List of fictional institutions

This is a list of notable fictional institutions. Articles in this list must have received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject. Fictional institutions include:

List of fictional espionage organizations
List of fictional gangs
List of fictional law firms
List of fictional political parties
List of fictional secret police and intelligence organizations

Medical/Technological[edit]

Asylums and mental health institutions[edit]

Radley Sanitarium- Pretty Little Liars
Arkham Asylum for the Criminally Insane, Gotham City - Batman
Arkham Sanitarium, Arkham, Mass - H.P. Lovecraft
Briar Ridge Mental Hospital - The Green Mile
Eichen House - Teen Wolf
Mayfield Psychiatric Hospital - House, M.D.
Mount Massive Asylum for the Criminally Insane - Outlast
New Bedlam Rest Home for the Emotionally Interesting - The Simpsons
Santa Rosa Mental Health Institute - Lost
Shady Acres Mental Hospital, Tampa - Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
Somafree Institute - The Brood
Verrückt - Call Of Duty: World At War / Black Ops Nazi Zombies Map

Rutledge Asylum - American McGee's Alice / Alice: Madness Returns

Hospitals[edit]

All Saints General Hospital, Los Santos, San Andreas - Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
All Saints Hospital, New York City - Nurse Jackie
Angel Pine Medical Center. Angel Pine, Whetstone, San Andreas - Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Angels Memorial Hospital, Los Angeles, California, Code Black
Carson General Hospital - Liberty City, Liberty Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto Advance, Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
Chelsea General Hospital, Portland, Oregon - Monday Mornings
Chicago Hope, Chicago, Illinois - Chicago Hope
County General Hospital, Jefferson, Los Santos, San Andreas - Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
County General Hospital - Ben Casey
Crippen Memorial Hospital, Montgomery, Red County, San Andreas - Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
County General Hospital (Chicago, Illinois) - ER
Community General Hospital, Los Angeles, California - Diagnosis: Murder
Eastman Medical Center, Los Angeles, California - Doogie Howser, M.D.
El Quebrados Medical Center, El Quebrados, Tierra Robada, San Andreas - Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Fort Carson Medical Center, Fort Carson, Bone County, San Andreas - Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Hope Medical College, Liberty City, Liberty - Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto Advance, Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
Holby City Hospital, Holby, UK - Casualty and Holby City
James Rivers Hospital - New setting of the TV program Hawthorne
Jellystone Hospital - Jellystone!
Kingdom Hospital, Lewiston, Maine - from Stephen King miniseries of the same name
Las Venturas Hospital - Las Venturas, San Andreas - Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Middleton Medical Center - Kim Possible
North General Hospital - Close S3 Ep1 Nurse Jackie
Ocean View Hospital, Vice City, Florida - Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories
Ponyville Hospital - My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital, Princeton, New Jersey - House, M.D.
Richmond Trinity Hospital, Richmond, Virginia - Hawthorne (The hospital closed in season 2).
Sacred Heart Hospital - Scrubs
San Fierro Medical Center, San Fierro, San Andreas - Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Shady Palms Hospital, Vice City, Florida - Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories
Schuman Health Care Center, Vice City, Florida - Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories
Sweeney General Hospital, Liberty City, Liberty - Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto Advance, Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Lennox Hill Hospital - Mentioned Occasionally Nurse Jackie
Bellvue Hospital - Mentioned Occasionally Nurse Jackie
Beth Israel Hospital - Mentioned S3 EP3 Nurse Jackie
Brookhaven Hospital - Silent Hill series
St Hugh's Hospital - The Bill
Mercy Hospital - House, M.D., Left 4 Dead 2 and Payday: The Heist
Seattle Grace Hospital Teaching Hospital - renamed Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital and its current name Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital Grey's Anatomy
Seattle Presbyterian Hospital - Name used Occasionally Grey's Anatomy
St. Ambrose's Hospital - Private Practice
St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries -- Harry Potter
St. Sebastian's Hospital - House, M.D., Lost, and Criminal Minds
St. Andrew's Hospital, St. Mark's Medical Centre - Monk
St. Vincent's Hospital - Close S3 EP1 Nurse Jackie
Springfield General Hospital - The Simpsons
Psychoneurotic Institute for the Very, Very Nervous - High Anxiety
Rittenhouse Hospital and Free clinic - Strong Medicine
Rampart General Hospital - Emergency!

