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---> It's hard to be religious when certain people are never incinerated by bolts of lightning.
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* [[CalvinAndHobbes Calvin]] laments the ''absence'' of this trope in "RealLife":
---> It's hard to be religious when certain people are never incinerated by bolts of lightning.
---> It's hard to be religious when certain people are never incinerated by bolts of lightning.
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*** Indeed, the NIV translation of TheBible has God raining down lightning strikes during the plague of hail (another common interpretation of this passage is that the hail itself was on fire).
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* In ''DiscworldNoir'' a disillusioned cultist decides to declare his complete renouncement of all gods from the top of his own temple. He is immediatelly struck by a dozen lightning bolts simultaneously.
** Mooncalf "What were the odds that i'd get hit by lightning just as I renounced all gods...
-> Death [[AC: About one to one, I'd say.]]
** Mooncalf "What were the odds that i'd get hit by lightning just as I renounced all gods...
-> Death [[AC: About one to one, I'd say.]]
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* In ''DiscworldNoir'' ''DiscworldNoir'', a disillusioned cultist decides to declare his complete renouncement of all gods from the top of his own temple. He is immediatelly immediately struck by a dozen lightning bolts simultaneously.
** Mooncalf --> '''Mooncalf:''' "What were the odds that i'd I'd get hit by lightning just as I renounced all gods...
-> Deathgods?"
--> '''Death:''' [[AC: About one to one, I'd say.]]
-> Death
--> '''Death:''' [[AC: About one to one, I'd say.]]
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In a commonly seen sub-trope, a character will swear that if they're lying, [[SmiteMeOhMightySmiter may God strike them down]]. God, of course, immediately obliges. Compare HolyHandGrenade. Unrelated to PersonalRaincloud, though that often involves bespoke lightning bolts as well.
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In a commonly seen sub-trope, a character will swear [[IGaveMyWord swear]] that if they're lying, [[SmiteMeOhMightySmiter may God strike them down]]. God, of course, immediately obliges. Compare HolyHandGrenade. Unrelated to PersonalRaincloud, though that often involves bespoke lightning bolts as well.
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That is NOT a requirement of the trope.
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In a commonly seen sub-trope, a character will swear that if they're lying, [[SmiteMeOhMightySmiter may God strike them down]]. God, of course, immediately obliges. Compare HolyHandGrenade, where the divine entity does their smiting through a third party. Unrelated to PersonalRaincloud, though that often involves bespoke lightning bolts as well.
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In a commonly seen sub-trope, a character will swear that if they're lying, [[SmiteMeOhMightySmiter may God strike them down]]. God, of course, immediately obliges. Compare HolyHandGrenade, where the divine entity does their smiting through a third party.HolyHandGrenade. Unrelated to PersonalRaincloud, though that often involves bespoke lightning bolts as well.
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* ''[[MagicTheGathering Magic: the Gathering]]'' features divine smiting on a number of cards, like Divine Retribution and of course the infamous Wrath of God.
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* On the list of ThingsMrWelchIsNoLongerAllowedToDoInAnRPG, one item says that it's a bad idea to taunt Greek heroes with "Who's your daddy?".
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* In the second episode of the web series ''Fear of Girls'', the neurotic and irritable GM Doug Douglason gets fed up with a fawning fangirl constantly interrupting him right at the start of the game. She fails the roll.
--> Doug: You are hit in the neck with a poison dart and ''die''.
--> Jasmine: Well...what are my options?
--> Doug: Leave.
--> Doug: You are hit in the neck with a poison dart and ''die''.
--> Jasmine: Well...what are my options?
--> Doug: Leave.
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** Mooncalf "What were the odds that i'd get hit by lightning just as I renounced all gods...
-> Death [[AC: About one to one, I'd say.]]
-> Death [[AC: About one to one, I'd say.]]
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* During the filming of ''ThePassionOfTheChrist'', Jim Caviezel, the actor playing Jesus, was struck by lightning, and assistant director Jam Michelini was struck by lightning [[BeyondTheImpossible twice]].
** Admittedly, it probably has more to do with hanging around a hilltop in stormy weather carrying lots of metal objects, but are you ''sure''???
