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At first glance, the show can be stigmatized as an [[InnocentlyInsensitive innocently insensitive]] show made by a team of mostly white writers. However, the team working on God's Gang is very diverse, both religiously and culturally, even including an "Interfaith Council" on the writing team, consisting of high clerics of their religions, [[note]](Priest Brandon Jones, Rabbi Shlomo Chayen, Imam Abed Mawasi, and a Hindu specialist, Sanya Tyagi)[[/note]] all serving as cultural consultants, making sure the characters of their respective faiths are being portrayed accurately and respectfully, suggesting that despite any unfortunate implications the show may let on, God's Gang is made in good faith.

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At first glance, the show can be stigmatized as an [[InnocentlyInsensitive innocently insensitive]] show made by a team of mostly white writers. However, the team working on God's Gang is very diverse, both religiously and culturally, even including an "Interfaith Council" on the writing team, consisting of high clerics of their religions, [[note]](Priest Brandon Jones, Rabbi Shlomo Chayen, Imam Abed Mawasi, and a Hindu specialist, Sanya Tyagi)[[/note]] all serving as cultural consultants, making sure the characters of their respective faiths are being portrayed accurately and respectfully, suggesting that despite any unfortunate implications the show may let on, God's Gang is made in [[{{Pun}} good faith.]]



!!Tropes in God's Gang

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* CultureChopSuey: The group represent Abrahamic and South Asian religions, but three of their fighting styles reference East Asian martial arts.



* FiveTokenBand: The series focuses on four people of different faiths and ethnicities. Chris Cross is black and Christian, Ninjew is white and Jewish, Sumusim is Middle Eastern and Muslim, and Taekwonhindu is Indian and Hindu.

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* FiveTokenBand: The series focuses on four people of different faiths and ethnicities. Chris Cross is black and Christian, Ninjew is white and Jewish, Sumusim Sumuslim is Middle Eastern and Muslim, and Taekwonhindu is Indian and Hindu.
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Though he does headbutt one of the aliens.


* TurnTheOtherCheek: Subverted with Chris Cross, who uses [[LiteralMetaphor his cheeks]] as weapons in battle.

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* TurnTheOtherCheek: Subverted with Chris Cross, who uses [[LiteralMetaphor his cheeks]] as (albeit defensive) weapons in battle.
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* JewishAndNerdy: Ninjew has NerdGlasses, NerdyNasalness has the special ability of "Ana-Laser" where he can [[AwesomeByAnalysis analyze]] any problem and strategically find a solution making him TheSmartGuy of the team.

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* JewishAndNerdy: Ninjew has NerdGlasses, NerdyNasalness NerdyNasalness, has the special ability of "Ana-Laser" where he can [[AwesomeByAnalysis analyze]] any problem and strategically find a solution solution, making him TheSmartGuy of the team.

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* HeightAngst: Ninjew is the smallest member of the team and suffers this in the first episode where his height makes him unable to go on a roller coaster and later makes him unable to stop the Mad Scientists.

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* HeightAngst: Ninjew is the smallest member of the team and suffers this in the first episode where [[YouMustBeThisTallToRide his height makes him unable to go on a roller coaster coaster]] and later makes him unable to stop the Mad Scientists.


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* ShoutOut: In "Love is in the Airhole", one of the aliens asks a clownfish, [[WesternAnimation/FindingNemo "Isn't your daddy looking for you?"]]
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* AnAesop:
** The overall Aesop of the show is that we should all get along, regardless of our differences in religion. However, it seems that each episode is going to have its own little side-aesop as well.
** In the first episode, the Aesop was teaching Ninjew that he doesn't need to feel bad about being short.

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* AnAesop: The overall Aesop of the show is that we should all get along, regardless of our differences in religion. However, it seems that each episode is going to have its own little side-aesop as well.

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The overall Aesop of the show is that we should all get along, regardless of our differences in religion. However, it seems that each episode is going to have its own little side-aesop as well.



