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[[File:PvP20200527 panel 2.jpg|frame|link=PvP (webcomic)|Sure, Francis. [[Suspiciously Specific Denial|We believe you]].]]
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* ''[[Fans|Fans!]]'' adjusted the '''F'''ederal '''B'''ureau of '''I'''nvestigation into the '''F'''antasmagorical '''I'''nvestigation '''B'''ureau, or [[The Men in Black|FIB]].
Examples of [[{{TOPLEVELPAGE}}]] in [[{{SUBPAGENAME}}]] include:
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* The secret anti-alien organization in ''[[Its Walky]]'' is called SEMME... which ''does'' stand for something, but the author has yet to reveal what. It's pronounced like "semi", creating useful pun fuel. In one strip, part of the E on their building is blown off, prompting Walky to start calling the organization "SEMMF".

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* ''[[Fans]]'' adjusted the '''F'''ederal '''B'''ureau of '''I'''nvestigation into the '''F'''antasmagorical '''I'''nvestigation '''B'''ureau, or [[The Men in Black|FIB]].
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* The secret anti-alien organization in ''[[Walkyverse|It's Walky!]]'' is called SEMME... which ''does'' stand for something, but the author has yet to reveal what. It's pronounced like "semi", creating useful pun fuel. In one strip, part of the E on their building is blown off, prompting Walky to start calling the organization "SEMMF".
** I'd think there'd be more pun fuel if it were pronounced [[Seme|how it looks]].
** I'd think there'd be more pun fuel if it were pronounced [[Seme|how it looks]].
* On ''[[The Wotch]]'', one character guessed that the first two letters of the [[Straw Feminist|radical feminist]] group D.O.L.L.Y. stood for "'''D'''aughters '''o'''f", but [[The Un Reveal|the rest was never determined]] and the {{spoiler|leader was defeated just before she could reveal its full meaning - and [[Taken for Granite|turned into a dolly as punishment]] }}.
* On ''[[The Wotch]]'', one character guessed that the first two letters of the [[Straw Feminist|radical feminist]] group D.O.L.L.Y. stood for "'''D'''aughters '''o'''f", but [[The Un-Reveal|the rest was never determined]] and the {{spoiler|leader was defeated just before she could reveal its full meaning - and [[Taken for Granite|turned into a dolly as punishment]] }}.
* In a 1990s Penn State in-joke (because PepsiCo seemed to have a great deal of influence at the college), ''[[The Inexplicable Adventures of Bob]]'' once had a [[Kaiju|giant monster]] called the '''P'''eople-'''E'''ating '''P'''oly-'''S'''orbate '''I'''nsectoid.
* In a 1990s Penn State in-joke (because PepsiCo seemed to have a great deal of influence at the college), ''[[The Inexplicable Adventures of Bob]]'' once had a [[Kaiju|giant monster]] called the '''P'''eople-'''E'''ating '''P'''oly-'''S'''orbate '''I'''nsectoid.
* ''[[The KA Mics]]'' had the Semi-Mystical Otherworldy Gates or S.M.O.G. Nothing deep about the name though, the author took the acronym from a running gag he was part of on one of [http://nitcentral.philfarrand.com/discus/messages/17579/14907.html?1024222400 Nitcentral's humor threads].
* ''[[The KAMics]]'' had the Semi-Mystical Otherworldy Gates or S.M.O.G. Nothing deep about the name though, the author took the acronym from a running gag he was part of on one of [http://nitcentral.philfarrand.com/discus/messages/17579/14907.html?1024222400 Nitcentral's humor threads].
* Mr. Mighty in ''[[Everyday Heroes]]'' is a member of The '''S'''ociety of '''A'''mazing, '''V'''aliant, and '''E'''xtrememly '''U'''nselfish '''S'''uperheroes ... S.A.V.E.U.S.
* Mr. Mighty in ''[[Everyday Heroes]]'' is a member of The '''S'''ociety of '''A'''mazing, '''V'''aliant, and '''E'''xtrememly '''U'''nselfish '''S'''uperheroes ... S.A.V.E.U.S.
** According to the cast page, Mr. Mighty has previously worked for the '''T'''eam '''H'''oping to '''U'''phold '''D'''ecency ('''THUD'''), the '''W'''hite '''H'''ouse '''A'''dvanced '''P'''ersonnel '''P'''rotective '''O'''ffice ('''WHAPPO'''), the '''A'''merican-'''M'''exican '''I'''nternational '''G'''roup '''O'''f '''S'''uperheroes ('''AMIGOS'''), and the '''G'''roup '''O'''f '''O'''fficial '''D'''o-'''G'''ooders '''U'''nited '''I'''n '''S'''uppressing '''E'''vil ('''GOOD GUISE.''').
