List of fictional institutions

This is a list of fictional institutions, that is, fictional organizations from fictional 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

Contents

1 Medical/Technological 1.1 Asylums and mental health institutions 1.2 Hospitals 1.3 Research institutes and facilities 1.4 Retirement homes and elderly care facilities 2 Political/Governmental 2.1 Government/international agencies 2.1.1 Defense agencies 2.1.2 Espionage/spy agencies 2.1.3 Investigative agencies 2.1.4 Administrative departments 2.1.5 Agencies whose powers cover all the above categories 2.1.6 Government licensing agencies 2.1.7 Jails and prisons 2.1.8 Police forces 2.1.9 Conservation and land management agencies 2.2 Paramilitary, rebel, and rogue military groups 2.2.1 Terrorist/criminal organizations 2.3 Activist groups 2.4 Inter-political alliances 2.5 Political parties 3 Social 3.1 Chivalric, brotherly, and secret orders 3.2 College fraternities and sororities 3.3 Social and private clubs 3.4 Youth organizations 4 Charitable or rescue organizations 4.1 Religious charities and foundations 4.2 Places of worship 5 Other 5.1 Libraries 5.2 Paranormal organizations 5.3 Unions and professional organisations 6 Miscellaneous 7 External links

Medical/Technological

Asylums and mental health institutions

• Arkham Asylum for the Criminally Insane, Gotham City - Batman
• Belle Isle Asylum, South New Jersey - Aqua Teen Hunger Force
• Control Corps - Kabuki
• HAL Institute for Criminally Insane Robots - Futurama
• Home for Criminally Insane Humans - Futurama
• Ravencroft Institute for the Criminally Insane - Spider-Man comics
• Roritor Comatorium - Brain Candy
• Royal Canadian Instutute for the Mentally Insane - Strange Brew
• Wallbrook, Cincinnati, Ohio - Rain Man

Hospitals

• Boston General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts - Coma
• Chicago Hope, Chicago, Illinois - Chicago Hope
• Community General Hospital, Los Angeles, California - Diagnosis: Murder
• Cook County General Hospital, Chicago, Illinois - ER
• Holby City Hospital, Holby, UK - Casualty and Holby City
• 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
• Mayfair Medical, New Orleans, Louisiana - Anne Rice novels
• Mercy Point, outer space - Mercy Point
• Mobile Army Surgical Hospital #4077, somewhere in South Korea - M*A*S*H
• Port Charles General Hospital, Port Charles, New York - General Hospital
• Rampart General Hospital, Los Angeles, California - Emergency!
• Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen - The Kingdom
• Rittenhouse Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Strong Medicine
• St. Eligius, Boston, Massachusetts - St. Elsewhere
• Sector Twelve General Hospital, outer space - James White's Sector General series of novels
• Springfield General Hospital, Springfield, USA - The Simpsons
• Taco Bellevue Hospital, New New York City, New New York - Futurama

Research institutes and facilities

• British Experimental Rocket Group - The Quatermass Experiment and sequels
• Cabbage Research Centre - Discworld
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Operation Hennessey - The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
• 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
• Zissou Society - The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

Retirement homes and elderly care facilities

• Final Curtain Old Actors' Home, Los Angeles, California - Futurama
• 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

Political/Governmental

Government/international agencies

Defense agencies

• Hypnos (Digimon)
• MASK (Mobile Armored Strike Kommand) - M.A.S.K.
• SHIELD (Supreme Headquarters International Espionage Law-enforcement Division, later Strategic Hazard Intervention Espionage Logistics Directorate) - Marvel Comics
• STRIKE (Special Tactical Reserve for International Key Emergencies- British version of SHIELD) - Marvel UK
• 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)
• UNATCO (United Nations Anti-Terrorist Coalition) - Deus Ex video game and sequel, Deus Ex: Invisible War
• W.H.O. (Weird Happenings Organisation) - Marvel UK

