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{{quote|'''Abigail Brand:''' I head the Sentient Worlds Observation and Reaction Department.
'''Hank McCoy:''' The government and their acronyms. Honestly, it's adorable. }}
**:* 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.
*:* S.H.I.E.L.D. was [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] in the [[Iron Man]] [[Iron Man (film)|movie]], with several characters commenting on how unwieldy the '''S'''trategic '''H'''omeland '''I'''ntervention, '''E'''nforcement, and '''L'''ogistics '''D'''ivision's actual name was. Of course the Homeland in the name in this incarnation was probably because it seems pretty heavily implied that S.H.I.E.L.D. in this movie is a purely American driven organization.
*;* At least one spoof had '''S'''illy '''H'''umans '''I'''n '''E'''xtremely '''L'''ethal '''D'''anger▼
*** Of course the Homeland in the name in this incarnation was probably because it seems pretty heavily implied that S.H.I.E.L.D. in this movie is a purely American driven organization.
*:* Spoofed with '''H.A.M.M.E.R.''' which after Osborn named it, hired someone to come up a meaning for it. What it stands for has yet to be revealed.▼
▲** At least one spoof had '''S'''illy '''H'''umans '''I'''n '''E'''xtremely '''L'''ethal '''D'''anger
*:** Much more darkly spoofed in ''Dark Reign: Zodiac,'' in which Zodiac quizzes a H.A.M.M.E.R. Agent on what the acronym actually stands for... and when he doesn't answer, he kills him.▼
▲** Spoofed with '''H.A.M.M.E.R.''' which after Osborn named it, hired someone to come up a meaning for it. What it stands for has yet to be revealed.
**** {{quote|"It's stitched on your colorful new uniform and you don't even know. Well, here's what blind faith will get you."}}▼
▲*** Much more darkly spoofed in ''Dark Reign: Zodiac,'' in which Zodiac quizzes a H.A.M.M.E.R. Agent on what the acronym actually stands for... and when he doesn't answer, he kills him.
:*** WellThen 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.▼
▲**** "It's stitched on your colorful new uniform and you don't even know. Well, here's what blind faith will get you."
*:* The 2010 ''[[SHIELD]]'' miniseries has the [[Retcon]] that "The Shield" is an [[Ancient Tradition]] dating back to [[Ancient Egypt]], which presumably implies the relatively recent S.H.I.E.L.D. incarnations were backronyms ''within the story''.▼
** Then there's '''HYDRA''', which doesn't actually stand for anything.
▲*** Well, 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 ''[[SHIELD]]'' miniseries has the [[Retcon]] that "The Shield" is an [[Ancient Tradition]] dating back to [[Ancient Egypt]], which presumably implies the relatively recent S.H.I.E.L.D. incarnations were backronyms ''within the story''.
* 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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