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In television, as in real life, any decent-sized organization will have a logo or symbol to identify itself. Said symbolism will appear when needed to identify the group, whether it's a discreet corporate logo on the building or an imposing banner behind the [[Diabolical Mastermind]] when he makes his world-threatening rants.

 

 

This is true even in an [[Elaborate Underground Base]] or a [[Supervillain Lair]], where the only people present are supposed to be the [[Evil Minions|Minions]] and the [[Faceless Goons|Goons]]; it's almost as if the [[Evil Overlord]] was worried his legion of [[Mooks]] would [[Attention Deficit Ooh Shiny|forget where they were]] if they weren't reminded every two minutes.

Note that this trope is not limited to [[Villains]] or [[Evil Tropes|Evilness]]. [[The Hero|Good guys]] love branding, too.

 

 

Not to be confused with [[Instant Runes]] displayed by the copious dozens.

 

 

 

* [[Lex Luthor]] is a genius. So why do the [[Killer Robot|killer robots]] that attack [[Superman (Comic Book)|Superman]] so often have the Lexcorp logo on them? (To be fair, he can usually "prove" they were stolen, or their release was a lab technician exceeding his authority, but still...)

* In [[DC Comics]]' ''[[Atari Force]]'', the Atari "fuji" logo gets incorporated nearly everywhere, especially in the first series. Even the design of the ''Scanner One'' '''spaceship''' is a silhouette of the logo.

* [[Grant Morrison]]'s ''Marvel Boy'' mini-series for Marvel Comics features Hexus the Sentient Corporation, [[Hive Mind|an evil alien "social parasite"]] that spreads "logo-spores" throughout the atmosphere of its target planet. The spores infect people, forming a corporation which then consumes rival corporations and seduces whole populations through hypnotic ad campaigns, to the point where it literally owns everything and everyone on its host-planet. It then 'brands' the planet with its enormous 'X'-logo and feeds of the planet's resources, leaving behind a dead husk of a world covered in Hexus logos.

 

* HeretiCorp in ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]''. This is done intentionally however, as their logo triggers Oasis's [[Berserk Button]] and they're trying to lure her out.

* ''[[Last Res 0 rt]]'' does it a lot, but it's justified because it's the show's logo, so they've got a damned good incentive to push [[The Merch]].

* In ''[[Exterminatus Now (Webcomic)|Exterminatus Now]]'', the extremely secret Mobian Inquisition puts their sigil on everything...including a label saying "Property of the Mobian Inquisition" on ''their secret agent's spy gear''.

{{quote| '''Jamilla:''' ...I told them it should say "''Not'' Property of the Mobian Inquisition."<br />

== Western Animation ==

* Both the Hive Academy and the Teen Titans from the ''[[Teen Titans (Animation)|Teen Titans]]'' cartoon use this trope.

** Not only does Doofenshmirtz have a jingle for his evil company, the jingle is ''customized'' for every place associated with him.

{{quote| "Doofenshmirtz Evil annex!"<br />