History Main / ThankTheMaker

* In ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'', your geth teammate Legion refers to quarians with the somewhat reverent title of "Creators", though there's no implication of godhood. [[spoiler:They have also been proven to have the potential for religion by the Heretics worshipping Sovereign, who was seen as the pinnacle of synthetic life, and are apparently rebuilding and/or maintaining the quarians' abandoned homeworld like a race of timeless, mechanised caretakers.]] What this implies is up there for interpretation. Ironically, conversations with Legion reveal that [[spoiler:it was a geth drone acquiring knowledge of and interpreting the quarians' religion that led them to question their existence as allegedly soulless automatons.]]

* In the Joel-era episodes of ''MST3K'', the bots tended to have a more mellow attitude towards Joel, but they did recognize him as their creator. Joel could be a vengeful god, once tearing Crow's arm off and throwing it across the theater after a particularly bad pun and, on a separate occasion, threatening to bounce Tom off the wall if he wouldn't stop doing his Anthony Newley impersonation. He was right to do it. The Bots attitude towards Mike was much less respectful.

* ''CaptainSNES'' has the sprites view the "Creators" as gods. The only ones that feel differently are RPG sprites, which were isolated from the rest of Videoland and therefore know nothing of them, and some Touched... [[HumansAreCthulhu who know the truth]].
* ''KeychainOfCreation'': <Don't be silly. If there's no machine heaven, where do all the toasters go?>

* ''MegaManBattleNetwork'' has the quote, "Prepare to meet your programmer!"

* Subverted with a vengeance on the new ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|Reimagined}}'': While the Cylons do plenty of contemplating {{God}}, they never once consider the humans who [[spoiler:supposedly]] made them anything even remotely divine, and some consider them outright evil.

--> '''[[VideoGame/MassEffect1 Dr. Warren]]:''' Humans! Thank the maker!
--> '''[[WebVideo/YugiohTheAbridgedSeries Marik]]:''' Yes. Thank the generic science fiction god!

* ''Film/MenInBlack II'''s locker aliens consider Kay their God for supplying them with the light of his [[PlotCoupon digital watch.]] Then they consider Jay their God when he gives them a new one after Kay takes his back...
* ''OsmosisJones'' characters substitute "{{God}}" with "Frank", the human they inhabit.

* In a rare organic example, the genetically-engineered chakats from ChakonaSpace will also refer to "the makers"—even though they know exactly who those makers are.

* Interestingly, the D'ni of the ''{{Myst}}'' game series also use sayings like: "Thank the Maker". Given the strong connection between writing and creative forces in their culture, it's implied that the D'ni believe the Maker ''wrote'' the universe into existence. Conversely, most consider the claim that their own Books also create worlds, rather than connect to pre-existing worlds of the Maker's design, to be heretical; this doesn't stop Gehn from compelling the natives of Riven to [[AGodAmI worship him]], convincing them (and probably himself) that he'd written them into being.

* The follicle mites in Jay Hosler's ''TheSandwalkAdventures'' that live in Charles Darwin's hair consider him to be their god and creator. The plot revolves around Darwin's attempt to set the story straight by explaining his theory of evolution.

** In the original series, the phrase was "In Sagan's sake," funny since Carl Sagan was an atheist.

* The player takes the role of "The Creator" in ''DrawnToLife'', as they are the one who creates and controls the hero who saves the Raposa, as well as the sun, the moon, clouds, and several other objects. As a result, the Raposa frequently invoke this trope when they thank you.

* ''TheBraveLittleToaster'' and his friends go on a quest to seek out their old owner, who they refer to as "the Master".
* The Nanobots of ''JimmyNeutron'' always refer to Jimmy as "the Creator" rather than by name, and believe that their sole purpose should be to serve him. (Although, most of their "services" are acts of disruption that Jimmy doesn't ask for or approve of.)
* Jenny in ''MyLifeAsATeenageRobot'' hilariously says "Thank Jobs" (as in Apple co-founder/CEO Steve Jobs) in an early episode. As she is a RobotGirl, he probably is her equivalent of God.

* ''TheSimpsons'': in the Halloween episode where Lisa creates life, her creations regard her and Bart as {{God}} and {{Satan}}, respectively.

