Organization in fiction

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is an informal meeting society for recovering alcoholics whose primary purpose is to stay sober and help other alcoholics achieve sobriety. AA suggests that alcoholics follow its program and abstain from alcohol in order to recover from...

DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company. A subsidiary of Warner Bros. Entertainment (part of Time Warner) since 1969, DC is one of the world's largest English language publishers of comic book. DC Comics produces material featuring a large number...

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the primary investigative arm of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ), serving as both a federal criminal investigative body and a domestic intelligence agency. At present, the FBI has investigative jurisdiction...

The Fantastic Four is a fictional superhero team appearing in comic book published by Marvel Comics. The group debuted in The Fantastic Four #1 (Nov. 1961), which helped to usher in a new naturalism in the medium. They were the first superhero team created by writer...

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Greek mythology is the body of stories belonging to the Ancient Greeks concerning their gods and hero, the nature of the world and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices. Modern scholars refer to the myth and study them in an attempt to...

In the fictional ''Star Wars'' universe, the Jedi are members of an ancient and noble monastic order, faintly similar to the military and religious orders that arose during the Crusades. Often believed to be mirrored after the Jesuit Order of Roman Catholic priests who...

In the fictional universe of Star Trek, Starfleet is the defense, research, diplomacy, and exploration force of the United Federation of Planets (UFP). Starfleet's early history was left obscure until the series Star Trek: Enterprise demonstrated that an Earth...

The United States Army is the largest, and by some standards oldest, established branch of the armed forces of the United States and is one of seven uniformed services. Like all armies, it has the primary responsibility for land-based military operations. The modern...

Moulin Rouge (French for Red Windmill) is a traditional cabaret built in 1889 by Josep Oller, who also owned the Paris Olympia. It is near Montmartre in the Paris red-light district of Pigalle on Boulevard de Clichy in the 18th ''arrondissement'', it is recognized by...

The Acme Corporation is a fictional corporation that exists in several cartoons, film and TV series, most significantly in the Looney Tunes universe, where it appeared most prominently in the Road Runner/Wile E. Coyote cartoons, which made Acme famous for outlandish...

The United Federation of Planets, (also known as the UFP or "The Federation") is a fictional interplanetary state depicted in the Star Trek television series and motion pictures. In those episodes and films, the Federation is described as an interstellar federal state...

The Drones Club is a recurring fictional location in the stories of British comic writer P. G. Wodehouse, being a gentlemen's club in London. Many of his Jeeves and Blandings Castle stories feature the club or its members. It is also the name of some real Drones...

In Greek mythology, the Muses (Ancient Greek , hoi moũses : perhaps from the Proto-Indo-European root *men- "think") are a sisterhood of goddesses or spirits, their number set at nine by Classical times, who embody the arts and inspire the creation process with their...

The fictional Green Lantern Corps is an intergalactic police force featured in DC Comics, particularly featuring the superhero Green Lantern, Earth’s member of the group. The Green Lantern Corps patrols the reaches of space at the behest of the Guardians of the...

The Alliance to Restore the Republic (commonly known as the Rebel Alliance) is an interstellar force formed in direct military opposition to the Galactic Empire in the fictional Star Wars universe. The Alliance was started by a group of Loyalists, who wished to...

The Justice League, sometimes called the Justice League of America or JLA for short, is a fictional DC Comics superhero team. First appearing in The Brave and the Bold #28 (1960), the League originally appeared with a line-up that included Superman, Batman, Wonder...

The Bene Gesserit (from Latin or a Semitic language: see the origin of the name) are a key social, religious and political force in Frank Herbert's science fiction universe of ''Dune''. It is described as a secretive sisterhood whose members train their bodies and...

Unseen University (UU) is a school of wizard in Terry Pratchett's fictional Discworld city of Ankh-Morpork, staffed by a faculty composed of mostly indolent and inept old wizards.The official motto of UU is "Nunc Id Vides, Nunc Ne Vides", loosely translated as "Now you...

The Justice Society of America, or JSA, is a DC Comics superhero group, the first team of superheroes in comic book history. Conceived by editor Sheldon Mayer and writer Gardner Fox, the JSA first appeared in All Star Comics #3 (Winter 1940). Unlike subsequent "all...

In the fiction world of the Harry Potter series, the Death Eaters constitute a group of wizards and witches, led by the dark wizard Lord Voldemort – the chief antagonist of the series, who seeks to purify the Wizarding community by eliminating the Muggle-borns. They...

Special Circumstances (also abbreviated SC) is a 'secret service'-type organisation that exists within the fictional anarchist utopian science fiction civilisation known as the Culture (which forms the background of several novels and shorter works of Iain M. Banks). ...

House Atreides is a fictional noble family from the ''Dune'' universe created by Frank Herbert. One of the Great Houses of the feudal interstellar empire known as the Imperium, its members play a role in every novel in the series. It is suggested within the series that...

House Harkonnen is a powerful noble family in Frank Herbert's fictional ''Dune'' universe. The Harkonnens are featured prominently in the original novel Dune, and are also a major presence in the Prelude to Dune prequel trilogy by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson....

The League of German Girls (German: Bund Deutscher Mädel or BDM), was the only female youth organization in Nazi Germany. It was the female branch of the overall Nazi party youth movement, the Hitler Youth. At first, the League consisted of two sections: the...

The Sirius Cybernetics Corporation is a fictional company from Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. In the series, the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation is responsible for the design and creation of a wide range of robot and labour-saving devices, such...

The Galactic Republic is the name of the interplanetary government used in the fictional Star Wars universe prior to the establishment of the Galactic Empire. The form of this government, created by the Senate, was introduced in the Prequel Trilogy. By the time of the...

The New York City Police Department (NYPD), which was established in 1845, is currently the largest police force in North America, with primary responsibilities in law enforcement and investigation within the five boroughs of New York City. The NYPD is considered to be...

The Order of the Phoenix is a fictional organisation in the Harry Potter series of books written by J. K. Rowling. Founded by Albus Dumbledore to fight Lord Voldemort and his followers, the Death Eaters, the Order lends its name to the fifth book of the series, Harry...

The Howard Families are a fictional group created by the author Robert A. Heinlein. According to Heinlein, the Howard Foundation was started in the 19th century by Ira Howard, a millionaire dying of old age in his forties, for the purpose of extending human...