Research institutes and facilities[edit]

Black Mesa Research Facility - in the single-shooter game Half-Life
Black Mesa East - Half-Life
The Big Mountain Research Facility - from Fallout: New Vegas
The Institute - from Fallout 4
Black Letter Labs - from the Black Letter Game
Aperture Science Laboratories - Portal and Portal 2
Gizmonic Institute - Mystery Science Theater 3000
The Hanso Foundation - Lost
Hereti-Corp - Sluggy Freelance
Imagination Institute - Journey Into Imagination with Figment
Mittelos Bioscience - Lost
PACT Corporation (Progressive Allied Canadian Technologies) - Northguard comic book series
Project Cadmus - DC Comics
Robinson Heath Nuclear Utilisation Technology Centre - The Leaky Establishment and other works by David Langford
S.T.A.R. Labs - DC Comics
Umbrella Corporation - Resident Evil
The Jeffersonian Institute - "Bones"
Biocyte Pharmaceuticals - Mission: Impossible 2
NorBAC ("North American Biotechnology Advisory Commission") - "ReGenesis"
The D.H.A.R.M.A. Initiative-"Lost'
International Genetics (InGen)-Jurassic Park

Retirement homes and elderly care facilities[edit]

Shady Pines, Miami, Florida - The Golden Girls
Springfield Retirement Castle, Springfield, USA - The Simpsons
The Sunshine Home - All in the Family

Political/Governmental[edit]

Government/international agencies[edit]

Defense agencies[edit]

G.I. Joe - G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero
NEST - Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Sector Seven - Transformers
S.H.I.E.L.D. (Supreme Headquarters International Espionage Law-enforcement Division, later Strategic Hazard Intervention Espionage Logistics Directorate) - Marvel Comics
Starfleet - Star Trek
Stargate Command - in Stargate SG-1
S.T.R.I.K.E. (Special Tactical Reserve for International Key Emergencies- British version of SHIELD) - Marvel UK
UNATCO (United Nations Anti-Terrorist Coalition) - Deus Ex video game and sequel, Deus Ex: Invisible War
UNSC (United Nations Space Command) - in Halo
Angel Team- The Assault By Brian Falkner
Ghost Team- Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon by David Michaels
Green Lantern Corps - Guardians of the universe in DC Comics
X-COM - International Extreterrestrial Defense Organization from the X-COM series
W.S.P. - World Space Patrol - Gerry Anderson's Fireball XL5
W.A.S.P. - World Aquanaut Security Patrol - Gerry Anderson's Stingray
Spectrum - Gerry Anderson's Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons / New Captain Scarlet
U.N.I.T. - United Nations Intelligence Taskforce/UNified Intelligence Taskforce - Doctor Who
SHADO - Supreme Headquarters, Alien Defence Organisation - Gerry Anderson's UFO

Espionage/spy agencies[edit]

Bureau of Sabotage - The Dosadi Experiment
Cable Street Particulars (historic version) - Discworld
CISO (Canadian International Security Organization) - Captain Canuck comic book series
CONTROL - Get Smart
CTU (Counter-Terrorist Unit) - (24)
The Diogenes Club - The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, various works of Kim Newman
Earth Patrol - Captain Canuck comic book series
Third Echelon, NSA's ultra-secret sub-division - Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell video game and novel series.
IMF (Impossible Missions Force), black ops team - Mission: Impossible
Obsidian Order - Cardassian intelligence, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Public Security Section 9 - Ghost in the Shell
Section 31 - Starfleet’s secret service - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
S.H.U.S.H. - Darkwing Duck
Tal Shiar - Romulan intelligence, Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
U.N.C.L.E. (United Network Command for Law Enforcement) - The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
W.I.N. - World Intelligence Network - Gerry Anderson's "Joe 90"
B.I.S.H.O.P. - British Intelligence Service Headquarters Operation Priest - Gerry Anderson's "The Secret Service"

Investigative agencies[edit]

Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense (B.P.R.D.) - Hellboy
Cable Street Particulars (modern version) - Discworld
Celestial Intervention Agency - Doctor Who
MiB (Men in Black) - Men in Black
Ministry of Information (Brazil), especially the Department of Information Retrieval - Brazil
The Torchwood Institute - Doctor Who and Torchwood
UNIT (United Nations Intelligence Taskforce) - Doctor Who
Angel Investigations - "Angel"
SCP Foundation
UIU (Unusual Incidents Unit)

Administrative departments[edit]

Department of Administrative Affairs (UK) - Yes Minister
Department H (Canada) - Marvel Comics
Department of Social Affairs and Citizenship (UK) - The Thick of It
Ministry of Magic (UK) - Harry Potter

Paramilitary, rebel, and rogue military groups[edit]

See Guerrilla, Revolutionary, and Terrorist Organizations section at List of fictional military organizations

Terrorist/criminal organizations[edit]