* AntiVillain: Both of the antagonists in the first episode fall under this;

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Both of the antagonists in the first episode fall under this;

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[[caption-width-right:1000:God's Gang![[note]]Clockwise from the top: [[GentleGiant Sumuslim]], [[GranolaGirl Taekwonhindu]], [[JewishAndNerdy Ninjew]], and [[AfroAsskicker Chris Cross]].[[/note]]]]



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[[caption-width-right:1000:God's Gang![[note]]Clockwise from the top: [[GentleGiant Sumuslim]], [[GranolaGirl Taekwonhindu]], [[JewishAndNerdy Ninjew]], and [[AfroAsskicker Chris Cross]].[[/note]]]]
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* JewishAndNerdy: Ninjew has NerdGlasses, NerdyNasalness has the special ability of "Ana-Laser" where he can analyze any problem the group and strategically find a solution making him TheSmartGuy of the team.

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* JewishAndNerdy: Ninjew has NerdGlasses, NerdyNasalness has the special ability of "Ana-Laser" where he can analyze [[AwesomeByAnalysis analyze]] any problem the group and strategically find a solution making him TheSmartGuy of the team.

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I took this as him saying he's not a kid


[[caption-width-right:1000:God's Gang![[note]]Clockwise from the top: [[GentleGiant Sumuslim]], [[GranolaGirl Taekwonhindu]], [[TagalongKid Ninjew]], and [[AfroAsskicker Chris Cross]].[[/note]]]]

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[[caption-width-right:1000:God's Gang![[note]]Clockwise from the top: [[GentleGiant Sumuslim]], [[GranolaGirl Taekwonhindu]], [[TagalongKid [[JewishAndNerdy Ninjew]], and [[AfroAsskicker Chris Cross]].[[/note]]]]



* TagalongKid: Though the rest of the team appear to all be adults who are at least in their 20s, Ninjew is just a little boy, who's implied to be just over 13 years old, serving as the token child of the team. As the little guy, this [[HeightAngst causes a few problems]] for him every now and again.
-->'''Ninjew''': Kid!? Do you know how long ago my Bar Mitzvah was!?



* TurnTheOtherCheek: Subverted with Chris Cross, who uses [[LiteralMetaphor his cheeks]] as weapons in battle.

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* TurnTheOtherCheek: Subverted with Chris Cross, who uses [[LiteralMetaphor his cheeks]] as weapons in battle.battle.
* VagueAge: Though the rest of the team appear to all be adults who are at least in their 20s, Ninjew looks like a little boy, however he implies he's an adult with his Bar Mitzvah happening years ago.
-->'''Ninjew''': Kid!? Do you know how long ago my Bar Mitzvah was!?

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* DeadpanSnarker: Dogma is always quick with a quip when giving out missions.
-->'''Dogma''': I've got a search and rescue mission for you. The world's entire population of blue whales is disappearing.
-->'''Chris Cross''': Disappearing? Where are they going?
-->'''Dogma''': Yeah, Chris. That's the "search and rescue" part.



* FrenchJerk: Le Dove is wears a beret and talks in a French accent. He is portrayed as rude, arrogant, and often [[SpitefulSpit spits when he talks]].
-->'''Le Dove''': ([[SpitefulSpit spit]]) Stupid aliens. They're lucky they faced off against God's Gang instead of [[ThirdPersonPerson Le Dove]]. Le Dove would have [[GloveSlap taken off his white glove and slapped them across the face]].



* MadScientist: One of the villain teams on the show is literally called "[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The Mad Scientists]]" and they perform all kinds of evil science to cause mayhem around town.
-->'''Mad Scientist''': Okay, now we're even ''madder'' scientists!



-->'''Chris Cross''': Okay, this is ''definitely'' not the kind of party Mama would approve of!



* OhMyGods: Despite being super religious, all of the characters regularly use their respective Gods' names in vain, so much so that their blasphemous interjections can be seen as catchphrases.
-->'''Taekwonhindu''': Great Vishnu!
-->'''Ninjew''': My God!
-->'''Sumuslim''': Ya Allah!
-->'''Chris Cross''': Oh Lord!
* RuggedScar: Le Dove has a battle scar under his eye, suggesting that he's been through some things.



