List of secret societies in popular culture
Secret societies appear in many works of fiction. They are often involved in elaborate conspiracies.
Real organizations
- Freemasonry, as depicted in such works as National Treasure and From Hell.
- The Hermetic Order in Civilization VI
- The Ku Klux Klan is an American society devoted to promoting racist agendas[1][2] and has been used in many books and films, including The Birth of a Nation, Mississippi Burning, and A Time to Kill.
- The Mafia is a secret criminal society and has been used in numerous books, films, and television series including The Godfather, Goodfellas, and The Sopranos.
- Knights of the Golden Circle, in National Treasure: Book of Secrets.
- Order of the Dragon, used in Elizabeth Kostova's novel The Historian and in the film Bram Stoker's Dracula.
- Priory of Sion, an 11th century society guarding the Holy Grail,featured in Dan Brown's 'The Da Vinci Code.[3]
- Rosicrucianism, a European 17th-century movement seeking esoteric secrets, was featured in some works of fiction such as Percy Bysshe Shelley's St. Irvyne; or, The Rosicrucian.
- The Skull and Bones society at Yale University, in the films The Good Shepherd and The Skulls.
- Tongs were sometimes portrayed as organised crime groups as in the films Dr. No and The Mysterious Mr. Wong. A tong is a kind of society often formed by Chinese expatriates but not necessarily partaking in organised crime, unlike a triad.
Fictional secret societies
- The Ad Astra, the Inner Chaos, the Promethian Cult, the Utopian Cult , the Higher Truth , the SOMBRA and The Crimson Order in Criminal Case ( Video Game Series)
- Advanced Idea Mechanics (A.I.M.), in the Marvel Comics universe
- Aes Sedai Ajahs in Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time, particularly the Black Ajah
- Alias includes a number of secret societies, among them the Alliance of 12 and its subsidiary groups, including SD-6. Other groups include K-Directorate; FTL; The Covenant; and The Trust.
- Providence and The Ark, a sect of Providence from Hitman
- The Assassins or Hidden Ones in the Assassin's Creed video game series, loosely based on the non-fictional Hashshashin
- The Augustine and the Vitale Society in The Vampire Diaries
- Akatsuki and Kara from Naruto
- The Ascalon Club from Vampyr (video game)
- Babysitters Raging Against Twerps from The Fairly OddParents
- The Bahbem Foundation from RahXephon
- Baroque Works from One Piece
- The Bene Gesserit and Bene Tleilax from Frank Herbert's Dune universe
- The Black Crusaders from the "Cleveland" episode of 30 Rock.
- The Black Glove in Batman R.I.P.
- The Black Organization from Detective Conan
- The Blake Association, a secret criminal organization founded and led by Red John and the main antagonists of The Mentalist
- The Bombers Secret Society of Justice in The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
- The Bookhouse Boys in Twin Peaks
- The Brethren Court in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End.
- The Illuminati are referred to in many works. See Illuminati in popular culture.
- Brotherhood of the Cruciform Sword in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
- The Brotherhood in Ralph Waldo Ellison's Invisible Man
- The Brotherhood of Evil and the H.I.V.E. from Teen Titans, comics and the animated series.
- Central Anarchist Council in G. K. Chesterton's The Man Who Was Thursday.
- Children of Lieutenant Schmidt Society in The Little Golden Calf.
- Circle of the Black Thorn in the Angel series
- The Clover Organisation in Glass
- The Company, a fictional covert organization in the series Prison Break.
- The Consortium in the TV series Eureka
- CONTROL and KAOS in the TV series Get Smart
- The Cooperative in American Horror Story: Apocalypse
- The Court of Owls in Batman, other DC Comics and the TV series Gotham
- Dark Angel's second season had a secret society plotline.
- Darkfriends, in Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time
- The titular group in the film Dead Poets Society.
- The Deadly Viper Assassination Squad in the film Kill Bill: Volume 1 and Kill Bill: Volume 2.
- DedSec from Watch Dogs.
- The Deus Group from Mr. Robot.
- The Dharma Initiative, a secretive group of scientists in the TV series Lost.
- The organisation dedicated to The Diagram in The Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson
- The Dollhouse as depicted in Joss Whedon's Dollhouse.
- The Elysian Fields from House of Cards
- The Enclave from Fallout (Series).
- The Eye, "guardians of true magic", in the 2013 movie Now You See Me.
- The titular "fight club" of the Chuck Palahniuk novel and film by David Fincher.
- The Fulcrum from the TV series, Chuck.
- The Ghostbloods in the Cosmere by Brandon Sanderson.
- The Guild of Calamitous Intent in the series The Venture Bros.
- The Grail from the comic book Preacher.
- O Grupo (The Group) in Além do Horizonte
- The Guardians or The Guardians of the Observatory from Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
- The Heliopic Brotherhood of Ra in Hellboy
- The titular House of Flying Daggers in the movie of the same name
- HYDRA, in the Marvel Comics universe
- Iliaster in Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's
- The Individual Eleven from Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd Gig
- Keepers of the Dark Secret from Tracker
- Knights of Sumeria from Ash vs. Evil Dead
- La Logia in Rebelde Way and Rebelde
- The Landgraab Society, the LFT Society and the Volauvent Society from The Sims 2: University
- The League of Assassins, alternatively called The League of Shadows, in the DC Comics universe and The Dark Knight Trilogy
- The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
- The Legion of Doom
- The Life and Death Brigade in Gilmore Girls
- The Light in Young Justice Animated Series
- Men of Letters in the television series “Supernatural”
- Millennium Group in the television series Millennium.
