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* ''Podcast/BrainLeak'': Played for Laughs with the episode literally titled "Disney Might Sue Us For This!", as the episode's main subject was that of the big news of ''WesternAnimation/SteamboatWillie'' going PublicDomain.

* ''Podcast/BrainLeak'': Played for Laughs with the episode literally titled "Disney Might Sue Us For This!", as the episode's main subject was that of the big news of WesternAnimation/SteamboatWillie going PublicDomain.

* Podcast/RiffTrax: {{Lampshaded}}, as Kevin notes that while the Egyptians left the pyramids, the Incans left behind Machu Picchu, America left behind the giant fiberglass bunny on the 6th green of the local Putt-Putt.

* ''Fanfic/TheVictorsProject'': Blight hid inside the ruins of a Starbucks restaurant during his Hunger Games, and prays to Starbucks as a god for the rest of his life as a result.

*** Their language is heavily influenced by this trope as well, to the point that ordinary water (a rare and valuable commodity) is now called "Aqua Cola". Also, Nux proclaims that after his suicide attack, he will "[=McFeast=] with the gods in Valhalla".

* ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'':

*** The Kings became a gang of {{Elvis Impersonator}}s. After finding a school filled with memorabilia, instructions on how to act like him, and a metric ton of hair gel, they figured it must be a place of worship, and that they'd keep his memory alive. [[MetaphoricallyTrue They're not wrong, per se.]] This is without even knowing his ''name'' -- in all that memorabilia, nothing readable or functional explicitly said what the name of the person being emulated was (due to the estate of Music/ElvisPresley owning a copyright on Elvis' name and exact likeness, which is why you don't see any detailed pictures of the musician in the school either) just that he was "the King", thus "The King's School of Impersonation"--InUniverse, the game writes in the inability to use Presley's name with a mention that most of the records and documents that ''could'' have shed some light on this "King's" identity had deteriorated by the time the building was discovered. Downplayed in that the Kings -- or the leaders, at the very least -- figured that the King wasn't actually a ''god'', more just someone who have been worthy of emulating since the ancients had an entire school dedicated to teaching others how to act like him, and thus they wished to carry on this obviously worthy legacy. They're actually pretty cool fellows when you meet them too; besides being a little bit insular and distrustful at first, getting to know them reveals they tend to serve as "peacekeepers" of sorts to the outskirts of New Vegas, and are more than willing to help out someone in need.

* Invoked by astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, who coined the term "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattanhenge Manhattanhenge]]", a twice-a-year phenomenon in New York City when the sun sets aligned with the grid street pattern of Manhattan. Tyson also claimed that the two instances each year tended to happen near or during Memorial Day and the Major League Baseball All-Star game, and [[http://www.amnh.org/our-research/hayden-planetarium/resources/manhattanhenge postulated]] that "[[RightForTheWrongReasons Future anthropologists might conclude that, via the Sun, the people who called themselves Americans worshiped War and Baseball]]."

*** In the DLC "The Pitt", your reward for [[GuideDangIt finding all 100 ingots]] in the steelyard is [[AndYourRewardIsClothes a suit of power armor]]. While it resembles [[BigBad Ashur's]] own suit, Everett mentions that some of the local tribals fashioned this power armor to resemble their "gods". Although the colors are faded, the armor is clearly decked out in the black and yellow colors of the [[UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeague Pittsburgh Steelers]]. Ashur's own armor has an identical color scheme, so it's possible he's simply exploiting local superstitions to appear as a "god".

Subtrope of LegendFadesToMyth. Compare FutureImperfect and FromCataclysmToMyth. Not to be confused with DisneyOwnsThisTrope. See also SinglePreceptReligion.

** Reverend Theo Forbius, resident Chaplain for Tagon's Toughs, refers to "[[Franchise/SpiderMan The Gospel of Uncle Benjamin]]" when confronted with the quote ''"With great power comes great responsibility"'' and [[WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983 Greyskull's Power]] as part of an exorcism rite (the first time was in a dream sequence, but the second was a direct reference of his own).

* Downplayed, but a minority of Catholic clergy and laypeople advocate for the canonization of Saint Creator/JRRTolkien. [[Note But to be fair, this is no different from the advocation of any individual deemed to meet the qualifications of canonization, regardless of whether that person is well known (like Tolkien) or was not at all famous before canonization; and Tolkien ''was'' a devout Catholic./note]]

* Downplayed, but a minority of Catholic clergy and laypeople advocate for the canonization of Saint Creator/JRRTolkien. [[Note]]But to be fair, this is no different from the advocation of any individual deemed to meet the qualifications of canonization, regardless of whether that person is well known (like Tolkien) or was not at all famous before canonization; and Tolkien ''was'' a devout Catholic.[[/note]]

* Downplayed, but a minority of Catholic clergy and laypeople advocate for the canonization of Saint Creator/JRRTolkien. [But to be fair, this is no different from the advocation of any individual deemed to meet the qualifications of canonization, regardless of whether that person is well known (like Tolkien) or was not at all famous before canonization; and Tolkien ''was'' a devout Catholic.]

* Downplayed, but a minority of Catholic clergy and laypeople advocate for the canonization of Saint Creator/JRRTolkien. [But to be fair, this is no different from the advocation of any individual deemed to meet the qualifications of canonization, regardless of whether that person is well known (like Tolkien) or was not at all famous before canonization; and Tolkien was a devout Catholic.]