** According to the cast page, Mr. Mighty has previously worked for the '''T'''eam '''H'''oping to '''U'''phold '''D'''ecency ('''THUD'''), the '''W'''hite '''H'''ouse '''A'''dvanced '''P'''ersonnel '''P'''rotective '''O'''ffice ('''WHAPPO'''), the '''A'''merican-'''M'''exican '''I'''nternational '''G'''roup '''O'''f '''S'''uperheroes ('''AMIGOS'''), and the '''G'''roup '''O'''f '''O'''fficial '''D'''o-'''G'''ooders '''U'''nited '''I'''n '''S'''uppressing '''E'''vil ('''GOOD GUISE.''').
* This episode of ''[http://www.wcihigh.com/?p=259 WCI High]'' spoofs [[Shazam|Captain Marvel]] when Blossom Pearl invokes her "magic word".
* This episode of ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20100716054603/http://www.wcihigh.com/?p=259 WCI High]'' spoofs [[Shazam|Captain Marvel]] when Blossom Pearl invokes her "magic word".
* Spoofed in [http://antiheroescomic.com/comic/187 this spoilerific] entry for "anti-HEROES", a comic which seriosuly ripped off the art style of [[Order of the Stick]].
* Spoofed in [http://antiheroescomic.com/comic/187 this spoilerific] entry for "anti-HEROES", a comic which seriosuly ripped off the art style of [[Order of the Stick]].
* ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' had the ''''N'''otification of '''U'''nified '''K'''indness' '''E'''nvelopes as the ultimate weapon within the Dimension of Peace.
* ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' had the ''''N'''otification of '''U'''nified '''K'''indness' '''E'''nvelopes as the ultimate weapon within the Dimension of Peace.
** '''S'''uper '''M'''ega '''U'''ltra '''R'''obot '''F'''estival [http://www.sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/050402]
** Also, from [http://www.sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/110215 this strip], we get '''R'''ecording '''E'''ditable '''C'''ontent '''A'''pplication '''P'''eripheral.
** Also, from [http://www.sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/110215 this strip], we get '''R'''ecording '''E'''ditable '''C'''ontent '''A'''pplication '''P'''eripheral.
** And [http://www.sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/090908 before that] we get 4U City's '''M'''aternal '''O'''bedience '''M'''aintenance '''M'''edicating '''Y'''-Frames and the '''C'''hem-Lab '''R'''eview and '''A'''ssignment of '''P'''ersonnel Riff teaches.
** And [http://www.sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/090908 before that] we get 4U City's '''M'''aternal '''O'''bedience '''M'''aintenance '''M'''edicating '''Y'''-Frames and the '''C'''hem-Lab '''R'''eview and '''A'''ssignment of '''P'''ersonnel Riff teaches.
* [http://blag.xkcd.com/2009/09/02/urinal-protocol-vulnerability/ xkcd] kicks it up a notch with the International Choice of Urinal Protocol. [[Fridge Brilliance|Think about that for a second.]]
* [http://blag.xkcd.com/2009/09/02/urinal-protocol-vulnerability/ xkcd] kicks it up a notch with the International Choice of Urinal Protocol. [[Fridge Brilliance|Think about that for a second.]]
** A straighter example is [http://xkcd.com/917/ this strip], where Douglas Hofstadter's autobiography reads, "'''I''''m '''S'''o '''M'''eta, '''E'''ven '''T'''his '''''A'''cronym''".
** A straighter example is [http://xkcd.com/917/ this strip], where Douglas Hofstadter's autobiography reads, "'''I''''m '''S'''o '''M'''eta, '''E'''ven '''T'''his '''''A'''cronym''".
* [[Penny Arcade]] gives us '''G'''amers '''A'''gainst '''E'''xercise, a theoretical support group founded by Gabe who support traditional, controller-based gaming. Especially funny on a shirt.
* [[Penny Arcade (Webcomic)|Penny Arcade]] gives us '''G'''amers '''A'''gainst '''E'''xercise, a theoretical support group founded by Gabe who support traditional, controller-based gaming. Especially funny on a shirt.
