History Main / DivineRaceLift

* ''Series/TroyFallOfACity'': Zeus is portrayed by a black actor, while normally of course he's shown looking Greek.

* On ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'', Gina [[spoiler:has a near-death experience]]. When asked what God looked like by Rosa, Gina replies "she's black".

* The ''[[WesternAnimation/GarfieldSpecials Garfield In Paradise]]'' TV special had Jon and the pets vacation on a tropical island whose inhabitants apparently worship Creator/JamesDean. (According to native legend, a man who looked exactly like Dean once [[HeroicSacrifice drove his car into an erupting volcano to appease the demons within it and save the islanders]], and now [[CargoCult whenever the islanders see a classic '50s car, they think their god has returned]].)

* On ''Series/AllInTheFamily'''s "[[Recap/AllInTheFamilyS4E10ArchieInTheCellar Archie In the Cellar]]", Archie and Henry Jefferson get into an argument over the race of both Jesus and God, Henry claiming that they are both black. It comes up in another episode when Archie accidentally locks himself in the basement, gets drunk, and becomes convinced he's dying and that the furnace man trying to rescue him is God coming to take him to heaven. Then "God" turns out to be a black guy, causing a horrified Archie to fall to his knees begging forgiveness for everything he's ever said about blacks.

* ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers'': Gaia, the spirit of Earth and BigGood. Voiced by Creator/WhoopiGoldberg, she falls somewhere in between ButNotTooBlack and AmbiguouslyBrown. Ironically, heroes and gods from [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Greek Mythology]] [[InvertedTrope are usually depicted as white]], despite being from the Mediterranean. This Gaia [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools probably looks more authentically Greek than most]], even if she does have [[PurpleIsTheNewBlack purple hair.]] According to the show's own website, she's supposed to have features from numerous races--dark skin (African), almond-shaped (Asian) blue eyes (Caucasian), etc. Any connection to Greek myth is InNameOnly (especially since the mythological Gaia was rarely anthropomorphic and kept giving birth to monsters).

* Satan, Andy's girlfriend on ''Webcomic/CaseyAndAndy'' is female as far as the rest of the cast is concerned- (s)he [[CatchPhrase Has Many Forms]], though, including a giant terrifying demonic one which certainly appears to be male, and which actually shows up pretty regularly. God seems to be male (and is dating "Andina" in the [[BizarroUniverse Dimension of Hackneyed, Stereotyped Opposites]]).

* ''Series/{{Lucifer|2016}}'': The angels consider themselves siblings and literal children of God, and they appear as a variety of different races. Leading to a lot of confused stares when the white Lucifer and black Amenadiel introduce themselves as brothers to mortals who don't believe Lucifer's outlandish claim to be the Devil. [[spoiler: When God finally appears he's black.]]

** According to Stewie, Jesus is actually Chinese, and his full name is "Jesus Hong." He has no idea where people are getting "Christ" from (Actually, "Christ" is a title, not a name. It comes from Greek Χριστός, Christós, meaning "the anointed one").

* In the ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'', the Asgardian Heimdall is played by the black Creator/IdrisElba. The Norse god upon which he is based was called "the whitest of the gods."[[note]]Note that [[http://glegrumbles.tumblr.com/post/105615718608/thetwistedrope-glegrumbles-a-god-of-light 'white' here does not necessarily refer to race or appearance.]][[/note]] This caused a minor controversy.

* God has been portrayed as an elderly woman in earlier ''Comicbook/{{Spawn}}'' comics. And a fiery woman, at some point. And as a small black boy - with Satan as his sister. In ''Spawn'' God isn't really God God. Satan is his sibling as created by the "real" God God. They did their good vs evil schtick until the "real" God God got sick of it and made them little kids to give them "an appreciation for humanity". Also, the "real" God God is occasionally portrayed and often referenced as female. And was also Jesus. ''God'' God is called [=MoM=] (female) but it stands for Man of Miracles (male).
* The ''[[Comicbook/TheMightyThor Thor: The Mighty Avenger]]'' series portrayed the Norse god Heimdall as a black man. This was justified by giving Heimdall VoluntaryShapeshifting who simply prefers to take on the form of a black guy. Perhaps as a nod to the controversy around Creator/IdrisElba playing Heimdall in the [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse MCU]] (see below), the Franchise/MarvelUniverse version of the legendary Norse hero Sigurd is a young black man. Subverted with Hogun the Grim, one of the Warriors Three. While Hogun is quite obviously Asian (and from the clothing appears to be Mongolian), he is specifically not an Aesir like Thor and the other residents of Asgard. His true homeland has not been named in the comics (it was conquered by a tyrant before he joined Asgard) but was named as Vanaheim in the MCU.

* In ''Comicbook/NewMutants'', Native American Dani Moonstar became a {{Valkyrie|s}}.

* Inverted in a ''Series/{{MADtv}}'' skit in which Jesus appears as the standard [[HippieJesus "white hippie"]] despite showing up in a black church. The skit doesn't even {{lampshade|Hanging}} this, which arguably makes it funnier.

* ''TableTopGame/DungeonsAndDragonsFifthEdition'': The ''[[TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms Sword Coast Adventurers' Guide]]'' mentions some Tieflings (human and devil HalfHumanHybrids) claiming the various gods appearing to them in the form of Tieflings, proving that these gods care more about a person's soul than their heritage; it's left to the reader's interpretation whether theirs any truth to these claims or not, but the rumors certainly make more mainstream Clerics and Paladins uncomfortable, particularly those who believe Tieflings are AlwaysChaoticEvil.

* ''{{VideoGame/Touhou}}'': Suwako is a ''blonde'' Shinto goddess of Earth. And she was supposed to have carved significant chunks of Japanese land into existence.

* LuciPhurrsImps has God and Jesus as black men, Jesus is pretty laid back but God has nearly ended the world several times, only being distracted by watching 'planets funniest animals'

* [[TheGrimReaper Death]] in ''Webcomic/FindersKeepers'' is a rather personable PerkyGoth who seems to have some sort of relationship with Cardinal. Other PowersThatBe have been ''mentioned'', but are so far firmly in TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness territory.

* Inverted in ''Comicbook/{{Lucifer}}'' somewhat in that God, after cycling through a dozen other forms, picks a portly, white, English gentleman. [[spoiler:And is later replaced by a twelve-year-old girl.]]
* In ''ComicBook/TheSandman'', Death is a PerkyGoth girl rather than being TheGrimReaper.