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May be a [[Cosmopolitan Council]] and can server as a [[Mysterious Backer]]. See also [[Vagueness Is Coming]], [[You Know the One]], [[He Who Must Not Be Seen]].
See also [[The Illuminati]], one of the most famous names for an Omniscient Council Of Vagueness. Often overlaps with the [[Secret Circle of Secrets]]. Compare [[Sinister Silhouettes]]. Contrast [[Not
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** This is subverted a little later on in the series when it is revealed that they don't know nearly as much as they think they do, including {{spoiler|that Jail had snuck a cyborg in disguised as the one who took care of them so that she could kill them at the drop of a hat}}.
** For once, it's perfectly reasonable that they're shown as monoliths only - {{spoiler|seeing as they're brains in jars}}
** Also, because it's a [[Shout
* The "Book Men" of ''[[Princess Tutu]]'' are shown towards the end of the series in this way--a group of members with their faces hidden by cloaks, gathering in a torch-lit room to gasp and worry over the "awakening" of a mysterious someone. {{spoiler|They're talking about Fakir remembering his [[Reality Warper]] powers. It turns out they're an Ancient Conspiracy that cut off Drosselmeyer's hands...and will do the same to any of his descendants who abuse their powers.}}
* ''[[Death Note (Manga)|Death Note]]'' Inverted this a bit in the Yotsuba arc, where there is a shadowy council of eight people at the top of an organization, secretly killing enemies of the corporation -- and our main characters spy on, [[Batman Gambit|manipulate]], suspect, and use them as pawns in in their own investigation while the council mostly has no idea they're being spied on.
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* ''[[Harlan Ellison]]'s Movie'' (never filmed, but the script is published) subverts this beautifully. The hero explores a strange building intercut with commentary from the council, then he opens one last door and steps into the council chamber.
* The Bellarians, in [[MST3K]] target ''[[Space Mutiny]]'', apparently do nothing but dance around a room, worshiping plasma globes and telepathically sexing up some of the villains, though why they do this is unknown. They also have no impact on the plot, but the lead Bellarian eventually teleports to speak to the Commander and apparently impart knowledge on him - which amounts to a great pile of nothing. The film still treats them as if they're extremely important characters even though their subplot could have been cut from the film completely and made no impact on the plot.
* The literally shadowy committee which appears at the beginning of ''[[The Parallax View]]'', proclaiming that a Presidential candidate had been assassinated by a single, insane gunman (who probably would have had [[Gunman With Three Names|three names]], ''if'' his name had been important enough to mention). [[Who Shot JFK?|Somewhat familiar]]: not in all its details, but overall. A similar (identical?) committee {{spoiler|appears at the end of the film, making eerily similar pronouncements that the death of the hero didn't involve any sort of conspiracy, of course.}}
* In the [[The Matrix|Matrix Trilogy]], the Architect and the Oracle together form an incredibly opaque and confusing two-man Omniscient Councils of Vagueness ever seen in any form of media. They even spell out the entire plot right there, but its way too confusing for someone like Neo (or most of the audience, for that matter) to understand.
** And possibly even the writers.
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== Live Action TV ==
* Up until "The Deadly Assassin", the Time Lords in ''[[
* In the early season of ''[[Babylon 5]]'', the Grey Council fit this to a tee, though they weren't villainous.
** Given that it's ''Babylon 5'', not ''exactly'' villainous.
** They often verge on [[Not
* In the third season of ''[[Star Trek Enterprise|Star Trek: Enterprise]]'', the Xindi Council make a rather good attempt at being one of these. Somewhat undermined by the fact that almost their entire plan is revealed to us in the first episode.
** [[They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot|They wasted a perfectly good]] [[Omniscient Council of Vagueness]]?
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* The Powers That Be in ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' and ''[[Angel (TV)|Angel]]''.
** As well as the mysterious, presumably government affiliated group seen in the penultimate episode of season 4 after the failure of The Initiative. They claim they will keep an eye on Buffy and her pals, but are never mentioned again. Until the comics, that is.
* The [[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined
** [[Word of God]] finally admitted that there was never a plan, but "they have a general set of goals, an agenda, if you will," didn't make for a very good tag line.
** Eventually, a movie called "The Plan" was released that was supposed to [[Retcon]] the situation, but instead just ruined the vague sinister mystique of the Cylon nation. The plan in "The Plan" turned out to be {{spoiler|kill all humans, including the remnant in the fleet}}. What, were you expecting something more elaborate?
*** In the original ''[[
* ''[[Twenty Four|24]] loves'' this one: sometimes there will be multiple Omniscient Councils of Vagueness in the same season.
** "Loves" is an understatement. There's the so-called "Bluetooth Illuminati" in Seasons 5 and 6, the {{spoiler|super-secret council of private military companies}} in Season 7... not mentioning the dozens of others.
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