History Main / RageAgainstTheHeavens

This trope is more controversial than merely challenging {{Satan}} or going ToHellAndBack. That makes it a prime target for authors who want to make their latest work DarkerAndEdgier. Many MoralGuardians and {{Media Watchdog}}s view it in a negative light, which makes it even more suited for this purpose. It's a full inversion of [[GodIsGood conventional morality]] and in some cases proposing that GodIsEvil (the Gnostics' position). The only way to go further in this direction is to declare that SatanIsGood. It is also somewhat common in RationalFiction.

Website/TheOtherWiki calls this ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misotheism misotheism]]'' -- hatred of God or the Gods.

* ''ComicBook/{{Spawn}}'' spends just as much time battling crazy people and demons as he does fighting angels who apparently can't tell that he's a good guy. The fact that he was created solely to be Hell's general makes some angels think his turn is inevitable. Ironically, the ruler of Heaven (being just as evil as the devil) is ''not'' the one true God, who actually is implied to have some sympathy for the hellspawn.

* ''LightNovel/FateZero'': Gilles de Rais became a SerialKiller and practiced dark magic to spite God for allowing Jeanne d'Arc to die, eventually becoming this Holy Grail War's version of Caster, who is a truly messed up piece of work. This hatred for God and the society that killed Jeanne is extrapolated upon in ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'', where [[spoiler:Gilles's wish upon the Grail of the first singularity resulted in the creation of Jeanne Alter, the evil Dragon Witch who seeks to burn France to the ground and who the player has to take down with the help of the original Jeanne, who was the Ruler servant of ''LightNovel/FateApocrypha'']].

* ''LightNovel/FateZero'': Gilles de Rais became a SerialKiller and practiced dark magic to spite God for allowing Jeanne d'Arc to die, eventually becoming this Holy Grail War's version of Caster, who is a truly messed up piece of work. This hatred for God and the society that killed Jeanne is extrapolated upon in ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'', where [[spoiler:Gilles's wish upon the Grail of the first singularity resulted in the creation of Jeanne Alter, the evil Dragon Witch who seeks to burn France to the ground and who the player has to take down with the help of the original Jeanne, who was the Ruler servant of ''Anime/FateApocrypha'']].

* ''LightNovel/FateZero'': Gilles de Rais became a SerialKiller and practiced dark magic to spite God for allowing Jeanne d'Arc to die.

* In ''Series/WildPalms,'' Senator Anton Kreutzer, founder of the religion of Synthiotics and leader of the Ancient (by postmodern standards) Conspiracy of the Fathers, exults, "We are storming Heaven!" (not in a supernatural sense -- his actual goal is to achieve immortality in virtual reality through a Mimecom technology, the "Go Chip.")

* The Courier in ''Machinima/CouriersMindRiseOfNewVegas'' often does this, while bemoaning the many [[DiabolusExMachina improbably placed hazards he and his gang run into]].
-->'''The Courier:''' Trust me, these guys are bad news. We're going to want to stay away from them. And we just walked into a nest, because of course we did. Why would God only put one those thing there, when he can put a dozen more? Same logic applies to geckos, feral ghouls, and what ever other nasty shit that can try and kill us.\\
''[upon seeing the giant man-eating geckos ''breath fire'']''\\
'''The Courier:''' Whoever's in charge of this mortal realm is displeased with humanity's recovery after 200 years of getting shat on.

** Necrozma was a GodOfLight (and a ''[[DragonsAreDivine literal]]'' CrystalDragonJesus) until the ancient [[HumanAliens people of Ultra Megalopolis]] attacked it in a bid to steal its power for themselves, turning it into the hostile FallenAngel seen in ''VideoGame/PokemonUltraSunAndUltraMoon''.

* Early 20th century Chinese warlord Zhang Zongchang was known for being both extremely colorful and extremely ruthless. Wiki/TheOtherWiki includes this story about him:

Wiki/TheOtherWiki calls this ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misotheism misotheism]]'' -- hatred of God or the Gods.