Akatsuki - Naruto
The Alliance of Twelve - Alias
Black Sun - Star Wars
Brotherhood of Evil Mutants - X-Men
KAOS - Get Smart
Cobra - G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero
Confederacy Of Independent Systems - Star Wars
Foot Clan - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Galactic Empire - Star Wars
Shadoloo (or Shadolaw) - Street Fighter
F.O.W.L. (Fiendish Organization of World Larceny) - Darkwing Duck
Intergang - Superman
International Contract Agency - Hitman videogame series.
ManDes (abbreviation of "Manifest Destiny") - Ultra-right-wing terrorist group in Northguard comic book
NSF (National Secessionist Forces) - Deus Ex and its sequel, Deus Ex: Invisible War
The Hand - Marvel Comics
S.C.Y.T.H.E. - DC Comics
Shocker - Kamen Rider
SPECTRE (Special Executive for Counterintelligence, Terrorism, Revenge, Extortion) - James Bond novels and films
Team Aqua - Pokémon
Team Galactic - Pokémon
Team Magma - Pokémon
Team Rocket - Pokémon
Team Plasma - Pokémon
Vulture - DC Comics

Activist groups[edit]

SNUH (Springfieldians for Nonviolence, Understanding, and Helping) - anti-cartoon violence organization, The Simpsons
S.P.E.W. (Society for the Promotion of Elfish Welfare) - Harry Potter

Inter-political alliances[edit]

Earth Alliance - Babylon 5'
European Confederation - Cauldron
Systems Commonwealth - Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda
Trade Federation - Star Wars
United Federation of Planets - Star Trek
United Planets - Legion of Superheroes
ZAFT (Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty) - Gundam Seed
League of the 20,000 Planets - Lexx

Political parties[edit]

See List of fictional political parties

Social[edit]

For fraternities and sororities, see List of fictional fraternities and sororities

Chivalric, brotherly, and secret orders[edit]

International Order of Friendly Sons of the Raccoons - The Honeymooners
The Mystic Knights of the Sea - Amos and Andy
Loyal Order of Water Buffaloes - The Flintstones
International Possum Brotherhood - The Red Green Show
Order of the Phoenix - Harry Potter
Priory of Sion - The Da Vinci Code

Social and private clubs[edit]

The Diogenes Club of the Sherlock Holmes stories.
Drones Club of P. G. Wodehouse's Jeeves and Wooster series
Royal Society for Putting Things on Top of Other Things of Monty Python's Flying Circus

Youth organizations[edit]

Junior Chickadees - youth organization for girls, Scrooge McDuck Universe
Junior Woodchucks - youth organization for boys, Scrooge McDuck Universe
Jewbilee - Jewish youth camp, South Park—note that a group called TCI now holds youth events called Jewbilees

Charitable or rescue organizations[edit]

The Foundation for Law and Government - Knight Rider
Lancre Fell and Dread Mountain Rescue Team - Discworld

Religious charities and foundations[edit]

See also List of fictional religions

Places of worship[edit]

The Ashram, California - Green Arrow
First Church of Springfield - The Simpsons
Church of the Virgin of Guadalupe - George Lopez. George crawls on his knees up the path to this church (And as a result suffers a severe knee injury) to keep his promise to God to do so. He had promised to do so in exchange for God curing his dog's, Mr. Needle's, tumor.

Other[edit]

Libraries[edit]

The Library of Babel - a library that is the entire universe, created by Jorge Luis Borges
Quahog Public Library - Family Guy

Paranormal organizations[edit]

Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense (BPRD) - Hellboy
Center - Martin Mystery
F.E.A.R. team - F.E.A.R.: First Encounter Assault Recon
Ghostbusters
Hellsing Organization
Iscariot - Hellsing
Paragon Institute - The Fury
Planetary - comic by Warren Ellis
ConSec (Scanner Research Section) - Scanners
Torchwood Institute - Doctor Who and Torchwood

Unions and professional organisations[edit]

F.I.S.T. (Federation of Inter-State Truckers) in the 1978 film of the same name.
The Guilds of Ankh-Morpork - Discworld
The Guild of Calamitous Intent - The Venture Bros.
Spacing Guild - Dune universe

Sporting or gaming leagues[edit]

The Pokémon League - Pokémon

Miscellaneous[edit]

Millennium Group - Millennium (TV series)
Nelson Institute of Marine Research - Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (TV series) The institute, owned and operated by Harriman Nelson, that owns the Seaview. They do Marine Research and occasionally do missions for the US Navy.
The Centre - Delaware-based think tank - The Pretender
International Rescue - Gerry Anderson's "Thunderbirds" (TV series 1965-1966) / "Thunderbirds Are Go" (motion picture)/ "Thunderbird 6" / "Thunderbirds Are Go!" (TV Series 2015-2016)
Organization of Cartographers for Social Equality - The West Wing

External links[edit]

TV Acres, with many lists of organizations from TV shows at the Library of Congress Web Archives (archived 2010-12-06)

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