* TagalongKid: Though the rest of the team appear to all be adults who are at least in their 20s, Ninjew is just a little 13-year-old boy and the token child of the team. As the little guy, this [[HeightAngst causes a few problems]] for him every now and again.

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* TagalongKid: Though the rest of the team appear to all be adults who are at least in their 20s, Ninjew is just a little 13-year-old boy and boy, who's implied to be just over 13 years old, serving as the token child of the team. As the little guy, this [[HeightAngst causes a few problems]] for him every now and again.again.
-->'''Ninjew''': Kid!? Do you know how long ago my Bar Mitzvah was!?
* TeamChef: Sumuslim puts his [[SupremeChef master culinary skills]] to good use after a long day of fighting crimes, by serving up food to the rest of the team.
-->'''Sumuslim''': Today's interfaith special, Veggie-Curry [=KebabBurger=] with Latkes!


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* {{Telepathy}}: One of Taekwonhindu's powers is communicating with humans and animals telepathically.
-->'''Sumuslim''': Taekwonhindu, block and tackle!
-->'''Taekwonhindu''': You read my mind, which is weird cuz ''I'm'' the telepath.


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* ThirdPersonPerson: Le Dove always talks in third person.

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-->--Theme Song



[[https://www.youtube.com/@GodsGangGo God's Gang]] is an interfaith children's [=YouTube=] series focusing on a team of four theologically-themed superheroes, Chris Criss, Ninjew, Sumuslim, and Taekwonhindu, putting their differences aside and using the harmonized powers of their respective religions to defend the world from evil.

God's Gang had picked up a pretty split controversy upon the release of its pilot, due to its strange nature. While some criticized the show for being potentially offensive to certain faiths by utilizing mild stereotypes and having characters of their own faith fraternize with people of the faiths they disagree with, others praised the show for teaching kids religious tolerance at such a young age, especially in such a fun, adventurous, and heartwarming way.

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[[https://www.youtube.com/@GodsGangGo God's Gang]] is an interfaith children's [=YouTube=] series focusing series, created by Nimrod-Avraham May. It focuses on a team of four theologically-themed superheroes, Chris Criss, Cross, Ninjew, Sumuslim, and Taekwonhindu, putting their differences aside and using the harmonized powers of their respective religions to defend the world from evil.

God's Gang had picked up a pretty split controversy upon the release of its pilot, due to its strange nature. While some criticized the show for being potentially offensive to certain faiths by being rather sacrilegious in that all of these signifiers of people's religions are going around, beating people up, utilizing mild stereotypes [[note]](like having [[JewishAndNerdy Ninjew being nerdy]] or having [[MiddleEasternTerrorists Sumuslim using bombs as weapons]])[[/note]], and having characters of their own faith fraternize with people of the faiths they disagree with, others praised the show for teaching kids religious tolerance at such a young age, especially in such a fun, adventurous, and heartwarming way.way.

At first glance, the show can be stigmatized as an [[InnocentlyInsensitive innocently insensitive]] show made by a team of mostly white writers. However, the team working on God's Gang is very diverse, both religiously and culturally, even including an "Interfaith Council" on the writing team, consisting of high clerics of their religions, [[note]](Priest Brandon Jones, Rabbi Shlomo Chayen, Imam Abed Mawasi, and a Hindu specialist, Sanya Tyagi)[[/note]] all serving as cultural consultants, making sure the characters of their respective faiths are being portrayed accurately and respectfully, suggesting that despite any unfortunate implications the show may let on, God's Gang is made in good faith.



* {{Invisibility}}: One of Ninjew's powers is his Kabbalah invisibility powder.



* TagalongKid: Though the rest of the team appear to all be adults, Ninjew is a child.

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* TagalongKid: Though the rest of the team appear to all be adults, adults who are at least in their 20s, Ninjew is just a child.little 13-year-old boy and the token child of the team. As the little guy, this [[HeightAngst causes a few problems]] for him every now and again.