- The Monster Society of Evil from DC Comics' comic series Captain Marvel Adventures.
- The Mysterious Benedict Society, from the book of the same name
- National Organization of Men Against Amazonian Masterhood (NO MA'AM) from Married... with Children
- The Order of Rosenkreuz, or The Rosenkreutz Orden, from the anime series Trinity Blood.
- The Order of Aurelius from the Buffyverse.
- The Order of Enchantment from The Sims 4: Discover University
- The entire wizarding world, the Order of the Phoenix, the Death Eaters and Dumbledore's Army in the Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling.
- The Hand, in "Daredevil" (Marvel)
- The Order of St. Dumas, in DC Comics' Batman series
- The Order of the Skull and the Clan of the Cave Girls on the TV series Salute Your Shorts
- The Order of The White Lotus and the Red Lotus in the Avatar: The Last Airbender series.
- Ordo Hydra in the Warhammer 40k series.
- The Organization from Claymore
- The Patriots and The Philosophers in the Metal Gear video game series
- The Others are a mysterious and secretive group residing on the Island in the series Lost
- The Owls of Minerva, the Voidsingers and the Sanguine Pact from Civilization VI
- The Pentavirate in Mike Myers' film So I Married an Axe Murderer.
- The Phantom Alliance in the Days of Our Lives TV soap opera series.
- The Playwright in The Last Door
- The Poison Clan in the Shaw Brothers movie Five Deadly Venoms
- The Post-War Administration Bureau in the Guilty Gear video game series.
- Quill and Skull in Riverdale
- Rittenhouse, in the TV series Timeless.
- Second Foundation, in The Foundation Series by Isaac Asimov
- Secret Empire, in the Marvel Comics universe
- The Secret Society of Cynics in South Park
- The titular Secret Society of Second-Born Royals in the movie of the same name
- The Secret Society of Superheroes Club in Glee
- The Secret Society of Super Villains in DC Comics modern and silver age continuities and in Bruce Timm's Justice League
- The Secret Society of X-Nauts in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
- The Seekers in The Last Rune series by Mark Anthony (writer)
- The Seekers in Disenchantment
- The organization SEELE from the anime Neon Genesis Evangelion
- The Seventeenth Shard in the Cosmere by Brandon Sanderson, not to be confused with the official Brandon Sanderson fansite of the same name.
- The terrorist organization Shocker from the tokusatsu series Kamen Rider
- The Shuffle Alliance from G Gundam
- The Sic Mundus, the Erit Lux and the Elisabeth Doppler's Cult in the Netflix series Dark
- Sisters of the Light and Sisters of the Dark in The Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind
- The Sith in the Star Wars film series.
- The Skybreakers in The Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson. Though they are a known organisation following the True Desolation, they remained hidden for centuries prior.
- The Society of the Blind Eye from Disney's animated television series Gravity Falls.
- The Sons of Honor in The Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson.
- SPECTRE, in the works of Ian Fleming
- The Spider Society, in the Marvel Comics universe
- The Stonecutters from The Simpsons, a parody of other Secret Societies. Appears in Homer the Great.
- TRES, in Umberto Eco's Foucault's Pendulum.
- The Talamasca, in Anne Rice's The Vampire Chronicles
- Torchwood, a secret agency that investigates and defends the earth from supernatural occurrences. It is featured in the TV show Doctor Who and has a spin-off series.
- Tribulation Force, founded by a group of post-Rapture believers in Christ in the Left Behind series
- The Trust in the television series Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis.
- The Trust, in the Vertigo/DC comics series 100 Bullets.
- The Trust, a secret US Government Agency that appears in The Conduit and Conduit 2.
- Twilight's Hammer, from the World of Warcraft video game. The nihilistic Twilight's Hammer cult emerged to help the Dragon Deathwing the Destroyer bring about the Hour of Twilight: the end of all life on Azeroth.
- United Network Command for Law and Enforcement (U.N.C.L.E.) in the TV series The Man from U.N.C.L.E..
- Unnamed secret society in Stanley Kubrick's film Eyes Wide Shut
- The V in Tokyo Ghoul
- The Van Buren Boys in Seinfeld
- V.F.D. from A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket
- The Veritas in Smallville
- The Vigils in The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
- The Water Buffaloes in "The Flintstones".
- W.A.S.T.E. in The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon.
- W.E.B. an evil adversary secret intelligence agency from TSR's rpg Top Secret/S.I.
- Warehouse 13 secret organizations include the Warehouse, The Regents, and The Order of the Black Diamond.
- The Syndicate and The Consortium from The X-Files.
- The Z-Fighters in Dragon Ball Z
- The Zurrernorn in Overlord
- The Society of Light in Yu-Gi-Oh!
- The SCP Foundation
- The Wall Cult in Attack on Titan
- The Wizard City Secret Society in Adventure Time
- The Hermetic Order of the Blue Rose and The Knights of St. Christopher in the Netflix horror-drama series, The Order
- The unnamed secret society (Illuminati) led by Khureshi Ab'ram, the alter ego of Stephen Nedumpally in Lucifer (2019).
- Ares, the student secret society in the Netflix horror-drama series, Ares
See also
References
- Kathleen, Blee (2016-07-12). "How Violent Right-Wing Extremists Leave Racist Groups in the U.S." Cite journal requires
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- The Da Vinci Code
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