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* "The Order" of ''[[Towa no Quon]]''.
* [[Zatch Bell]] has the Faudo Cult
* [[
** As well as the First Hair Lion's Resolve 16
** There is also IXEX in Shinsetsu Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo.
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== Live Action TV ==
* Up until "The Deadly Assassin", the Time Lords in ''[[Doctor Who]]'' were sometimes presented as [[The Omniscient Council of Vagueness]], most blatantly in "Colony In Space". In "Assassin" they were [[Retcon|Retconned]] as The [[Not-So-Omniscient Council of Bickering|Blinkered Council of College Infighting]], and they never really recovered. [[Russell T. Davies]] decided the revived show would be better off without them...{{spoiler|.. until they were brought back in "[[Doctor Who
* In the early season of ''[[Babylon 5]]'', the Grey Council fit this to a tee, though they weren't villainous.
** Given that it's ''Babylon 5'', not ''exactly'' villainous.
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* The [[Legion of Doom]] presented in the PS2 game ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'' early on met this way as shadowy figures standard to the trope. However, their distinctive body shapes and iconic voices make easy for anyone familiar with Disney to identify them.
** Forget "distinctive body shapes"; turning up the brightness all the way makes it even more apparent who they are.
** In ''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]'', the [[Beta Baddie|Beta Baddies]] of Organization XIII form a similar omniscient council (though are only seen meeting together in the [[Limited Special Collectors' Ultimate Edition]].) Enhancing the effect was the fact that the members each wore a hooded [[Black Cloak]], which concealed their face until they became part of the story directly.
* Throughout ''[[Disgaea: Hour of Darkness]]'', scenes show Seraph Lamington and an obscured individual discussing their plan in this manner. However, {{spoiler|not only is the plan not particularly evil in any way, but the other man involved is the comic relief character Mid-Boss}}.
* The X Hunters appear this way in the beginning of ''[[Mega Man X]] 2'', including a [[Surveillance as the Plot Demands|"digital screen ball" thing]] scene.
* ''[[Breath of Fire]] V: Dragon Quarter'' had one of these, in the form of the Regents. They are, however, apparently at cross-purposes with each other, and its leader is running plots so convoluted that he's trying to help you ''and'' kill you at the same time.
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== Web Comics ==
* [[MAG
* ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'':
** The heads of Hereti-Corp in meet this way on a regular basis. They also parody this all to hell.
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* When editing [[Wikipedia|larger Wikis]], the editors who wind up peer-reviewing articles (deletion discussions as a prominent example) are an essentially arbitrary group assembled from such a large pool of motives, goals, and expertise they might as well be an Omniscient Council of Vagueness. You get the impression that a cabal of uncaring, misinformed twits is running the whole show with the sole intention of pissing you off. [[Suspiciously Specific Denial|Really, there is no cabal.]] It's just the ''universe'' which hates you.
** The (tabletop) wargaming pages suffer from a one man council, much the chagrin of some wargaming message boards where he has become a ridiculled hate figure. He has his own set of unknown rules by which he deletes entries on games that 'aren't notable enough', with no explanation or reference to either the popularity out side his personal circle or new ideas a set introduces.
* In the Japanese education system, the ''PTA'' fills this role, being made up of mainly highly respected members of the local community (school principals, chief of police, etc) and having enormous sway with the Board of Education and individual schools. They can easily get a teacher they don't approve of fired or transferred, and their complaint about the ''[[
** The American PTA [[Your Mileage May Vary|can fill either example]], [[Depending on the Writer|depending on the school]].
* The [[UseNet]] Cabal. Yes, it did exist at one point, and all members had to repeatedly say that ''"There Is No Cabal."'' Of course, ironically, the Cabal's control over Usenet collapsed with the rise of the .alt hierarchy.
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