Espionage/spy agencies

• A.P.E. (Agency to Prevent Evil) - Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp
• 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
• The Factory - Kabuki comic book
• The Finger (secret police), the Eye (CCTV monitoring), and the Ear (phone surveillance) - V for Vendetta
• Global Defence Initiative (GDI) - (Command & Conquer video game 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 Mission Forces) - black ops team, Mission: Impossible
• The Ministry - The Avengers
• Noh - (Kabuki comic book)
• Obsidian Order - Cardassian intelligence, Star Trek: Deep Space 9
• OMEGA sector - Last line of defence -True Lies
• OSS - Spy Kids
• Section 13 - Jackie Chan Adventures
• Section 31 - Star Trek: Deep Space 9
• Section 9 of Public Safety - Ghost in the Shell
• SIA - (It Takes A Thief)
• Tal Shiar - Romulan intelligence, Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space 9
• 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

Investigative agencies

• Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense (B.P.R.D.) - Hellboy
• Cable Street Particulars (modern version) - Discworld
• Celestial Intervention Agency - Doctor Who
• C.D.A. (Child Detection Agency) - Monsters, Inc.
• The Initiative - Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• Izono Criminal Research Center - MPD Psycho
• MIB (Men In Black) - Men In Black
• Ministry of Information, especially the Department of Information Retrieval - Brazil
• NICAP (National Investigative Committee of Aerial Phenomena) - The X-Files
• OSI (Office of Scientific Intelligence) - The Six Million Dollar Man
• OSIR (Office of Scientific Investigation & Research) - Psi Factor

Administrative departments

• Bureau of Alien Affairs - Known Space
• Bureau of Relocation - CoDominium administration for Voluntary and Involuntary colonists
• Department H (Canada) - Wolverine
• 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
• Ministry of Magic (UK) - Harry Potter

Agencies whose powers cover all the above categories

• Executive Branch General Operational Command - Snow Crash

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. Suicide Squad
• Cold Mountain Penitentiary - The Green Mile
• Commander Riker's Island - Futurama
• Hawksbill Station - Hawksbill Station by Robert Silverberg
• Men-Tel Corporation Fortress - Fortress
• Morningwood Penitentiary, Springfield USA - The Simpsons
• Quadrant Six - Lost In Space
• Quahog Prison, Quahog, Rhode Island - Family Guy
• 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

Police forces

• Ankh-Morpork City Watch - Discworld
• Gotham City Police Department - Batman esp. Gotham Central
• Hawai`i Five-O - Hawai`i Five-O
• The Judges of Mega-City One - Judge Dredd
• Metropolis Special Crimes Unit - Superman
• Metrocops - Max Headroom
• Royal Canadian Kilted Yaksmen - Ren and Stimpy
• Springfield Police Department - The Simpsons
• Team America: World Police - Team America: World Police

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

Paramilitary, rebel, and rogue military groups

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

Terrorist/criminal organizations

• The 100 (later the 1000) - DC Comics esp. Rose and the Thorn and Black Lightning
• ACROSS - Excel Saga
• A.I.M. (Advanced Idea Mechanics, criminal scientists) - Marvel Comics
• The Alliance of Twelve - Alias
• Brotherhood of Evil Mutants - X-Men
• Brotherhood of Nod - Command & Conquer video game series
• 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
• Crimson Jihad - Terrorist organisation True Lies
• 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
• G.L.A (Global Libaration Army) - Command & Conquer Generals(PC game)
• Human Liberation Front - Ghost in the Shell
• HYDRA - Marvel Comics, esp. Captain America and Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD
• 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
• Second Wave - 24
• Shadowloo - Street Fighter
• SPECTRE (Special Executive for Counterintelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion) - James Bond movies
• 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.

