History Main / AmbiguouslyChristian

** The ChristmasSpecial short ''WesternAnimation/OlafsFrozenAdventure'' shows that the sisters celebrate Christmas, implying they're Christian. (Interestingly, some of the voice cast, such as Creator/IdinaMenzel and Creator/JoshGad, are Jewish)

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** Rei (Sailor Mars) is another candidate. She can be seen wearing a cross, she attends a Catholic school (modeled after a very high-class Real Life Catholic school), and in the live-action adaptation, her mother Risa is buried in a Catholic cemetery. She's also a Miko at a Shinto shrine, which could just be an example of how the Japanese don't mind mixing religions.

* ''Series/BreakingBad'': Walter White very occassionally talks about God and Hell, and even prays [[spoiler:in the finale]], but it's never really confirmed if he is Catholic or Prodestant, or an agnostic theist.

** The original version of the line was going to be [[OutgrownSuchSillySuperstitions unambiguously atheist]], but the second sentence was added at the insistence of the network.
** In "[[Recap/StarTrekS2E25BreadAndCircuses Bread and Circuses]]", Kirk and crew come upon a planet dominated by a Roman Empire but with 20th-century technology (FridgeLogic: another planet that had been visited by the Greek god Apollo and his pantheon?), where a persecuted, pacifist new religion worships a sun god. At the end of the episode, Lieutenant Uhura discovers that this new religion does not worship the Sun but the Son, clearly referencing Jesus. Kirk even considers remaining on the planet for a number of years just so they can "watch it happen all over again."

* ''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic'' has a notable love for Christmas, and in the review of ''WesternAnimation/EightCrazyNights'' mentioned feeling sorry for Jewish folks due to the lack of good Hanukkah movies.

* Just about all of Europa in ''Webcomic/GirlGenius''. Referecnes are sometimes made to a Papacy[[note]](The novelizations clarify that there are actually seven different Papacies who all split up in the 16th century)[[/note]], Literature/TheBible[[note]](A character named Moloch [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20120817 once explained]] that his mom named him by just picking names out of the Bible without reading it)[[/note]], various saints both real and made-up, holidays like Christmas, and cathedrals. However none of the characters are seen actively practicing Christian worship nor is any explicit naming of the religion shown. Though there is a [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100219 passing mention]] of one of the characters being Christened.

** Captain Kirk's famous line to [[spoiler:the alien impersonating]] the Greek god Apollo in [[Recap/StarTrekS2E2WhoMournsForAdonais "Who Mourns for Adonais?"]]:

** In "[[Recap/StarTrekS2E25BreadAndCircuses Bread and Circuses]]", Kirk and crew come upon a planet dominated by a Roman Empire but with 20th-century technology (FridgeLogic: another planet that had been visited by [[spoiler:the alien impersonating]] the Greek god Apollo and his pantheon?), where a persecuted, pacifist new religion worships a sun god. At the end of the episode, Lieutenant Uhura discovers that this new religion does not worship the Sun but the Son, clearly referencing Jesus. Kirk even considers remaining on the planet for a number of years just so they can "watch it happen all over again."

* Soos from ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' is named "Jesus" (the Spanish pronunciation, thus his nickname). This implies that at least his family is Christian, likely Catholic as he's Latino. He also mentions his grandpa being in Heaven (though his grandmother believes the opposite) and they have porcelain angel decorations at their home.

* It's stated in ''LightNovel/MariaWatchesOverUs'' that you aren't required to be Christian to go to the school. There's an air of ambiguity about who is actually Christian and who is not, but in general the main cast (besides the explicitly Buddhist Noriko) seems entirely Christian, with a possible exception of Yumi in the novels.

* In ''Anime/LoveLiveSunshine'' the protagonists attend a Catholic high school, so it's possible that they're Christian. Ruby herself wore a crucifix necklace in episode 7, and Riko mentioned her believing Aqours coming together as an act of God in ''Love Live! School Idol Festival''. Hanamaru lives at a Buddhist temple, but since Japan is famously big on rituals but not faith (as the saying goes, Japanese people are "born Shinto, marry Christian and die Buddhist"), she still falls into this.

