List of fictional institutions
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This is a list of notable fictional institutions. Articles in this list must have received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject. Fictional institutions include:
- List of fictional bands
- List of fictional espionage organizations
- List of fictional fraternities and sororities
- List of fictional gangs
- List of fictional law firms
- List of fictional media companies and events
- List of fictional political parties
- List of fictional secret police and intelligence organizations
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[edit] Medical/Technological
[edit] Asylums and mental health institutions
- Arkham Asylum for the Criminally Insane, Gotham City - Batman
- New Bedlam Rest Home for the Emotionally Interesting - The Simpsons
- Shady Acres Mental Hospital in Tampa -"Ace Ventura: Pet Detective"
- Briar Ridge Mental Hospital in The Green Mile (film)
[edit] Hospitals
- All Saints Hospital - Nurse Jackie
- Chicago Hope, Chicago, Illinois - Chicago Hope
- County General Hospital - Ben Casey
- County General Hospital (Chicago, Illinois) - ER
- Community General Hospital, Los Angeles, California - Diagnosis: Murder
- Holby City Hospital, Holby, UK - Casualty and Holby City
- James Rivers Hospital - New setting of the TV program Hawthorne
- Kingdom Hospital, Lewiston, Maine - from Stephen King miniseries of the same name
- Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital, Princeton, New Jersey - House, M.D.
- Richmond Trinity Hospital, Richmond, Virginia - Hawthorne (The hospital closed in season 2).
- Sacred Heart Hospital - Scrubs
- Brookhaven Hospital - Silent Hill series
- St Hugh's Hospital - The Bill
- Mercy Hospital - House, M.D.
- St. Sebastian's Hospital - House, M.D.
- St. Andrew's Hospital, St. Mark's Medical Centre - Monk
- Springfield General Hospital - The Simpsons
- Calmwood Mental Hospital - The Simpsons
- Psychoneurotic Institute for the Very, Very Nervous - High Anxiety
- Rittenhouse Hospital and Free clinic - Strong Medicine
[edit] Research institutes and facilities
- Black Mesa Research Facility - in the single-shooter game Half-Life
- Black Mesa East - also in Half-Life
- Aperture Science Laboratories - Portal and Portal 2
- The Hanso Foundation - Lost
- Hereti-Corp - Sluggy Freelance
- Imagination Institute - Journey Into Imagination with Figment
- Mittelos Bioscience - Lost
- PACT Corporation (Progressive Allied Canadian Technologies) - Northguard comic book series
- Project Cadmus - DC Comics
- Robinson Heath Nuclear Utilisation Technology Centre - The Leaky Establishment and other works by David Langford
- S.T.A.R. Labs - DC Comics
- Umbrella Corporation - Resident Evil
- The Jeffersonian Institute - "Bones"
[edit] Retirement homes and elderly care facilities
- Shady Pines, Miami, Florida - The Golden Girls
- Springfield Retirement Castle, Springfield, USA - The Simpsons
- The Sunshine Home - All in the Family
[edit] Political/Governmental
[edit] Government/international agencies
[edit] Defense agencies
- G.I. Joe - G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero
- NEST - Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
- Sector Seven - Transformers
- S.H.I.E.L.D. (Supreme Headquarters International Espionage Law-enforcement Division, later Strategic Hazard Intervention Espionage Logistics Directorate) - Marvel Comics
- 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-Terrorist Coalition) - Deus Ex video game and sequel, Deus Ex: Invisible War
[edit] Espionage/spy agencies
- Bureau of Sabotage - The Dosadi Experiment
- Cable Street Particulars (historic version) - Discworld
- CISO (Canadian International Security Organization) - Captain Canuck comic book series
- CONTROL - Get Smart
- CTU (Counter-Terrorist Unit) - (24)
- The Diogenes Club - The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, various works of Kim Newman
- Earth Patrol - Captain Canuck comic book series
- Third Echelon - Splinter Cell videogame series.