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* During the filming of ''ThePassionOfTheChrist'', Jim Caviezel, the actor playing Jesus, was struck by lightning, and assistant director Jam Michelini was struck by lightning [[BeyondTheImpossible twice]].
** Admittedly, it probably has more to do with hanging around a hilltop in stormy weather carrying lots of metal objects, but are you ''sure''???
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* One quest in ''[=~Baldur's Gate~=] 2'' requires you to pose as a cleric of Talos. You're ordered to swear that you worship him, with failure to do so being proof you're an impostor. Actually do it, and you're struck by lightning -- ''indoors''.
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* One quest in ''[=~Baldur's Gate~=] 2'' requires you to pose as a cleric of Talos. (For the uninitiated, Talos is not just a powerful evil deity, but in fact the god ''of'' lightning.) You're ordered to swear that you worship him, with failure to do so being proof you're an impostor. Actually do it, and you're struck by lightning -- ''indoors''.
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** Actually it recomended that if a paladin falls this has a 5% chance of happening and goes on to give an example. And it was AD&D
* This troper heard the story of ''Stairs'' of Divine Retribution. A {{MinMax|ing}}er developed a dwarf warrior who had virtually no mental abilities but plenty of strength. In every encounter he would charge in with axe, details be damned, and he always survived, even as the GM grew more vicious. Finally, in a fit of inspiration, the GM installed an endless staircase around a corner and when the dwarf charged around it, he fell to his death.
** In true Munchkin style, the player then inform the GM that his character proceeded to charge the gates of Dwarven Valhalla, axe raised high.
* This troper heard the story of ''Stairs'' of Divine Retribution. A {{MinMax|ing}}er developed a dwarf warrior who had virtually no mental abilities but plenty of strength. In every encounter he would charge in with axe, details be damned, and he always survived, even as the GM grew more vicious. Finally, in a fit of inspiration, the GM installed an endless staircase around a corner and when the dwarf charged around it, he fell to his death.
** In true Munchkin style, the player then inform the GM that his character proceeded to charge the gates of Dwarven Valhalla, axe raised high.
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* This troper heard the story of ''Stairs'' of Divine Retribution. A {{MinMax|ing}}er developed a dwarf warrior who had virtually no mental abilities but plenty of strength. In every encounter he would charge in with axe, details be damned, and he always survived, even as the GM grew more vicious. Finally, in a fit of inspiration, the GM installed an endless staircase around a corner and when the dwarf charged around it, he fell to his death.
** In true Munchkin style, the player then inform the GM that his character proceeded to charge the gates of Dwarven Valhalla, axe raised high.
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* The most famous spell in the TalesSeries, Indignation, is the undisputed king of this trope as far as videogames go. It's ''explicitly'' referred to as the "divine lightning of God" in ninety percent of its incantations, and - with the exception of ''Legendia'' - it always appears as a single bolt of lightning that hits the ground and sends out an electrical blast which nukes absolutely everything.
** Taken UpToEleven in the ''TalesOfDestiny'' remake and ''TalesOfGraces f'', where the blast radius effectively covers the whole screen.
** Taken UpToEleven in the ''TalesOfDestiny'' remake and ''TalesOfGraces f'', where the blast radius effectively covers the whole screen.
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* Subverted in {{Garfield}}. He does the lying variant, but as soon as he says "may lightning strike", he notices storm clouds rumbling overhead. He quickly changes the end of his sentence to "...the dog next door". Cue the sound effect of an off-panel "Yipe!".
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* Subverted in {{Garfield}}. He does the lying variant, but as soon as he says "may lightning strike", he notices storm clouds rumbling overhead. He quickly changes the end of his sentence to "...the dog next door". Cue the sound effect of an off-panel "Yipe!".
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* Subverted in {{Garfield}}. He does the lying variant, but as soon as he says "may lightning strike", he notices storm clouds rumbling overhead. He quickly changes the end of his sentence to "...the dog next door". Cue the sound effect of an off-panel "Yipe!".
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* Arguably the Best Crusader skill (until the priest patch) in ''DungeonFighterOnline'', Revenge of Light calls down highly damaging lightning when the blessed player is hit with attacks that deal magic damage.