It could be that the CosmicPlaything has had enough and shouts WhosLaughingNow It could be someone who believes they can do a better job [[GodJob being God]]. It could be that [[JerkassGods God is a jerk]] or even [[GodIsEvil out and out evil]]. It could be something as complicated as the higher planes of existence being revealed to be run like a mad, hopelessly bureaucratic corporation -- [[CelestialBureaucracy too concerned with rules and regulations]] to give a damn about the helpless mortals stuck in the middle. It could also be something as simple as {{revenge}} or, even simpler, [[BloodKnight a search for a good fight.]]

** [[BigBad Father]] uses the power of the souls of Amestris to [[spoiler:pull God down to Earth and absorbs God.]] After his defeat, he rages against Truth before his banishment beyond the Gate.

* This is essentially the plot of ''Manga/{{Amatsuki}}'', in which the titular world is ruled over by the god Teiten, who really [[GodIsEvil couldn't care less about what happens to its inhabitants]], as long as they don't interfere with his own plans (and if they do, there are ''severe'' [[CosmicRetcon consequences]]). He also predicts the [[YouCantFightFate fates]] of all living things so that he may control them. The demon [[AntiHero Bonten]], who lost everyone he loved because of Teiten, decides he's tired of this way of life and takes action once it becomes evident that Teiten intends to destroy the world. Hapless protagonist Tokidoki, the [[LivingMacguffin only one whose fate has not been decided]], is part of a plot made by Bonten and the demons to overthrow Teiten and [[ScrewDestiny escape the awful fate]] that awaits them. [[RefusalOfTheCall Except he doesn't like the idea of being made a god]].

* In ''Anime/CodeGeass'', the Emperor and his partner[[spoiler:-slash-twin-brother]] V.V.'s modus operandi is to slay the gods who drive humanity to lie to and hurt one another. However, since "God" in this universe is seen as the collective unconsciousness of mankind, their world would result in [[AssimilationPlot Ragnarok]]. This might be quite a brilliant case of in-universe characters not doing their homework. Charles is well aware, and it's exactly what he wants. However, V.V. might not have known since Charles was going around his back due to V.V.'s previous betrayal (that V.V. doesn't know Charles knows about)

* ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagicaTheMovieRebellion'' is a bit of an odd one, because [[spoiler: the "being that rebels against the order of God" does so because [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy she (Homura) loves God (Madoka) and thought the latter was not truly happy being God.]] So she yanks Madoka out of the heavens and becomes a GodOfEvil so she can reconstruct an idealized version of Madoka's old life as a mortal. [[KickTheSonOfABitch As an afterthought, she also bitchslaps the Incubators.]] Madoka wasn't evil and didn't seem unhappy, but the entire movie sneakily justifies Homura's actions, so it's pretty hard to tell who to root for.]]

* The second half of ''Anime/TheTowerOfDruaga'' reveals that the titular tower is [[spoiler: an ancient weapon built to wage war on the gods in heaven. After acquiring the Blue Crystal Rod at the end of the 1st half, Neeba takes control of the tower, activating the top portion, and uses it to do just that - firing great blasts of energy into the heavens, which the gods swiftly return. Of course he is an embodiment of [[GodOfEvil Druaga]] at this point...]]

* The main character of ''LightNovel/SagaOfTanyaTheEvil'' curses God, or as she calls him, Being X, a lot. On one hand, Being X is a JerkassGod who is forcing her to live through a magical WWI in a twisted variant of the Book of Job to see if she will break down and pray to him if he makes her miserable enough. And forcefully transitioned Tanya against his(now her) will. On the other hand, once dropping her into that setting, most of Tanya's problems aren't actually his doing, just the results of ordinary men making bad decisions in the name of personal or national pride, and/or Tanya's own character flaws.