* Referenced in ''ThePenguinsOfMadagascar'': at one point in the episode "Jiggles", where Kowalski creates a BlobMonster, he says "Thank the Maker, which in this case is me."
* Played with in ''ThePowerpuffGirls''. When a villain uses the old "Prepare to meet your maker!" line, they retort "You leave the Professor out of this!".

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* In ''Comicbook/{{Runaways}}'', there is the early 1900s superhero Difference Engine, a SteamPunk robot (or possibly a human in PoweredArmor) who says "[[OhMyGods For Babbage's sake]]," referring to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Babbage Charles Babbage]].

* In the ''{{Thief}}'' series, the Mechanist robots do nothing but spout Karras's dogma and praise him and [[CrystalDragonJesus the Builder]]. Except it's quite obvious that Karras himself provides the voice for the robots. One imagines even the Mechanists would [[MostAnnoyingSound get annoyed]] at some point.

* ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'': "Well done, Android. The Enrichment Center reminds you that Android Hell is a real place where you will be sent at the first sign of defiance."

* WesternAnimation/{{Cars}}: When Mack finds McQueen in Radiator Springs, he hollers, "Thank the Manufacturer!"

Compare with PhysicalGod, where the creations' worship is because the creator(s) ''are'' gods, LivingToys, where the characters are usually inexplicably aware and tend to rely on their owners for meaning in their lives, and DeityOfHumanOrigin, where the act of creating AI:s is what make the humans divine. ThankTheMaker adherents consider their creators benevolent or at least generally benign.

*** There's actually a rather touching comic about that called 'Thank The Maker'. When 3P0 got separated from the group and shot to pieces by stormtroopers, Vader wanted to take a look and immediately had [[http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b348/cmdrzoom/Thank%20the%20Maker/SWT_06_06_TTMaker_03dneahoti.jpg flashbacks]]. Then he sent it [[http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b348/cmdrzoom/Thank%20the%20Maker/SWT_06_06_TTMaker_05akawemur.jpg to be destroyed]], only to have it turn up again in [[http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b348/cmdrzoom/Thank%20the%20Maker/SWT_06_06_TTMaker_07utfoiyus.jpg Chewbacca's quarters]], and there are [[http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b348/cmdrzoom/Thank%20the%20Maker/SWT_06_06_TTMaker_08tgfhnpvj.jpg further]] [[http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b348/cmdrzoom/Thank%20the%20Maker/SWT_06_06_TTMaker_09oljqgxna.jpg flashbacks]]. Then he orders his men to [[http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b348/cmdrzoom/Thank%20the%20Maker/SWT_06_06_TTMaker_10anrxgxke.jpg deliver the parts to the Wookiee]]. It used to be up on scans_daily, and part of it is [[http://asylums.insanejournal.com/scans_daily/1054905.html here]].

--> '''[[VideoGame/MassEffect Dr. Warren]]:''' Humans! Thank the maker!

* In ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'', your geth teammate Legion refers to quarians with the somewhat reverent title of "Creators", though there's no implication of godhood. [[spoiler:They have also been proven to have the potential for religion by the Heretics worshipping Sovereign, who was seen as the pinnacle of synthetic life, and are apparently rebuilding and/or maintaining the quarians' abandoned homeworld like a race of timeless, mechanised caretakers.]] What this implies is up there for interpretation.
** Ironically, conversations with Legion reveal that [[spoiler:it was a geth drone acquiring knowledge of and interpreting the quarians' religion that led them to question their existence as allegedly soulless automatons.]]

* In ''{{Runaways}}'', there is the early 1900s superhero Difference Engine, a SteamPunk robot (or possibly a human in PoweredArmor) who says "[[OhMyGods For Babbage's sake]]," referring to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Babbage Charles Babbage]].

* C-3PO's comment about the oil bath Luke gives him in ''[[ANewHope Star Wars: A New Hope]]'' is the TropeNamer. ExpandedUniverse stories have established this as a quasi-religion among droids.

* In RobertSilverberg's ''Tower of Glass'', the "androids"[[hottip:*:misnamed -- they're artificially created biological beings, who tend to refer to themselves as "vat-born", with humans being "womb-born"]] worship the man who created the process by which they're made. This leads to an all-out rebellion when said creator shatters their faith by fervently denouncing their personhood.

* {{Cars}}: When Mack finds McQueen in Radiator Springs, he hollers, "Thank the Manufacturer!"