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* In ''Anime/CodeGeass'', God [[spoiler:is the collective will of every person that has ever lived (and maybe ever will live, they're not too clear on it)]]. Charles and his brother want [[spoiler:to kill it]]. Instead, Lelouch [[spoiler:geasses it into killing Charles]], ruining their plans.

* In ''Anime/CodeGeass'', God [[spoiler:is the collective will of every person that has ever lived (and maybe ever will live, they're not too clear on it)]]. Charles and his brother want [[spoiler:to kill it]]. Instead, Lelouch [[spoiler:geasses it]], ruining their plans.
* The Truth of ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' starts his speech to anyone who dares cross into his domain (i.e. through Human Transmutation), by stating that "I am the World. I am the Universe. I am God. I am Truth. I am One. I am All. And I am also you!"

** Itsuki Koizumi theorizes that Haruhi is God. She possesses godlike abilities, true, but he's not completely sure that she's actually the creator of the universe, just noting it as a possibility. However, he's a bit biased, being an esper who received his powers from Haruhi; the time travelers and aliens are quite firm that despite Haruhi's powers, she is not God.

* The ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'' games have an... [[GodIsEvil interesting]] (but there are [[GodIsGood occasional exceptions]]) relationship with God, to say the least.

* ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'':

* ''Series/ThirtyRock'' has a show-within-a-show called ''God Cop'', in which God teams up with a New York detective and TheyFightCrime. The writers quickly have trouble coming up with reasons [[StoryBreakerTeamUp why God can't solve a given episode's problem instantly]].

* ''Series/LegendOfTheSeeker'': The Creator is the benevolent who made humanity, and eventually ([[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane probably]]) is born a mortal woman to guide things against her evil counterpart, the Keeper of the Underworld, which is similar to {{UsefulNotes/Jesus}} in Christian belief.

* The ''Comicbook/{{Lucifer}}'' comics depict God as sympathetic towards humans, but ultimately rather alien and willing to do terrible things in pursuit of greater goals. Indeed, at one point He is willing to destroy the entire universe, as He wasn't sure if it was really a successful experiment or not. Eventually, He was convinced to do nothing and let the inhabitants of his universe solve the entropy of the universe by themselves, an idea He didn't seem to have even considered and thus found rather amusing.

* ''Comicbook/LastManStanding'' has Hex, who is by WordOfGod the God of TheVerse.

'''Tony:''' I dunno... it's like [[ComicBook/FantasticFour the Thing]] trying to take in [[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk The Hulk]].

* An interesting take in ''LightNovel/DDD'' by [[Franchise/{{Nasuverse}} Kinoko Nasu]]: TheMultiverse being the way it is, even the phenomenon of "God" was most likely [[ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve willed into existence by humanity's beliefs]]. However, while [[OurMonstersAreDifferent demons are incomplete beings]] (which is why they need humans to define their existence), if God was truly omniscient and omnipotent, then He would have no need to interact with human beings since He only needs Himself.

* ''Manga/AngelSanctuary'' features GodIsEvil in a really, really nasty way. God not only forced an Original Sin down on his angels ([[spoiler: when growing in their tubes they live from their own Mother, Adam Kadamon; during her captivity in Eden Alexiel also is made to Eat fruits from the Tree of Enlightenment. Which grows from Adam Kadamon's eye.]] Yuck. That the fruits look like baby heads doesn't make it any better.) -- nope, he also considers all of his angels failed experiments and wants to end the world. [[spoiler: Oh, and he's a computer program.]]
* In ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'', the Holy See claims that it does all it does in the name of God, even though it's members tend to be slimy priests at best and violent psychos at worst. In [[MissingEpisode Chapter 83]], [[spoiler: it's revealed that God Himself is the GreaterScopeVillain of the ''Berserk'' universe by virtue of intentionally turning it into a CrapsackWorld]].
* In ''Anime/CodeGeass'', God [[spoiler:is the collective will of every person that has ever lived (and maybe ever will live, they're not too clear on it)]]. Charles and his brother want [[spoiler:to kill it.]] Instead, Lelouch [[spoiler:geasses it]], ruining their plans.

