History Main / UnifiedNamingSystem

* ''VideoGame/NoOneLivesForever'': U.N.I.T.Y vs H.A.R.M.

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

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

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

* ''Radio/{{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.

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

* "ComicBook/AlphaFlight": The titular squad is the senior of three Canadian super squads. "Beta Flight" and "Gamma Flight" are basically trainees. In the first issue of the comic book, the junior flights were shut down, with the most promising members being promoted to Alpha; several of the rejects were then recruited into a villainous "Omega Flight".

* ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'': The [[LightIsNotGood Children of the Light]] oppose the darkfriends (and really anyone who looks at them funny).

* The ComicBook/JusticeLeague faced off against the "Injustice League".

* "ComicBook/AlphaFlight" was the senior of three Canadian supersquads; "Beta Flight" and "Gamma Flight" were basically trainees. In the first issue of the comic book, the junior flights were shut down, with the most promising members being promoted to Alpha; several of the rejects were then recruited into a villainous "Omega Flight".

* ''Literature/GulliversTravels'': There are the Big Endians and the Little Endians. Which actually refer to the reason for the conflict: [[SillyReasonForWar how to eat eggs]].

* ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'': The [[LightIsNotGood Children of the Light]] oppose the darkfriends (and really anyone who looks at them funny).

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* From ''Literature/GulliversTravels'', there's the Big Endians and the Little Endians.
** Which actually refer to the reason for the conflict: [[SillyReasonForWar how to eat eggs]].
* The plethora of acronymous - and mutually acrimonious - competing groups in ''Literature/{{Illuminatus}}''. This is not done entirely seriously - witness KCUF - Knights of Christ United in Faith. Or WHORE - White Heroes Opposing Red Extremism.
* The [[LightIsNotGood Children of the Light]] oppose the darkfriends (and really anyone who looks at them funny) in ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime''.
* The various government departments in Author/KeithLaumer'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)

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* Invoked on the ''Series/{{Community}}'' episode [[Recap/CommunityS3E14PillowsAndBlankets Pillows and Blankets]], Abed and Troy are building a BlanketFort called New Fluffytown. After Troy leaves and creates one called Blanketsburg, Abed renames his Pillowtown, for the sake of conceptual symmetry.

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

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* ''A.C.E. Agents'' has ACE (Alpha Command Echeleon) vs. PYTHON (...actually, nobody knows, including its leaders. They just thought it was a good name for an organisation to take over the world)

* The ''[[VideoGame/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.
* U.N.I.T.Y vs H.A.R.M in ''VideoGame/NoOneLivesForever'' 1 & 2.
* ''VideoGame/TiberianSeries'': GDI and the Brotherhood of Nod are by all indications not this trope, but it is a likely contributor to why Nod occasionally is referred to as NOD, and it was originally ''planned'' to be the case during the first game's development (NOD was originally going to stand for New Order of Diplomacy, but this was dropped early enough that there wasn't even any reference in teaser or preview material).
* ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles3'' has the opposing nations of Keves and Agnus, which mean lamb in Greek and Latin respectively. Their Colonies all begin with the word "Colony", with Kevesi Colonies following with a number and Agnian Colonies with a Greek letter. [[spoiler:This is a sign that both nations are being manipulated by Moebius.]]

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* The Website/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=].

* ''WesternAnimation/CarmenSandiego'' has A.C.M.E. (Agency to Classify and Monitor Evildoers) facing V.I.L.E. (Villains International League of Evil).

* ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'': SHUSH (name so top secret none know what the acronym stands for) against F.O.W.L. (Fiendish Organization for World Larceny). Yep, F.O.W.L. got a slight name change in the transition from show to show.

* ''WesternAnimation/HulkAndTheAgentsOfSmash'' (Supreme Military Agency of Super Humans) got their own LegionOfDoom from past villains in the form of C.R.A.S.H. (Chaotic Radical Agency of Super Humans).

* ''WesternAnimation/KingArthurAndTheKnightsOfJustice'': On the hero side there's the Knights of Justice and on the villain side there's the Warlords, who in "A Knight's Quest" are fully known as the Warlords of Evil. In the comic adaptation, the latter also goes by the name Warriors of Vulcan's Forge, switching which of the two is the matching word (Justice vs Evil; Knights vs Warriors).

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* JustForFun/{{SPOON}} vs JustForFun/{{FORKS}} vs JustForFun/{{KNIVES}} vs JustForFun/{{PLATTER}}.
** [[strike:I predict we will see a new contender trump them all and make PLATE.]] But then we'd have a LensmanArmsRace, with the creation of GLASS, TABLE, or even [-[=*gasp*=]-] ''KITCHEN!''
*** At which time DEN, BEDROOM and ATTIC will make their appearance, followed by HOUSE (except that they're just fans of Hugh Laurie and only joined in the fight because it looked like fun).
*** Well, if they can't stand the heat...
*** Bah, they'll all be crushed to dirt once the Kombined Initialism Takeover Crusade Holistic Enforcement Network: Strike Insertion Neo-Kommando forces rise up.
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* The Wiki/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=].

''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles3'' has the opposing nations of Keves and Agnus, which mean lamb in Greek and Latin respectively. Their Colonies all begin with the word "Colony", with Kevesi Colonies following with a number and Agnian Colonies with a Greek letter.

* Invoked on the ''Series/{{Community}}'' episode [[Recap/CommunityS3E14PillowsAndBlankets Pillows and Blankets]], Abed and Troy are building a BlanketFort called New Fluffytown, after troy leaves and creates one called Blanketsburg, abed renames his Pillowtown, for the sake of conceptual symmetry.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretShow'': U.Z.Z. (never explained) vs. T.H.E.M. (The Horrible Evil Menace).

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-> Troy secedes from New Fluffytown, and begins constructing Blanketsburg on the other side of the campus. Abed renames his fort Pillowtown, for the sake of conceptual symmetry
-->-- ''Series/{{Community}}'', [[Recap/CommunityS3E14PillowsAndBlankets Pillows and Blankets]]

* ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales'': The D.I.A. (Duckburg Intelligence Agency) goes up against F.O.W.L. (Foreign Organization for World Larceny)

* ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'': SHUSH against FOWL.

* In early [[UsefulNotes/{Christianity}} Christian]] church history, two groups arose over what word best expressed the relationship between {{God}} the Father and UsefulNotes/{{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.

* {{SPOON}} vs {{FORKS}} vs {{KNIVES}} vs {{PLATTER}}.

* The [[LightIsNotGood Children of the Light]] oppose the darkfriends (and really anyone who they looks at them funny) in ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime''.

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* In early [[UsefulNotes/{Christianity}} 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.

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* "ComicBooks/AlphaFlight" was the senior of three Canadian supersquads; "Beta Flight" and "Gamma Flight" were basically trainees. In the first issue of the comic book, the junior flights were shut down, with the most promising members being promoted to Alpha; several of the rejects were then recruited into a villainous "Omega Flight".

* Probably stretching for this, but: ComicBook/JusticeLeague vs Legion Of Doom
** A better example is the Legion of Superheroes and the Legion of Supervillains.
** No love for the Injustice League, then?