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8Since most people imagine {{God}} as a [[GrandpaGod bearded old man]], the natural antithesis of this expectation would be having the supreme ruler of the universe be a young girl instead. Creators will sometimes do this to subvert a viewer's expectations, especially in works heavy with EpilepticTrees and MindScrew.
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10Compare DivineRaceLift, GooGooGodlike, LittleMissBadass.
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17* Lain from ''Anime/SerialExperimentsLain''. [[AGodIAmNot She personally denies it quite vigorously]]. The implications are that she could be God if she wanted to, but doesn't think that's what the world needs. There also may or may not be something above her better deserving of the title, but he isn't exactly a conventional deity either, assuming that he's not just her creation, as well. MindScrew, ahoy!
18* The premise of ''Anime/{{Kamichu}}''. The full title actually means "The Goddess, A Middle-School Girl"
19* ''Manga/KamichamaKarin'' has a variation, with a bunch of middle-schoolers who can borrow the powers of various [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Greek gods]] using [[TransformationTrinket magic rings]].
20* [[spoiler:Madoka]]'s wish in ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' essentially makes her God. Well, that and [[AbstractApotheosis the embodiment of Hope]].
21* Skuld from ''Manga/AhMyGoddess'' is a norn and thus a deity of time like her sisters. Although her age is never given, Skuld looks and acts like a bratty young girl.
22* ''Manga/FukashigiPhilia'''s antagonist duo consists of a psychopathic modern-day slaver, and a girl with the power to make ALMOST anything she says come true instantly. This goes about as well as you can guess. Deconstructed when her reality-warping powers have unintended consequences (parents killed, brother traumatized, lots of bystander casualties), and when her partner screws her over by muting her, which de-powers her, even though she could have set up some powerful safeguards. It's implied that if she was more experienced with her powers and/or could alter human souls at the source, most of the plot wouldn't have happened.
23* Sasami of ''Anime/TenchiMuyo'' is this - a 7-9 year old bonded to her world's goddess. Except in her mind [[ThatManIsDead she's nothing more than a vessel that Tsunami rides in, that the real Sasami's dead.]]
24* Several adaptations of ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' including ''Manga/PokemonAdventures'', and ''Anime/PokemonHeroes'' has [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Latias]], a [[OlympusMons Legendary Pokémon]], use her powers over light to disguise herself as a girl no older than sixteen.
25* In ''Manga/FushigiYuugi'', the creator of the universe is [[MiniatureSeniorCitizens a small old woman]]. Also, she is assisted by multiple minor healer goddesses called "Nyan-Nyan," which normally take on the appearance of (roughly) 5-year-old girls.
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29* In ''ComicBook/TheSandman1989'', the Lord of Chaos, Shivering Jemmy, manifests as a young blond girl with a balloon.
30** Also Delirium of the Endless, who at first appears to be a crazy yet harmless young woman, but you [[BewareTheNiceOnes really, really don't want to cross her]].
31* The ultimate conclusion of ''ComicBook/{{Lucifer}}'': [[spoiler:Yahweh retires by Lucifer's suggestion, and Elaine Belloc takes His place.]]
32* ComicBook/{{Spawn}} originally portrayed a feminine almighty being who had previously taken human form as {{Jesus|WasWayCool}} and was in fact the ''mother'' of the series' more commonly-seen and [[GodIsEvil antagonistic]] "God". In recent years following a ContinuityReboot, the one and only known God is portrayed as female.
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36* ''Fanfic/AGrowingAffection'' has [[spoiler:the Reaper, the goddess of Death]]. She appears as an unnaturally cute girl of no more than six years, and she doesn't even take offense at Naruto's accidental blasphemy.
37* Unlike her canon counterpart in ''Literature/TheGuardiansOfChildhood'', who presents as a young woman, MotherNature is a ten year-old girl who likes picnics and playing dress-up in the ''Return of the Guardians'' trilogy. Nonetheless, she's pretty much a PhysicalGod with all planet Earth's forces at her beck and call.