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* During one [[GlobalGuardiansPBEMUniverse Global Guardians]] campaign, the Blood Red King mocked the heroes for their inability to stop him while standing over the corpses of children he had murdered. Hammer-wielding superhero Byelobog, who in reality really is the Slavic "White God" of the Sun that he is named after, promptly called down one of these to justly smite the villain. The Blood Red King never mocked Byelobog again.
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* In Sharon Shinn's ''{{Archangel}}'', failure to perform the Gloria will cause the mountain to be burned with lightning. [[spoiler:Raphael does not believe, and forces them not to. Whereupon. . . .]]
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*** Even better, if you manage to get a monster into the line of fire for either blast and kill it, you'll get full XP for the kill.
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** Early in the series, Luffy is saved from a public execution when his executioner gets struck by lightning. Following that, attempts to light his ship on fire are foiled by rain and a strong tailwind allows Luffy and his crew to get away, prompting local marines to question if some divine force wanted to make sure Luffy survives. [[spoiler:It's implied that a man later revealed to by Luffy's father caused the bizarre storm.]]
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** Though, considering that he has had a life of about less than half an hour, the mere fact that he can summon even a tiny bolt is impressive.
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YMMV seriously on whether that was awesome or a total BLAM.
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* The film version of ''TheBadSeed''. [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome And it was awesome]].
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* The film version of ''TheBadSeed''. [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome And Apparently, it was awesome]].thrown in at the last second because [[spoiler: TheBadGuyWins wasn't expected to go over well]].
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* Marietta from ''YggdraUnion'' will use lightning to smite your forces. [[spoiler: She's just doing her job, defending heaven, which you are about to invade.]]
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* Marietta [[spoiler:Marietta]] from ''YggdraUnion'' will use lightning to smite your forces. [[spoiler: She's just doing her job, job as an angel, defending heaven, which you are about to invade.]]
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* Marietta from ''YggdraUnion'' will use lightning to smite your forces. [[spoiler: She's just doing her job, defending heaven, which you are about to invade.]]
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-->'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' And if I'm lying may I be struck by... ''(lightning storm flares up)'' A flying ice cream truck! ''(shadow and falling sound)'' AND LIVE! ''(truck lands on top of him and drives off)''\\
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-->'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' And if I'm lying may I be struck by... ''(lightning storm flares up)'' A flying ice cream truck! ''(shadow ''(cue BombWhistle and falling sound)'' ShadowOfImpendingDoom)'' AND LIVE! ''(truck lands on top of him and drives off)''\\
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* Appears in ''{{Beavis and Butthead}} Do America'', when the title duo have spent several minutes taking confessions and assigning ridiculous penances (after mistaking the confessional for the toilet).
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* Appears in ''{{Beavis and Butthead}} Do America'', when the title duo have spent several minutes taking confessions and assigning ridiculous penances (after mistaking the confessional for the toilet). They get hit as soon as they leave the church.
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* In ''DiscworldNoir'' a disillusioned cultist decides to declare his complete renouncement of all gods from the top of his own temple. He is immediatelly struck by a dozen lightning bolts simultaneously.
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*** Though in many cultures, including Ancient Hellenic ones, "lightning" is mostly described as "divine fire." Y'know, from the sky. SoYeah
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*** Though in many cultures, including Ancient Hellenic ones, "lightning" is mostly described as "divine fire." Y'know, from the sky. SoYeah
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The TropeMaker may be Zeus, head god of the [[GreekMythology Greek pantheon]], who was actually known for hurling lightning bolts at people who annoyed him. This trait got transferred to the Abrahamic God through popular osmosis (usually as retribution for "cussin'"), though [[TheBible biblically]] it didn't really happen... ''much.''
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The TropeMaker may be Zeus, head god of the [[GreekMythology Greek pantheon]], who was actually known for hurling lightning bolts at people who annoyed him. This trait got transferred to the Abrahamic God through popular osmosis (usually as retribution for "cussin'"), though [[TheBible biblically]] it didn't really happen... ''much.''
never actually happend.
