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* In one episode of MinamiKe Kanna dresses Chiaki up as a rain charm in order to make it stop raining so they can go to the beach. Chiaki eventually manages to negotiate the rain cloud into going away. When Chiaki's friends come over, Kanna boasts of having gotten rid of the rain cloud, at which point it angrily returns, and Chiaki ends up having to calm it down again. After this display Chiaki's friends and Kanna promptly start praying to Chiaki, over her angry (and still [[UnwillingSuspension helplessly bound])) protestations.

* In another Monty Python example, ''[=~Monty Python's Life of Brian~=]'' features Brian, a man who is unwillingly declared the Messiah. When his new disciples refuse to leave him alone, he tries to dissuade them from worshiping him. According to his followers, this proves that Brian is the Messiah, as only the Messiah would deny his own divinity.

* In ''MassEffect'', this is the [[EldritchAbomination Reapers']] general reaction to the geth worshipping them, something along the lines of "stop building towers made of human flesh in our likeness, it's not flattering, it's just annoying."

She was generally referred to as the Lady, and her eyes were green..."

* In RogerZelazny's ''Lord of Light'', Sam is not really passionate about this trope, though it applies:

->'''Brian:''' ...Will you please listen? I'm not the Messiah! Do you understand? Honestly!\\
'''Woman:''' Only the true Messiah denies his divinity!\\
'''Brian:''' What? Well, what sort of chance does that give me? All right, I am the Messiah!\\
'''Crowd:''' He is! He is the Messiah!\\
'''Brian:''' Now fuck off!
-->-- ''[=~Monty Python's Life Of Brian~=]''

** This troper recalls a ''NeverwinterNights'' multiplayer module set in Sigil; the DungeonMaster-controlled Lady of Pain actually entered the conciousness of the ''players'' as a figure to be respected and feared. The players actively avoided taking any action that was canonically said to draw the Lady of Pain's attention, and advised new players on what ''not'' to do when they logged in.

*''StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' - In the episode "Who Watches the Watchers", Picard is declared a god by a backward, primitive village (and legions of Fangirls). He doesn't like it, and the episode is about how he stops them.

*In ''JusticeLeaugeUnlimited'' backstory, the previous incarnations of Hawkgirl and Hawkman were Thanagarian police officers stranded on Earth before human civilization arose. They founded the first human state (in AncientEgypt) and, despite their sincerest efforts to avoid it, were worshiped as gods in return.

* In ''TheReturnOfTheJedi'', C-3PO finds himself worshipped as a god by the Ewoks. He protests that he was neither designed nor programmed to be worshipped, and he does ''not'' need his friends served as the main course of a feast in his honor.

A god or [[MessianicArchetype messiah]] who doesn't want to be worshiped. The reasons for this are often not very clear; maybe the deity are supporters of skepticism or independence, maybe they are fickle or irrational, or maybe they [[TrueNeutral just want to be left alone]]. Or maybe they just consider that accepting worship would be a sign of {{Pride}} or even TemptingFate.

Can range from the deity disliking their worshipers, to being actively malevolent towards them. Note that this trope only applies to gods who actively discourage worship, or are visibly frustrated by it. If the god doesn't care one way or the other if people worship it, it's TheGodsMustBeLazy. If the god in question treats everyone badly, regardless of worship, it's JerkassGods or GodIsEvil.

Contrast to GodsNeedPrayerBadly and AGodAmI. [[NayTheist Nay Theists]] and [[FlatEarthAtheist Flat Earth Atheists]] will be a favorite of these types of characters.

* In another Monty Python example, ''[=~Monty Python's Life Of Brian~=]'' features Brian, a man who is unwillingly declared the Messiah. When his new disciples refuse to leave him alone, he tries to dissuade them from worshiping him. According to his followers, this proves that Brian is the Messiah, as only the messiah would deny their own divinity.

** In ''TheBelgariad'', the god Aldur has no worshipers, although he does have disciples. In ''Belgarath The Sorcerer'' it's shown that when Belzedar, the second disciple of Aldur, first came to the Vale of Aldur he attempted to worship Aldur with a burnt sacrifice. Belgarath made it very clear this would only manage to offend Aldur.

*''StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' - In the episode "Who Watches The Watchers", Picard is declared a god by a backwards, primitive village (and legions of Fangirls). He doesn't like it, and the episode is about how he stops them.