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[[caption-width-right:1000:God's Gang![[note]]Clockwise from the top: [[GentleGiant Sumuslim]], [[GranolaGirl Taekwonhindu]], [[JewishAndNerdy Ninjew]], and [[AfroAsskicker Chris Cross]].[[/note]]]]

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[[caption-width-right:1000:God's Gang![[note]]Clockwise from the top: [[GentleGiant Sumuslim]], [[GranolaGirl Taekwonhindu]], [[JewishAndNerdy [[TagalongKid Ninjew]], and [[AfroAsskicker Chris Cross]].[[/note]]]]



* AnAesop: The overall Aesop of the show is that we should all get along, regardless of our differences in religion. However, it seems that each episode is going to have its own little side-aesop as well.
** In the first episode, the Aesop was teaching Ninjew that he doesn't need to feel bad about being short.



* AllYourPowersCombined: God's Gang will harmonize by having them all pray together, which helps them generate a massive field of Godlike power.



* FurryConfusion: Although such characters as Dogma and Le Dove can speak, other animals such as the whales in Episode 1 are normal animals, who can only communicate in whale sounds, giving Taekwonhindu's [[SpeaksFluentAnimal superpowers]] purpose.



* InterfaithSmoothie: God's Gang is composed of Christianity, Judaism, Islam, and Hinduism all working together as a Pantheistic powerhouse.
* {{Irony}}: "Turning the Other Cheek" is one of Chris Cross' fighting moves.



* MissionControl: Dogma is the team's operator, who wears a headset and gives God's Gang their missions over the video screen.
* MommasBoy: Chris Chris is characterized as a man who loves his mama.



** There's also "Dogma", who's a holy dog in Heaven, who gives God's Gang their missions.
** "Le Dove" is supposedly a pun on "Love", a feature of all four religions, the show is primarily focused on promoting.



* SpeaksFluentAnimal: Taekwonhindu's special ability is to speak with animals.

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* SpeaksFluentAnimal: Taekwonhindu's special ability is to speak with animals.animals.
* TagalongKid: Though the rest of the team appear to all be adults, Ninjew is a child.
* TeamPet: Dogma and Le Dove.
* TalkingAnimal: Dogma and Le Dove are both a dog and a dove, respectively, who can speak perfect English.
* TurnTheOtherCheek: Subverted with Chris Cross, who uses [[LiteralMetaphor his cheeks]] as weapons in battle.

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->''Four different faiths,\\
One God, one love.\\
Saving the day,\\
With some help from above\\
We may not agree on when to pray
But when we join hands, help is on the way!''

[[https://www.youtube.com/@GodsGangGo God's Gang]] is an interfaith youtube series focusing on four religious superheroes- Chris Cross, Ninjew, Sumuslim and Taekwonhindu.

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[[caption-width-right:1000:God's Gang![[note]]Clockwise from the top: [[GentleGiant Sumuslim]], [[GranolaGirl Taekwonhindu]], [[JewishAndNerdy Ninjew]], and [[AfroAsskicker Chris Cross]].[[/note]]]]
[[https://www.youtube.com/@GodsGangGo God's Gang]] is an interfaith youtube children's [=YouTube=] series focusing on a team of four theologically-themed superheroes, Chris Criss, Ninjew, Sumuslim, and Taekwonhindu, putting their differences aside and using the harmonized powers of their respective religions to defend the world from evil.

God's Gang had picked up a pretty split controversy upon the release of its pilot, due to its strange nature. While some criticized the show for being potentially offensive to certain faiths by utilizing mild stereotypes and having characters of their own faith fraternize with people of the faiths they disagree with, others praised the show for teaching kids
religious superheroes- Chris Cross, Ninjew, Sumuslim tolerance at such a young age, especially in such a fun, adventurous, and Taekwonhindu.
heartwarming way.






