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* The [[James Bond]] films had the evil organisation SPECTRE, which was the '''SP'''ecial '''E'''xecutive for '''C'''ounterintelligence, '''T'''errorism, '''R'''evenge and '''E'''xtortion.

** ''Probably'' subverted with the fancy-sounding but not acronymmy QUANTUM.

* In ''[[Star Wars]]'', TIE fighters were called that because the original TIE fighter looks like a bowtie. It canonically stands for '''T'''win '''I'''on '''E'''ngine.

* According to [[All There in the Manual|the manual]] ([http://www.pasivdevice.org quite literally, in this case]) for ''[[Inception]]'', the device the characters use to administer sedatives and facilitate the sharing of dreams is called the '''P'''ortable '''A'''utomated '''S'''omnacin '''I'''ntra'''V'''enous Device.

* In ''Kiss Of Death'', Little Junior claims to have an acronym for himself: B.A.D. for "Balls, Attitude, Determination". He suggests Jimmy Kilmartin (who's secretly informing on him) get one too - since he's spent most of the film as the [[Butt Monkey]], Jimmy gives the snarky suggestion of "F.A.B." for "Fucked at birth". {{spoiler|What seems like just a comic moment turns out to be important later, when Jimmy finds his missing young daughter... with "BAD" written on her forehead}}.

* In the Adam West [[Batman: The Movie|Batman]] movie, Catwoman masqueraded as a writer from the Moscow Bugle named '''K'''itayna '''I'''reyna '''T'''atanya '''K'''erenska '''A'''lisoff...but suggested that Bruce call her KITKA for short. He even commented that it was a charming acronym.