* Deus ex Machina from ''Manga/FutureDiary''. The story happens because Deus [[spoiler:is dying and needs to choose a successor to become the new god.]] Interestingly, there appear to be a couple of limits on his powers: [[spoiler:it has been conclusively stated that he cannot resurrect the dead, as he is apparently unable to bring back the souls of the deceased. That, and he's dying himself.]]

** Kyoko Tachibana is an esper who believes someone entirely different ([[spoiler:Sasaki, an old friend of Kyon's]]) is God. And unlike Koizumi, who is just idly speculating, she believes this ''very'' strongly, and gets upset whenever anyone brings up the possibility that she's not actually divine--especially [[AGodIAmNot the god in question]].

* This exchange in ''Film/CrossOfIron''

* Most of ''Film/GodsNotDead'' is set in somewhat reality, other than the over the top evil HollywoodAtheist groups and believers of other religions, and is mostly a drama about maintaining one’s faith despite lack of proof behind it. [[spoiler: However, God’s existence is heavily implied when the main “atheist” antagonist, who turns out to believe in God, but hates him because of his mom dying of cancer, gets brutally run over by a car that comes from nowhere, which inflicts an injury that gives him EXACTLY enough time to repent for his sins before dying. All of the Christian teens dance at a club just minutes after this horrific incident. This unintentionally evokes the feeling of GodIsEvil to some viewers of the movie.]]

* God is referenced as the Hand that stopped the bullets from killing Jules and Vincent in ''Film/PulpFiction''. Vincent is less than convinced, Jules decides to change his life over it. The audience is left to decide for themselves, [[spoiler:but Vincent's fate tends to indicate Jules was right.]]

* God appears at the end of ''Film/RapturePalooza'' to furiously rant against the protagonists for having [[ItMakesSenseInContext killed Jesus with a laser gun]], and gets into a fistfight with Satan before [[spoiler: both fall into a jacuzzi and get electrocuted by a boombox, killing both of them for good]].
* In ''Film/StarTrekVTheFinalFrontier'', the Enterprise crew meets an evil alien playing at being God. The original concept called for the being to [[AndManGrewProud ''actually be'' God.]]

* In ''Literature/TheLastDragonChronicles'', God [[spoiler: is the first dragon, named Godith. ''All'' dragon's names [[ThemeNaming start with G.]] [[RunningGag Every last one.]]]]
* He never actually makes an appearance in Literature/GoodOmens, but his plans and motives are speculated about a lot. His ineffable nature [[spoiler: is invoked by an angel in an argument that helps stop the apocalypse]].
* Creator/HPLovecraft subverted the notion of an omnipotent god perfectly. He gives us many gods of varying unspeakable power, but the undoubtedly omnipotent one is Azathoth, who is not a loving, merciful creator who watches his beloved creations from on high, but is an [[EldritchAbomination incomprehensible mass of literal, mindless chaos that dreams up and devours entire realities randomly.]] The only reason we still exist is not because we're loved, it's because Azathoth is ''asleep''.

* ''Literature/HisDarkMaterials'' is about killing God. Yeah. Though in the third book it's revealed that God [[spoiler: isn't actually "[[GodIsEvil evil]]", just senile, and that he isn't the creator, just the first angel to be born. And when Lyra and Will free him from his protective cage, he's so fragile and old that he's killed by a brush of the wind.]] ''However'', it's ''also'' implied that [[spoiler: the idea of "God" as we know it, as an omnipotent, omniscient creator of everything, doesn't have a physical or tangible form in the first place, instead existing in Dust, the fabric of TheMultiverse and the substance of conscious human thought and knowledge.]] In other words, God is [[spoiler: ''everything''.]] '''Wow'''.

* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'': God, the creator of the universe, is living incognito on Earth disguised as [[spoiler:the prophet Chuck Shurley]]. Although initially He played an active part in his creation, at some point after [[FallenAngel Lucifer's fall]] He abandoned the Host of Heaven and left them to their own devices, to the point where some believed [[GodIsDead Him to be dead]]. Only four archangels, the first ones created, had actually seen God, in addition to the similarly-missing scribe Metatron, and the kindly gardener Joshua (God's only confidante during his leave). He doesn't really care about stopping the Apocalypse after Lucifer's release. However, when TheAntiGod returns from her prison in season 11, who is actually capable of killing Him, he reveals His true identity and enlists the Winchesters' help to stop her. God is at different times [[GodIsFlawed flawed]], [[HaveYouSeenMyGod absent]], [[GodIsGood benevolent]], [[BeingGodIsHard overworked]], or [[GodIsEvil capricious]]. He really just considers Himself a writer. In Season 14 it becomes clear that [[spoiler: God has actually been much more [[EvilAllAlong malevolent this whole time]], making the Winchesters suffer all these years for his own amusement. He becomes the final BigBad in season 15 and the GreaterScopeVillain for the entire series.]]

* ''TabletopGame/DemonTheFallen'': God is a major character in the background fluff, although not [[HaveYouSeenMyGod so much in the actual game campaigns]]. All the Fallen have known God personally at the dawn of time, but ever since their Rebellion and incarceration in the Abyss came to hate Him (except the relatively small Reconciler faction). There are also indications that in oWoD, [[SamusIsAGirl God is actually female]] and that She has [[HeroicSacrifice sacrificed Her life to save the world]] centuries before the Fallen broke free from the Abyss. The only ones giving any info on the subject are [[UnreliableNarrator the same demons who hate God's guts]], so the proverbial grain of salt is necessary here...

* The ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'' games have an... [[GodIsEvil interesting]] (but there are [[GodIsGood occasional exceptions]]) relationship with God to say the least.
** In ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiI'' he makes no direct appearance, but everyone on his side is working to build a kingdom on Earth where all men and demons shall fall prostrate before him for eternity, even completing a massive Cathedral that will serve as his Terrestrial Throne, and from all appearances, even though he doesn't show up, God approves of the above. We also learn that he long ago sealed away all the other demons and deprived them of the right to meddle in Man's affairs, but now they are back and aren't leaving without a fight.

** In ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne'' it is heavily implied that [[spoiler:Kagutsuchi is a facet of God]] and that He is the "true enemy" of all who live.
** In ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiStrangeJourney'' it is implied that the evil God from the other games has been broken into pieces in the games backstory and that his pieces have got a life of its own. The game also reveals, albeit subtly [[spoiler:that God forgot his love for humans.]]
** In the first ''VideoGame/DevilSurvivor'', he's not seen, but implied to be, as opposed to his other appearances, very reasonable, and though his angels wanted to subjugate the Earth as soon as demons came back, he was the one who decided humanity should have one last chance to save themselves and decide their fate. [[spoiler: However, the UpdatedRerelease soon revealed the big guy pushed the AbelAndCain scenario in order to create the first martyr and the first murderer, the latter of which has been punished nonstop ''since biblical times.'']] All of this, of course, makes it clear he has ''severe'' issues with free will.
* God is one of the many, many, ''[[DevelopersForesight many]]'' things that will show up in ''VideoGame/{{Scribblenauts}}'' if you type him into the game. He's [[spoiler: strong enough to beat up the Kraken and Cthulhu (at least with the aid of a shotgun and skateboard), but not strong enough to kill Death]].

* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII''. [[spoiler:The whole trigger of the plot is that the fal'Cie want to summon God by creating a mass sacrifice/slaughter of humans, hoping that the violence is enough to attract His attention. Even the fal'Cie Orphan, who's the one supporting all of Cocoon in the first place, has a death wish for that reason. The fal'Cie [[ICannotSelfTerminate can't do it on their own though]].]]

