The TMBG are an organization that are tasked with dealing with major Fear related events outside of the United States. They are a branch of Supernatural Threat Analysis Bureau, like the SMSC and The Lonely Hearts, but are less active and are only put into operation when major Fear related events happen outside of the US' borders. They usually go under the guise of CIA or NATO operatives. The name stands for The Transcontinental Mobile BriGade, but originates for They Might Be Giants, an American alternative rock band formed in 1982 by John Flansburgh and John Linnell. Unlike the SMSC, this was on purpose from the start. The Brigade uses code words when referring to The Supernatural and other organizations.
Personnel
The raking system is identical to the US military ranking system (i.e. General, Chief Warrant Officer, etc.).
Code Words
Supernatural
- Brooklynites: Referring to entities/phenomena that resemble the mundane. The Brigade usually doesn’t handle/interact with these on a regular basis as they pose less of a threat then the Giants.
- Giants: Referring to entities/phenomena that are completely out of the ordinary/can’t be confused with the mundane and pose more of a threat. The brigade usually deals with entities of this classification.
Brooklynites
- BLUE CANARY (Convocation)
- CAROLINE (Unnamed Child)
- CUT THE STRINGS (Indisen)
- DIRECT FROM BROOKLYN (Receivers)
- DISPLACED BEES (Intrusion)
- ELUSIVE BUTTERFLY (Ivory Woman)
- FLOOD (EAT)
- GENERALISSIMO (Oni)
- AM I AWAKE (Grotesque)
- LADY (Burning Bride)
- LOYAL PHANTOMS (Poltergeists)
- MESOPOTAMIANS (Answer): When describing a member of The Answer, it is prefixed with "MESOPOTAMIAN" (e.g., MESOPOTAMIAN HELL HOTEL)
- HALL OF HEADS (Unbounded Face)
- HELL HOTEL (House of Fortune)
- HIBERNATING BEAR (King in the Mountain)
- SUMMER BREEZE (Woman in the Wind)
- MÖBIUS STRIP (Constant Wanderer)
- MR PUPKIN (Merryman)
- MUSIC JAIL (Tarantella)
- OTHER WORLD (Marchen)
- PERSON MAN (Unlucky Man)
- PURPLE BRIGADE (Dying Man)
- REPLICANT (Nobody)
- TRIANGLE MAN (Archangel)
- HOMUNCULUS (Mother of Snakes)
Giants
- APOPHENIA (Glitch)
- BELDAM (Wooden Girl)
- CRAZY BASTARD (Smiling Man)
- ERASE (Quiet)
- ISTANBUL (Empty City)
- LESBIAN BAR (Red Cap)
- NOW IS STRANGE (Pendulum)
- SHADOW GOVERNMENT (Black Masks)
- SNAKE HEAD (Lilim)
- SON OF GOD (Jack of All)
- SUPREME COURT (Eye)
- THINKING MACHINE (Manufactured Newborn)
- TIGER (Brute)
- TORNADO FROM THE WEST (Typhoon)
- UNIVERSE MAN (Architect)
- UNPRONOUNCEABLE (Choir)
- VELVET APE (Rake)
Organizations
- COWTOWN (Topography Genera Center)
- BOWIES (SMSC)
- BEATLES (Lonely Hearts)
- SHARE A STORY (Wonderland Core)
- MOUNTIES (FIA)
- ROUND TABLE (General Ministry)
Other
- CONSTANTINOPLE (Earth)
- NOT CONSTANTINOPLE: When reporting entering a Domain or other supernatural place.
- WITH THE DARK: when referring to the connection between a human and an entity. “She was in love with the dark BELDAM”.