK) - The Thick of It
• Department of Social Scrutiny (DoSS) (UK) - 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 United States 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

Agencies whose powers cover all the above categories

• Executive Branch General Operational Command - Snow Crash

• The Bureau of Internal Investigation -Escape Velocity: Nova

• SEELE - Neon Genesis Evangelion

Government licensing agencies

• Ofdrug - If... Drugs Were Legal

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. [...] 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
• Larkhall Prison - Bad Girls
• 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

Police forces

• 16th Precinct, New York City Police Department (there is no such precinct in real life) - Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
• 27th Precinct, New York City Police Department (there is no such precinct in real life) - Law & Order
• ACME Detective Agency (ACME Crimenet) - Carmen Sandiego
• 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)
• CSI Crime Scene Investigations also CSI Miami and CSI NY
• 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)
• M.F.P. (Main Force Patrol) - Mad Max
• Metro City Police Department - Inspector Gadget
• Metropolis Special Crimes Unit - Superman
• Metrocops - Max Headroom
• The Peacekeepers - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Fast Forward
• Paradigm City Military Police - The Big O
• Royal Canadian Kilted Yaksmen - Ren and Stimpy
• The Silver Guardians - Power Rangers
• S.C.A.T. - Special Crimes Action Team, a California based police task force in the TV sko, B.J. and the Bear
• 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
• Special Victims Unit, New York City Police Department (the real unit is the Special Victims Division) - Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
• Springfield Police Department - The Simpsons
• Team America: World Police - Team America: World Police
• Time Force - Power Rangers: Time Force

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

Non-departmental public bodies

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

Paramilitary, rebel, and rogue military groups

See Guerrilla, Revolutionary, and [...] Organizations section at List of fictional military organizations

[...]/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 Organization - G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero
• The Dark Hand - Jackie Chan Adventures
• 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
• Foot Clan - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
• The Frat Boys - Mystery Men
• F.O.W.L. (Fiendish Organization of World Larceny) - Darkwing Duck
• 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
• MAD - Inspector Gadget
• 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 (Sabotage, CORruPtion Intelligence and Assassination) -Alex Rider''
• Second Wave - 24
• Shadowloo - Street Fighter
• SPECTRE (SPecial Executive for Counterintelligence, [...], Revenge and Extortion) - James Bond movies
• The Hand - Marvel Comics
• 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.
• Villains' International League of Evil (V.I.L.E.) - Carmen Sandiego
• VIPER - Champions (role-playing game)
• WEB - Top Secret/S.I.
• WOB (Word Of Blake) - Battletech

Activist groups

• CAELOSS (Citizen's Army for the Economic Liberation of [...] 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
• S.P.E.W. (Society for the Promotion of Elfish Welfare) - Harry Potter

Inter-political alliances

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

Political parties

See List of fictional political parties

Social

For fraternities and sororities, see List of fictional fraternities and sororities

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
• Delta House (Delta Tau Chi) - National Lampoon's Animal House
• Elucidated Brethren of the Ebon Night - Discworld
• Epsilon Rho Rho (Robot House) - Futurama
• Fraternal Order of the Bass - Laverne and Shirley
• G.R.O.S.S.: Get Rid Of Slimey girlS - Calvin & Hobbes
• The Illuminutty - American Dad
• 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
• Omega House - National Lampoon's Animal House
• 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
• Snooty House - Futurama
• Sons of the Tundra - Northern Exposure
• The Wildebeests - The Drew Carey Show

See also Secret societies#Fictional secret societies

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

Street gangs

• Ballas - Grand Theft Auto San Andreas
• The Baseball Furies - The Warriors
• The Baker Street Irregulars - Sherlock Holmes stories
• The Black Shadow Warriors - (sometimes called the Black Warriors or Shadow Warriors) Double Dragon
• The Beagle Boys - Walt Disney Comics esp. Uncle Scrooge DuckTales
• The Cockbill Street Roaring Lads - Discworld (Samuel Vimes' old gang)
• Cowboys - River City Ransom
• The Crazy 88s - Kill Bill 1.
• The Dingbats of Danger Street - DC Comics
• Dragons - River City Ransom EX
• Eagles - River City Ransom EX
• Entrees - River City Ransom EX
• Frat Guys - River City Ransom
• Foot Clan - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
• Gamers - River City Ransom EX
• Generic Dudes - River City Ransom
• Groove Steet Familes - Grand Theft Auto San Andreas
• The Gramercy Riffs - The Warriors
• Home Boys - River City Ransom
• Internationals - River City Ransom
• The Jets - West Side Story
• Jocks - River City Ransom
• The Jokerz - Batman Beyond
• The Lizzies - The Warriors
• Locals - River City Ransom EX
• Looneys - GTA2
• Mad Gear - Final Fight
• The Mohocks - Discworld (after the real gang of that name)
• The Newsboy Legion - DC Comics
• The Orphans - The Warriors
• The Plague - River City Ransom
• The Purple Dragons - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
• Rednecks - GTA2
• Rejects - River City Ransom EX
• Rockers - River City Ransom EX
• the Rogues - The Warriors
• the Savage Wolf gang - Marvel Comics
• The Scats - Discworld
• Scientists - GTA2
• The Sharks - Earthbound
• The Sharks - West Side Story
• The Shamlegger Street Rude Boys - Discworld
• Skull Cross gang - Final Fight 3
• Street Phantoms - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Fast Forward
• Squids - River City Ransom
• 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 Van Buren Boys - Seinfeld
• The Warriors - The Warriors
• The Yancy Street Gang - Marvel Comics

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
• Gay Scouts of America - parody of Boy Scouts of America, Late Night with Conan O'Brien
• 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

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)
• The Foundation for Law and Government - Knight Rider
• 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
• Rescue Aid Society - The Rescuers
• Rescue Rangers - Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers
• Save A Child Star - MAD Magazine
• The Sunshine Sanctuary for Sick Dragons - Discworld
• Überwald League of Temperance - Discworld, Vampire support group
• Wayne Foundation - Batman

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

Places of worship

• The Ashram, California - Green Arrow
• Bajoran Temple of Deep Space Nine - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
• 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 Church of Springfield - The Simpsons
• First Community Church of Philadelphia - Amen television sitcom
• St. Barnabas' Church - The Vicar of Dibley
• Temple Beth Thupporting Actor, Quahog, and Bar Mitzvah Synagogue, Las Vegas - Family Guy

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 of Mars University - contains largest collection of literature in the western universe, on two discs (Futurama)

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
• Hellsing Organization
• Iscariot - Hellsing
• 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 SlayerAngel and Watchers the Virtual Series

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

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

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

See also

• List of fictional companies
• Companies in Atlas Shrugged
• List of fictional brands
• List of fictional places
• List of fictional radio stations
• List of fictional religions
• List of fictional schools
• List of fictional television stations

External links

• TV Acres with many lists of organizations from TV shows