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Torchwood Institute Torchwood logo Employer in fiction    
The Torchwood Institute (usually referred to simply as Torchwood) is a secret organisation from the British science fiction television series Doctor Who and its spin-off series Torchwood. It was founded by Queen Victoria to research and combat alien...
Rebel Alliance Rebel Alliance Emblem Computer Game Character    
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,...
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Unseen University   Fictional Setting    
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...
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Instrumentality of Mankind   Fictional Universe    
In the science fiction of Cordwainer Smith, the Instrumentality of Mankind refers both to Smith's personal future history and universe and to the central government of humanity. The Instrumentality of Mankind is also the title of a paperback...
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Avengers Avs38   Captain America  
The Avengers is a team of fictional superhero characters in comic books published by Marvel Comics. Originally created using preexisting Marvel characters, variously created by writer-editor Stan Lee, artist and co-plotter Jack Kirby and others, the...
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Bene Gesserit The Bene Gesserit (as seen in the prologue of an alternate version of the David Lynch Dune film.)   Lady Jessica  
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...
Irulan Corrino
Weyland-Yutani The Weyland-Yutani logo as seen in Aliens. Employer in fiction    
Weyland-Yutani is a fictional corporation in the motion picture Alien and its sequels, often referred to simply as "The Company". It is one of the corporations that runs the human colonies outside the solar system through the Extrasolar Colonization...
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La cosa nostra pizza   Employer in fiction      
Starfleet Starfleet Command   James T. Kirk  
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...
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Galactic Republic Galactic Republic Emblem Computer Game Character    
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....
FOXHOUND The FOXHOUND emblem from the Metal Gear Solid series   Solid Snake  
is a fictional elite special forces unit in the ''Metal Gear'' series, specializing in solo covert infiltration missions. Said to be founded during the 1990's in the original Metal Gear and later retconned to 1971 in Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater,...
Liquid Snake
National Council of Astronautics     Heywood R. Floyd    
Fantastic Four Fictional Character Human Torch  
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...
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SMERSH        
SMERSH (in capitalised letters) is a Soviet counterintelligence agency featured in Ian Fleming's early James Bond novels and films as agent 007's nemesis. СМЕРШ (SMERSH) is an acronym from two Russian words: "SMERt' SHpionam" (СМЕРть Шпионам, Směrt...
KAOS     Siegfried  
In the 1960s television show Get Smart, KAOS was the International Organization of Evil. It was formed in 1902 in Bolcavest. Its purpose was to implement unrest and revolution throughout the world. KAOS' most infamous and ruthless agent was...
The Smoking GNU     Mad Al    
Sane Alex
Undecided Adrian
Ankh-Morpork City Watch Coat of arms of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch. Fabricati Diem Pvnc   Angua  
The Ankh-Morpork City Watch (originally the Night Watch, commonly referred to as "The Watch") is a fiction police force within the Discworld series of books by Terry Pratchett. The watch is based in the city-state of Ankh-Morpork on the Discworld....
Samuel Vimes
Carrot Ironfoundersson
André
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Ankh-Morpork Assassins' Guild Mr. Teatime portrayed by Marc Warren   Jonathan Teatime Ankh-Morpork City Guild
The Ankh-Morpork Assassins' Guild is a fictional school for professional killers in Terry Pratchett's longrunning Discworld series of fantasy novels. It is located in Ankh-Morpork, the largest city on the Discworld, and is widely considered by the...
Lord Downey
Dr. Cruces
Pteppicymon XXVIII
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Ankh-Morpork Thieves' Guild       Ankh-Morpork City Guild
The Guild of Thieves, Cutpurses and Allied Trades is a fictional institution on the Discworld created by Terry Pratchett. It is distinguished from Thieves' Guilds in other fantasy universes by being completely legal. The Thieves' Guild was...
Ankh-Morpork Beggars' Guild       Ankh-Morpork City Guild
The Ankh-Morpork Beggars' Guild is a guild for panhandlers, down-and-outs and borderline cases in Ankh-Morpork, the largest city on the Discworld, the setting for the longrunning series of fantasy novels of the same name by Terry Pratchett. The...
The Pride     Robert Minoru  
The Pride is a group of six couples formed by the Gibborim and given all the powers they desired. In exchange for helping the Gibborim achieve their goal, six of their number would be given a place in the 'paradise' the Gibborim were creating of...
Tina Minoru
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Leslie Dean
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The Homestarmy     Homestar Runner    
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Alliance Alternate Alliance Flag      
In the Firefly television series, the Alliance is a powerful authoritarian government and law-enforcement organization that controls the majority of territory within the known universe. Originally composed solely of a number of "core worlds",...
DC Comics Dc2005.JPG Company Superman  
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...
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The Band With Rocks In     Imp y Celyn    
Lias Bluestone
Glod Glodsson
Canting Crew     Altogether Andrews  
The Canting Crew is an informal name for a group of Ankh-Morpork beggars in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series. Too anarchic for the Beggars' Guild, which tends to constrain them with rules, they frequently beg from it themselves, and often come...
Foul Ole Ron
Coffin Henry
The Duck Man
Arnold Sideways
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History Monks     Lu-Tze  
The Order of Wen the Eternally Surprised, better known as the History Monks, and also sometimes referred to as the Men In Saffron (see Men in Black) and No Such Monastery (see NSA), is a highly secretive religious organisation in the Discworld...
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Wen the Eternally Surprised
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Silver Horde     Cohen the Barbarian    
The New Firm     Mr. Pin    
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