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* '''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".
** After M.O.D.O.K.'s death (he got better later), A.I.M. created a more efficient female version called M.O.D.A.M. ("Mental Organism Designed for Aggressive Maneuvers"); there also was M.O.D.O.G, who was 'designed for genocide', and M.O.D.O.T. who was originally conceived to talk AIM command into raising the budget for his local branch of the organization.
** In the [[Lighter and Softer]] series ''[[The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes|Avengers Earths Mightiest Heroes]]'' he is known as M.O.D.O.C., with the last initial standing for "Conquest".
** A.I.M. has a splinter group called R.A.I.D. or Radically Advanced Ideas in Destruction.
* ''[[Captain America (comics)]]'' had quite a few foes like this:
** One '70s-era
** He also fights the '''U'''nderground '''L'''iberated '''T'''otally '''I'''ntegrated '''M'''obile '''A'''rmy '''T'''o '''U'''nite '''M'''ankind.
** The giant robot T.E.S.S.-One, '''T''' otal'''E'''limitantion '''O'''f '''S'''uper '''S'''oldiers, [[I Call It Vera| Called "Tessie"]] by some villains who have used it. Ironically, this was built by the same government agency that was behind the Super Soldier program that gave Cap his powers, intended to be a failsafe in case their Soldiers ever turned against them. T.E.S.S.-One itself, however, tends to be used as a pawn of Cap's enemies.
* The [[Marvel Universe]] has '''S.H.I.E.L.D.''', Nick Fury's UN-backed paramilitary and intelligence organization. The acronym originally stood for '''S'''upreme '''H'''eadquarters, '''I'''nternational '''E'''spionage, '''L'''aw-'''E'''nforcement '''D'''ivision but this was changed in the early nineties to stand for '''S'''trategic '''H'''azard '''I'''ntervention, '''E'''spionage and '''L'''ogistics '''D'''irectorate. Within the confines of the [[Ultimate Marvel|Ultimate Marvel Universe]], Ultimate [[Spider-Man]] has admitted that he has ''no clue'' what S.H.I.E.L.D. stands for, even though he has regular encounters with them and Nick Fury.
** And in the recent movies it stands for '''S'''trategic '''H'''omeland '''I'''ntervention, '''E'''nforcement and '''L'''ogistics '''D'''ivision.
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