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* The Company (referring to the CIA) and The Bureau (referring to the FBI). Of course, only used when their motives are ''secret''...
** The Farm is where the The Company trains its agents.

* The Agency from the ''VideoGame/SyphonFilter'' series of games, which served under The Consortium. After [[spoiler:the protagonist becomes the new leader at the end of the third game]], it gets [[ConspiracyRedemption reorganized]] into the International Presidential Consulting Agency... which still doesn't have any proper nouns.
* The Foundation in ''VideoGame/TheSuffering II: Ties That Bind'', which seems to be a paramilitary organization hell-bent on [[spoiler:capturing Malefactors and supposedly researching them]]. They also have an unhealthy interest in [[AntiHero Torque]], [[spoiler:because they work for [[EnemyWithin Blackmore]]]].

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* The Order from ''Film/SherlockHolmes2009'' are a NoCelebritiesWereHarmed version of the Freemasons as they were commonly thought of in Victorian times, being a shadowy group of influential men at the highest reaches of power engaging in mysterious, weird rituals. It's gradually taken over by a powerful and charismatic DarkMessiah who has returned from the dead and is demonstrating his power to such an extent that almost the entire country is utterly terrified of him. However, it's ultimately a complete deconstruction, as the Order is largely presented as a bunch of superstitious and largely ineffectual old men who are utterly caught up in their own mythology [[spoiler: to the extent that they'll let the so-called DarkMessiah, in fact a complete charlatan, seduce them with a theatrical manner and some admittedly pretty clever conjuring tricks. Hey, this is ''Franchise/SherlockHolmes''; as if he wasn't going to be DoingInTheWizard]]. It's also an excuse for them to have orgies, apparently.

-->'''Graham Stark''': The more generic the name of the department, the scarier it is.
-->'''Paul Saunders''': If it was just "The Department", you just run.

* Subverted in the ([[DorkAge much maligned]]) second installment of Literature/{{Zoofights}}, where the team of contestants known simply as The Institution was among the most noble and heroic teams.

* In the Wiki/SCPFoundation universe, the titular globe-spanning supernatural containment organization is often referred to as simply "The Foundation." The full name is rarely used, both within and without the organization.

* ''Machinima/ArbyNTheChief'': [[BigBad Eugene]] states his ''VideoGame/HaloReach'' clan has no name to keep them from attracting attention. Doesn't stop them from wielding [[MilkmanConspiracy an exorbitant amount of influence]] though.

** The Corporation: Nationwide business-like criminal organization. Foes of ComicBook/CaptainAmerica and the ComicBook/IncredibleHulk, amongst others.

* In early episodes of ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'', the organization Perry the Platypus works for is known simply as The Agency. In later episodes it's officially known as O.W.C.A., the [[FunWithAcronyms Organization Without a Cool Acronym]].
* The Centre from ''WesternAnimation/MartinMystery'' is a clear cut [[HeroesRUs heroic example]].

* The ''Fanfic/CoreLine'' setting has The Foundation, which is the result of both [[Series/KnightRider The Foundation For Law And Government]] and [[Series/MacGyver the Phoenix Foundation]] pooling their resources (and getting assistance from people like [[WesternAnimation/TheTransformers Optimus Prime]], now the Governor For Life of the State of Michigan) because individually they were too under-powered and under-gunned to make any change on the titular WorldGoneMad. While many other organizations in the setting have the name "[Something] Foundation", the moment you hear "'''[[SpellMyNameWithAThe The]]'''" Foundation is out to get you, you should ''seriously'' think about pulling stakes and running.

It's also entirely possible to have ''two'' Groups in the world. Often, they will be fighting a war in the shadows, this will be the basis for an {{Arc}} (story or myth), typically with one fighting behind the scenes to protect the world, and the other secretly trying to destroy or corrupt it. The Group may be several decades old (for example, formed around UsefulNotes/WorldWarII or the UsefulNotes/ColdWar), several hundred years old (for example, dating from around the time of the [[{{Steampunk}} Industrial Revolution]] and the [[UsefulNotes/TheAmericanRevolution American]] and [[UsefulNotes/TheFrenchRevolution French Revolutions]]), several thousand years old (originating in AncientRome, AncientGreece, or AncientEgypt), as old as human civilization itself (as soon as one cavemen invented fire, two others got together on the other side of the cave and whispered to each other that they had better keep an eye on this, and thus The Group was born), or [[TimeAbyss older than time itself]] (humans may serve The Group, but some very definitely ''[[EldritchAbomination non-humans]]'' founded, and control, it).

%%* In the Wiki/SCPFoundation universe, the titular organization is often referred to as simply "The Foundation."
%%** One of the groups opposing them is called The Factory.

* RealLife musical groups Music/TheGroup and Music/TheBand, and even more meta: Music/TheThe.