* ''The Perpetual Aquarium'' had the fish take the Comprehesive Assessment and Report of Progress, or CARP. This was lampshaded when one of the fish comments that basing a year's progress isn't CARP, it's C----, and, when interrupted, comments that he likes anagrams.
* ''The Perpetual Aquarium'' had the fish take the Comprehesive Assessment and Report of Progress, or CARP. This was lampshaded when one of the fish comments that basing a year's progress isn't CARP, it's C----, and, when interrupted, comments that he likes anagrams.
* The [[Faster Than Light Travel]] drive in the ''[[Freefall (Webcomic)|Freefall]]'' universe is called the '''D'''angerous '''A'''nd '''V'''ery '''E'''xpensive drive.
* The [[Faster-Than-Light Travel]] drive in the ''[[Freefall]]'' universe is called the '''D'''angerous '''A'''nd '''V'''ery '''E'''xpensive drive.
** The name was suggested by a reader after the writer decided he had to call it something so he might as well call it DAVE.
** The name was suggested by a reader after the writer decided he had to call it something so he might as well call it DAVE.
* ''[[Irregular Webcomic]]'' has the '''S'''ecret '''A'''ction '''Squa'''dron '''T'''eam of '''C'''ryptid '''H'''unters.
* ''[[Irregular Webcomic]]'' has the '''S'''ecret '''A'''ction '''Squa'''dron '''T'''eam of '''C'''ryptid '''H'''unters.
* In the ''[[Jet Dream (Webcomic)|Jet Dream]]'' [[Remix Comic]], the T-Girls represent [[NATO]]'s '''J'''oint '''E'''lite '''T'''eam, '''D'''ivision of '''R'''aiding-'''E'''xpert '''A'''eronautical '''M'''aidens ('''J.E.T. D.R.E.A.M.''', or usually just "Jet Dream.") Their "little sister" team is '''J'''unior '''E'''chelon, '''T'''een '''T'''-Girls, '''E'''lle-Boys, and '''E'''sprit-Girls ('''N'''atural!), or '''J.E.T. T.E.E.N.''' Both organizations must deal with the sinister schemes of '''Z'''oned '''E'''xtortion and '''R'''emoval, '''O'''ccidental ('''Z.E.R.O.''').
* In the ''[[Jet Dream (webcomic)|Jet Dream]]'' [[Remix Comic]], the T-Girls represent [[NATO]]'s '''J'''oint '''E'''lite '''T'''eam, '''D'''ivision of '''R'''aiding-'''E'''xpert '''A'''eronautical '''M'''aidens ('''J.E.T. D.R.E.A.M.''', or usually just "Jet Dream.") Their "little sister" team is '''J'''unior '''E'''chelon, '''T'''een '''T'''-Girls, '''E'''lle-Boys, and '''E'''sprit-Girls ('''N'''atural!), or '''J.E.T. T.E.E.N.''' Both organizations must deal with the sinister schemes of '''Z'''oned '''E'''xtortion and '''R'''emoval, '''O'''ccidental ('''Z.E.R.O.''').
* ''[[Erfworld]]'' has Lord Stanley the Tool's elite hobgobwin knights, the '''K'''nights '''I'''n '''S'''tanley's '''S'''ervice. [[Don't Explain the Joke|They are, of course, a reference to the band KISS;]] their "war paint" is the makeup KISS wears onstage, and their name is a reference to the old moral panic-driven legend that KISS stood for "Knights In Satan's Service" (which it didn't).
* ''[[Erfworld]]'' has Lord Stanley the Tool's elite hobgobwin knights, the '''K'''nights '''I'''n '''S'''tanley's '''S'''ervice. [[Don't Explain the Joke|They are, of course, a reference to the band KISS;]] their "war paint" is the makeup KISS wears onstage, and their name is a reference to the old moral panic-driven legend that KISS stood for "Knights In Satan's Service" (which it didn't).
* The GIGAHERTZ, or '''G'''izmonic '''I'''nstitute '''G'''raphical '''A'''utomated '''H'''yper-'''E'''nhancement of '''R'''eality through '''T'''eleportation and, uh... '''Z'''oom, from [[The Way of the Metagamer]].
* The GIGAHERTZ, or '''G'''izmonic '''I'''nstitute '''G'''raphical '''A'''utomated '''H'''yper-'''E'''nhancement of '''R'''eality through '''T'''eleportation and, uh... '''Z'''oom, from [[The Way of the Metagamer]].
