History Main / CloneJesus

* ''StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' had a Klingon religious caste try to use cloning and [[FakeMemories memory construction]] to recreate their local Messiah Kahless, so that they (with Kahless as their puppet) could take over the Klingon Empire and "[[GloryDays restore it to greatness]]". The episode ended with the truth being revealed and a compromise being reached: Kahless II is allowed to become the figurehead Emperor (a previously vacant position).
** Half-way into ''[[StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Deep Space Nine]]'' Worf figured out how powerless Kahless II ''actually'' was. The figurehead Emperor thing was also his idea.

Contrast with YouClonedHitler.

* Monstrous and alien though they may be, the EVAs of NeonGenesisEvangelion are, in the end, clones of Adam. Though NERV did have a more recent genetic sample than those in other examples.

* An odd version in ''{{Homestuck}}'': [[spoiler: Karkat]]'s ancestor, The Sufferer, is a CrystalDragonJesus, and while he isn't meant to be an exact clone of the Sufferer in terms of purpose, they're genetically (and presumably physically) identical and he was heralded by the Sufferer as his second coming.

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* In ''MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'', [[spoiler: Vivio Takamachi]] was cloned by the villains from the genetic material of the messiah figure of the Saint Church, the Saint King Olivie. The villains just wanted her so they could overcome the genetic lock on the Messiah's personal spaceship, though. After she is rescued, those in TheChurch who know about her heritage call her by her full title, which she's extremely embarrassed about.

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* ''Series/TheOuterLimits'' episode "The Shroud" has a religious zealot try to recreate Jesus via artificial conception...it's implied he succeeds, but couple run off with the baby in classic Mary and Joseph-style.
* ''StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' had a Klingon religious caste try to use cloning and [[FakeMemories memory construction]] to recreate their local Messiah Kahless, so that they (with Kahless as their puppet) could take over the Klingon Empire and "[[GloryDays restore it to greatness]]". The episode ended with the truth being revealed and a compromise being reached: Kahless II is allowed to become the figurehead Emperor (a previously vacant position).
** Half-way into ''[[StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Deep Space Nine]]'' Worf figured out how powerless Kahless II ''actually'' was. The figurehead Emperor thing was also his idea.
** One book in the ExpandedUniverse implies that history didn't go exactly as recorded, and the blood used to create the clone actually came from Kahless's brother.
* A religious cult in ''ReGenesis'' tries to clone Jesus from some blood on one of the nails used to affix him to the cross.

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* During Marvel's ''[[MarvelCivilWar Civil War]]'' crossover, [[IronMan Tony Stark]], [[FantasticFour Reed Richards]], and [[MightyAvengers Hank Pym]] use a single hair to create a clone of [[TheMightyThor Thor]].
* The entire point of ''NoGods''.

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* Accidentally invoked in the movie ''TheFifthElement'', the Embodiment Of Love was sent to Earth to protect us from a Big Ball Of Darkness. Ended up getting vaporized, but the forensics who cloned her material to find out what was going on happened to accidentally create a perfectly functional replacement (but with more {{fanservice}}).
** Wasn't the original Fifth Element exactly the same physically as Leeloo, she was just only ever seen inside that suit-of-armour-sarcophagus thingy.
*** Probably the same mentally too, since she was "born" [[GeneticMemory already knowing a language and a number of details about what had transpired recently]].

** She has, by ''MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaVivid'', gotten used to it; accepting it as a term of respect and affection.

* Monstrous and alien though they may be, the Evas of NeonGenesisEvangelion are, in the end, clones of Adam. Though Nerv did have a more recent genetic sample than those in other examples.

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* Also the main plot point in [[ShinMegamiTensei Shin Megami Tensei II]]

* In George Zebrowski's novel ''The Killing Star'', one of the few groups of humans who survived an alien attack against Earth is [[spoiler:a habitat orbiting Jupiter, led by a clone of Jesus and his best friend, a clone of the Buddha, who were created by a cult some years earlier]].

* The ''OuterLimits'' episode "The Shroud" has a religious zealot try to recreate Jesus via artificial conception...it's implied he succeeds, but couple run off with the baby in classic Mary and Joseph-style.

* An odd version in {{Homestuck}}: [[spoiler: Karkat]]'s ancestor, The Sufferer, is a CrystalDragonJesus, and while he isn't and exact clone of his ancestor, it's close enough to qualify.

* In ''American Desert'' by Percival Everett, this doesn't quite work out, and most of the clones are horribly deformed physically and mentally. One researcher on the project appears in-story, despairing at his failure--until the main character asks how one mouthless clone can eat, and the researcher realizes that it's survived without anyone ever feeding it.

* The RobertRankin novel ''The Brentford Chainstore Massacre'' had Jesus cloned from DNA found on the [[PublicDomainArtifact Turin shroud]]. Despite the fact that [[ScienceMarchesOn Science has marched all over that sucker]].

* This is part of the plot underlying ''Amazing Nurse Nanako'', a six-episode series that mixed {{X-Files}} with {{I Love Lucy}} and served it with a healthy side order of {{fan service}}.

Of course, since cloning [[CloningBlues doesn't make]] [[YouFailBiologyForever the same person again]] one might end up with someone who uses their powers [[DarkMessiah For Evil]] or giving a [[AntiAntiChrist collective "screw this."]]

* [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Obviously]] used in the ''Christ Clone Trilogy'' by James Beauseigneur, [[spoiler: except he's the Antichrist.]] Like the example above also uses the Shroud of Turin as the source of DNA.

* ''StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' had a Klingon religious caste try to use cloning and [[FakeMemories memory construction]] to recreate their local Messiah Kahless, so that they (with he as their puppet) could take over the Klingon Empire and "[[GloryDays restore it to greatness]]". The episode ended with the truth being revealed, and both the clone and Klingon Society took it remarkably well: as a compromise Kahless II ends up becoming the figurehead Emperor (a previously vacant position).
** It was half-way into DS9 that Worf figured out how powerless Kahless II actually was, and the figurehead Emperor thing was ''his idea''.

** She has, by ''ViVid'', gotten used to it; accepting it as a term of respect and affection.

* The novel ''The Return'' by Joe de Mer features an apparent Second Coming investigated by the Vatican as a possible hoax and/or cloning of Jesus.

Someone has gotten ahold of a DNA strand of Jesus or his [[CrystalDragonJesus equivalent]] and has decided, hey, let's make another! Maybe they actually want to speed along the Second Coming a little, or maybe they want to throw in a little [[ForScience Mad Science]] with Religion.

*** Caesar: "Be careful with that nailgun Jesús!"

Of course, since cloning [[CloningBlues doesn't make]] [[CameBackWrong the same person again]] one might end up with someone who uses their powers [[DarkMessiah For Evil]] or giving a [[AntiAntiChrist collective "screw this."]]

* Whether God or just channeling him, [[spoiler:Makona]] from ''MagicKnightRayearth'' visited Clow Reed and Yuuko of ''{{xxxHolic}}'' and ''{{Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle}}''. They were allowed to make copies.