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Sometimes, the villainous organization doesn't go out and call itself [[The Empire]] or [[The Syndicate]]. Instead, they prefer to give themselves a feeling of unity in their nefarious and evil purposes. Calling yourselves "The Brotherhood" doesn't ''sound'' that evil, but nevertheless it seems to be a popular name among evildoers in fiction. Though the name indicates an organization of equals, there still tends to be one [[Big Bad|"big brother"]] in charge regardless.
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== [[Comic Books]] ==
* The Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, Magneto's supporters in the [[X-Men|X-Men comics]], which [[Card-Carrying Villain|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 from ''[[Doom Patrol]]'' (which started out as a international crime syndicate, but we only ever saw their top people.)
** Also showed up as [[Big Bad
* The Brotherhood of Metallix from ''[[Sonic the Comic]]''.
* The Brotherhood of Dada in [[DC Comics]], opponents of the ''[[Doom Patrol]]''.
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* ''[[Darkwing Duck (animation)|Darkwing Duck]]'' deters criminals from FOWL, the "Fiendish Organization of World Larceny."▼
* In ''[[Thunderball]]'', [[Nebulous Evil Organization|SPECTRE]] has as "The International Brotherhood for the Assistance of Stateless Persons" as one of its covers.
== [[Literature]] ==
* The Grail Brotherhood from the ''[[Otherland]]'' series.
* The dark elves of [[The Riftwar Cycle|Midkemia]] are known as the Brotherhood of the Dark Path.
* [[Gender Flip
* The predecessor of the modern [[Star Wars|Sith Order]] was the Brotherhood of Darkness, elaborated on in the [[Star Wars Expanded Universe]].
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** Although in ''[[Assassin's Creed]]'', the (relatively) good Assassins call themselves "The Brotherhood", while the Templar Order decidedly fits this trope perfectly.
== [[Tabletop
* The "Brotherhood of the Beast" in the ''[[Call of Cthulhu (tabletop game)]]'' campaigns ''The Fungi from Yuggoth'' and its remake ''Day of the Beast''.
== [[Toys]] ==
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* The Assembly of Evil from [[Less Than Three Comics|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.
* The Sith Brotherhood and Brotherhood of the Sith in ''[[The Gungan Council]]''.
== [[Western Animation]] ==
▲* ''[[Darkwing Duck (animation)|Darkwing Duck]]'' deters criminals from FOWL, the "Fiendish Organization of World Larceny."
== [[Real Life]] ==
* The "International Brotherhood of Teamsters" has noted gang ties and has had leadership embezzle the members pension fund.{{context|reason=How is this an example of the trope as described, even if it is true?}}
** [[Our Lawyers Advised This Trope|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 [[The Mafia|real brotherhood of evil]]
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[[Category:Organization Index]]
▲[[Category:Brotherhood of Evil]]
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