History Main / OhMyGods

* In Creator/IsaacAsimov's ''Literature/{{Foundation}}'' novels, characters exclaim "Great space!", "Galaxy!", or "He went space knows where." "Oh my space" is sadly absent.

%%* ''Ye Gods!'' is the title of a FurryWebComic that seems very intent on running RuleOfFunny and a little RuleOfCool

* ''Film/BlackPanther'':

* ''WebVideo/Caddicarus'': In "The Unholy World of Jesus Games", Caddy dresses up as Jesus for the entirety of the video and at one point says "Oh, for the love of my dad!"

* Sort of used in ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia'', but instead of using [[CrystalDragonJesus Aslan's]] name they'll refer to him as "The Lion". (i.e. "By the Lion's mane!"). Characters from England say "By Jove" (a mythical deity they did NOT worship), while the Narnians say "By the Lion" (the deity they know and worship). "By Jove" was a popular expression in England at the time even though the Roman pantheon was not actively worshiped. This is not something specific to humans visiting Narnia. It was a euphemism because many people felt saying "God" or "Christ" was inappropriate.

** The Shi'ar of ''ComicBook/XMen'' often exclaims "Sharra and K'ythri!" under the same circumstances as Starfire's "X'hal!" We've since met Sharra and K'ythri. In fact, almost ''all'' of the beings who own the names that get used in such exclamations (as well as magic spells) throughout the MarvelUniverse have been encountered at least once. (Turns out several of them are [[CosmicHorror not very nice people]].)

* Expressions like "Zarquon's knees" are used in ''Radio/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy''. "Zark" and "zarking" are used as expletives in the books; Adams has [[WordOfGod confirmed]] that this is derived from "Zarquon". Subverted in one of the radio episodes, where Zaphod exclaims of "Holy Zarquon's singing fish," and Ford asks for an explanation of the phrase:

* In ''ComicBook/TheAdventuresOfLutherArkwright'', the people from universe 000.000.00 are all atheist, and use such expressions as "by Bell's telephone", or "In the name of Darwin". However, for some reason, they decided to name their big computer "WOTAN".

* In ''ComicBook/GothamCityGarage'', people swear by ComicBook/LexLuthor, which reveals to what extent he's controlling the post-apocalyptic world.
* A particularly memorable example from [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHercules Hercules's]] first fight with [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk the Hulk]]: "By the zesty zither of Zeus!"

* ComicBook/LadyDeath:

* ''Webcomic/GastroPhobia'' being set in UsefulNotes/AncientGreece (well, TheThemeParkVersion), this is naturally used. Like other webcomics example, Phobia often swears by the anatomy of said gods, with several examples on [[http://gastrophobia.com/index.php?date=2010-11-08 this very same strip]].

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* ''{{VideoGame/Borderlands}}'':

* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': People on the Boiling Isles view [[GiantCorpseWorld the Titan whose body makes up the land they live on]] as a quasi-godlike figure and use its name in places where you'd normally reference God ("So help me Titan", "Oh my Titan", "For Titan's sake", etc...) . Even [[TokenHuman Luz]] starts doing it part way through season 2.

* In Frank Herbert's ''Franchise/{{Dune}}'' series, despite the fact that Maud'Dib and his son Leto II are both worshipped (and both involved in eradicating other religions, especially the latter who was viewed in a more or less monotheistic way), characters frequently exclaim "Gods Below!" throughout the series. (The gods in question are the sandworms, to which Fremen myth attributes with divine or semi-divine character.)

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars}}'' uses it a few times. "Sweet Chrysler", "Ford Almighty", [[ThankTheMaker "thank the Manufacturer"]], etc. The Ford one might just be a ShoutOut to ''Literature/BraveNewWorld'', see below. [[EpilepticTrees Or not]].

* Creator/UrsulaKLeGuin's ''Literature/{{The Left Hand of Darkness}}'' takes a brief divergence to discuss a small cult started around an insane Seer called Meshe, which excuses various characters to spout "Meshe's milk!" or "[[GagBoobs By the tits of Meshe!]]" whenever surprised or confounded. Both of which remind us that Meshe, although referred to as "he", is really a hermaphrodite like everyone else on the planet (except Genly Ai, who comes from Earth).

* In ''WebAnimation/HazbinHotel'' and ''WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss'', demons tend to swear in the name of Satan. (Or "Satan's asscrack" or whatever.) This is a less obvious choice for them than it seems, because Satan and Lucifer are different characters, and it's Lucifer who's the ruler of Hell.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', Priya says "Thank Cthulhu".

* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'': At one point, Rhea makes the [[https://www.egscomics.com/comic/2013-06-27 shocked exclamation]] "Oh my agnostic outlook..."

%%* ''VideoGame/GodsWillBeWatching'', starting from the title. Common phrases are modified accordingly.

%%* ''Webcomic/{{Freefall}}'' has [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff800/fv00710.htm "Isaac Asimov on a bicycle!"]]

%%* ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}'' syndicated series: Used like in the movie. [[OverusedRunningGag A lot]].

Depending on how developed the world is, it is also quite common to invoke actual gods by name, such as the Gauls in ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'' saying "By Toutatis!" (well, he ''was'' an actual Gaulish god). Another common variation used by [[OutgrownSuchSillySuperstitions future civilizations]] is to invoke science or scientists instead. Occasionally an AlternateHistory with a non-monotheistic major religion will use this to demonstrate how different that world is. Sometimes a PhysicalGod will reference ''[[AnswersToTheNameOfGod themselves]]'' in this manner, with "By me!", "[[Literature/TheBible I swear by myself!]]","[[WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation Jesus H. Me!]]" or similar.

** The Nausicaans' "Four Winds" (which is, of course, an extension of the original ShoutOut of [[Manga/NausicaaOfTheValleyOfTheWind their name]]) Savonigar's tegol, "free at last from the prison of his flesh, soared with the Wind, to the Heart of the Sky, where his ancestors awaited his arrival".

* Cats in ''Literature/WarriorCats'' do not believe in deities, however they [[AnimalReligion do have afterlives]] and do worship their ancestors. [=StarClan=] is the Clan equivalent of heaven. Phrases such as "Dear [=StarClan=]!", "What in [=StarClan=]'s name is happening here?", "[=StarClan=] knows", "Great [=StarClan=]!", "May [=StarClan=] light your path", and even at one point "[=StarClan=]'s kits!" have been used throughout the series.

* ''Literature/TheBible'' has ''[[{{God}} God himself]]'' swearing by his own name, making this trope OlderThanFeudalism. Justified that he's making a promise, announcing his judgement, or providing commands to his people. The writer of the Literature/BookOfHebrews points out that when God swears an oath by Himself, it is immutable and it will be fulfilled.
** Jeremiah 22:5 "But if you will not hear these words, I swear by myself, said the LORD, that this house shall become a desolation."

* A notable one occurs in ''VideoGame/GameOfThronesTelltale'' second episode, where Asher's uncle, thought to be literally a continent away, [[BigDamnHeroes shows up and assists him and Beshka get out of an ambush]].

* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'': The future civilization version is parodied: the [[HollywoodAtheist atheists]] mock Cartman for saying, "Jesus Christ!" ("Hahahaha, you believe in a supernatural being.") but say, "Science damn you" and "Oh my Science!" Richard Dawkins, among others, complained after the episode aired that this was reducing science to a religion (a common creationist tactic). Apparently Dawkins and company didn't realize that offending everyone and everything is pretty much ''South Park'''s stock in trade.

** In "My Pretty Seahorse", Mr. Krabs uses the expression "David H. Jones!" (of course, referring to Davy Jones).

* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': [[WizardsFromOuterSpace Gems]] have occasionally exclaimed "Oh, my stars!" or "Thank the stars!" Despite basically being {{God Emperor}}s, the Diamonds' names are usually only invoked literally — in fact, one of ''them'' used the latter phrase.

** As for the ''other'' place, "The Inferno" and "The Pit" stand in for {{Hell}} and you can expect bad guys to say "By the inferno!" pretty much whenever good guys would say "By the allspark!" At least one comics story tells us what the Pit really is: deep within the planet-sized body of GodOfEvil Unicron is the place where Transformers are burned away to nothing and remade in mind and body to become his minions.

* Meanwhile, a growing trend exists for Portuguese atheists to replace "Deus" (God) in exclamations with "Zeus" since they sound almost alike. However, unlike most examples of this, it is not really to repudiate Judeo-Christian religion but to observe the "not speaking His name in vain" rule[[note]]Though nobody will chastise you for exclaiming "Oh my God!", it's more just a self-inflicted rule.[[/note]]. Note also how this only applies to the Judeo-Christian God (see the "oxalá" example below). Also this is ostensibly pointless since both "Deus" and "Zeus" are cognate words derived from the TopGod [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyeus of the Proto-Indo-Europeans]].