*''{{Planescape}}'' - The Lady of Pain's response to worship is either to maze the offender, or simply kill them. It's mainly because her city, Sigil, is a god-free TruceZone, and due to the setting's laws she will actually become a god if enough people believe she is one.
*''{{Warhammer 40000}}'' - The GodEmperor of Mankind explicitly denied his supposed divinity throughout his life and preached atheism, despite knowing [[FlatEarthAtheist Gods do, in fact, exist]]. It was only after the HorusHeresy, and being put on life support, that he could no longer prevent the various cults based around him gaining acceptance.

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A god or [[MessianicArchetype messiah]] who doesn't want to be worshiped. The reasons for this are often not very clear; maybe the deity are supporters of skepticism or independence, maybe they are fickle or irrational, or maybe they [[TrueNeutral just want to be left alone]].

*''{{Planescape}}'' - The Lady of Pain's response to worship is either to maze the offender, or simply kill them.

*''TheElenium'' - The god of the Atan is not worshiped and doesn't desire it. The Atan tend to handle anything that happens on their own pretty well and don't really see much need for gods. Their relationship with their god is intimate, yet formal: it will lend its power to them in the form of magic, but they only call on it on very special occasions as they do not believe they should bother their god with things they can do themselves.
* Also by David Eddings, in ''TheBelgariad'', the god Aldur has no worshipers, although he does have disciples. In ''Belgarath The Sorcerer'', it's shown that when Belzedar, the second disciple of Aldur, first came to the Vale of Aldur, he attempted to worship Aldur, but only managed to offend him. (The fact that Belzedar came from the lands of the Evil God, Kal Torak, and worshipped Aldur in the only fashion he knew - blood sacrifices - probably didn't help matters.)

'''Brian:''' Now fuck off!"
-->-- '''LifeOfBrian'''

-->-- '''{{Discworld}}'''

Examples:

*''Bruce Almighty'' - After being given the powers and responsibilities of God, Bruce is notably frustrated with the amount prayers he receives.

** In another Monty Python example, ''LifeofBrian'' features Brian, a man who is unwillingly declared the Messiah. When his new disciples refuse to leave him alone, he tries to dissuade them from worshiping him.
*** What's especially funny about this example is that, according to his followers, this trope proves that Brian is the Messiah, as only the messiah would deny their own divinity.

->"What of your own gods? I have never heard you call on them."
->"Their chief is Crom. He dwells on a great mountain. What use to call on him? Little he cares if men live or die. Better to be silent than to call his attention to you; he will send you dooms, not fortune! He is grim and loveless, but at birth he breathes power to strive and slay into a man's soul. What else shall men ask of the gods?"
*''{{Discworld}}'' - The Lady, the personification of luck, abandons all people who call on her by name. The only known temple built for her was destroyed by a lightning strike... several times.
** The Lady is an especially interesting example, because she may be the only example of this type of god in a world where GodsNeedPrayerBadly. This is explained by everyone believing in luck, despite no one worshiping it.
**''Monstrous Regiment''- [[spoiler:The Duchess isn't actually a deity, but due to the nature of belief on the Disc, the fact that people pray to her has sort of turned her into one. Even though she should have died from a painful disease long ago, and is being kept alive by their worship. She's not very happy about this.]]

** Also by David Eddings, in ''TheBelgariad'', the god Aldur has no worshipers, although he does have disciples.
***Expanding on the 'Belgariad' example: In ''Belgarath The Sorcerer'', it's shown that when Belzedar, the second disciple of Aldur, first came to the Vale of Aldur, he attempted to worship Aldur, but only managed to offend him. (The fact that Belzedar came from the lands of the Evil God, Kal Torak, and worshipped Aldur in the only fashion he knew - blood sacrifices - probably didn't help matters.)

*''StarTrekTNG'' - In the Episode ''Who Watches The Watchers'', Picard is declared a god by a backwards, primitive village (and legions of Fangirls). He doesn't like it, and the episode is about how he stops them.

*''{{Warhammer40000}}'' - The GodEmperor of Mankind explicitly denied his supposed divinity throughout his life and preached atheism, despite knowing [[FlatEarthAtheist Gods do, infact, exist]]. It was only after the HorusHeresy, and being put on life support that he could no longer prevent the various cults based around him gaining acceptance.

->'''There was always an argument about whether the newcomer was a goddess at all. Certainly no one ever got anywhere by worshipping her, and she tended to turn up only where she was least expected, such as now. And people who trusted in her seldom survived. Any temples built to her would surely be struck by lightning. Better to juggle axes on a tightrope than say her name. Just call her the waitress in the Last Chance saloon.

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