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In the media, fraternal orders and secret societies tend to go one of two ways: they're either a front for a sinister and fearful [[Ancient Conspiracy]], or they're... the [[Brotherhood of Funny Hats]].
These guys are more interested in living it up and having some fun with "the guys" (in a [[Ho Yay|non-homoerotic way]], thank you very much!). They go to lodge meetings (wearing funny hats, of course), throw wild parties (which may or may not conflict with the schedules of the protagonists and necessitate a [[Two
It's not all fun and games, though. Sometimes there's a fierce pecking order in place, with more ambitious (and less scrupulous) members trying to claw their way to the top. And on rare occasions, the image of drunken, loveable middle-aged men is [[Obfuscating Stupidity|just an act]], and they really ''are'' a front for an [[Ancient Conspiracy]].
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See also [[Gang of Hats]].
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== [[Comic Books]] ==
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** And Ankh-Morpork, as shown in ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Guards Guards|Guards! Guards!]]'', has many secret societies, most of whose members would ''like'' to be part of an [[Ancient Conspiracy]], but are really just in it for the mysterious robes. And in one case, in the society that ''is'' important to the plot {{spoiler|and winds up being incinerated by the dragon it summoned}}, to chant [[Malaproper|"mystic prunes"]].
** And this pretty much describes how the Unseen Univserity was run before Archchancellor Ridicully came into the picture, a bunch of wizard who were only concerned with eating, sleeping, wearing the clothes that pointed out that they were wizards... Oh, and moving higher in the University by making an opening with the "removal" of senior wizards.
* Pierre Bezukhov joins the Freemasons in ''[[War and Peace]]'' at the insistence of one of his [[The Obi
* In Teresa Edgerton's ''Goblin Moon'', the Glassblowers guild has an offshoot of scholars and wearers of goofy ceremonial robes, paralleling what the [[Real Life]] Freemasons are like.
* [[Sinclair Lewis]]' ''[[Babbitt]]'' explains in bitingly satirical terms the importance of the [[Brotherhood of Funny Hats]] to the upstanding 1920s businessman. The protherhoods to which Babbitt himself belongs--the Elks and Rotary--aren't particulalry BOFH-ish, but he does mention that the Masons, Shriners, etc., serve the same purpose and which club you join is more or less inconsequential.
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* ''[[The Honeymooners]]'' featured a fraternal order known as The Raccoon Lodge.
* Each episode of ''[[The Red Green Show]]'' ends with a meeting of the Possum Lodge, whose motto is "Quando omni flunkus, moritati" ([[Canis Latinicus|pseudo-Latin]] for "When all else fails, play dead").
* One episode of ''[[
* Also, a [[You Go Girl]] episode of ''[[Punky Brewster]]'' started with Henry coming back from his meeting of the [[Brotherhood of Funny Hats]], complete with ridiculous bison-headdress.
* ''[[The Andy Griffith Show]]'' had an episode where Howard Sprague joins an order of which Andy and Goober are members. They only seem to wear the silly robes when they're deciding whether to accept a new member.
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** The Masons also appear in the ''Architect's Sketch'', including weird handshakes.. and de-programming masons (animated).
* Hayden's boss in ''Coach'' was a member of one of these. Hayden was invited to one meeting to make a speech in favor of his boss becoming the new head of the order, and ended up getting appointed leader for life because their goose mascot honked during his speech.
* The 'Keepers of the Kingdom' fill this particular role in ''[[Kingdom Hospital]]'': a secret order of people dedicated to keeping the hospital running well, at all costs. [[Jerkass|Stegman]] is eventually invited into the group; it [[Laser
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
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