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* In the British civil service they have been known as "Migs", Men in Grey Suits, for at least 40 years. Also known as "boxers" as according to the mythology the only address they give for their department is always a PO box. [[wikipedia:MI5|Box 500]] and [[wikipedia:Box 850|Box 850]] are the most well known.
* Part of the culture of 'Geek Squad' is a parody on this. Employees refer to themselves as 'Agent [last name or sometimes first name]', wear a uniform designed to be a nerdy version of a secret service agent's uniform, and are often portrayed as being 'super cereal' about what they're doing in both commercials and training videos. Of course, many tech illiterate people find some agents to be overbearing, dressed to kill, speaking an incomprehensible code language to mask the simplicity of their operations, and specially trained by experts to deal in matters too arcane for the normal mind to comprehend, so the parody practically writes itself.
* Similarly, [[Steve Jackson Games]]' volunteer representatives are called the Men in Black (as part of the company's tongue-in-cheek infatuation with conspiracy and Illuminati mythoi). Individual MIB are identified by number, and a T-shirt which reads "Man In Black - You Don't See Me" is available to them.
* The Securitate was [[Romania]]'s attempt at The Men in Black during the communist era. This is more of a subversion though, since most of them were nothing more that common street muscle and bar thugs, dressed in black suits.
* The term is also used tongue-in-cheek to refer to "Revenue Protection Officers" on UK railways, the people who check tickets and issue fines for evasion. They are almost universally seen in pairs, wearing long black coats (more following the "bouncer" image than a Man in Black proper) and [[Obstructive Bureaucrat|acting like the High Lords of the Universe]].
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