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* In Creator/MichaelMoorcock 's multiverse, this role is filled by an entity called the Cosmic Balance, which is all about maintaining the Balance [[OrderVersusChaos between Law and Chaos]]. It's not entirely clear whether the Balance is sentient in the same way as humans and gods, but it fits the trope either way. The Cosmic Balance's agent, the Eternal Champion especially when it manifests as [[CosmicEntity the Four in One]], also fulfills this role.
* In Craig Shaw Gardner's Cineverse Cycle the balance of the various B-movie parody realities which make up the Cineverse is maintained by Captain Crusader, who goes around in disguise solving various problems and then dispenses a basic bit of advice right before leaving.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'': [[spoiler: The [[GrandFinale Grand Finale]] reveals the presence of The Guardian, an [[CosmicEntity extremely powerful being]] who originally created the [[ArtifactOfPower calamity gems]] [[GoneHorriblyWrong to see how mortals would handle unlimited power]]. They revive Anne in a [[CloningBlues clone body]] after her [[HeroicSacrifice Heroic Sacrifice]] and offer Anne to take their place as the new guardian, but she rejects it stating that she is still young enough to be like them.]] Given that ''Amphibia'' takes place in a SharedUniverse with ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'' and ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'', the same Guardian presumably watches over those shows as well.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'': [[spoiler: The [[GrandFinale Grand Finale]] reveals the presence of The Guardian, an [[CosmicEntity extremely powerful being]] who originally created the [[ArtifactOfPower calamity gems]] [[GoneHorriblyWrong to see how mortals would handle unlimited power]]. They revive Anne in a [[CloningBlues clone body]] after her [[HeroicSacrifice Heroic Sacrifice]] and offer Anne to take their place as the new guardian, but she rejects it stating that she is still young enough to be like them.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'': [[spoiler: The [[GrandFinale Grand Finale]] reveals the presence of The Guardian, an [[CosmicEntity extremely powerful being]] who originally created the [[ArtifactOfPower calamity gems]] to see how mortals would handle unlimited power. They revive Anne in a clone body after her [[HeroicSacrifice Heroic Sacrifice]] and offer Anne to take their place as the new guardian, but she rejects it stating that she is still young enough to be like them.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'': [[spoiler: The [[GrandFinale Grand Finale]] reveals the presence of The Guardian, an [[CosmicEntity extremely powerful being]] who originally created the calamity gems to see how mortals would handle unlimited power. They revive Anne in a clone body after her [[HeroicSacrifice Heroic Sacrifice]] and offer Anne to take their place as the new guardian, but she rejects it stating that she is still young enough to be like them.]]

* The Lord of Nightmares in ''Anime/{{Slayers}}'' is this. She created four worlds, put in a god and devil in each one and if called upon can undo anything in any of those worlds that she sees fit to.

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* ''[[VideoGame/TalesOfTheWorld Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 3]]'' explains late in the game that there is the Original Kanonno, who watches over the multiverse. Whenever one of the worlds is in danger, the WorldTree sends out a [[TheChosenOne Descender]] to save it and the Original Kanonno creates an aspect of hers in that world as that world's incarnation of Kanonno, to make sure that she and the Descender meet because both are required to keep the world save.

* ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie: Nuts & Bolts'' has the Lord of Games, or L.O.G. for short. He's the godlike creator of all video games (his head is a computer monitor perpetually displaying an in-progress game of ''VideoGame/{{Pong}}'') and often makes sarcastic comments about game industry and trends. He even mocks the player for struggling with the previous game's infamous GuideDangIt moment.

* TabletopGame/{{Champions}} has Entropus, who oversees the multiverse from a crystal palace. He appears in the RealityStorm crossover with TabletopGame/{{Silver Age Sentinels}}.

He or she prefers to be TheWatcher, to observe and not interfere unless it's necessary. However, if your EvilTwin escapes his native universe bent on attacking yours, a GalacticConqueror, DimensionLord, or OmnicidalManiac wants to break the barrier between realities, an EldritchAbomination tries to spread its horror through the dimensions, or if two alternate worlds declare a war that threatens multiple realities, the Guardian Of The Multiverse will be the DeusExMachina called upon to stop it. If changes in one world's history will endanger others, he will gather a team to SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong and become their MissionControl. And if a MultiversalConqueror rises to enslave all worlds in all galaxies of all dimensions, the Guardian Of The Multiverse will gather an army needed to stop him (or be the very first person he kills, because of TheWorfEffect).

He's often an OriginalGeneration character in a CrisisCrossover, and may be pitted against a CrossoverExclusiveVillain. Likely to be the BigGood of a setting.

He's one of the two highest-ranking AuthorityTropes, the other being MultiversalConqueror. The next rank down is DimensionLord.

* In ''Fanfic/SonicOrigins'', the Ancient Watchers formed the Dominion, 12 cosmic beings that protect the Prime universes. Sticks is their number 4.

* In Creator/MichaelMoorcock 's multiverse, this role is filled by an entity called the Cosmic Balance, which is all about maintaining the Balance [[OrderVersusChaos between Law and Chaos]]. It's not entirely clear whether the Balance is sentient in the same way as humans and gods, but it fits the trope either way. The Cosmic Balance's agent, the Eternal Champion especially when it manifests as [[FusionDance the Four in One]], also fulfills this role but they're [[HeroWithAnFInGood not particularly competent]] at it.

* In Creator/MichaelMoorcock 's multiverse, this role is filled by an entity called the Cosmic Balance, which is all about maintaining the Balance [[OrderVersusChaos between Law and Chaos]]. It's not entirely clear whether the Balance is sentient in the same way as humans and gods, but it fits the trope either way. The Cosmic Balance's agent, the Eternal Champion especially when it manifests as [[PhysicalGod the]] [[FusionDance Four in One]], also fulfills this role but they're [[HeroWithAnFInGood not particularly competent]] at it.

* In Creator/MichaelMoorcock 's multiverse, this role is filled by an entity called the Cosmic Balance, which is all about maintaining the Balance [[OrderVersusChaos between Law and Chaos]]. It's not entirely clear whether the Balance is sentient in the same way as humans and gods, but it fits the trope either way.

He's often an OriginalGeneration in a CrisisCrossover. Likely to be the BigGood of a setting.

* Creator/DCComics had The Monitor before ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'' and Monitors after ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis''. In ''ComicBook/FinalCrisis'' [[spoiler: the original Monitor turned into a MultiversalConqueror, and The Monitors were in fact preying on the Multiverse, and were fired by one of them, who was turned into a human.]] In summary, they are ''really bad'' at this.

* ''Series/OnceUponATime'' reimagines the [[WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}} Sorcerer's Apprentice]] as an elderly wizard who oversees the affairs of fictional worlds and makes sure no darkness can overtake them. He goes about this duty in a variety of ways: he guards the Sorcerer's hat and the stockpile of magic it contains, he assigns someone to be the Author to record the most important tales throughout TheMultiverse, and he does whatever he can to stop the the Dark One, a title passed down to dark wizards from the man who defeated and banished the Apprentice's master, [[spoiler:Merlin]].

** ''Franchise/UltramanZero'' himself became a multiversal guardian after the events of 'Film/UltramanZeroTheRevengeOfBelial'', where he obtains the Ultimate Aegis allowing him to travel between dimensions.

* The comics version of ''[[Comicbook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' is destined to be the hero of all possible realities, according to Zonic the Zone Cop.
** Speaking of which, the Zone Cops, who prevent disturbances across realities, and arrest those who threaten multiple ones.