The Illuminati: Difference between revisions

* ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' has [[Big Bad|Father]], the Homunculi, and {{spoiler|[[The Government|Central Command]] actually running Amestris}} in a manner that fashions this trope in every way except without the name. The Homunculi are [[Anthropomorphic Personification]]s of the [[Seven Deadly Sins]] {{spoiler|whose source of life is cultivated from a direct result of human character emotions and vices}}, and their symbol is the Ouroboros. {{spoiler|Central, headed by King Bradley (who's actually [[Unstoppable Rage|Wrath]]), have controlled the economy, media, military, and politics of the nation, cultivated [[Fantastic Racism]], and used war propaganda, all to annex lands at central points to set the stage for Father's [[Ancient Conspiracy|Ancient]] [[Evil Plan]].}} It turns out that {{spoiler|Father even ''founded'' Amestris by teaching a group of people alchemy, which they used to grow into a powerful and prosperous nation - but secretly blocked them from using its true source, the energy released from the earth's movement underground (''[[Manipulative Bastard|which he even included in his teachings!]]''), through a series of underground tubes which ended with him and instead forced them [[Powered by a Forsaken Child|to use the energy of his Philosopher's Stone and all the human souls trapped within]].}} And what is Father's driving purpose, exactly? {{spoiler|[[Satan|To conquer God]].}}

* In [[Marvel Comics]], this was the name of a secret alliance between influential superheroes - [[Iron Man]], [[Fantastic Four|Reed Richards]], [[X-Men|Professor X]], [[Sub-Mariner]], [[Doctor Strange]], and [[The Inhumans|Black Bolt]] (they tried to recruit the [[Black Panther]], but well, he was able to read the next sentence in this paragraph). They're actually a subversion, however, as their goals were to protect the world, not rule it, and their secretiveness eventually came back to bite them repeatedly (see [[World War Hulk]], [[Secret Invasion]], and even [[Civil War (Comic Book)|Civil War]], all in which [[Not-So-Omniscient Council of Bickering|the ideological differences between the members end up highlighted by measures taken on by at least the more prominent players]]).

** And during the ''[[Dark Reign]]'' [[Story Arc]], [[Spider-Man|Norman Osborn]] forms an evil version of the Illuminati called the Cabal, composed of himself, [[Doctor Doom]], [[X-Men|Emma Frost]], [[The Mighty Thor|Loki]], [[The Hood]], and the [[Sub-Mariner]] - who, as mentioned above, is also a member of the good Illuminati. ''At the same time''. [[True Neutral|He doesn't see the difference]].