* There's a short comic story in ''Stray Bullets'' about a little girl named Amy Racecar who meets God. God cheerfully tells her that he never interferes with mortal affairs, built heaven for himself just so he could be comfortable and that her father ceased to exist as soon as he dies which is the fate of all humans. She snaps and goes into a self-induced coma until government scientists use a "truth ray" that displays memories on a TV screen to find out what she was hiding, causing everybody in the world to see her as the anti-Christ. She finally goes all the way off the deep end and systematically sets out to destroy everything God has ever made just to spite him being an asshole, and she ''succeeds.''

* ''Fanfic/DoingItRightThisTime'': Asuka was angry with God after her mother's death and remained angry for ten years, but now the universe has reset itself and [[PeggySue she has another chance to make things right]] she decides that he is good after all.

* In ''Fanfic/TheKeysStandAlone: The Soft World'', the four get so angry at the Pyar gods that even [[Music/GeorgeHarrison George]] thinks nasty things about them. Granted, in this case, the Pyars are real and tangible (if enfeebled), so the four are just cautious enough not to say anything out loud—but they sure do complain a lot in their thoughts and via telepathy.

* ''Fanfic/RosarioVampireBrightestDarkness Act IV'': In chapter 16, Rason is so pissed off at Heaven's AggressiveCategorism of all monsters, as well as their blatant refusal to act against Hokuto and Alucard because of [[LawfulStupid their laws]], that he actually calls out ''the Almighty'' himself over it, accusing him of being out of his mind. The Almighty is ultimately swayed by this but does point out that he's not happy that Rason's "out of his mind" comment.

** Cross curses the B.R.O.B. ( which stands for [[MeaningfulName Bastard Random Omnipotent Being]]) that sent him into One Piece for his horrible luck twice in Chapter 21, once after the machine-gun-toting Miss Friday traps him in a wide-open area, and once after discovering that said vulture's last action before passing out disabled Soundbite's powers, which means the Straw Hats have no way of stopping the rebellion before Luffy beats Crocodile. The latter is much more blatant:

* ''Fanfic/ThePiecesLieWhereTheyFell'': [[spoiler: Night Blade does this not long after Balance appears to him to give him his last chance at earning his Element.]]

* ''Fanfic/GuardiansWizardsAndKungFuFighters'': In Chapter 33, following [[spoiler: Uncle's death]], Yan Lin screams at the sky, knowing that the Oracle is watching her and demanding an answer from him about how much suffering the heroes are expected to go through.

* The film ''Film/TheTrumanShow'' is an outright parody of this concept, [[spoiler:Except the "heavens" are a film crew]].

* Salieri's philosophical stance in ''Film/{{Amadeus}}''. Bitter that God has given the gift of musical genius to the irritating, vulgar young Mozart, Salieri vows to oppose God by doing everything in his power to destroy God's "incarnation". [[spoiler: When Mozart dies young, of illness, Salieri concludes that GodIsEvil.]] (Shaffer deliberately chose the title "''Amadeus''" because he translated it as "beloved of God." It's actually translated as "lover of God.")

* In ''Franchise/StarWars'', the entire [[ReligionOfEvil Sith religion]] is based around this. Both sides are aware that [[SentientCosmicForce the Force is sentient]], but while the Jedi seek to [[WarriorMonk understand and live in harmony with it]], the Sith are powered by TheCorruption within it, seeking to enslave the Force as a whole and bend it to their will. The Light side is the Force's natural state of being according to WordOfGod, and so it tries to destroy its own corruptive influence by [[TheGoodGuysAlwaysWin tipping the odds in the Jedi's favor]]. TheChosenOne was the direct result of this; Literature/DarthPlagueis sought to use his powers in a Sith ritual to directly assume control of the Force but it [[CreateYourOwnHero rebelled against him]] and [[MysticalPregnancy created]] [[LegacyOfTheChosen the Skywalkers]] who then [[Franchise/StarWarsLegends spent generations]] [[ForeverWar kicking the Sith back into the shadows whenever they popped up]].