* Just about all of Europa in ''Webcomic/GirlGenius''. Referecnes are sometimes made to a Papacy[[note]](The novelizations clarify that there are actually seven different Papacies who all split up in the 16th century)[[/note]], Literature/TheBible[[note]](A character named Moloch [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20120817 once explained]] that his mom named him by just picking names out of the Bible without reading it)[[/note]], various saints both real and made-up, holidays like Christmas, and cathedrals. However none of the characters are seen actively practicing Christian worship nor is any explicit naming of the religion shown.

Compare/Contrast CrystalDragonJesus, where the religion is explicitly not Christianity, yet still holds elements commonly associated with it. Compare JesusTaboo. Also related to ChurchOfSaintGenericus, where it's a church/religion that's left ambiguous. Often overlaps with ChristianityIsCatholic. AmbiguouslyJewish is the Jewish version of this. Such a character may or may not be the TokenReligiousTeammate. NotChristianRock is this trope applied to music.

* ''Series/TheLastManOnEarth'': Phil Miller is often seen talking to God (talking, [[RageAgainstTheHeavens not praying]]). It could be more [[SurrogateSoliloquy not having anyone else to talk]] to than actual religious beliefs.

* ''VideoGame/BioShockInfinite'' heavily invokes Christian motifs -- the city of Columbia is described as a heaven above, a metaphorical [[TheArk ark]] led by a prophet who speaks to {{God}}, created to rescue mankind from "the sodom below", its welcome center is an Evangelical-esque church who only allows people to enter through baptism, etc. -- so it might come as a surprise that Jesus is ''never'' mentioned ''once''. This is probably because in said imagery, said prophet -- [[BigBad "Father" Zachary Comstock]] -- [[AGodAmI is busy supplanting himself in his place]].

* ''Series/DropDeadDiva'' features the protagonist going to FluffyCloudHeaven and meeting angels (a concept not exclusive to Christianity) However, any concept of God other than a 'higher power' kind of thing is never mentioned. In an episode of the Vlog series ''Letters to Fred,'' however, Luke does off-handedly question "Who taught God how to Insta-Gram?!?"

* ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood'': The Church exists (though it's never called the ''Catholic'' Church) and the Crusades form part of the backstory, but the characters are all animals.

** The original version of the line was going to be [[OutgrownSuchSillySuperstitions unamigiously atheist]], but the second sentence was added at the insistence of the network.

* ''The Last Church'' (a short story for the ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' ''Literature/HorusHeresy'' series) describes a church led by the priest Uriah. While his religion is never stated, it is heavily implied to be a form of Christianity. He makes reference to a holy scripture, has depictions of what appear to be biblical events in hic church, and otherwise has the trappings of Christianity without naming it. Similarly, there is also a religion called the "Catheric faith" that some soldiers follow, which may either be Catholicism or an obscure reference to [[UsefulNotes/TheCathars Catharism]].

* Both Maddie and London from ''Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody'' have been enrolled in private Catholic schools.

* ComicBook/CaptainAmerica. The Steve Rogers of the regular Marvel Universe is this trope. In ''ComicBook/AvengersStandoff'', Maria Hill identifies Steve as a churchgoer, and he ambiguously invokes the will of God toward the end of Creator/RogerStern's Captain America run. His explicitly Christian ComicBook/UltimateMarvel counterpart is an [[AvertedTrope aversion]]: we see him attending church, reading the Bible, and praying.
* ComicBook/ThePunisher (in his earliest origin story anyway) was actually in training to become a Catholic priest but left the seminary because he couldn't bring himself to forgive people's sins. Religion doesn't seem to matter to him at all now, but he does occasionally use language that suggests he is still a believer on some level, most likely of the RageAgainstTheHeavens or NayTheist variety.
-->"There are times I'd like to get my hands on God."
* In ''ComicBook/RobinSeries'', Stephanie Brown (Spoiler and later ComicBook/{{Batgirl|2009}} III) makes some passing comments that make it seem as though she may be Christian and is familiar with the pastor at the Lutheran church near her home, but nothing about her faith or lack thereof is ever made concrete and the only times she's seen at a church is when she's asking said pastor to look after a woman in need of a place to stay for a little while.

