History Main / BrotherhoodOfEvil

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

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

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 [[TrueCompanions the good kind of brotherhood]].

** This is averted in most adaptations, where the name is generally streamlined to just "The Brotherhood of Mutants."

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

* ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'' series has the Dark Brotherhood, an illegal [[MurderInc assassin's guild]] who practices a ReligionOfEvil, serving Sithis, their "Dread Father", who is an AntiGod personification of the primordial force of [[OrderVersusChaos chaos]] and is represented by a "[[PowerOfTheVoid great void]]".

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

* The Brotherhood of the Ninth Circle, a doomsday cult led by an insane vampire, from ''VampireTheMasqueradeBloodlines''.

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

* The Sith Brotherhood and Brotherhood of the Sith in ''TheGunganCouncil''.

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

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

* {{Gender Flip}}ped example: the Sisters of the Dark in ''TheSwordOfTruth''

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

* The Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, Magneto's supporters in the ComicBook/XMen comics, which [[CardCarryingVillain keeps the "evil" in its name]] despite often having sympathetic motives.
** This is averted in the films where Magneto tends to refer to it just as "The Brotherhood of Mutants."

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

* The Brotherhood of Metallix from ''SonicTheComic''.

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

* The dark elves of [[TheRiftwarCycle Midkemia]] are known as the Brotherhood of the Dark Path.

* The Assembly of Evil from [[LessThanThreeComics LessThanThree Comics']] Brat Pack, although, to be fair, they are supposed to be used as a propaganda tool for when their boss runs for President.

* ''SonicChronicles'': ''The Dark Brotherhood''
* The Brotherhood Of Nod from the ''CommandAndConquer'' games.
** The third and fourth games subvert this a lot. They are still quite dark but have become the sole source of stability, welfare and support for many people around the world.

* Played with in the ''Fallout'' series with the Brotherhood of Steel. They're not evil, per se, but they've made many enemies due to their aggressive hoarding of pre-war technology, and have been known to murder people to preserve their secrecy. On the other hand, they have wiped out troublesome raider groups such as the Vipers, and have played a major role in the defeats of the Enclave and the Super Mutants.

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

* The Grail Brotherhood from the ''{{Otherland}}'' series.

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* The "International Brotherhood of Teamsters" has noted gang ties and has had leadership embezzle the members pension fund.
** [[OurLawyersAdvisedThisTrope Allegedly]]
** From what this troper read it was less like "ties" and more like "viral infection" . The story or so I heard was that a weakness in it's organization rules allowed it to be suborned chapter by chapter simply by concentrating resourses into electing a mob asset into a key position and the system became corrupted before it's honest members were aware. In other words they were not a brother hood of evil so much as the chosen target of a [[TheMafia real brotherhood of evil]]