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* Though the Pines family from ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' display some AmbiguouslyJewish traits, series creator Creator/AlexHirsch [[WordOfGod has clarified]] that they are not practicing any religion, explicitly stating that [[Characters/GravityFallsDipperPines Dipper Pines]] and [[Characters/GravityFallsMabelPines Mabel Pines]] were raised non-religious (though they celebrate all holidays, at [[FunPersonified Mabel's]] insistence) and while Grunkle Stan was raised Jewish, he became an atheist later in life.

* Though the Pines family from ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' display some AmbiguouslyJewish traits, series creator Creator/AlexHirsch [[WordOfGod has clarified]] that they are not practicing any religion, explicitly stating that [[Characters/GravityFallsDipperPines Dipper Pines]] and [[Characters/GravityFallsMabelPines Mabel Pines]] were raised non-religious (though they celebrate all holidays, at [[FunPersonified Mabel's]] insistence) and while [[Characters/GravityFallsGrunkleStan Grunkle Stan]] was raised Jewish, he became an atheist later in life.

* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': Early on the family were fairly regular churchgoers, with some conflict with Peter's extremely religious father. IssueDrift and Creator/SethMacFarlane's atheism put an end to that. Most explicitly we have the episode where Lois finds out that her mother is Jewish; she experiments with the religion a bit, but ultimately concludes that she doesn't want the family to be any religion, despite the fact that she was the most devout one in earlier seasons. [[Characters/FamilyGuyBrianGriffin Brian Griffin's]]explicit in being an atheist, despite having [[FlatEarthAtheist met Jesus personally]] earlier, as Stewie notes.

* Though the Pines family from ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' display some AmbiguouslyJewish traits, series creator Creator/AlexHirsch [[WordOfGod has clarified]] that they are not practicing any religion, explicitly stating that Dipper and Mabel were raised non-religious (though they celebrate all holidays, at [[FunPersonified Mabel's]] insistence) and while Grunkle Stan was raised Jewish, he became an atheist later in life.

* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': Early on the family were fairly regular churchgoers, with some conflict with Peter's extremely religious father. IssueDrift and Creator/SethMacFarlane's atheism put an end to that. Most explicitly we have the episode where Lois finds out that her mother is Jewish; she experiments with the religion a bit, but ultimately concludes that she doesn't want the family to be any religion, despite the fact that she was the most devout one in earlier seasons. Brian's explicit in being an atheist, despite having [[FlatEarthAtheist met Jesus personally]] earlier, as Stewie notes.

* Father Kienzle, of Robert Koessler's murder mystery series, lives a life largely of quiet faith, laughing at the more ridiculous rituals of the church and bending the rules where he feels it leads to a more harmonious conclusion.

* Since ''Literature/{{Everworld}}'' is about kids from our world in a setting full of {{Physical God}}s, the author decided to address some religious issues. [[TheChick April]] is staunchly Catholic, and [[TheSmartGuy Jalil]] is staunchly atheist; both simply refuse to believe that the super-powered beings they interact with are "gods" in any meaningful sense of the word. [[HeroicWannabe David]] and [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Christopher]] seem to fall into this trope, though we know David is [[InformedJudaism ethnically half-Jewish]]. [[TokenEvilTeammate Senna]] is more complicated: she grew up when her mom was going through a Wicca phase, and presumably she went to church when she moved in with April's family, but for the most part, [[AGodAmI she only worships herself]] (and turns out to be running a cult).

* While Reimu and Sanae from ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' are UsefulNotes/{{Shinto}} {{Miko}}, the religious affiliations of other heroines like Sakuya, Youmu or Reisen are unknown. In fact, characters who have an official affiliation also tend to be very important people in their respective religion rather than "just believers". Marisa has been shown to have experimented with religion - however, she does so entirely in the context of her magical craft, and Kanako, the addressed deity, confirmed her faith is directed fully at magic.

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* When asked, ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'' co-creator Creator/GregWeisman is [[http://s8.org/gargoyles/askgreg/search.php?qid=15462 willing to speculate]] about characters' faith; however, the only explicitly religious content in the show (aside from Franchise/WonderWoman briefly mentioning "the gods") was a scene when, after a ReasonYouSuckSpeech from [[spoiler:the original Roy Harper]], Roy finds [[ComicBook/GreenArrow Ollie]] sitting miserably in a hospital chapel.

* On ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', [[ActionGirl Buffy]] uses crosses and holy water to fight vampires and demons, but never really ponders the religious implications of that. At one point a new vampire asks about the existence of {{God}} and she notes that she knows "nothing definite." (This was ''after'' she'd been to {{Heaven}}.) The only legitimately religious characters on the show seem to be [[TheSmartGuy Willow]] and [[TheWoobie Tara]], whose Wicca falls squarely into ReligionIsMagic territory; Drusilla ''before'' she became a vampire; and assorted villains who worship demons, [[PhysicalGod Glory]] or [[UltimateEvil the First Evil]].