* Downplayed, but a minority of Catholic clergy and laypeople advocate for the canonization of Saint Creator/JRRTolkien. [But to be fair, this is no different from the advocation of any individual deemed to meet the qualifications of canonization, regardless of whether that person is well known (like Tolkien) or was not at all famous before canonization.]

* Downplayed, but a minority of Catholic clergy and laypeople advocate for the canonization of Saint Creator/JRRTolkien.

* WebOriginal/FortniteLoreSociety: Wertex has worshipped both the Chaos Agent and Huntsmaster Saber outfits from the titular video game.

[[caption-width-right:350:Do these [[Franchise/DespicableMe American deities]] require bananas as an offering?]]

* ''Franchise/DoctorWhoExpandedUniverse'': In the comic strip "City of the Damned"[[note]]"Of the Cursed" for American readers[[/note]], the Doctor is hailed as "the Great Emoter" by a wasteland tribe dedicated to keeping emotions alive in the face of a fascist regime which has banned them. At the conclusion, they elevate him to near-godhood in their bid to experience ''all'' emotions. In the last panel, he chuckles to himself, "Well, I'm sure they'll grow out of it!"

* ''FanFic/TheVictorsProject'': Blight hid inside the ruins of a Starbucks restaurant during his Hunger Games, and prays to Starbucks as a god for the rest of his life as a result.

* ''Radio/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'' presents several religions that frequent the Restaurant at the End of the Universe to witness the nightly apocalypse. None are more prolific than the disciples of the great prophet Zarquon.

--->'''Zack Allen:''' ''[answering G'Kar]'' You might say it's the Egyptian god of frustration.

*** The Kings became a gang of {{Elvis Impersonator}}s. After finding a school filled with memorabilia, instructions on how to act like him, and a metric ton of hair gel, they figured it must be a place of worship, and that they'd keep his memory alive. [[MetaphoricallyTrue They're not wrong, per se.]] This is without even knowing his ''name'' -- in all that memorabilia, nothing readable or functional explicitly said what the name of the person being emulated was (due to the estate of Music/ElvisPresley owns a copyright on the name) just that he was "the King", thus "The King's School of Impersonation"--InUniverse, the game writes in the inability to use Presley's name with a mention that most of the records and documents that ''could'' have shed some light on this "King's" identity had deteriorated by the time the building was discovered. Downplayed in that the Kings -- or the leaders, at the very least -- figured that the King wasn't actually a ''god'', more just someone who have been worthy of emulating since the ancients had an entire school dedicated to teaching others how to act like him, and thus they wished to carry on this obviously worthy legacy. They're actually pretty cool fellows when you meet them too; besides being a little bit insular and distrustful at first, getting to know them reveals they tend to serve as "peacekeepers" of sorts to the outskirts of New Vegas, and are more than willing to help out someone in need.

*** The Kings became a gang of {{Elvis Impersonator}}s. After finding a school filled with memorabilia, instructions on how to act like him, and a metric ton of hair gel, they figured it must be a place of worship, and that they'd keep his memory alive. [[MetaphoricallyTrue They're not wrong, per se.]] This is without even knowing his ''name'' -- in all that memorabilia, nothing readable or functional explicitly said what the name of the person being emulated was (due to the estate of Music/ElvisPresley owns a copyright on the name) just that he was "the King", thus "The King's School of Impersonation"--InUniverse, the game writes in the inability to use Presley's name with a mention that most of the records and documents that ''could'' have shed some light on this "King's" identity had deteriorated by the time the building was discovered. Downplayed in that the Kings -- or the leaders, at the very least -- figured that the King wasn't really a ''god'' per se, more just someone who have been worthy of emulating since the ancients had an entire school dedicated to teaching others how to act like him, and thus they wished to carry on this obviously worthy legacy. They're actually pretty cool fellows when you meet them too; besides being a little bit insular and distrustful at first, getting to know them reveals they tend to serve as "peacekeepers" of sorts to the outskirts of New Vegas, and are more than willing to help out someone in need.

*** The Kings became a gang of {{Elvis Impersonator}}s. After finding a school filled with memorabilia, instructions on how to act like him, and a metric ton of hair gel, they figured it must be a place of worship, and that they'd keep his memory alive. [[MetaphoricallyTrue They're not wrong, per se.]] This is without even knowing his ''name'' -- in all that memorabilia, nothing readable or functional explicitly said what the name of the person being emulated was due to the estate of Music/ElvisPresley owns a copyright on the name, just that he was "the King" (thus "The King's School of Impersonation"). Downplayed in that the Kings -- at least, the leaders -- figure that the King wasn't a ''god'' -- just someone who obviously must be worthy of emulating since the ancients had an entire school that felt more like a place of worship dedicated to teaching people how to act like him.

** ''Literature/FeverCrumb'': In one scene, Fever encounters "...celebrants in robes and pointed hats whirling and clapping and chanting the name of some old-world prophet, 'Hari, Hari! Hari Potter!'"

* ''Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico'': It turns out that the Jovian Lizards were [[spoiler:[[HumanAllAlong humans all along]]. A long abandoned space colony orbiting Jupiter, left to its own devices, where ''Anime/{{Gekiganger 3}}'' is treated as a sacred text and code of conduct. All jovian men we get to see model themselves after the three main pilots of the anime, and they all treat [[Manga/GetterRobo not!Michiru]] as a society-wide waifu.]]

** A few of the descriptions of the Consumerist religion that arises a while into the game suggests that one of the major in-universe inspirations was the consumerists-to-be finding references to the Almighty Dollar and taking it seriously.