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* In Season 13 of ''Series/MurdochMysteries'', Robert Parker is introduced as a Pinkerton detective who is tracking down the killer of his brother, also a Pinkerton. When he and Murdoch discover this was a FalseFlagOperation, and arrest the Pinkerton responsible, Parker gets fired for bringing the agency into disrepute.
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* ''VideoGame/AfterTheEndAPostApocalypticAmerica'': The Pinkertons have survived six centuries after the Apocalypse, albeit in an unusual form: they've since become a mercenary army that can be hired by feudal lords.
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* The Pinkertons appear as villains in the [[{{Cancellation}} short-lived]], [[OELManga Original English-language manga]] ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Man%27s_Land_%28manga%29 No Man's Land]]'' by Jason [=DeAngelis=]. [[WeirdWest They try to harness the power of]] LegionsOfHell.

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* The Pinkertons appear as villains in the [[{{Cancellation}} short-lived]], [[OELManga Original English-language manga]] ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Man%27s_Land_%28manga%29 ''[[https://www.goodreads.com/series/82390-no-man-s-land No Man's Land]]'' by Jason [=DeAngelis=]. [[WeirdWest They try to harness the power of]] LegionsOfHell.
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* Caleb Hammer, a Western character in the MarvelUniverse.

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* Caleb Hammer, a Western character in the MarvelUniverse.Franchise/MarvelUniverse.
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** In a post-Morris album of the series, Lucky Luke finds himself going against Allan Pinkerton himself.

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** In a post-Morris post-Creator/{{Morris}} album of the series, Lucky Luke finds himself going against Allan Pinkerton himself.
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* In the {{Elseworlds}} comic ''Justice Riders'' (The Franchise/{{Justice League|of America}} [[RecycledINSPACE in the Old West]]) [[ComicBook/GreenLantern Guy Gardner]] appears as a Pinkerton agent.

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* In the {{Elseworlds}} comic ''Justice Riders'' ''ComicBook/JusticeRiders'' (The Franchise/{{Justice League|of America}} [[RecycledINSPACE in the Old West]]) [[ComicBook/GreenLantern Guy Gardner]] appears as a Pinkerton agent.
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[[caption-width-right:350:And [[caption-width-right:350:''And neither will you [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown by the time we're done]], union-man...]]
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* In ''Film/{{Blackthorn}}'', Butch Cassiday remembers his old friendships with the Sundance Kid and Etta Place, and how they escaped from Pinkerton Detective Mackinley.
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* In the computer game ''VideoGame/PostMortem'', the player-character Gus [=McPherson=] is mentioned as being a former member of Pinkerton, and depending on the player's actions, sends telegraphs to the agency for research.

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* In the computer game ''VideoGame/PostMortem'', ''VideoGame/PostMortem2002'', the player-character Gus [=McPherson=] is mentioned as being a former member of Pinkerton, and depending on the player's actions, sends telegraphs to the agency for research.
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* Three Pinkerton agents are hired to support the player character in the first side-mission of the video game ''VideoGame/HardWest''. They are interchangable characters simply named A., B. and C. Pinkerton.

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* Three Pinkerton agents are hired to support the player character in the first side-mission of the video game ''VideoGame/HardWest''. They are interchangable characters simply named A., B. and C. Pinkerton.Persons.
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* Three Pinkerton agents are hired to support the player character in the first side-mission of the video game ''VideoGame/HardWest''. They are interchangable characters simply named A., B. and C. Pinkerton.
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* ''Film/{{Hammett}}'': Creator/DashiellHammett (reflecting RealLife) worked for Pinkerton alongside Jimmy Ryan. This is also how he knows Eli the cab driver, an old Wobbly whose IWW meetings he used to bust up.
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* ''Manga/MoriartyThePatriot'' spins ''UsefulNotes/BillyTheKid'' of all people as a Pinkerton detective on behalf of the U.S. Department of Justice after he's legally declared dead. He ropes Sherlock Holmes into the organization as well and even tries to recruit Professor Moriarty.
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Compare and contrast with PrivateIntelligenceAgency. [[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant Hilariously unrelated]] to RealMenWearPink.

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Compare and contrast with PrivateIntelligenceAgency.PrivateIntelligenceAgency, which is what the company does nowadays after Securitas purchased the company and its assets. [[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant Hilariously unrelated]] to RealMenWearPink.
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Compare and contrast with PrivateMilitaryContractors. [[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant Hilariously unrelated]] to RealMenWearPink.

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Compare and contrast with PrivateMilitaryContractors.PrivateIntelligenceAgency. [[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant Hilariously unrelated]] to RealMenWearPink.

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* In ''The Coronation'' and the novella ''Dream Valley'', it is mentioned that Literature/ErastFandorin worked for the Pinkertons during his stay in the US (though mostly as a freelancer rather than a full agent).

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* In ''The Coronation'' ''Literature/TheCoronation'' and the novella ''Dream Valley'', it is mentioned that Literature/ErastFandorin worked for the Pinkertons during his stay in the US (though mostly as a freelancer rather than a full agent).


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* ''Literature/TheSecretOfChimneys'': Hiram P. Fish, the American lurking about the Chimneys mansion as murder and identity theft and all sorts of crazy things are going on, is a chance for Creator/AgathaChristie to indulge in American jokes like FunetikAksent and WackyAmericansHaveWackyNames and SeparatedByACommonLanguage. That is, until the end, when he's revealed to be a Pinkerton agent tracking the jewel thief who is only part of a complicated mystery.
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* In ''Film/MurderOnTheOrientExpress1974'', [[spoiler:Cyrus Hardman]] is a Pinkerton agent. (In the original novel, he worked for the fictional [=McNeil=] Detective Agency.)

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* In ''Film/MurderOnTheOrientExpress1974'', both ''Film/MurderOnTheOrientExpress1974'' and ''Film/MurderOnTheOrientExpress2017'', [[spoiler:Cyrus Hardman]] is a Pinkerton agent. (In the original novel, he worked for the fictional [=McNeil=] Detective Agency.)

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