** His co-creators were respectively a non-practicing secular Jew (Creator/StanLee) and a Randian objectivist atheist (Creator/SteveDitko) and for most of Spider-Man's early run, religion was never discussed except in the vaguest of senses i.e. Peter would say "My God, or Oh My God" and so on. Stan Lee, when he married Peter and Mary Jane, chose a secular non-denominational ceremony presided over by a judge for the newspaper strip, a decision that Marvel's EIC Creator/JimShooter also honored in the ASM Wedding Annual for the main continuity (where they got married at the steps of City Hall), and the word "god" was not mentioned in either wedding ceremony.
** Since Peter Parker is Irish American it's left ambiguous if he's Scots-Irish (i.e. Irish-Americans who are Protestants and who assimilated heavily, and in fact are more numerous than the Irish-American Catholic community) or Irish-American Catholic. His Uncle and his Aunt, his adopted parents, are implied to have been churchgoers and religious.
** Other writers try and present Peter as ambiguously Christian (J. M. [=DeMatteis=]) or AmbiguouslyJewish (Creator/BrianMichaelBendis, writing Peter's ComicBook/UltimateMarvel counterpart). During ''ComicBook/JMSSpiderMan'', Peter would occasionally call out to and argue with the Abrahamic God. Jose Molina later wrote a story called ''Amazing Grace'' where Peter was clarified to be a lapsed Catholic (which has yet to be referenced by other writers). Creator/MarkMillar and Creator/DanSlott in trying to emphasize his scientific roots also show him as an atheist or at least someone who is uncomfortable with prayer and religious displays.
* ComicBook/{{Superman}} is often portrayed as being a Christian--which would make sense, considering that he was raised in a traditional American home in rural Kansas. However, most writers tend to only imply this and leave it as ambiguous as possible:
** According to Creator/ElliotSMaggin, Superman and his parents were Methodists in pre-Crisis stories (at least the ones written by Maggin). However, editorial did not allow him to make this explicit. Creator/GeoffJohns, Fabian Nicieza, and Creator/KurtBusiek later co-wrote a post-Crisis story in which the Kents were explicitly members of a Methodist church. In the ComicBook/New52, Creator/GrantMorrison made Ma and Pa Baptists (with no mention of what Clark himself believed).

** In ''Superman: Redemption'' by Kurt Busiek, Superman is basically agnostic, partly because he lives in a FantasyKitchenSink and partly because when he was a boy he stopped going to church because his super-hearing enabled him to hear other members of the congregation whispering nasty things to each other.

** In ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'' there are multiple signs beyond her cross earrings that ButchLesbian Quinn Thomas is some variety of Christian, but she suffered from ChuckCunninghamSyndrome before her background and system of beliefs had a chance to be fully explored.
** ComicBook/WonderGirl Cassie Sandsmark's mother is well aware that the Greek Pantheon exists and is running around--she had a daughter with Zeus after all--but is furious at Hermes for trying to scrounge up new worshipers and doesn't seem to see them as much different from any of the other superpowered individuals running around. She also has strong opinions on faith and worship that reflect those of many Protestants and is deeply offended by Hermes' presumptions about what her own should be though what they are is never actually addressed.

* While the Halliwells of ''Series/{{Charmed1998}}'' are practicing Wiccans, it's often implied they were raised Catholic, as Piper and Phoebe are seen having a conversation with a man that's implied to be the family's priest on God and witches, and Paige mentioning she and her adoptive parents attending the church where she was found.

* In the Kanto episode of ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' that goes into James' backstory, he had an ImagineSpot where he dies and goes to heaven, complete with cherub-esque angels. His parents' fake coffins also have crosses on them.