* Similarly, ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}'' has [=U-DO's=] more-or-less equivalent, the Wave-Existence, who seems a like a decent enough omnipotent being, it just happens to be [[spoiler: trapped in a malevolent planet destroying machine.]]

* ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'' has Jubileus, who is referred to as "The Creator" by all just about all other bosses in the game and her {{Boss Subtitle|s}} is Dea, which is Latin for goddess. It is worth noting that despite her status as God, she is not the hardest boss in the game... [[spoiler:that honor goes to [[BonusBoss Rodin]]. She's also not the only God in the game; it's revealed she's only the Creator-God of [[{{Heaven}} Paradiso]], at the end of the game Bayonetta summons the Dea of [[{{Hell}} Inferno]], Queen Sheba, who kicks Jubileus's soul right out of her body and HurlItIntoTheSun]].
* In ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta 2}}'' it's revealed each realm within the Trinity of Realities as its own Creator-God; [[{{Heaven}} Paradiso]] has Jubileus, [[{{Hell}} Inferno]] has Queen Sheba, and the human world has Aesir[[spoiler:, who actually split his form into a good half (Loki) and an evil half (Loptr) after he sacrificed his power to give humankind free will. There's also Omni, who looks like a FusionDance of Jubileus and Queen Sheba, but is actually a completely unexplained third entity.]]
* Random soldiers in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidPeaceWalker'' will occasionally claim they had a vision of God in the back of a truck. If you choose to investigate, you can find God and ''recruit him to MSF''. He has the highest Intel stat in the game, but apparently E-rank cooking skill. [[spoiler: He's actually Creator/HideoKojima himself, foreshadowed somewhat by a minor character being named [[MeaningfulName Cosima Caminandes]] (written in kana as 'kojima kaminandesu', or "Kojima is god").]]

* ''VideoGame/ArcRiseFantasia'' features three gods [[spoiler:although two of them are effectively magic rocks... it's complicated]], but only one of them is a true "God" parallel. [[spoiler:She]] is also a ''massive'' [[TheWoobie woobie]], to the extent that if you aren't close to tears in the ending there is something seriously wrong with you. [[spoiler:L'Arc, YouBastard.]]Very well.
* In ''VideoGame/TheSimpsonsGame'', God is the final boss. As if that wasn't crazy enough, you get to fight him in [[spoiler: a DDR parody, complete with a remix of the Scorpions' "Rock You Like A Hurricane" as the final boss theme]] !
* In ''VideoGame/TheBindingOfIsaac'', God calls to Isaac's mother to make a sacrifice using her son, thus starting the game's events. [[spoiler: God later saves Isaac's life at the last second, either out of a HeelFaceTurn, to parallel the original story in that is was all a test, though unlike Abraham, it drove Mom insane...or maybe Mom was just insane all along and imagined she heard God's voice, and God went to stop her.]]
* The [[spoiler: Golden Spider]] from ''VideoGame/AsurasWrath'', is a BigBad example that spins the threads of all of existence, allowed the Deities of the game to use [[KiManipulation Mantra]] and made the gohma attack to test the Deities' resolve.
** His real name is [[spoiler: Chakravartin]], which means [[spoiler: Ideal Universal Ruler]] in Myth/HinduMythology. Unfortunately, [[GodIsEvil He's evil]], and doesn't really fit the Benevolent part that being an Ideal Universal Ruler comes with being.
** This being ''Asura's Wrath'', though, there's only one logical end to the entire tale. [[spoiler: [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu That end being sucker-punching God in the mouth for making your little girl cry]].]]

* The TrueFinalBoss of ''VideoGame/HollowKnight'' is clearly an {{expy}} of God, with the plot of the game amounting to [[spoiler: "what if the Jewish people were not enslaved and the Pharaoh had tried to stop the ten plagues of Egypt?""]]

* God and Jesus make frequent appearances in ''Webcomic/{{Overcompensating}}''. God is depicted in the typical old man with long hair and a long beard wearing a robe. However ,the robe is clearly a bathrobe and he dwells in a trailer park for some reason.

