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** The kid-friendly parody ''[[The Superhero Squad Show]]'' was actually able to use its [[Never Say "Die"]] policy to have some fun with this:

{{quote|'''Gray Hulk:''' Ah, M.O.D.O.K. The Mental Organism Designed Only for Kick-ball.

*** In another episode, however, he says the "K" stands for "Kick-butt."

** A.I.M. has a splinter group called R.A.I.D. or Radically Advanced Ideas in Destruction.

** One '70s-era story had him battling the '''C'''ommittee to '''R'''estore '''A'''merica's '''P'''rinciples, a [[No Celebrities Were Harmed|thinly-veiled]] vesion of the '''C'''ommittee to '''RE'''-'''E'''lect the '''P'''resident (see below). Assemble the acronym yourself, and remember that "to" doesn't count...

** He also fights the '''U'''nderground '''L'''iberated '''T'''otally '''I'''ntegrated '''M'''obile '''A'''rmy '''T'''o '''U'''nite '''M'''ankind.

** In order to get even more mileage out of the acronym, S.H.I.E.L.D.'s extraterrestrial-focused counterpart was known as '''S.W.O.R.D.''', the '''S'''entient '''W'''orld '''O'''bservation and '''R'''esponse '''D'''epartment. Marvel UK had the British equivilent '''S.T.R.I.K.E.''', the '''S'''pecial '''T'''actical '''R'''eserve for '''I'''nternational '''K'''ey '''E'''mergencies, and in the 90's Marvel novels gave the UN-backed S.H.I.E.L.D. a US-backed counterpart: '''S.A.F.E.''', the '''S'''trategic '''A'''ction '''F'''or '''E'''mergencies. S.A.F.E. has apparently since been replaced by '''H.A.T.E.''', the '''H'''ighest '''A'''nti-'''T'''errorism '''E'''ffort.

*** Hank McCoy's [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshading]] of S.W.O.R.D. in AXM #6;

*** Marvel UK later replaced S.T.R.I.K.E. with '''D.U.C.K.''', the '''D'''epartment of '''U'''nknown and '''C'''overt '''K'''nowledge. Who in turn were supplanted by '''W.H.O.''', the '''W'''eird '''H'''appenings '''O'''rganisation, whose name tied with their being [[Doctor Who|led by a Brigadier Stuart]]. Somewhere in the middle of all that there was also the Europe-wide '''S.T.O.R.M.'''; '''S'''pecial '''T'''askforce '''O'''mega '''R'''esponse '''M'''andate. (Marvel UK in the 90s was really a mess of agencies that replaced STRIKE, apparently created by different writers without much communication between them.)

** There's also '''A.R.M.O.R.''', the '''A'''ltered-'''R'''eality '''M'''onitoring and '''O'''perational '''R'''esponse, which is like S.W.O.R.D. for other dimensions rather than space.

* '''A.C.R.O.S.T.I.C.''': '''A''' '''C'''abal '''R'''ecently '''O'''rganized '''S'''olely '''T'''o '''I'''nstigate '''C'''rimes, enemies of ''[[Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew]]''.

* The [[Kingdom of Loathing]] comic mentions the '''F'''amiliar '''U'''nderground '''C'''ommunity of the '''K'''ingdom. Jill lampshades it: "What a long name... weird how they never came up with a clever acronym."

* After being vague as possible about just what happened on [[Spider-Man|Peter and MJ's]] wedding day in the new timeline that the [[One More Day]] [[Cosmic Retcon]] caused, Marvel announced that a new storyline and sequel of sorts to One More Day would be released. As One More Day was considered to be an absoulte train wreck with the whole Peter and MJ were now never married thing and served as a vechile to do little more than break up the pairing, this was a bit of a hot button topic. The story in question was called '''O'''ne '''M'''oment '''I'''n '''T'''ime. [[Word of God]] said it was intentional. The fandom was not amused (especially not so when the story turned out to be, if possible, even crappier than One More Day).

* ''[[PS238]]'' has [http://ps238.nodwick.com/comic/2017-08-04/ OOPS] ("[[MacGuffin|Objects of Overwhelming Power and Significance]]").