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== [[Anime and Manga]] ==
* ''[[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
== [[Comics]] ==
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== [[Literature]] ==
* ''[[Duumvirate]]'' is written from the point of view of the Illuminati themselves.
* Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson's ''[[Illuminatus]]'' trilogy helped spread the name. The books are a [[Mind Screw]] told by [[Unreliable Narrator
* [[Dan Brown]] uses the name in his various books, most prominently, in ''[[Angels & Demons]]''. Here, the Illuminati {{spoiler|are a secret society of scientists founded by Galileo Galilei to spread the Enlightenment (hence the name) and to oppose the reactionist Roman Catholic Church}}. Although they are thought to have been destroyed long ago, Langdon is drawn into a plot aiming to blow up the Vatican City, which he believes is the Illuminati's revenge. It turns out, {{spoiler|the Illuminati really ceased to exist and the whole crisis was orchestrated by a traitorous Church official (who had access to the seized Illuminati artifacts) to bring himself into power}}.
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* ''[[Deus Ex]]''. {{spoiler|And they're debatably the '''good''' guys. Their rogue spin-off organization, the Majestic 12, on the other hand, are decidedly not.}}
** Also featured in the prequel [[Deus Ex: Human Revolution|Human Revolution.]] {{spoiler|Taggart describes the Illuminati as "just a name used to get rich people to invest more money," and he's not far off; the organization's every attempt to assert more control over the world goes completely off the rails, often due to internal sabotage. It's no wonder the first game's [[Big Bad]] was able to usurp nearly all of their resources for Majestic 12.}}
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* The resident [[Conspiracy Theorist]] Gomez in ''[[Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines]]'' has a particularly convoluted theory about the Illuminati (read it [[Conspiracy Theorist/Quotes|here]]). Of course, this being the [[Old World of Darkness]], that theory has a good chance to be true...
* [[Street Fighter]] III's antagonist leads an interesting take on this. The Illuminati in these games have a lot of religious symbolism and are more akin to a psychotic cult than an oppressive secret society. Gill himself is a [[Nietzsche Wannabe]] dark savior with obscene doses of [[A God Am I]]. Oh, and then there's the fact that he's red and blue skinned and clad in a thong...
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