- IMF (Impossible Missions Force) - black ops team, Mission: Impossible
- Obsidian Order - Cardassian intelligence, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
- Public Security Section 9 - Ghost in the Shell
- Section 31 - Starfleet’s secret service - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
- S.H.U.S.H. - Darkwing Duck
- Tal Shiar - Romulan intelligence, Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
- U.N.C.L.E. (United Network Command for Law Enforcement) - The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
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
- MiB (Men in Black) - Men in Black
- Ministry of Information (Brazil), especially the Department of Information Retrieval - Brazil
- The Torchwood Institute - Doctor Who and Torchwood
- UNIT (United Nations Intelligence Taskforce) - Doctor Who
[edit] Administrative departments
- Department H (Canada) - Marvel Comics
- Ministry of Magic (UK) - Harry Potter
[edit] Agencies whose powers cover all the above categories
- SEELE - Neon Genesis Evangelion
[edit] Jails and prisons
- Belle Reve Penitentiary - DC Comics esp. Suicide Squad
- Commander Riker's Island - Futurama
- Nova Prospekt - Half-Life 2
- Superjail
[edit] Police forces
- Ankh-Morpork City Watch - Discworld
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigations also CSI: Miami and CSI: NY
- Gotham City Police Department - Batman esp. Gotham Central
- 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
- Science Police - 30th and 31st century police force in DC Comics' Legion of Super-Heroes
- S.T.A.R.S - the Special Tactics and Recovery Squad from Resident Evil Series
- LCPD - Liberty city GTA
[edit] Paramilitary, rebel, and rogue military groups
- See Guerrilla, Revolutionary, and Terrorist Organizations section at List of fictional military organizations
[edit] Terrorist/criminal organizations
- Akatsuki - Naruto
- The Alliance of Twelve - Alias
- Black Sun - Star Wars
- Brotherhood of Evil Mutants - X-Men
- KAOS - Get Smart
- Cobra Command - G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero
- Confederacy Of Independent Systems - Star Wars
- Foot Clan - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Galactic Empire - Star Wars
- Shadoloo (or Shadolaw) - Street Fighter
- F.O.W.L. (Fiendish Organization of World Larceny) - Darkwing Duck
- Intergang - Superman
- ManDes (abbreviation of "Manifest Destiny") - Ultra-right-wing terrorist group in Northguard comic book
- NSF (National Secessionist Forces) - Deus Ex and its sequel, Deus Ex: Invisible War
- The Hand - Marvel Comics
- S.C.Y.T.H.E. - DC Comics
- Shocker - Kamen Rider
- SPECTRE (Special Executive for Counterintelligence, Terrorism, Revenge, Extortion) - James Bond novels and films
- Team Aqua - Pokémon
- Team Galactic - Pokémon
- Team Magma - Pokémon
- Team Rocket -Pokémon
- Vulture - DC Comics
- See also
List of criminal organizations in comics
List of criminal organizations in DC Comics
List of criminal organizations in Marvel Comics
[edit] Activist groups
- 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
[edit] Inter-political alliances
- Earth Alliance - Babylon 5'
- European Confederation - Cauldron
- Systems Commonwealth - Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda
- Trade Federation - Star Wars
- United Federation of Planets - Star Trek
- United Planets - Legion of Superheroes
- ZAFT (Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty) - Gundam Seed
[edit] Political parties
See List of fictional political parties
[edit] Social
For fraternities and sororities, see List of fictional fraternities and sororities
[edit] Chivalric, brotherly, and secret orders
- International Order of Friendly Sons of the Raccoons - The Honeymooners
- Loyal Order of Water Buffaloes - The Flintstones
- International Possum Brotherhood - The Red Green Show
- Order of the Phoenix - Harry Potter
- Priory of Sion - The Da Vinci Code
See also Secret societies#Fictional secret societies
[edit] Social and private clubs
- The Diogenes Club of the Sherlock Holmes stories.
- Drones Club of P. G. Wodehouse's Jeeves and Wooster series
- Royal Society for Putting Things on Top of Other Things of Monty Python's Flying Circus
[edit] Youth organizations
- Junior Chickadees - youth organization for girls, Scrooge McDuck Universe
- 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
[edit] Charitable or rescue organizations
- The Foundation for Law and Government - Knight Rider
- Lancre Fell and Dread Mountain Rescue Team - Discworld
[edit] Religious charities and foundations
- See also List of fictional religions
[edit] Places of worship
- The Ashram, California - Green Arrow
- First Church of Springfield - The Simpsons
- Church of the Virgin of Guadalupe - George Lopez. George crawls on his knees up the path to this church (And as a result suffers a severe knee injury) to keep his promise to God to do so. He had promised to do so in exchange for God curing his dog's, Mr. Needle's, tumor.
[edit] Other
[edit] Libraries
- The Library of Babel - a library that is the entire universe, created by Jorge Luis Borges
- Quahog Public Library - Family Guy
[edit] Paranormal organizations
- BPRD (Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense) - Hellboy
- F.E.A.R. team - F.E.A.R. - First Encounter Assault Recon
- Ghostbusters
- Hellsing Organization
- Iscariot - Hellsing
- Center - Martin Mystery
- Planetary - comic by Warren Ellis
- Torchwood Institute - Doctor Who and Torchwood
[edit] Unions and professional organisations
- 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 - The Venture Bros.
- Spacing Guild - Dune universe
[edit] Sporting or gaming leagues
- The Pokémon League - Pokémon
[edit] Miscellaneous
- Millennium Group - Millennium (TV series)
- Nelson Institute of Marine Research - Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (TV series) The institute, owned and operated by Harriman Nelson, that owns the Seaview. They do Marine Research and occasionally do missions for the US Navy.
[edit] See also
- Companies in Atlas Shrugged
- List of fictional brands
- List of fictional places
- List of fictional radio stations
- List of fictional religions
- List of fictional television stations
[edit] External links
- TV Acres with many lists of organizations from TV shows