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Examples of [[{{TOPLEVELPAGE}}]] in [[{{SUBPAGENAME}}]] include:
* '''M.O.D.O.K.''', the '''M'''ental '''O'''rganism '''D'''esigned '''O'''nly For '''K'''illing, a frequent foe of the Avengers and [[Incredibly Lame Pun|head]] of '''A.I.M.''', '''A'''dvanced '''I'''dea '''M'''echanics.
** In one variant of M.O.D.O.K.'s origin story, he was originally named M.O.D.O.C., with the last initial standing for "Computation".
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'''M.O.D.O.K.:''' Yes, it—''Hey!'' That's not what it stands for!}}
:* In another episode, however, he says the "K" stands for "Kick-butt."
:* In a story in the second ''[[West Coast Avengers]]'' story, he tried to find a girlfriend (no, seriously) by cloning an attractive, hunky, male body for himself and called himself B.R.O.D.O.K, Bio-Robotic Organism Designed Overwhelmingly for Kissing. It... [[Casanova Wannabe|wasn't his best idea]], and thankfully, he made sure to make the process reversible.
:* A.I.M. has a splinter group called R.A.I.D. or Radically Advanced Ideas in Destruction.
* ''[[Captain America (comics)|Captain America]]'' had quite a few foes like this:
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{{quote|"It's stitched on your colorful new uniform and you don't even know. Well, here's what blind faith will get you."}}
:* Then there's '''HYDRA''', which doesn't actually stand for anything. Or rather, it seems it just stands for the mythologic monster itself, known for being (almost) impossible to destroy, reflecting their thoughts on their own organization. It's just that, despite always being written in ALL CAPS, HYDRA is not actually an acronym.
:* The 2010 ''[[
:* S.H.I.E.L.D. also had a (now disbanded) splinter group called W.A.N.D., the Wizardry Alchemy Necromancy Department, which is in charge handling of magic-related threats to national security.
* Parodied in Jim Valentino's ''normalman'', which had a superspy organization dubbed '''S.C.H.M.U.C.K.''', but as the footnotes claim, the name "Stands for Nothing in Particular."
* In DC Comics' ''Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E.'', the writers didn't bother to figure out what '''S.T.R.I.P.E.''' stood for. A fan suggested '''S'''pecial '''T'''actics '''R'''obotic '''I'''ntegrated '''P'''ower '''E'''nhancer, which DC adopted.
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** And of course, Rosa's signature '''D.U.C.K.''' which he likes to hide in his various stories, and stands for '''D'''edicated to '''U'''nca '''C'''arl from '''K'''eno
* Joe Carioca's recurring "villains" are '''ANACOZECA''': '''A'''ssociacao '''NA'''cional dos '''CO'''bradores do '''ZE''' '''CA'''rioca, or in English, the National Association of Joe Carioca's Debt Collectors. It cheats a lot (and thus usually isn't written with dots), but at least you can pronounce the acronym as a word.
* In ''[[Twisted
* Of course, the first and most famous acronym in comics is the wizard [[Shazam]]'s name (also Captain Marvel's magic word), which indicates Captain Marvel has the wisdom of '''S'''olomon, the strength of '''H'''ercules, the stamina of '''A'''tlas, the power of '''Z'''eus, the courage of '''A'''chilles and the speed of '''M'''ercury.
** His [[Evil Counterpart]], Black Adam, uses the same word to draw on the power of ancient Egyptian gods. He has the stamina of '''S'''hu, the swiftness of '''H'''eru (Horus), the strength of '''A'''mon (Amun), the wisdom of '''Z'''ehuti (another name for Thoth), the power of '''A'''ton (Aten), and the courage of '''M'''ehen.
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* ''[[PS238]]'' has [http://ps238.nodwick.com/comic/2017-08-04/ OOPS] ("[[MacGuffin|Objects of Overwhelming Power and Significance]]").
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