Activist groups

• CAELOSS (Citizen's Army for the Economic Liberation of Suicide Slum), Superman comics
• Campaign for Equal Heights - dwarf pressure group, Discworld
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Open Spaces Coalition - Anti-suburban sprawl group, I Heart 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

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
• ZAFT (Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty) - Gundam Seed

Political parties

• Adder Party - Blackadder the Third
• Antisocialists - Futurama
• Brain Slug Party - Futurama
• Bull Space Moose Party - Futurama
• Cheap Royalty, White Rat Catching And Safe Sewage Residents' Party - Blackadder the Third
• The Eternal Man Party - The World's Greatest Sinner
• Fingerlicans - Futurama
• Gay Republican Party - The Simpsons
• The Meadow Party - Bloom County
• Monarchists - TekWar
• National Bocialist Party - Monty Python's Flying Circus
• One Cell, One Vote - Futurama
• Party of Girls - Mattel
• Rainbow Whigs Party - Futurama
• Reform Party - In the Red and sequels by Mark Tavener
• The Replacement Party - Nashville
• Roundheads - TekWar
• Sensible Party - Monty Python's Flying Circus
• Silly Party - Monty Python's Flying Circus
• Slightly Silly Party - Monty Python's Flying Circus
• Standing At The Back Dressed Stupidly And Looking Stupid Party - Blackadder the Third
• Tastycrats - Futurama
• Tomorrow Party - DC Comics
• Very Silly Party - Monty Python's Flying Circus
• Voter Apathy Party - Futurama

Social

Chivalric, brotherly, and secret orders

• The Ancient Mystic Society of No Homers (formerly Stonecutters)- The Simpsons
• Beaver Lodge - Newhart
• Benevolent Order of the Bison - Dobie Gillis
• Benevolent Order of Buffalo - Punky Brewster
• Brotherhood of the Cruciform Sword - Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
• 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 New Sun by Gene Wolfe
• Sons of the Tundra - Northern Exposure
• The Wildebeests - The Drew Carey Show

See also Secret societies#Fictional secret societies

College fraternities and sororities

• Alpha Beta - fraternity, Revenge of the Nerds
• Delta Gamma - fraternity, Happy Days
• Delta Tau Chi - fraternity, Animal House
• Epsilon Rho Rho - aka Robot House, robot fraternity, Futurama
• Kappa Alpha - sorority, Road Trip , though there are two actual fraternities with this name
• 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

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
• Fresh Start Club - Discworld (for the undead)
• Junior Ganymede Club - club for butlers, P. G. Wodehouse's Jeeves and Wooster series
• Legitimate Businessman's Club - front for the Springfield Mafia, The Simpsons
• 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

Youth organizations

• 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
• 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
• 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
• Lancre Fell and Dread Mountain Rescue Team - Discworld
• The Little Donny Foundation - Upright Citizens Brigade
• National Appeal for the Dead - The Kentucky Fried Movie
• Penguins Unlimited - Penguin sanctuary on Pluto in the 30th century, Futurama
• The Sunshine Sanctuary for Sick Dragons - Discworld
• Überwald League of Temperance - Discworld, Vampire support group
• Wayne Foundation - Batman

Religious charities and foundations

• 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

• First Community Church of Philadelphia - Amen!
• St. Barnabas' Church - The Vicar of Dibley
• Temple Beth Thupporting Actor - 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)
• Library of Unseen University - contains the Octavo (Discworld)
• Wong Library - contains largest collection of literature in the western universe, on two discs (Futurama)

Paranormal organizations

• BPRD (Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense) - Hellboy
• Ghostbusters
• The Legacy - Poltergeist: The Legacy
• Planetary - comic by Warren Ellis
• The Talamasca - Anne Rice novels
• The Watchers - Highlander (tv series)
• The Watchers Council - Buffy the Vampire Slayer

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
• Film Actors Guild - Team America: World Police (parody of Screen Actors Guild)
• The Guilds of Ankh-Morpork - Discworld
• 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

Miscellaneous

• A.A.A.A.A.A.A. (Austro-Afro-Antarctico-Amer-Asian Auto Association) - Futurama
• A.D.A.A. (American Dodgeball Association of America) - Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
• 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
• The Sharing, a front organization for the Yeerks in Animorphs
• The Pokémon League - Pokémon

External links

• TV Acres with many lists of organizations from TV shows