History Main / GodWasMyCopilot

* ''VideoGame/PokemonLegendsArceus'' begins with Arceus, the Pokémon responsible for creating the Pokémon responsible for creating the universe, sending the PlayerCharacter back in time. It even [[SchizoTech texts]] your [[{{Magitek}} Arc-Phone.]] It says a lot that, after the end of your journey, [[spoiler: Arceus asks to travel with you as part of your team, playing the trope more straight, by giving you a piece of itself.]] However, while it's immediately obvious why you specifically were chosen, as your uncanny skills at battling and ''especially'' [[GottaCatchEmAll catching]] Pokémon are almost ubiquitous in the present day and essential to [[spoiler: calming the Frenzied Noble Pokémon,]] the exact reason you're needed isn't revealed until [[spoiler: [[EvilAllAlong Volo]] reveals himself and vows to destroy and rebuild the universe. Volo himself is [[ThatOneBoss an insanely skilled battler with a powerful team,]] and the player character is the only person present with any hope of defeating him once and for all.]]

* ''VideoGame/PokemonLegendsArceus'' begins with Arceus, the Pokémon responsible for creating the Pokémon responsible for creating the universe, sending the PlayerCharacter back in time. It even [[SchizoTech texts]] your [[Magitek Arc-Phone.]] It says a lot that, after the end of your journey, [[spoiler: Arceus asks to travel with you as part of your team, playing the trope more straight, by giving you a piece of itself.]] However, while it's immediately obvious why you specifically were chosen, as your uncanny skills at battling and ''especially'' [[GottaCatchEmAll catching]] Pokémon are almost ubiquitous in the present day and essential to [[spoiler: calming the Frenzied Noble Pokémon,]] the exact reason you're needed isn't revealed until [[spoiler: [[EvilAllAlong Volo]] reveals himself and vows to destroy and rebuild the universe. Volo himself is [[ThatOneBoss an insanely skilled battler with a powerful team,]] and the player character is the only person present with any hope of defeating him once and for all.]]

* In ''VideoGame/AsgardsWrath, the god in question is the [[PlayerCharacter New God]], who assists the mortal's they encounter by possessing them to progress their respective quests.

* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'': In the episode "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS1E32APassageForTrumpet A Passage for Trumpet]]", a depressed, down-on-his-luck trumpet player named Joey is persuaded by another trumpet player to keep on living and playing. Only at the episode's end does Joey think to ask for the helpful person's name. The reply? "It's Gabe, short for Gabriel" and as he says it, he steps under an overhanging light... that gives him a perfect halo.

SubTrope of SecretIdentity.

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* In ''VideoGame/SnowbreakContainmentZone'', the widely accepted theory for the source of a Manifestation's power is that they have a "Deiwos" -- a polite way of saying mythological god -- inhabiting their Theotropic Nerves. While the god is usually dormant, exposure to [[TheCorruption Titagen]] puts a Manifestation at risk of "Flooding", or becoming overwhelmed by their divine persona, and it is very definitely dangerous to try and talk down a power-tripping god with actual superpowers. Some characters openly announce their Deiwos -- Lyfe and Fenny say they have Odin and Hera -- while others have yet to reveal theirs, though it can be obvious -- The blatantly Egyptian-themed Mauxir who has powers related to hearts and balances likely needs no guessing.

%%* ''Literature/AmericanGods'' pulls off one of these combined with a ChekhovsGunman. It manages to veer into "Oh God, how did I not see ''that'', goddamnit!" territory and flies under the radar at first because it's so [[IncrediblyLamePun low key]].

* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': In "Edge of the World", it's revealed that [[spoiler:King Clawthorne, Eda's adopted son and essentially Luz's foster brother, is actually an infant Titan, and in Season 3, reaveled as the son of ''the'' Titan who's corpse is the setting]].

* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': In "Echoes of the World", it's revealed that [[spoiler:King Clawthorne, Eda's adopted son and essentially Luz's foster brother, is actually an infant Titan, and [[AmbigiouslyRelated likely the son of]] ''[[AmbigiouslyRelated the]]'' [[AmbigiouslyRelated Titan who's corpse is the setting]]]].