** Responded to with the '''C'''layton '''F'''orrester '''V'''olumetrically '''D'''isplayed '''E'''ntertainment and '''W'''orld-'''T'''aking '''O'''ver '''D'''evice, or, uh... CFVDEWTOD (khfhvhdootodd?) for short.
** Responded to with the '''C'''layton '''F'''orrester '''V'''olumetrically '''D'''isplayed '''E'''ntertainment and '''W'''orld-'''T'''aking '''O'''ver '''D'''evice, or, uh... CFVDEWTOD (khfhvhdootodd?) for short.
* ''[[Penny Arcade]]'' played with it:
* ''[[Penny Arcade (Webcomic)|Penny Arcade]]'' played with it:
{{quote| '''General''': We call it the '''K'''inetic '''I'''ngestion '''R'''egulator '''B'''io-'''Y'''organism.<br />
{{quote|'''General''': We call it the '''K'''inetic '''I'''ngestion '''R'''egulator '''B'''io-'''Y'''organism.
'''[[Kirby|Meta Knight]]''': Yorganism?<br />
'''[[Kirby|Meta Knight]]''': Yorganism?
'''General''': [[Shoehorned First Letter|Y is kind of a tricky letter.]] }}
'''General''': [[Shoehorned First Letter|Y is kind of a tricky letter.]] }}
** They're also the [[Trope Namer]] for the [[Greater Internet Fuckwad Theory]].
** They're also the [[Trope Namer]] for the [[Greater Internet Fuckwad Theory]].
* ''[[PHD]]'' [http://www.phdcomics.com/comics.php?f=1100 explained how to create those].
* ''[[Piled Higher and Deeper|PHD]]'' is not only an example itself, but also [http://www.phdcomics.com/comics.php?f=1100 explained how to create those].
* ''[[Homestuck (Webcomic)|Homestuck]]'' has Nepeta's planet, the '''L'''and '''O'''f '''L'''ittle '''C'''ubes '''A'''nd '''T'''ea. ('''[[Shout Out|LOL]][[LO Lcats|CAT]]''')
* ''[[Homestuck]]'' has Nepeta's planet, the '''L'''and '''O'''f '''L'''ittle '''C'''ubes '''A'''nd '''T'''ea. ('''[[Shout-Out|LOL]][[LOLcats|CAT]]''')
* The ''[[Crossover Wars]]'' had their DRACO (Dimensional Reality Arcane Crossover Organizer)
* The ''[[Crossover Wars]]'' had their DRACO (Dimensional Reality Arcane Crossover Organizer)
* ''[[El Goonish Shive (Webcomic)|El Goonish Shive]]'' being a Word Salad Title, it's no wonder that [http://community.910cmx.com/index.php?showtopic=9749&st=20&p=392573&#entry392573 according to some fans],
* ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'' being a Word Salad Title, it's no wonder that [http://community.910cmx.com/index.php?showtopic=9749&st=20&p=392573&#entry392573 according to some fans]{{Dead link}},
{{quote| "EGS" really stands for "'''E'''xtremely '''G'''ratuitous '''S'''hapeshifting"}}
{{quote|"EGS" really stands for "'''E'''xtremely '''G'''ratuitous '''S'''hapeshifting"}}
* [[Sarah Zero]] has the '''P'''rivacy '''I'''nvestigation '''S'''chadenfreude '''S'''ecret '''S'''ervice
* [[Sarah Zero]] has the '''P'''rivacy '''I'''nvestigation '''S'''chadenfreude '''S'''ecret '''S'''ervice
* [[Freaking Awful Puns]] has scared away some potential readers with its acronym.
* [[Freaking Awful Puns]] has scared away some potential readers with its acronym.
* Played with in ''[[Skin Horse]]'':
* Played with in ''[[Skin Horse]]'':
{{quote| '''Violet''': And you're U.N.I.T.Y.<br />
{{quote|'''Violet''': And you're U.N.I.T.Y.
'''Unity''': Yep!<br />
'''Unity''': Yep!
'''Violet''': The '''U'''pgradeable '''N'''ecrotic '''I'''ndependent... what?<br />
'''Violet''': The '''U'''pgradeable '''N'''ecrotic '''I'''ndependent... what?
'''Unity''': We don't talk about my acronym.<br />
'''Unity''': We don't talk about my acronym.
'''Violet''': Sorry, did I touch a nerve?<br />
'''Violet''': Sorry, did I touch a nerve?
'''Unity''': Well, you know. People died and stuff.<br />
'''Unity''': Well, you know. People died and stuff.