* AntiVillain: Both of the antagonists in the first episode fall under this

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* AntiVillain: Both of the antagonists in the first episode fall under thisthis;



** The Reptilios are stealing the air of whales, but it's becuase their planet is dying and they are stealing it for their own survival.
* FiveTokenBand: The series focuses on four people of different faiths and ethnicities. Chris Cross is black, Ninjew is Jewish, Sumusim is Middle Eastern, and Taekwonhindu is Indian.
* ForcedSleep: Sumuslim has the ability to put people in a trance by telling old tales.

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** The Reptilios are stealing the air of whales, but it's becuase because their planet is dying and they are stealing it for their own survival.
* FiveTokenBand: The series focuses on four people of different faiths and ethnicities. Chris Cross is black, black and Christian, Ninjew is white and Jewish, Sumusim is Middle Eastern, Eastern and Muslim, and Taekwonhindu is Indian.
Indian and Hindu.
* ForcedSleep: Sumuslim has the ability to can put people in a trance by telling old tales.



* GranolaGirl: Taekwonhindu is a nature lover, who connects deeply with the flora and fauna God gave her.



* JewishAndNerdy: Ninjew has NerdGlasses, NerdyNasalness has the special ability of "Ana-Laser" where he can analyse any problem the group and stragegically find a solution making him TheSmartGuy of the team.

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* JewishAndNerdy: Ninjew has NerdGlasses, NerdyNasalness has the special ability of "Ana-Laser" where he can analyse analyze any problem the group and stragegically strategically find a solution making him TheSmartGuy of the team.team.
* PunnyName: All of the characters have names that are puns on their religions and fighting techniques;
** Chris Cross - The Karate fighting Christian.
** Ninjew - The Ju-Jitsu fighting Jew.
** Sumuslim - The Sumo fighting Muslim.
** Taekwonhindu - The Taekwondo fighting Hindu.

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* Anti-Villain: Both of the antagonists in the first episode fall under this

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* Anti-Villain: AntiVillain: Both of the antagonists in the first episode fall under this


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* HeightAngst: Ninjew is the smallest member of the team and suffers this in the first episode where his height makes him unable to go on a roller coaster and later makes him unable to stop the Mad Scientists.
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* JewishAndNerdy: Ninjew has NerdGlasses, NerdyNasalness has the special ability of "Ana-Laser" where he can analyse any problem the group and stragegically find a solution making him the SmartGuy of the team.

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* JewishAndNerdy: Ninjew has NerdGlasses, NerdyNasalness has the special ability of "Ana-Laser" where he can analyse any problem the group and stragegically find a solution making him the SmartGuy TheSmartGuy of the team.
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->''Four different faiths,\\
One God, one love.\\
Saving the day,\\
With some help from above\\
We may not agree on when to pray
But when we join hands, help is on the way!''

[[https://www.youtube.com/@GodsGangGo God's Gang]] is an interfaith youtube series focusing on four religious superheroes- Chris Cross, Ninjew, Sumuslim and Taekwonhindu.

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!!Tropes in God's Gang

* AfroAsskicker: Chris Cross is one of the main heroes had he has a big afro.
* Anti-Villain: Both of the antagonists in the first episode fall under this
** The REALLY Mad Scientists were bullied in their youth and are kidnapping children to get them to play with them. Their bio states that they are "misunderstood".
** The Reptilios are stealing the air of whales, but it's becuase their planet is dying and they are stealing it for their own survival.
* FiveTokenBand: The series focuses on four people of different faiths and ethnicities. Chris Cross is black, Ninjew is Jewish, Sumusim is Middle Eastern, and Taekwonhindu is Indian.
* ForcedSleep: Sumuslim has the ability to put people in a trance by telling old tales.
* GentleGiant: Sumuslim is the largest member of the team, but also is stated to be the most kindhearted.
* JewishAndNerdy: Ninjew has NerdGlasses, NerdyNasalness has the special ability of "Ana-Laser" where he can analyse any problem the group and stragegically find a solution making him the SmartGuy of the team.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Taekwonhindu is the only woman in the team so far.
* SpeaksFluentAnimal: Taekwonhindu's special ability is to speak with animals.

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