* ''Film/TheRapture'': Sharon denounces God after she [[spoiler: kills her daughter]].

* In the third book of ''Literature/HisDarkMaterials'', Lord Asriel unites dozens of universes to declare war on God. [[spoiler: It turns out that "God" is just the first angel to have come into existence. He's unbelievably old, and when the protagonists release him from his crystal cage, he disintegrates into nothingness. His regent, Metatron, who was responsible for the evils for which God was blamed, is killed by Lord Asriel and Mrs. Coulter, who drag him into a bottomless pit.]]
* In Dan Simmons' ''Literature/{{Illium}}'' and ''Olympos'', one of the main characters' life is controlled by AppliedPhlebotinum versions of the Greek Gods. Knowing he has broken the rules and is about to die he turns the Greeks and Trojans against the Gods. Unlike most examples, these Gods don't wait for the heroes to find them. Instead, they try to kill them with nuclear bombs.

* The wizard Raistlin Majere in the ''Literature/{{Dragonlance}}'' novels, especially the ''Chronicles'' and ''Legends'' trilogies. ''Chronicles'' shows Raistlin's rise to power from a frail young man with ambitions who makes a [[DealWithTheDevil dark pact with the ghost of an evil undead wizard Fistandantilus]] and ultimately takes his place, absorbing that wizard's power. After ironically siding with the good guys (his former friends) to help defeat an evil goddess (the Dragon Queen) and banishing her back to her realm, Raistlin becomes the Master of Past and Present. In ''Legends'', Raistlin and his brother travel back in time to when Fistandantilus was still alive and mortal, and Raistlin manages to kill the old wizard, changing history yet not: the price of taking Fistandantilus' power is being trapped in the timeline, having to take Fistandantilus' place in history, until Raistlin finds a loophole. Raistlin's plan for ultimate power is revealed: To ascend to godhood himself by destroying the Dragon Queen that presides over all that is Evil in the world of Krynn and setting himself up as the new god in her stead. His brother travels to a future where Raistlin succeeded but his victory spelled destruction for the world, turning it into a lifeless wasteland, a mirror of Raistlin's own empty soul. [[spoiler: Back in the present where Raistlin has already entered the hellish Abyss, the domain of the Dragon Queen, in an attempt to lure her out to Krynn where she can be defeated, the vision of this dismal future and of the death of the few people he still cares about convinces him to abandon his plans. He sacrifices himself to re-seal the portal to the Abyss, trapping himself in eternal torment.]]

