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[[File:illumunati01 8856.png|frame|You can't hide.<ref>Image courtesy of troper Geoduck... who may or may not be one of Them.</ref>]]
{{quote|''"There '''was''' a [[Who Shot JFK?|magic bullet]]! It was forged by Illuminati mystics to prevent us from learning '''the truth!'''"''
|'''[[The Question]]''', [[Justice League (animation)|in all of his glory]]}}
'''The''' [[Ancient Conspiracy]]. '''The''' [[The Omniscient Council of Vagueness|Omniscient Council of Vagueness]]. '''''The''''' [[One World Order]]. Founded at the dawn of human history, if not earlier,
"Illuminati" means "[[Light Is Not Good|the enlightened ones]]" in [[Gratuitous Latin]]. There ''was'' a Masonic-like organization of intellectuals which [[Trope Namer|took this name]] in [[Real Life]] Bavaria in the 1770s, but it was eventually disbanded by the Bavarian government. There are [[Conspiracy Theorist|people]] who fervently believe the Illuminati survived this purge, orchestrated [[The French Revolution]] (as part of their [[One World Order]] efforts), and still exist, very much as described above, but... this really isn't the place to discuss it; go check out [[Wikipedia]]'s [[wikipedia:Illuminati|article]].
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This name is bandied about a ''lot'' over in the [[Wild Mass Guess]] department. See also [[The Knights Templar]].
For similar groups that are not named
{{examples|Examples of The Illuminati in popular culture include:}}
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* Mentioned in ''[[From Hell]]'', along with a number of other secret societies, though the Masons take center stage.
** [[Alan Moore]] used a lot of Illuminati symbolism in ''[[The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen]]'' too.
* ''[[Avatar: The Abridged Series
== [[Film]] ==
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* [[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 reactionary 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}}.
== [[Live
* The Millennium Group became something of an [[Expy]] for this in the last season of ''[[Millennium (TV series)|Millennium]]'', but was some distance from the original concept.
<!-- NOT THIS TROPE - SEE Ancient Conspiracy: * {{spoiler|The Silence}} in ''[[Doctor Who]]'' have been revealed to have been doing this to mankind for centuries. -->
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* ''[[Dominions]]'' has the secretive Illuminated Order, operating in local [[Überwald]].
* Los Illuminados in ''[[Resident Evil]] 4''. Subverted hard by Albert Wesker being a more successful infiltrator behind the scenes than their entire organization.
▲== [[Web Original]] ==
▲* [[Avatar: The Abridged Series|"And then he beat the crap out of him, muttering about Illuminati or something. I'm telling you, this guy is crazy"]]
== [[Web Comics]] ==
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