'''Violet''': People died... because of your acronym.<br />
'''Violet''': People died... because of your acronym.
'''Unity''': [[Noodle Incident|The committee meetings, man! It was law of the jungle!]] }}
'''Unity''': [[Noodle Incident|The committee meetings, man! It was law of the jungle!]] }}
* From [http://www.wastedtalent.ca/ Wasted Talent], Jam's suggestion for an [http://www.wastedtalent.ca/comic/and-acronym-here-and-acronym-there agriculture program.]
* From [http://www.wastedtalent.ca/ Wasted Talent], Jam's suggestion for an [http://www.wastedtalent.ca/comic/and-acronym-here-and-acronym-there agriculture program.]
* BOOBS ('''B'''asic '''O'''rganizational and '''O'''perational '''B'''a'''S'''eband) of [http://ask-boobs.tumblr.com Ask Boobs], a Tumblr-based Tron webcomic. The origins of her name are explained in [http://ask-boobs.tumblr.com/post/17520242497/as-for-the-other-question-for-the-code-of-me this comic]. She's, er...appropriately named.
* BOOBS ('''B'''asic '''O'''rganizational and '''O'''perational '''B'''a'''S'''eband) of [http://ask-boobs.tumblr.com Ask Boobs], a Tumblr-based Tron webcomic. The origins of her name are explained in [https://web.archive.org/web/20120730214225/http://ask-boobs.tumblr.com/post/17520242497/as-for-the-other-question-for-the-code-of-me this comic]. She's, er...appropriately named.
* [[Dork Tower]] has a [[Take That]] to [[Michael Bay]], advertising that people should use the hashtag [http://www.dorktower.com/2012/03/28/tmntwtf-dork-tower-28-03-12 #TAINT] (Teenage Alien Imposter Ninja Turtles) for his TMNT movie.
* [[Dork Tower]] has a [[Take That]] to [[Michael Bay]], advertising that people should use the hashtag [http://www.dorktower.com/2012/03/28/tmntwtf-dork-tower-28-03-12 #TAINT] (Teenage Alien Imposter Ninja Turtles) for his TMNT movie.
* In [http://www.captainsnes.com/2012/04/13/770-bunch-of-dhopes/ this] [[Captain SNES]] comic, we discover that [[Chrono Trigger (Video Game)|Dalton]] is recruiting [[Goldfish Poop Gang|villains]] from different video worlds. His name for the team? The '''D'''altonian '''H'''yper-'''O'''ceanic '''P'''iratical '''E'''xtortion '''S'''quad.
* In [http://www.captainsnes.com/2012/04/13/770-bunch-of-dhopes/ this] [[Captain SNES]] comic, we discover that [[Chrono Trigger|Dalton]] is recruiting [[Goldfish Poop Gang|villains]] from different video worlds. His name for the team? The '''D'''altonian '''H'''yper-'''O'''ceanic '''P'''iratical '''E'''xtortion '''S'''quad.
* ''[[The Packrat (Webcomic)|The Packrat]]'' has the '''M'''emorymoog '''A'''coustic '''D'''eath Ray, a [[Death Ray]] [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|powered by a Memorymoog polyphonic synthesizer]].
* ''[[The Packrat]]'' has the '''M'''emorymoog '''A'''coustic '''D'''eath Ray, a [[Death Ray]] [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|powered by a Memorymoog polyphonic synthesizer]].
* ''[[The Noob]]'' got an united anti-PK guild [http://www.thenoobcomic.com/index.php?pos=106 named] by taking one word from four largest guilds in the alliance... '''Z'''ealot '''E'''lite '''R'''ighteous '''G'''uardians. Go on, take a guess what their typical strategy may be.
* ''[[Evil Inc.]]'' arc "Thanks For The Memo". [http://evil-inc.com/comic/thanks-for-the-memo-21/ Ouch.]


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Latest revision as of 12:21, 10 November 2023


Sure, Francis. We believe you.

Examples of Fun with Acronyms in Web Comics include:

  • Fans adjusted the Federal Bureau of Investigation into the Fantasmagorical Investigation Bureau, or FIB.
  • The secret anti-alien organization in It's Walky! is called SEMME... which does stand for something, but the author has yet to reveal what. It's pronounced like "semi", creating useful pun fuel. In one strip, part of the E on their building is blown off, prompting Walky to start calling the organization "SEMMF".
    • I'd think there'd be more pun fuel if it were pronounced how it looks.