* ''ComicBook/{{Spawn}}'' spends just as much time battling crazy people and demons as he does fighting angels who apparently can't tell that he's a good guy. The fact that he was created solely to be Hell's general makes some angels think his turn is inevitable. Ironically, the ruler of Heaven (being just as evil as the devil) is NOT the one true God, who actually is implied to have some sympathy for the hellspawn.
* John Constantine, main character of ''ComicBook/{{Hellblazer}}'' (which is partly in Franchise/TheDCU) finds himself in this position half of the time. The other half he's against the boys downstairs. Probably worth mentioning that he holds ''both'' sides in contempt.
* Jesse Custer, the main character of the comic book ''ComicBook/{{Preacher}}'', sets out to find God and make Him answer for abandoning the cosmos; this eventually escalates to the point where [[spoiler:Jesse dies to bait God back to Heaven, where the Saint of Killers kills him]].
* Reversed in the ''ComicBook/{{Lucifer}}'' comics, where Satan actually ends up defending heaven against the forces of the Lilim. He is not unaware of the irony. Yet he manages to [[spoiler:''persuade'' God to pass over his reign to someone else through logic: what is the most difficult thing for an omnipotent being to do? To do nothing at all.]]
* Creator/WillEisner's ''Contract with God'' is one of the few examples where we learn that it's not a good idea to think God owes you something for reasons other than getting a bolt from the blue.
* There's a short comic story in ''Stray Bullets'' about a little girl named Amy Racecar who meets God. God cheerfully tells her that he never interferes with mortal affairs, built heaven for himself just so he could be comfortable and that her father ceased to exist as soon as he dies which is the fate of all humans. She snaps and goes into a self-induced coma until government scientists use a "truth ray" that displays memories on a TV screen to find out what she was hiding, causing everybody in the world to see her as the anti-Christ. She finally goes all the way off the deep end and systematically sets out to destroy everything God has ever made just to spite him being an asshole, and she ''succeeds.''
* Depending on how you interpret some of Marvel's cosmic-level beings, groups like the ComicBook/FantasticFour and ComicBook/TheAvengers do this on a weekly basis. Ditto DC's ComicBook/JusticeLeague.
** ComicBook/FantasticFour: Reed Richards does this literally. [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome He builds a portal into heaven and, after fighting through hordes of angels and hammering on the pearly gates,]] he politely asks God (represented by Creator/JackKirby) to bring Ben Grimm back to life.
* Partly inspiring ''ComicBook/{{Spawn}}'', ''ComicBook/{{Ghost Rider}}s'' suffer from the same problem mentioned above. Not as frequently, but angels tend to be immune to the penance stare. The ''Ghost Rider'' mini "Heaven's On Fire" has the Ghost Rider brothers (Johnny and Danny) trying to get into heaven to stop a rogue angel.
* The ''ComicBook/WhatIf: ComicBook/SecretWars1984'' one-shot featured Doctor Doom retaining the Beyonder's power, plus a few [[MineralMacGuffin extra trinkets,]] then taking on the status quo all the way up to [[PhysicalGod the Celestials.]] The applicable quote is "What man has wrought, let no god put asunder."
* Desak the God Slayer, ChaoticNeutral TropeCodifier candidate from the old Thor 2001 storyline, predecessor to Gorr the God Butcher (See Below). once a faith staying mortal [[CrisisOfFaith till his patron deity showed his true colors]]. One magic amulet coupled with a GreyAndGreyMorality center later and you've got one seriously PO'd "KillTheGod first, ask questions never" cosmic agent of vengeance [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Whom All The Gods FEAR]].
* Thoth-Amon, quoted above, after summoning the power of Acheron in the ''Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian'' comic book miniseries, The Book of Thoth. Seems no matter how evil you are, you're not going to let an ancient monster take your body to use to enslave the world.
* ComicBook/{{Cerebus}} yells at the skies and denounces his deity Tarim when [[spoiler:he thinks Jaka has died]].

* Gorr the God Butcher, a villain from a 2014 storyline for ''ComicBook/TheMightyThor'', is a NayTheist who managed to take hold of All-Black the Necrosword, a god-killing super-weapon, and promptly went mad with power, devoting the rest of eternity to slaughtering gods across the universe due to having formed the belief that GodIsEvil. Ironically, this basically makes him a ''GodOfEvil'' in his own right.
* ComicBook/ThePunisher, particularly in stories written by Garth Ennis, displays this every once in a while. Frank: "There are times I'd like to get my hands on God."
* In the backstory of ''Franchise/GreenLantern'' supporting character Saint Walker, his world was dying. He and his family went on a pilgrimage to the top of a sacred mountain hoping to find their world's messiah. The journey was hazardous and his family perished one by one. In the end, Saint Walker reached the mountain's peak alone...and found nothing. He snapped and screamed at the heavens. Subverted almost immediately afterwards, however, as an event that he took as a sign from the heavens led him to realize that ''he'' was the messiah, and he ended up living up to the title.
* According to the ComicBook/New52, this is ComicBook/{{Darkseid}}'s StartOfDarkness. The reason the Old Gods are dead? Uxas got pissed at them constantly amusing themselves by fighting and causing massive collateral damage to the mortals like him who lived at their feet, so he ''killed them all'' and stole their power, becoming Darkseid.
* On occasion, ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} will let rip at the creator after a particularly traumatic/humiliating experience. However, Deadpool being, well, Deadpool, his wrath is not so much aimed at any in-universe god as much as it is that story's writer.

