History Main / SigilSpam

"Doofenshmirtz' '''basement.'''"\\

** It's not done with watermarks, but Amonkhet is ''encrusted'' in a symbol based on the horns of Nicol Bolas, self-proclaimed God-Pharaoh. Overlooking the giant set of horns built into the skyline over Naktamun, it's built into the architecture, the equipment, the clothing of the citizens. Even the weapons are often [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=426922 bifurcated]] in order to resemble Bolas's horns, and bows have the horn shapes built into them.

* ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' Bolas's symbol is his horns, as a result the plane he controls amonkhet is absolutly littered with them, including a set of horns taller then most skyscrappers to serve as an oversized monument too him, many spears on this plane are bidents with two points shaped like his horns too, his dread horde carry on this tradition too.

* Creator/GrantMorrison's ''Marvel Boy'' mini-series for Marvel Comics features Hexus the Sentient Corporation, [[HiveMind an evil alien "social parasite"]] that spreads "logo-spores" throughout the atmosphere of its target planet. The spores infect people, forming a corporation which then consumes rival corporations and seduces whole populations through hypnotic ad campaigns, to the point where it literally owns everything and everyone on its host-planet. It then 'brands' the planet with its enormous 'X'-logo and feeds of the planet's resources, leaving behind a dead husk of a world covered in Hexus logos.

* A bizarre one in ''Film/Armageddon1998'', where the shuttles are rushed out in order to make the date of the mission -- yet feature large decals with their names all over the interior. Apparently the NASA art department fears not the end of the world.

* ''Film/TheMartian'' prominently features the NASA logo on all of their equipment, including the bottom of their shoes. Justified in a meta-case, since simply getting permission to ''use'' the NASA logo is an [[JustForPun astronomical]] hurdle, so the filmmakers obviously decided to make the most of it.

* Non-bad guys example in ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014'': The Nova Corps puts their starburst symbol all over the place. Their fighter ships themselves are shaped like starbursts. Even Xandar's ''capital city'' resembles the sigil when seen from above. (Which could be explained if the city came first, and the sigil was inspired by it.)

* ''Series/Millennium1996'' uses the Millennium Group's {{Ouroboros}} logo as a repeating motif.

* ''Franchise/StarTrek''

* ''Series/UFO1970'': [[GovernmentConspiracy Super-secret]] SHADO puts its name and logo on all of its vehicles, even though SHADO's existence itself is secret.

* ''Series/TheWheelOfTime2021'': The Dragon's Fang (the black half of a yin-yang, sharp end down) appears spontaneously a few times:

** And ''then'' there's the new [[https://www.games-workshop.com/resources/catalog/product/920x950/99120102041_LordofSkulls01.jpg Khorne Lord of Skulls]] kit. Virtually every surface is adorned with either the Blood God's symbol or the eight-pointed star, to the point where ''each individual section of its treads'' sports two Khornate skull symbols. The front view depicted in that link has no less than 23 visible Khornate skulls. (Don't even ''try'' to count the [[NothingButSkulls genuine skulls]] -- even the sculptor lost count.)

* Lampshaded in ''Film/CaptainMarvel'' with regards to S.H.I.E.L.D.:

* Throughout the between-season ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' shorts and early season two, a symbol of an eye (resembling that one of the enigmatic demon Bill Cipher) that has been crossed out is seen in both the credits and the environment. In the episode "Society of the Blind Eye", it is discovered that the sigil belongs to the titular group, which [[spoiler:erases the memories of Gravity Falls citizens who have seen too much of the area's oddities.]]

** Though not to the ''SPD'' extreme, the dino footprint logo is all over everything in ''Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder''. Since it's Tommy's power coin symbol as the Green Ranger [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers back in the day]], you really gotta wonder what it says about his ego. (Out-of-universe, both symbols come from sentai, and the connection isn't there.)

* ''Series/TheBarrier'': The dicatorial government's triskelion shows up in a lot of places. It has even replaced the coat of arms on New Spain's flag.

** In the classic story "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E1TheTombOfTheCybermen Tomb of the Cybermen]]", many of the surfaces in the Cybermen's secret lair -- including the front door -- are emblazoned with a stylized representation of a Cyberman's head.

** The Time Lords have the Seal of Rassilon, which the TV Movie took to ''insane'' levels.
** In "Dark Water", the Cybermen felt it necessary to decorate the doors of the 3W Institute with the Cybus logo for some reason.
* ''Series/{{Firefly}}'': An actual subtle version, as they're never actually mentioned in-'verse, but Blue Sun is omnipresent on every central planet. It also adorns much of Jayne's clothing (including a shirt which River promptly slashes up... while Jayne's wearing it.)

