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* In ''[[Film/ConanTheBarbarian1982 Conan the Barbarian]]'' (1982), Crom, the chief deity in the pantheon of Conan's people, is like this. He doesn't care for those weak enough to need his help, and those strong enough to earn his favor would never lower themselves to asking for divine aid. Conan offers him prayer ''once'' in the course of the film, and it's implied that he showed just the right combination of respect and disdain to actually get a minor miracle right when he needed it.

* ''Literature/LordOfLight'' -- Sam is not really passionate about this trope, though it applies:

* ''VideoGame/Bioshock2'': When Eleanor Lamb and her mother Sofia first came to Rapture, Sofia was determined to raise Eleanor to take up her absolute collectivist belief. However, after being betrayed by [[spoiler:Stanley Poole]], Sofia was sent to Rapture's prison and Eleanor was kidnapped and turned into a mutant called a Little Sister. In a twist of fate however, this turned out to be best for Eleanor as she truly bonded with her guardian Subject Delta. Once she is taken back by Sofia, who does so by forcing Delta to kill himself, Sofia forms a new plan to make Eleanor the savior of all mankind by using her condition to force the memories and knowledge of all of Rapture's best and brightest and then have her go on to end individuality and sentience across the whole world. Eleanor however, having been changed by not only her love for Delta, but her connection to the other Little Sisters, wants nothing to do with Sofia, her beliefs, or her evil plan, even going on to have the other Little Sisters bring Delta back to life 10 years later to rescue her. Throughout the game, everyone in Rapture (sans Augustus Sinclair and Dr. Tenenbaum) is out to kill Delta to prevent him from rescuing Eleanor, as Sofia has drilled it into their heads that Eleanor will save the entire world. Even after Delta rescues Eleanor and she [[spoiler:fights alongside him as a Big Sister]], Sofia's radicalized Rapture "Family" still attempts to kill Delta for leading her astray, much to Eleanor's rage:

* The creator in the ''ComicBook/FallenAngel'' series wants people to stop worshiping her so she can leave humanity behind, and finally commit suicide. Unfortunately, she's now considering Armageddon to shut up the needy humans.

* This trope is sometimes brought up as a counterpoint to the idea of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascal%27s_wager Pascal's Wager]],i.e, what if God exists but doesn't ''want'' people to worship Him, or worse, will ''actively punish'' people who do so? If that's the case, the only safe option is not to worship Him.

* ''VideoGame/EldenRing'': The demigoddess Malenia is worshipped as the goddess of the Scarlet Rot, which has afflicted her since birth. As the Scarlet Rot is a [[TheCorruption horrifying]], all-consuming MysticalPlague that Malenia has struggled to contain inside her body for her whole life, which has rotted away her eyesight, right arm, and both legs, she's not particularly happy with her worshippers.

* ''VideoGame/{{Destiny}}'': In the years leading up to his [[TheExile exile]], Osiris attracted a CultOfPersonality called the Followers of Osiris, who zealously followed his teachings in an attempt to understand the true nature of [[FunctionalMagic Light]]. Osiris himself found the Followers more annoying than anything, seeing himself as a scientist, not a prophet, and dismissing them as a bunch of lunatics. Unfortunately for him, his open scorn wasn't enough to dissuade the Followers, and their attempts to advertise his beliefs was one of the big contributors to Osiris getting exiled, making him hate his worshippers even more. In the present day, the Followers are still around and still fanboying over Osiris, who seems to be doing everything in his physical power to keep them away from him.

* ''VideoGame/EldenRing'': The demigoddess Malenia is worshipped as the goddess of the Scarlet Rot, which has afflicted her since birth. As the Scarlet Rot is a [[TheCorruption horrifying]] MysticalPlague that Malenia has struggled to contain inside her body for her whole life, which has rotted away her eyesight, right arm, and both legs, she's not particularly happy with her worshippers.

* ''VideoGame/EldenRing'': The demigoddess Malenia is worshipped as the goddess of the Scarlet Rot, which has afflicted her since birth. As the Scarlet Rot usually manifests as a particularly nasty disease that has rotted away her eyesight, right arm, and both legs, and Malenia has struggled to contain it for her whole life, she's not particularly happy with her worshippers.

* ''WebOriginal/LoomingGaia'': Salina and Marina, the Divines of the Ocean, were so overwhelmed by their obsessive, cultish followers that they created the floeback whales to hide inside them from their worshippers.

* ''WebVideo/SwordArtOnlineAbridged:'' Kirito is rather annoyed that an entire race of RolePlayers used facimiles of his username in ALfheim Online. The fact that this resulted in him spending an obscene amount of time trying to find a variant of it that WASN'T already taken probably didn't help.

* In the ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' manga, one of the cases ends with [[spoiler:a cult based around Tengus being disbanded, their master's scams and frauds having been uncovered and made public. Two members of the cult eventually grew a disturbing liking to Franziska and her whip, and have even started a new "cult" based around it, much to the young prosecutor's dismay.]]
* ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'': This is the relationship between Sasaki and her esper, Kyoko Tachibana. Unlike the relationship between Haruhi and Koizumi (where he merely theorizes she is a god as a hypothetical scenario, and she doesn't know about any of this), Kyoko very strongly believes that Sasaki is god, and furthermore deserves to be. Sasaki, on the other hand, thinks Kyoko would be much happier if they were just friends.

* The Grim god Crom from the ''Marvel Comics'' version of ''Conan the Barbarian'', he only seems to do anything remotely benevolent when it concerns helping Conan, who is destined to be a king, or getting rid of [[EldritchAbomination Shuma Gorath]], which he does twice.

* ''Comicbook/{{Lucifer}}'' -- [[spoiler:At one point, Lucifer creates his own universe, and in his version of the Garden of Eden, the one rule he tells his Adam and Eve is that they are not to worship him. Later, when other people are invited to his Creation, this rule is extended to all inhabitants.]]

* In ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} story "Hero Worship" the titular heroines finds a cult of Supergirl has formed on her hometown. Supergirl is very uncomfortable with it and asks the faithful that stop worshipping her and focus on helping each other.

* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'': During ''[[ComicBook/TheDeathOfSuperman Reign of the Supermen]]'', four cults spring up worshiping each of the Supermen. ComicBook/{{Steel}} is particular is not amused. When Superman himself returns, the cult briefly feels additional validation from his resurrection but Superman sets the record straight and charges them to do good works and help people instead of worshiping him.

* Althea Tower from ''Literature/TheProphetOfYonwood'', who insists upon waking up that she is not any kind of prophet, but just an ordinary woman.

* The same premise can be used to sum up the entirety of ''Fanfic/{{Cultstuck}}''. But the {{Cult}} in this fic are much more sympathetic. As while some members are blindly devoted [[SycophanticServants Sycophantic Servants]], others such as [[OnlySaneMan The Grand Elder]] are more reasonable and many cultists take action to help those on [[CrapsackWorld Alternia]]. Karkat would still rather not be [[KnightInSourArmor a figure of worship]].

* The same premise can be used to sum up the entirety of ''Fanfic/{{Cultstuck}}''. But the {{Cult}} in this fic are much more sympathetic. As while some members are blindly devoted SycophanticServant's, other's such as [[OnlySaneMan The Grand Elder]] are more reasonable and many cultists take action to help those on [[CrapsackWorld Alternia]]. Karkat would still rather not be [[KnightInSourArmor a figure of worship]].