-->”Yo! Primus! Rodimus here. Long-time fan, first-time caller. I’m extremely hacked off! I am! I’m raging! You brought me here against my will! I don’t care if you’re [[EldritchAbomination an omnipotent deity who’s older than time itself]], I want a face-to-face right now. Now, you’re either too cowardly to show up in person or you’re too arrogant! Which is it, pal?!

** The enemies of the Communists were well aware of the [[InvokedTrope invocation]] of this trope, and set up an [[InvertedTrope inversion]]: both the [[KillThemAll purging of Communism]] in Indonesia ([[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill 1 million+ dead]]) and the Afghan Taliban's war against the Soviets were framed as the Heaven's raging against the antitheists. In those respective countries, it's a big no-no to RageAgainstTheHeavens (i.e. atheism is a crime).

* Creator/SørenKierkegaard recalls an incident in the life of his father Michael Pedersen Kierkegaard; when he was a shepherd boy, he once climbed up the mountains and cursed God for making him suffer. Soon after, he became very prosperous, but with this fortune came a tremendous burden of guilt for cursing God.

* The main character of ''LightNovel/SagaOfTanyaTheEvil'' curses God, or as she calls him, Being X, a lot. To be fair, Being X is a JerkassGod who is forcing her to live through a magical WWI in a twisted variant of the Book of Job to see if she will break down and pray to him if he makes her miserable enough. To be fair on the other side, once dropping her into that setting, most of Tanya's problems aren't actually his doing, just the results of ordinary men making bad decisions in the name of personal or national pride, and/or Tanya's own actions.

* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': This is Salem's backstory. [[spoiler:After the gods refused to resurrect her dead lover, they cursed her with CompleteImmortality, after she tricked one of them and nearly turned them against each other until she learned to understand the importance of life and death. Instead of learning her lesson, she used her immortality to raise an army to attack the gods. The God of Darkness reduced her army to dust but left Salem alive. When she says she's going to raise a bigger army and attack again, the gods explain that they didn't just destroy her army--they destroyed ''the entire human race''. The gods then left, leaving her completely alone and still immortal on her empty planet. Later, the gods brought humanity back, but Salem decides to spite them by using the Creatures of Grimm to slowly crush humanity's hope and wipe them out.]]

* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'': Redcloak's {{Plan}} involves this. [[spoiler:The Dark One learned the entire goblin species was created as mere cannon fodder and designated Always Evil so clerics can kill them with no problems. As the Dark One became a god in the first place due to the leaders of other species assassinating him back when he was mortal, it's fairly reasonable logic that the only way the Good deities will take anything the Goblins say as valid is to give them a wake-up call.]]

** In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'', [[spoiler: the [[BigBad Agarthans]] were a race who rebelled against the goddess Sothis in the hopes of [[AGodAmI usurping her power]] and were [[UndergroundCity forced underground as a result]]. Many years later, they manipulated a bandit named [[GreaterScopeVillain Nemesis]] into murdering her in her sleep and slaughtering her [[DivineParentage children]] so they could [[CreepySouvenir forge powerful weapons from their remains]]. And to take it even farther, the game's Crimson Flower route has you murder her remaining children.]]

* ''VideoGame/Portal2'' has this epic speech by Cave Johnson (punctuated by [=GLaDOS's=] enthusiastic agreements) when he's going mad from moon rock poisoning: "All right, I've been thinking. WhenLifeGivesYouLemons, don't make lemonade (Yeah!). Make life take the lemons back! (Yeah!)' 'Get mad! (Yeah!!)'' 'I don't want your damn lemons! What am I supposed to do with these?! (Yeah take the lemons!)' Demand to see life's manager! (Yeah!) Make life rue the day it thought it could give [[LargeHam Cave Johnson]] lemons! Do you know who I am? I'm the man who's gonna burn your house down! '''WITH THE LEMONS! (Oh I like this guy!)''' I'm gonna get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that '''BURNS YOUR HOUSE DOWN! (BURN HIS HOUSE DOWN!)'''"[[note]]Burning people! He says what we're all thinking![[/note]]

