History Main / BrotherhoodOfEvil

* The Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, Magneto's supporters in the [[{{X-Men}} X-Men comics]], which [[CardCarryingVillain keeps the "evil" in its name]] despite often having sympathetic motives.

* The Dark Brotherhood, the assassin cult from ''TheElderScrolls''.

* The Brotherhood of the Dark Rapture from ''CliveBarkersJericho''.

* ''CallOfCthulhu''. The Brotherhood of the Beast in the ''The Fungi from Yuggoth'' campaign (and its remake ''Day of the Beast'').

** Although in ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreed'', the (relatively) good Assassins call themselves "The Brotherhood", while the Templar Order decidedly fits this trope perfectly.

* The predecessor of the modern [[StarWars Sith Order]] was the Brotherhood of Darkness, elaborated on in the StarWarsExpandedUniverse. \

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* ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'' deters criminals from FOWL, the "Fiendish Organization of World Larceny."

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* The predecessor of the modern [[StarWars Sith Order]] was the Brotherhood of Darkness, elaborated on in the StarWarsExpandedUniverse.

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* ''CallOfCthulhu''
** The Brotherhood of the Beast in the ''The Fungi from Yuggoth'' campaign (and its remake ''Day of the Beast'').
** The Lords of the Silver Twilight in the ''Shadows of Yog-Sothoth'' campaign.

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* ''{{Bionicle}}'': The Brotherhood of Makuta under Teridax's rule.

* The "Brotherhood of the Beast" in the ''CallOfCthulhu'' campaigns ''The Fungi from Yuggoth'' and its remake ''Day of the Beast''.

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* The Brotherhood of Evil from ''DoomPatrol'' (which started out as a international crime syndicate, but we only ever saw their top people.)

* The Brotherhood of Dada in DCComics, opponents of the ''DoomPatrol''.

* Darkwing Duck deters criminals from FOWL, the "Fiendish Organization of World Larceny."

* In ''{{Thunderball}}'', [[NebulousEvilOrganization SPECTRE]] has as "The International Brotherhood for the Assistance of Stateless Persons" as one of its covers.

** Although in AssassinsCreed, the (relatively) good Assassins call themselves "The Brotherhood", while the Templar Order decidedly fits this trope perfectly.

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The BrotherhoodOfEvil may function like TheMafia, or as a secret society with shadowy rituals and complex codes of honor, and are much less likely to invoke WeHaveReserves on their "brothers" unless [[TheChessmaster their sinister leader]] [[UnwittingPawn is just using them]] for his own purposes. If they're [[CardCarryingVillain Card Carrying Villains]], they might put a "Dark" or "Evil" in their name just to be clear that they're not [[{{Nakama}} the good kind of brotherhood]].

** The third and fourth games subvert this a lot. They are still quite dark but have become the sole source of stability for many people around the world.

** Also showed up as {{Big Bad}}s of the final season of ''Series/TeenTitans''.

** Also showed up as {{Big Bad}}s of the final season of TeenTitans.

The BrotherhoodOfEvil may function like TheMafia, or as a secret society with shadowy rituals and complex codes of honor, and are much less likely to invoke WeHaveReserves on their "brothers" unless [[TheChessmaster their sinister leader]] [[XanatosSucker is just using them]] for his own purposes. If they're [[CardCarryingVillain Card Carrying Villains]], they might put a "Dark" or "Evil" in their name just to be clear that they're not [[{{Nakama}} the good kind of brotherhood]].