** The Tyrells don't have a single item of clothing without a floral pattern on them. Their love of roses becomes a DiscussedTrope, when Lady Olenna Tyrell is less than impressed by the embroidery of one of her relatives:

* ''Series/{{Heroes}}'': The logo of The Company, half of the famous DNA double-helix, appears repeatedly. It's uncertain if this is Sigil Spam or a RunningGag, however. WordOfGod says that it has no particular significance to the show's mythology.
* ''Series/{{Highlander}}: The Series''. The Watchers have the double-layer {{Masquerade}} that their organisation is secret, and keeps the target of their watching -- the Immortals -- secret, too. But they have their logo tattooed on their ''wrists''. Even putting on one's shoulder would be more inconspicuous.
* Even worse is a secret organisation called The Dawn, from a short-lived mid-[[TheNineties Nineties]] series about a "Federal Bio-Crisis Unit". Since their plans to wipe out humanity were so secret, they could be identified by elaborate tattoos on the palms of their hands.
* [[Series/IronChef Iron Chef America]] features its crossed knives logo just about everywhere. All around the Kitchen Stadium set, on the furnishings, patches on the Iron Chefs’ jackets, Alton’s monitor, projected as mini spotlights on the floor, and even as the “X” in the “Next Iron Chef” show title graphic.

* ''Series/MissionImpossible'': The episode "The Killer" underlines that it is actually ''expected'' of some industries like hotels: When setting up a fake hotel, the good guys are shown applying the hotel's name "Raeburn" in initial miniature on menus and glasses. And they have to do it all in less than 15 minutes because the villain just ''named'' the hotel and will soon arrive. [[spoiler:He chose one hotel at random but is taken to the bugged one [[NotMyDriver by the second taxi of the line]].]]
* ''Series/MythBusters'': Though it is probably more for legal reasons than anything else, this show does this with just about every material they use that isn't going to get blown up/crushed/shot in the next five minutes. They even {{lampshade}} it every now and then:

* Heroic example in ''Series/KamenRiderKuuga'', right after learning about the "warrior" ancient rune that symbolizes Kuuga, Godai makes a point of sewing and printing the emblem on his clothes. It also spontaneously appears in his CoolBike and on the MonsterOfTheWeek's body after it gets a finishing blow.

** Way back in season 2 of ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' Lord Zedd had a Z on his staff, and his Putty Patrollers had a Z on their chests and knees. The Z on their chests made them break apart like crash test dummies.
** The "Zyu 2" episodes of MMPR invoked this with all of the objects pulled out by the Rangers, right down to Billy having a hand mirror with his power coin logo on the back.
** ''Series/PowerRangersSPD'' puts the SPD logo on every random, non-{{Phlebotinum}}ized item belonging to the organization, down to a ''shovel'' that Syd had brought along. Her CD player has the logo in ''three'' places. Even their {{finishing move}}s shifted the view to a background made ''entirely out of SPD logos''! This is due to the same phenomenon occurring in the ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' series ''SPD'' was adapted from, ''Series/TokusouSentaiDekaranger''.
** The following season, ''Series/PowerRangersMysticForce'', is at least as bad. The stylized "M" logos are ''everywhere'', incorporated into chestplates, visors... It's even worse if you consider other gear and designs that don't match the logo but are still M-shaped.
** Though not the SPD extreme, the dino footprint logo is all over everything in ''Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder.'' Since that was Tommy's power coin symbol as the Green Ranger [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers back in the day]], you really gotta wonder what it says about his ego. (Out-of-universe, both symbols come from sentai and the connection isn't there.)

* ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'':
** Pretty much every S.H.I.E.L.D. vehicle in has the organisation's eagle logo on it. The most noticeable is the team's [[CoolPlane plane]], which not only has the logo all over the inside, but has it emblazoned across the upper surface of the plane itself. The inside of every S.H.I.E.L.D. facility we see also has liberal applications of the logo, although there is some variation in the level of detail and the style with which the eagle is depicted. Remember, this is a semi-covert agency, and some of these vehicles really shouldn't be emblazoned so openly. By the third season, S.H.I.E.L.D. has taken steps to avert this. Emphasis on ''steps''.
--->'''Coulson:''' See, this is why I had the S.H.I.E.L.D. logos removed from the cars. It's like you're screaming for attention.\\
'''Bobbi:''' You know, we have a ginormous eagle symbol on top of our jet.\\
'''Coulson:''' Yeah, I know. [[RuleOfCool Sometimes I just can't help myself with the cool]].
** HYDRA in the second season; for an organization that's supposed to be ''completely'' covert, they don't have any problems wearing HYDRA lapel pins on their HYDRA jackets, carrying precious cargo in HYDRA-branded crates, or painting three-feet-tall logos all over their secret laboratories. Taken ''even further'' now that it's been revealed that [[spoiler:HYDRA has been around ''[[Really700YearsOld for millennia]].'' They left a trail for thousands of years that [=FitzSimmons=] manage to pick up on from an old NASA mission patch combined with copious research. Since S.H.I.E.L.D. was corrupted from the start by HYDRA, maybe that's where they got into the habit]].
* Mostly {{Averted}} in ''Series/BabylonFive'', where the various factions are restrained with their symbols (for example, [=EarthForce=] soldiers only wear one symbol on their uniform, and their equipment bears it only when it's military ships or bases that would have it anyway in RealLife). Though on one occasion we see a Centauri-made time bomb wearing their infamous hairdo...
* ''Series/Millennium1996'' uses the Millennium Group's ''ouroboros'' logo (a snake eating its own tail) as a repeating motif.
* ''Series/KingdomHospital'' features its distinctive "stylized red goat's head" on the front of the hospital; on internal stationery; in a computer-generated screensaver; etc.[[note]]It's so unique to ''Kingdom'' that it's jarring to see the hospital exterior used as StockFootage on shows like ''EleventhHour''.[[/note]] It's explained InUniverse: the hospital's marketing director, Dr. Jesse James, tends to go overboard with this; the tendency also extends to his "Operation Morning Air" campaign.
* ''Series/MissionImpossible'': In "The Golden Serpent", the eponymous organisation (which -- it should be pointed out -- is a drug syndicate) for some reason feels the need to decorate its hidden drug processing lab and the uniforms of its armed mooks with a golden serpent symbol.
* ''Series/AreYouAfraidOfTheDark'': In "The Tale of the Curious Camera", all of the SpookyPhotographs bear an insignia of the Gremlin. When it escapes into the computer at the end, the monitor also displays the sigil.
* Much like the books, the symbol of [[spoiler: The Volunteer Fire Department]] is a frequent sight among the architecture and even landscape of the world in ''Series/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents'', especially noticeable due to them not gaining much weight in the story until after the source material for Season 2, but having the symbol shown frequently through Season 1.

* ''Series/TheWheelOfTime'': The Dragon's Fang (the black half of a yin-yang, sharp end down) appears spontaneously a few times:

** In episode 3 when [[spoiler:Thom kills Dana to save Rand and Mat, her]] blood also forms the symbol in a puddle.

** Though not the SPD extreme, the dino footprint logo is all over everything in ''Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder.'' Since that was Tommy's power coin symbol as the Green Ranger [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers back in the day]], you really gotta wonder what it says about his ego. (Out-of-universe, the connection is a visual version of LuckyTranslation: both symbols come from sentai and the connection isn't there.)

* Non-bad guys example in ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'': The Nova Corps puts their starburst symbol all over the place. Their fighter ships themselves are shaped like starbursts. Even Xandar's ''capital city'' resembles the sigil when seen from above. (Which could be explained if the city came first, and the sigil was inspired by it.)

* ''Tabletopgame/MagicTheGathering'' Bolas's symbol is his horns, as a result the plane he controls amonkhet is absolutly littered with them, including a set of horns taller then most skyscrappers to serve as an oversized monument too him, many spears on this plane are bidents with two points shaped like his horns too, his dread horde carry on this tradition too.

Also see HighlyConspicuousUniform (when the sigil is overused on the {{mooks}}' clothing), MalevolentMugshot (when a villain puts their own image everywhere) and ConspiracyPlacement (when the AncientConspiracy hides clues among the {{Muggles}}). MayContainEvil.

--->'''Gil:''' And this... ''this'' was made by... um... Count Harken Maganox.\\

* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'':

* ''Series/{{UFO}}'': [[GovernmentConspiracy super secret]] SHADO puts its name and logo on all of its vehicles, even though SHADO's existence itself is secret.

'''Bobbi:''' ...sir, we have a giant eagle symbol on top of our jet.\\