* ''Literature/AmericanGods'' pulls off one of these combined with a ChekhovsGunman. It manages to veer into "Oh God, how did I not see ''that'', goddamnit!" territory and flies under the radar at first because it's so [[IncrediblyLamePun low key]].

* ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}!'' has its own strange take on this idea. Maiza's co-pilot isn't God, but rather Nyarlathotep's {{Expy}}.

* In the ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'' episode "A Passage for Trumpet", a depressed, down-on-his-luck trumpet player named Joey is persuaded by another trumpet player to keep on living and playing. Only at the episode's end does Joey think to ask for the helpful person's name. The reply? "It's Gabe, short for Gabriel" and as he says it, he steps under an overhanging light... that gives him a perfect halo.

* A character memorably portrayed by Burt Reynolds appears to play this role in the "love it or hate it" ''Series/TheXFiles'' episode aptly titled "Improbable".

* The ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse2013'' short "[[Recap/MickeyMouseS2E8MumbaiMadness Mumbai Madness]]", has Mickey help an elephant go to a shrine on top of a steep mountain. The ending of the short strongly implies that the elephant is actually the Hindu god Ganesha.

* Occurs in the Bhagavad Gita: the great hero Arjuna rides into battle with [[GodinHumanForm God In Human Form]] Krishna as his charioteer. Krishna then spends most of the story explaining the subtle philosophy by which the battle is justified, as well as the nature of existence itself (at one point revealing his [[TheOmniscient All-Knowing]], [[TheOmnipresent Infinite]] and [[TheOmnipotent All-Powerful form]] to Arjuna), and most of it goes right over Arjuna's head. This makes this OlderThanFeudalism.
* The concept of ''xenia'' or hospitality to strangers also occurs bunches of places in ancient Greek history and mythology, making it Older Than Western Civilization. Zeus, in particular, was notorious for showing up to people's houses in disguise. Those who opened the doors and gave graciously got some eternal boon for their trouble; those who kicked him to the curb got turned into stone, hit with lightning, etc. See also "Baucis and Philemon" for one famous example.
** The pair, despite being dirt poor, sacrificed the one thing they DID have (a goat) for their unexpected guests. Not only did they (as per their wish) die at the exact same time, [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments their bodies turned into a pair of trees that were forever hugging each other]].

[[caption-width-right:350:When your charioteer is ''Death, Destroyer of Worlds''...]]

A specific type of TheReveal that deals with {{God}} or a similar powerful figure and shows them to have been with the protagonists just about from the beginning. May be especially jarring if it turns out to have been the NonHumanSidekick or something similar, though usually [[AngelUnaware enough hints are dropped]] that the savvy viewer can figure it out beforehand... most of the time.

If the protagonists are upset by the fact that the God figure didn't use their powers to help them earlier, a HandWave of "YouDidntAsk" combined with having to maintain the BalanceBetweenGoodAndEvil is often used. Or possibly God just wanted to help the protagonist [[MysteriousProtector in some way]] without [[StoryBreakerPower completely spoiling things for him]]. If God doesn't seem to do any miracles, but somehow nudged events anyways, He's working InMysteriousWays. However, it's commonly [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane kept ambiguous]] whether he did anything miraculous -- or even whether he's God at all.

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* In ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}'', it later turned out that the Matoran Velika was in fact one of the Great Beings who created all of the living beings in the verse.

* ''The Stone of Cold Fire'', one of the many, many, ''[[{{Sequelitis}} many]]'' sequels to ''WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTime'', features two mysterious dinosaurs who periodically help the protagonists throughout the movie. The final scene implies rather strongly that ([[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation depending on your point of view]]) they were either Angels or Aliens who took on the form of dinosaurs.

* In ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}'', it later turned out that the Matoran Velika was in fact on of the Great Beings who created all of the living beings in the verse.

* ''KidsPraise/Music'': God appears in one Christmas album and explicitly tells Psalty that the apparently-magical music that accompanies his songs is actually God's own doing.