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* ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancelot_Link,_Secret_Chimp Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp]]''. APE (Agency to Prevent Evil) vs. CHUMP (Criminal Headquarters for Underworld Master Plan).

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* The various government departments in ''Author/Keith Laumier'''s ''Literature/Retief'' series: "Manpower Untilization Department, Directorate of Libraries & Education", "Motorized Equipment Depot, Division of Loans & Exchanges", "Special Committee for the Reconstruction of Underdeveloped Nations' Economies", etc. (MUDDLE, MEDDLE, SCROUNGE)

* ''Series/GetSmart'': CONTROL vs KAOS

* ''{{Nebulous}}'' has K.E.N.T. and L.O.U.G.H.B.O.R.O.U.G.H. - both being named after British universities.

* ''{{Champions}}'': UNTIL (United Nations Tribunal on International Law) vs. VIPER (Venomous Imperial Party of the Eternal Reptile or Victory In Perpetuity through Eternal Resolve).

* INTERPOL vs V.I.L.E. in ''Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego''.

* U.N.I.T.Y vs H.A.R.M in ''No-One Lives Forever'' 1 & 2

* ''MASK''. MASK (Mobile Armoured Strike Kommand) vs. VENOM (Vicious Evil Network Of Mayhem).

* RealLife example: Allies vs Axis
* The Cold War in RealLife: U.S.A. vs. U.S.S.R.
* Another Cold War related one: Capitalism vs. Communism.

* The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) vs. the Warsaw Treaty Organisation (WTO), another name for the Warsaw Pact.

* In early Christian church history, two groups arose over what word best expressed the relationship between God the Father and Jesus Christ in their creeds: the ''homoousians'' (those who favored "of the same substance") and the ''homo'''i'''ousians'' (those who favored "of similar substance"). Yet another group didn't really see the point to all this arguing and called themselves the ''homoians'' (a deliberately vague compromise best translated as "alike"). For the record, the first group ultimately got their way.

* The SCPFoundation deals with so many other groups competing for anomalous objects they [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/groups-of-interest listed them all on a page]] for editors' reference. Of them, several are mainly referred to by their acronyms: the Global Occult Coalition (GOC), the Office For The Reclamation of Islamic Artifacts (ORIA) and the Unusual Incidents Unit (UIU) of the [=FBI=].

* The ''[[NintendoWars Advance Wars]]'' series have a double example: Orange Star, Blue Moon, Green Earth, Yellow Comet and Black Hole are named for both colours ''and'' astronomical objects.

* ''TheManFromUNCLE''. UNCLE (United Network Command for Law and Enforcement) vs. THRUSH (Technological Hierarchy for the Removal of Undesirables and the Subjugation of Humanity).

* The plethora of acronymous - and mutually acrimonious - competing groups in ''{{Illuminatus}}''. This is not done entirely seriously - witness KCUF - Knights of Christ United in Faith. Or WHORE - White Heroes Opposing Red Extremism.

* {{SPOON}} vs {{FORKS}} vs [[KalculatedNamingIndifferenceViolentEnforcementSection KNIVES]] vs {{PLATTER}}.

* The [[LightIsNotGood Children of the Light]] oppose the Friends of the Dark in ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime''.

* The plethora of acronymous - and mutually acrimonious - competing groups in ''{{Illuminatus}}''. This is not done entirely seriously - witness KCUF - Knights of Christ United in Faith. Or WHORE - White Heroes Opposing Red Extremism.

* Probably stretching for this, but: JusticeLeague vs Legion Of Doom

* SpyBoy: The two rival spy organisations are S.H.I.R.T.S. (Secret Headquarters, International Reconnaissance, Tactics, and Spies) and S.K.I.N.S. (Supreme Killing Institute).

* ''Our Man Flint''. Z.O.W.I.E. (Zonal Organization World Intelligence Espionage) vs. GALAXY. (Or rather, evidently, just "Galaxy".)

* ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto: San Andreas'': Grove Street Families vs. Kilo Street Ballaz vs. Varrio Los Aztecas vs. [[OddNameOut Los Santos Vagos]].

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* ''Series/GetSmart'': CONTROL vs KAOS
* ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancelot_Link,_Secret_Chimp Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp]]''. APE (Agency to Prevent Evil) vs. CHUMP (Criminal Headquarters for Underworld Master Plan).
* ''TheManFromUNCLE''. UNCLE (United Network Command for Law and Enforcement) vs. THRUSH (Technological Hierarchy for the Removal of Undesirables and the Subjugation of Humanity).
** Maybe, maybe not. The "expansion" of "THRUSH" was never used in any of the series episodes, but appears only in several ExpandedUniverse UNCLE novels.

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* ''{{Nebulous}}'' has K.E.N.T. and L.O.U.G.H.B.O.R.O.U.G.H. - both being named after British universities.

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* ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'': SHUSH against FOWL.
* ''MASK''. MASK (Mobile Armoured Strike Kommand) vs. VENOM (Vicious Evil Network Of Mayhem).

* The Cold War in RealLife: U.S.A. vs. U.S.S.R. Wasn't the Cold War more West vs East and the examples below. And not as Hollywood History would have it the U.S.A. vs the U.S.S.R.

* NATO vs. The Warsaw Pact (which was sometimes referred to as the Warsaw Treaty Organisation (WTO).)
* During the Chinese Civil War: Nationalists vs. Communists, sometimes also referred to respectively as KMT vs. CCP (their party initials).

Nope. If one name is an acronym, the other is too. If one name is one word, the other is too. If one is referred to thematically (such as by color, e.g. "the Reds"), the other's name will match it ("the Blues"). This is Unified Naming System. This seems weird but is probably the best way to express there's something between those two. The more cynical could also say that the reason for this is the author's lack of imagination.

Political parties in real life and fiction like to do this a lot too. Can be [[JustifiedTrope justified]] if both sides adopted names that were selected by a common third party.

* ''DarkwingDuck'': SHUSH against FOWL.

* From ''GulliversTravels'', there's the Big Endians and the Little Endians.

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* ''GrandTheftAuto: San Andreas'': Grove Street Families vs. Kilo Street Ballaz vs. Varrio Los Aztecas vs. [[OddNameOut Los Santos Vagos]].

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* ''GetSmart'': CONTROL vs KAOS

* ''TeamFortress2'': '''B'''uilders '''L'''eague '''U'''nited vs '''R'''eliable '''E'''xcavation and '''D'''emolition.

Nope. If one name is an acronym, the other is too. If one name is one word, the other is too. This is Unified Naming System. This seems weird but is probably the best way to express there's something between those two. The more cynical could also say that the reason for this is the author's lack of imagination.