  • On The Wotch, one character guessed that the first two letters of the radical feminist group D.O.L.L.Y. stood for "Daughters of", but the rest was never determined and the leader was defeated just before she could reveal its full meaning - and turned into a dolly as punishment .
  • In a 1990s Penn State in-joke (because PepsiCo seemed to have a great deal of influence at the college), The Inexplicable Adventures of Bob once had a giant monster called the People-Eating Poly-Sorbate Insectoid.
  • The KAMics had the Semi-Mystical Otherworldy Gates or S.M.O.G. Nothing deep about the name though, the author took the acronym from a running gag he was part of on one of Nitcentral's humor threads.
  • Mr. Mighty in Everyday Heroes is a member of The Society of Amazing, Valiant, and Extrememly Unselfish Superheroes ... S.A.V.E.U.S.
    • According to the cast page, Mr. Mighty has previously worked for the Team Hoping to Uphold Decency (THUD), the White House Advanced Personnel Protective Office (WHAPPO), the American-Mexican International Group Of Superheroes (AMIGOS), and the Group Of Official Do-Gooders United In Suppressing Evil (GOOD GUISE.).
  • This episode of WCI High spoofs Captain Marvel when Blossom Pearl invokes her "magic word".
  • Spoofed in this spoilerific entry for "anti-HEROES", a comic which seriosuly ripped off the art style of Order of the Stick.
  • Sluggy Freelance had the 'Notification of Unified Kindness' Envelopes as the ultimate weapon within the Dimension of Peace.
    • Super Mega Ultra Robot Festival [1]
    • Also, from this strip, we get Recording Editable Content Application Peripheral.
    • And before that we get 4U City's Maternal Obedience Maintenance Medicating Y-Frames and the Chem-Lab Review and Assignment of Personnel Riff teaches.
  • xkcd kicks it up a notch with the International Choice of Urinal Protocol. Think about that for a second.
    • A straighter example is this strip, where Douglas Hofstadter's autobiography reads, "I'm So Meta, Even This Acronym".
  • Penny Arcade gives us Gamers Against Exercise, a theoretical support group founded by Gabe who support traditional, controller-based gaming. Especially funny on a shirt.
  • The Perpetual Aquarium had the fish take the Comprehesive Assessment and Report of Progress, or CARP. This was lampshaded when one of the fish comments that basing a year's progress isn't CARP, it's C----, and, when interrupted, comments that he likes anagrams.
  • The Faster-Than-Light Travel drive in the Freefall universe is called the Dangerous And Very Expensive drive.
    • The name was suggested by a reader after the writer decided he had to call it something so he might as well call it DAVE.
  • Irregular Webcomic has the Secret Action Squadron Team of Cryptid Hunters.
  • In the Jet Dream Remix Comic, the T-Girls represent NATO's Joint Elite Team, Division of Raiding-Expert Aeronautical Maidens (J.E.T. D.R.E.A.M., or usually just "Jet Dream.") Their "little sister" team is Junior Echelon, Teen T-Girls, Elle-Boys, and Esprit-Girls (Natural!), or J.E.T. T.E.E.N. Both organizations must deal with the sinister schemes of Zoned Extortion and Removal, Occidental (Z.E.R.O.).
  • Erfworld has Lord Stanley the Tool's elite hobgobwin knights, the Knights In Stanley's Service. They are, of course, a reference to the band KISS; their "war paint" is the makeup KISS wears onstage, and their name is a reference to the old moral panic-driven legend that KISS stood for "Knights In Satan's Service" (which it didn't).
  • The GIGAHERTZ, or Gizmonic Institute Graphical Automated Hyper-Enhancement of Reality through Teleportation and, uh... Zoom, from The Way of the Metagamer.
    • Responded to with the Clayton Forrester Volumetrically Displayed Entertainment and World-Taking Over Device, or, uh... CFVDEWTOD (khfhvhdootodd?) for short.
  • Penny Arcade played with it:

General: We call it the Kinetic Ingestion Regulator Bio-Yorganism.
Meta Knight: Yorganism?
General: Y is kind of a tricky letter.

"EGS" really stands for "Extremely Gratuitous Shapeshifting"

Violet: And you're U.N.I.T.Y.
Unity: Yep!
Violet: The Upgradeable Necrotic Independent... what?
Unity: We don't talk about my acronym.
Violet: Sorry, did I touch a nerve?
Unity: Well, you know. People died and stuff.
Violet: People died... because of your acronym.
Unity: The committee meetings, man! It was law of the jungle!

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