* Lord Cyrios, the creator of the ''Webcomic/DailyGrind'' universe, has never appeared directly in the comic, but [[OurFairiesAreDifferent the Fae]] claim to be will-less bodies inhabited by his spirit, and several dead characters--like Tharka's sister Benjamina and Jolene's {{Mentor}} Stenni Eelstad--have shown up saying they work for him now.

* In the ''WebVideo/MrDeity'' series of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qzf8q9QHfhI on YouTube]] shorts, God is interpreted as Mr. Deity, a Hollywood Executive type who, although essentially well-meaning, is a bit vague, thoughtless and temperamental, with a slightly alarming tolerance for various evils and unpleasantness. He also bears a startling resemblance to George Lucas.

* In ''Literature/TheSalvationWar'', God declares that the gates of Heaven are closed, and that everyone is going to Hell so they should just lay down and die. [[RageAgainstTheHeavens Humanity doesn't takes this very well.]] [[spoiler: He was killed on July 14th 2010 by the Archangel Michael.]]

* A meme depicts the universe, layers-of-an-onion style starting with Earth and ending with "The observable universe". The last panel (presumably depicting the outside of the universe) is [[spoiler: an old man yelling instructions.]]

* ''ComicBook/TheSandmanOverture'': The character "Glory of the First Circle" is also called "Shekinah". This refers to a Hebrew concept for the presence of God, "Shekinah Glory".

* God is stated to exist in ''Film/{{Constantine}}'' and has a wager with Old Lou for all of Earth as the prize. He never appears but twice intervened. First was [[spoiler:stripping His Favor from the half-angel Gabriel before Gabriel could strike Satan, as Gabriel is the BigBad of the movie and wants to unleash Hell on Earth to make humans worthy of God's Love]]. Later [[spoiler:because the hero Constantine summoned Lou, thereby committing suicide and asked for the soul of another be freed from Hell as payment and no personal gain, it was enough to absolve him of all sins and not on a trip to Hell, which Lou was hoping for. God possibly even moved Constantine's hand to flip Lou off]].

In nearly all cases, God is shown as being [[TheOmnipotent all-powerful]], and usually [[TheOmniscient all-knowing]]. Since God is believed by followers to be the driving force behind the ''entire universe'', this also makes a good deal of sense. Also common is a portrayal of God as the ultimate [[TheChessmaster Chessmaster]], capable of executing an eternity spanning plan that often works InMysteriousWays. This leads people to wonder why God doesn't just solve [[GoodRunningEvil the problem of evil]] with a single metaphysical finger snap--but that's a discussion best left to theologians. He is even shown to be [[TheOmnipresent everywhere]] at once.

He's usually portrayed as the only deity in the works He appears in, with two major trends going against this. Some depictions create an opposing force to God equal in stature to Him, TheAntiGod. Another variation, for when there are other gods in the setting, He [[AboveTheGods still]] [[TopGod gets]] [[DivineDelegation top]] [[DivineRanks billing.]] Both of these are actually in contrast to at least Abrahamic religious canon, but that hasn't stopped fiction.

Parodies are common (see KingOfAllCosmos), but limited to BlackComedy - once you've turned God into a joke, it's hard to do anything else.

The danger of being burned at the stake leads to many writers choosing to thinly veil God as a CrystalDragonJesus or [[NotUsingTheZWord "The Light"]]. Said God may even [[AGodIAmNot refuse the label]] for personal reasons.

On an unrelated note, had you been the person to create this page in the first place, you may well have seen the prompt: "Describe God here", quite the task indeed, whatever your spiritual viewpoint.