* ''VideoGame/Portal2'' has this epic speech by Cave Johnson (punctuated by GLaDOS's enthusiastic agreements) when he's going mad from moon rock poisoning: "All right, I've been thinking. WhenLifeGivesYouLemons, don't make lemonade (Yeah!). Make life take the lemons back! (Yeah!)' 'Get mad! (Yeah!!)'' 'I don't want your damn lemons! What am I supposed to do with these?! (Yeah take the lemons!)' Demand to see life's manager! (Yeah!) Make life rue the day it thought it could give [[LargeHam Cave Johnson]] lemons! Do you know who I am? I'm the man who's gonna burn your house down! '''WITH THE LEMONS! (Oh I like this guy!)''' I'm gonna get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that '''BURNS YOUR HOUSE DOWN! (BURN HIS HOUSE DOWN!)'''"[[note]]Burning people! He says what we're all thinking![[/note]]

* ''VideoGame/Portal2'' has this epic speech by Cave Johnson when he's going mad from moon rock poisoning: "All right, I've been thinking. WhenLifeGivesYouLemons, don't make lemonade (Yeah!). Make life take the lemons back! (Yeah!)' 'Get mad! (Yeah!!)'' 'I don't want your damn lemons! What am I supposed to do with these?! (Yeah take the lemons!)' Demand to see life's manager! (Yeah!) Make life rue the day it thought it could give [[LargeHam Cave Johnson]] lemons! Do you know who I am? I'm the man who's gonna burn your house down! '''WITH THE LEMONS! (Oh I like this guy!)''' I'm gonna get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that '''BURNS YOUR HOUSE DOWN! (BURN HIS HOUSE DOWN!)'''"[[note]]Burning people! He says what we're all thinking![[/note]]

* ''VideoGame/Portal2'' has this epic speech by Cave Johnson when he's going mad from moon rock poisoning: "All right, I've been thinking. WhenLifeGivesYouLemons, don't make lemonade (Yeah!). Make life take the lemons back! (Yeah!)''Get mad! (Yeah!!)'' 'I don't want your damn lemons! What am I supposed to do with these?! (Yeah take the lemons!)' Demand to see life's manager! (Yeah!) Make life rue the day it thought it could give [[LargeHam Cave Johnson]] lemons! Do you know who I am? I'm the man who's gonna burn your house down! '''WITH THE LEMONS! (Oh I like this guy!)''' I'm gonna get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that '''BURNS YOUR HOUSE DOWN! (BURN HIS HOUSE DOWN!)'''"[[note]]Burning people! He says what we're all thinking![[/note]]

* ''VideoGame/Portal2'' has this epic speech by Cave Johnson when he's going mad from moon rock poisoning: "All right, I've been thinking. WhenLifeGivesYouLemons, don't make lemonade. Make life take the lemons back! ''Get mad!'' 'I don't want your damn lemons! What am I supposed to do with these?!' Demand to see life's manager! Make life rue the day it thought it could give [[LargeHam Cave Johnson]] lemons! Do you know who I am? I'm the man who's gonna burn your house down! '''WITH THE LEMONS!''' I'm gonna get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that '''BURNS YOUR HOUSE DOWN!'''"

* In ''Anime/PokemonArceusAndTheJewelOfLife'', the BigBad Marcus plotted to betray and kill the TopGod [[OlympusMons Arceus]] out of resentment from his belief that [[WellIntentionedExtremist it was forsaking his hometown]] by demanding the return of the titular MacGuffin that made them prosperous.

* The ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' episode "Childrick of Mort" has Rick getting in a fistfight with a PhysicalGod related to [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Zeus]] after calling him an "off-brand [[UsefulNotes/{{Judaism}} Yahweh]]".