History WebVideo / MrDeity

* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: 'All the evils in the world are ideologically driven: the Crusades, the Holocaust, no third-party apps on the iPhone..'

* Literature/TheBible: Referred to as 'the script' throughout; one short revolved around Mr. Deity's annoyance at an 'unauthorized' version going around, with a misprint in which homosexuality is referred to as an 'abomination' owing to a mix-up.
* BuffySpeak: The Place of Things and Stuff.
* CrossoverCosmology: While Mr. Deity is the only god to appear on screen, the Greek gods and Allah have been mentioned as existing in this universe and having offscreen conversations with Mr. Deity.
** Technically, Allah did appear on-screen in Season 4. Said screen however, was completely black, them being in a dark matter showroom and all.

** He also refuses to allow humans to harm each other just by thoughts.

* {{God}}

** GodIsFlawed: Mr. Deity isn't exactly ''evil'', but he is alarmingly lax in some areas; he'd do something about the bad things in the world... except that he just finds it easier to say 'yeah, leave it in'.
*** GodIsInept
** GodAndSatanAreBothJerks: The show is somewhat inconsistent on this. Lucy is usually the first to object to anything in "[[Literature/TheBible the script]]" promoting violence or hatred, but she's also completely casual about arranging all manner of eternal tortures for minor crimes in her first appearance, when asked to make an alternative philosophy to Jesus's suggests inventing Nazism, and in a meeting with David Silverman the two resolve to "stop eating babies".

* JesusWasWayCool: He's the OnlySaneMan in heaven.
* KingOfAllCosmos: Mr. Deity is essentially a George Lucas parody who has control of all creation.
** At least a significant chunk of creation, anyways. There's a mention, in Season 3, of what the Greek gods are giving ''their'' people, in comparison to what Mr. Deity has come up with.

* {{Prequel}}: Season 4 explains how Mr. Deity got started.

* PurelyAestheticEra: But {{justified}} as the main characters all have the ability to time travel, as does anyone else in Heaven.
* {{Retcon}}: Season 4 doesn't really fit with earlier seasons. The first blatant case of this was Mr. Deity meeting Jesus.

* {{Satan}}
* SatanIsGood: Lucy is presented as quite amiable and decent (but see GodIsEvil above).
* ShamelessSelfPromoter: Parodied, sort of; at the end of every short since about Season 2, Brian Keith Dalton shows up and both (a) thanks the audience for watching and (b) essentially begs for money. He at least has the decency to be reasonably funny, clever and entertaining about it, though. Except for the end of [[BrokenBase Mr. Deity]] [[DateRape and the Hat]].

-->'''Mr. Deity''': My chosen people? Are you kidding me? That's never gonna happen, I mean who doesn't love my chosen people?

-->'''Jesse''': Sir, the people down there? They're gonna think that you don't want them to use your name, like "Oh my God"-you love that one! And, or what about "God damn it!"\\

* TopTenList: The commandments.

** This trope is present from the beginning. The very first episode had Mr. Deity deciding whether to allow the presence of evils such as Down's Syndrome, natural disasters, holocausts, CelineDion...

* AffectionateParody: Of all religion, but specifically Literature/TheBible (and Literature/TheBookOfMormon, since that is the faith he was raised in).
** At least at times. Some jokes are pretty friendly, and could easily be shared at church or sunday school, such as Mr. Deity using a clapper for when he said "Let there be light." Others are some pretty biting satire of legitimate concerns about the most common portrayals of the Biblical God, with the first episode featuring Mr. Deity allowing all sorts of horrible things in his creation, even after being told that there was no reason to do so.

As it sounds, ''Mr. Deity'' is all about spoofing organized religion, Christianity in particular, and the various beliefs and peculiarities that surround it - however, unlike many such spoofs, the shorts manage to [[AffectionateParody poke fun without coming off as being mean-spirited or offensive]].

-->'''Larry:''' You opened Pandora's box?

* EvenEvilHasStandards: About the only consistently positive characteristic Mr. Deity possesses is that he likes gay people, and is pretty upset about how badly represented his opinions on gays is.

* PsychopathicManchild: Mr. Deity is a Type C. He's a [[JerkassGods Jerkass God]] who deliberately allows all sorts of evil things into his creation for no real reason and frequently inflicts [[DisproportionateRetribution horrifically cruel punishments for minor crimes]], but behaves in a very childish manner, particularly in the way he reacts to criticism.

* AffectionateParody: Of all religion, but specifically Literature/TheBible.

* AffectionateParody: Of all religion, but specifically TheBible.

* SatanIsGood: Lucy is presented as quite amiable and decent.

* AffectionateParody: Of all religion.

** GodAndSatanAreBothJerks: The show is somewhat inconsistent on this. Lucy is usually the first to object to anything in "[[TheBible the script]]" promoting violence or hatred, but she's also completely casual about arranging all manner of eternal tortures for minor crimes in her first appearance, when asked to make an alternative philosophy to Jesus's suggests inventing Nazism, and in a meeting with David Silverman the two resolve to "stop eating babies".

** In "Mr. Deity and the Hat", even Mr. Deity is disgusted by Joseph Smith Jr.'s racism (this is a particular TakeThat by Brian Keith Dalton, a former Mormon).

* ShamelessSelfPromoter: Parodied, sort of; at the end of every short since about Season 2, Brian Keith Dalton shows up and both (a) thanks the audience for watching and (b) essentially begs for money. He at least has the decency to be reasonably funny, clever and entertaining about it, though. Except for the end of [[BrokenBase Mr. Deity]] [[DateRape and the Magic Hat]].

** In "Mr. Deity and the Hat", even Mr. Deity is disgusted by Joseph Smith Jr.'s racism.

* GodsNeedPrayerBadly: Aversion; Mr. Deity doesn't seem to get anything but enjoyment from hearing his name used or having people pray to him. In fact, he doesn't even bother to listen to more than a handful of prayers each day - the rest, stored as voicemail on his phone, are erased.

* PurelyAestheticEra: But {{Justified}} as the main characters all have the ability to time travel, as does anyone else in Heaven.

* PurelyAestheticEra: Some things (like clappers being around at the Big Bang) may be justified by being set in Heaven (which presumably has most technologies before Earth does), others (like Jesus being a David Letterman fan) are pretty clearly this.

** Alternatively, GodIsFlawed. Mr. Deity isn't exactly ''evil'', but he is alarmingly lax in some areas; he'd do something about the bad things in the world... except that he just finds it easier to say 'yeah, leave it in'.

* {{Retcon}}: Season 4 doesn't really fit with earlier seasons. The first blatant case of this was Mr. Deity meeting Jesus.

* ShamelessSelfPromoter: Parodied, sort of; at the end of every short since about Season 2, Brian Keith Dalton shows up and both (a) thanks the audience for watching and (b) essentially begs for money. He at least has the decency to be reasonably funny, clever and entertaining about it, though.
* TakeThat: Again, to organised religion; while it's mostly good-natured and affectionate, the satire can get quite pointed at times. Except for the end of [[BrokenBase Mr. Deity and the Magic Hat]].

* TakeThat: Again, to organised religion; while it's mostly good-natured and affectionate, the satire can get quite pointed at times.

* MyNameIsNotDurwood: His name really is Jesus. Mr. Deity just keeps on mistaking it for 'Jesse'. Even a news ticker gets this one wrong on one occasion.