* ''Manga/AngelSanctuary'' features GodIsEvil in a really, really nasty way. God not only forced an Original Sin down on his angels ([[spoiler: when growing in their tubes they live from their own Mother, Adam Kadamon; during her captivity in Eden Alexiel also is made to Eat fruits from the Tree of Enlightenment. Which grows from Adam Kadamon's eye.]] Yuck. That the fruits look like baby heads doesn't make it any better. ) - nope, he also considers all of his angels failed experiments and wants to end the world. [[spoiler: Oh, and he's a computer program.]] Neat one, Kaori Yuki - neat one.

* ''Film/FieldOfDreams'' The Voice - unknown actor, listed in credits only as "[[CharacterAsHimself Himself]]"... implication clear!

* ''TabletopGame/DemonTheFallen'': God is a major character in the background fluff, although not [[HaveYouSeenMyGod so much in the actual game campaigns]]. All the Fallen have known God personally at the dawn of time, but ever since their Rebellion and incarceration in the Abyss came to hate Him (except the relatively small Reconciler faction). There are also indications that in oWoD, [[SamusIsAGirl God is actually female]] and that She has [[HeroicSacrifice sacrificed Her life to save the world]] centuries before the Fallen broke free from the Abyss. The only ones giving any info on the subject are [[UnreliableNarrator the same demons who hate God's guts]], so the proverbial grain of salt is necessary here...

The Big Boss of the universe in monotheistic and monolatric religions. [[GratuitousGreek The Alpha And The Omega]], the Big Cheese, the Big Guy in the Sky, the Man Upstairs, the Almighty, the Creator, Capital G, Ceiling Cat, Old Beardy. %% That's plenty. The reader gets it.

* In ''TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms'', the Overgod Ao (who created the universe Faerun inhabits) is visited by his "boss" in the Avatar Trilogy. He is described as a "being of pure light" and is strongly implied to be the Judeo-Christian God.
* God is a major character in the ''TabletopGame/DemonTheFallen'' background fluff, although not [[HaveYouSeenMyGod so much in the actual game campaigns]]. All the Fallen have known God personally at the dawn of time, but ever since their Rebellion and incarceration in the Abyss came to hate Him (except the relatively small Reconciler faction). There are also indications that in oWoD, [[SamusIsAGirl God is actually female]] and that She has [[HeroicSacrifice sacrificed Her life to save the world]] centuries before the Fallen broke free from the Abyss.
** The only ones giving any info on the subject are [[UnreliableNarrator the same demons who hate God's guts]], so the proverbial grain of salt is necessary here...
* In ''TabletopGame/{{KULT}}'', he's called the Demiurge, and [[GodIsEvil is evil]]: Humans were immortal superbeings before he took all our powers away and made us what we are.

** [[FightingAShadow Though only a fragment of him]], as revealed in ''VideoGame/PokemonLegendsArceus''.

* ''WesternAnimation/SmilingFriends''; God shows up at the end of "Charlie Dies and Doesn't Come Back" to rescue Charlie from {{Satan}}. He's a giant with a glowing ball of light for a face, built like a Greek god... and has the [[VocalDissonance shrieking voice]] of Creator/GilbertGottfried.

* Eru Ilúvatar in ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'', also known as "The One". He appears to have created the Ainur; however, most of the time he doesn't seem to do much and lets the Valar and Maia manage Arda. When Aule created the Dwarves against Eru's will but offered them up to him and proved ready to destroy them, Eru gave them souls. One of the rare cases where Eru did interact was when the Numenoreans, inspired by [[ManipulativeBastard Sauron]], attacked Valinor, causing him to destroy Numenor and make the world round, meaning human vessels couldn't reach Valinor.

->''"Like Santa, but less fun."''
-->-- ''VideoGame/CookieClicker''

If all of existence is one big story, ''He's'' THE BigGood, GodOfGood, and [[GodIsGood just generally good]]. He's also often the creator of the universe/[[{{Multiverse}} s]] and everything in it/them.

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* ''Literature/BazilBroketail'': The Great Mother is described as having the attributes usually given to God, i.e. being creator of everything, omnibenevolent, omnipotent, omnipresent etc. Her followers don't necessarily deny that other gods exist, but insist they're lesser beings created by her.