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== Anime
* The spy/assassin November 11 in ''[[Darker than Black]]'' is officially supposed to be a minister of some sort.
** In the second season, two Contractor assassins, Mina and Genma {{spoiler|and Kirihara}} are officially clerks for Japan's Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, which is a front for a Black Ops group supposedly fighting against [[The Syndicate]]. Given that the actual Ministry is involved in things like managing civil service and telecommunications, this is a perfect example of a "boring" department providing cover for nefarious schemes.
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== Fan Works ==
* The Superpowers Research Initiative in ''[[The Secret Return of Alex Mack]]'' (and the rest of [[The Teraverse]]) hides behind the official name "Hazardous Waste Assessment, Amelioration and Abatement" (aka HWAAA) on Department of Homeland Security organizational charts.
* The "Crystal Millennium Naval Office of Bells, Charts and Buoys" in ''[[My Apartment Manager is not an Isekai Character]]'' is the name given to the displacee network's intelligence group, which is focused upon those threats that also came from other universes.
== Films ==
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* In the [[Aubrey-Maturin]] series, Stephan Maturin is one of Britain's most effective intelligence agents. He uses his (real) status as a respected natural philosopher and physician to travel in wartime.
* In [[Discworld]], ''[[
* In the [[James Bond]] novels, the British Secret Service is based in a large office building with several cover companies, including a radio company to explain all the antennae on the roof. Field agents like 007 are supposed to work for "Universal Export". This was sometimes mentioned in the movies as well.
** In ''[[Thunderball]]'' SPECTRE uses the cover of a refugee aid agency -- "Firco" in the novels; "International Brotherhood for the Assistance of Stateless Persons" in the film.
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* In ''[[Max Payne (series)|Max Payne]]'', the title character infiltrates the Cold Steel Foundry at the start of the third act, a facility which Max notes is "a perfect front for all kinds of illegal activities." It turns out to hide {{spoiler|a top secret military bunker called the Deep Six, which is the home of Project Valhalla and Valkyr}}.
** In the second game, "Squeaky Cleaners" are a bunch of hitmen serving as the [[Big Bad]]'s private army.
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* In the original ''[[Pokémon]]'' games, the criminal organization Team Rocket runs the Rocket Game Corner and Viridian City Gym. This is played completely straight in the game, despite Team Rocket having constructed a secret base beneath the casino, through which they must enter. Considering that Team Rocket members wear all-black matching uniforms wherever they go, this may be enough to raise suspicions of corruption or willful blindness on the part of the police.
* The [[State Sec|secret service]] player runs in the game ''Floor 13'' is officially a part of the Home Office Department of Agriculture and Fisheries.
== Web Originals ==
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