38* The original Oblivion in ''Fanfic/ResonanceDays'' (not the six {{Puppet Queen}}s that came after her disappearance). Calling her ''allmighty'' is a stretch, but an in-universe myth confirmed to be true by WordOfGod places her as the original creator of the afterlife, and the only one who can break its [[CompleteImmortality one unbreakable rule]]. She was originally a young girl who was contracted by an Incubator [[TimeAbyss in the Mesolithic Era]], and most likely still looks that way.
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42* ''Film/{{Cafe}}'' was a movie about a coffee shop that took place [[PlatonicCave in a world as a computer program]]. The chief programmer was a teenage girl.
43* Music/AlanisMorissette is God in ''Film/{{Dogma}}'', and while she is more like a young adult woman, her childlike mannerisms are clearly meant to evoke this trope.
44* ''Film/ItsAVeryMerryMuppetChristmasMovie'' features an incarnation of God played by Creator/WhoopiGoldberg.
45* Implied in ''Film/Warlock1989'': The Warlock is looking for the [[TomeOfEldritchLore Grand Grimoire,]] which will reveal God's secret name, which will destroy the universe if spoken backward. In the end, he gets the book and we see it spelling out the name. We can almost read it before it cuts away and it looks like it says [[spoiler: either "Rokisha" or "Roaisha", which certainly sound like girl's names.]]
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49* Aphrael, the Child Goddess in ''Literature/TheElenium''.
50* ''[[Literature/{{Animorphs}} The Ellimist]]'', who "[[SufficientlyAdvancedAlien merely appears all-powerful from your limited perspective]]", once appears to the group by copying the form of a nearby girl.
51* Ivy (The Archive) in ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' contains the entire wealth of any knowledge that has ever been written down in any language throughout time... in the body of an 8-year old girl... who likes kitties.
52* Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya thinks that she's an OrdinaryHighschoolStudent, but she has universe-level {{reality warp|er}}ing abilities that she is unaware of, and [[LockedOutOfTheLoop everyone strives to keep it that way]]. At least one faction within the story [[UnreliableExpositor believes that she actually is (a) god]], as does a portion of the fandom.
53* Aqua from ''Literature/KonoSuba'' is a goddess of water who doesn't appear to be more than 20 years old. She's also [[ItsAllAboutMe a brat]], [[TheGodsMustBeLazy incredibly lazy]], [[HardDrinkingPartyGirl loves to drink and party]], and [[TheDitz not exactly very bright]]. She at one point mentions that [[YearInsideHourOutside time passes more quickly in heaven]], so it's entirely possible that she's exactly the age she seems to be.
54* Whilst never referred to as a god ''Literature/TheNeverendingStory'' has Moonchild, the Childlike Empress of Fantastica (note it's Fantasia in the movies). It is said if she dies, then Fantastica will die with her - she is theoretically immortal but relies on [[GodNeedsPrayerBadly human children's power of imagination to sustain her]], specifically she needs human child to rename her every few generations or she will die.
55* In ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'', Artemis and Hestia sometimes appear as pre-teen girls.
56* Kassandra in ''[[Literature/TalesOfTheBranionRealm The Painter Knight]]'' is a five-year-old hereditary GodEmpress, who is able to [[SealedInsideAPersonShapedCan release her God's power]] at will.
57* Faith in Creator/JodiPicoult's ''Keeping Faith'' is assumed to be the Second Coming of UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}}.
58* Vin of ''Literature/MistbornTheOriginalTrilogy'' is a 20-21-year-old, 5-foot-nothing girl who becomes 1/16 of a God. [[labelnote:explanation]] Eons ago, Adonalsium (this universe's God) broke into sixteen pieces known as the Shards of Adonalsium. Scadriel, the world of Mistborn, ended up with the Shards Ruin and Preservation. [[/labelnote]]
59* In ''Literature/TheSecretsOfTheImmortalNicholasFlamel'', Hecate has [[TheHecateSisters three forms]] and first appears as a young girl.
60* In ''{{Literature/VALIS}}'', Sophia, a two-year-old girl who ''may'' be the incarnation of divine wisdom.
61* [[TheOldGods Ryn]], the main character of ''Literature/TheOneWhoEatsMonsters'', looks like a slightly underfed five-foot tall, sixteen-year old girl who weighs "one hundred and three pounds." She's actually the oldest "monster"" in the world, and if it weren't for the fact that in all her many millennia of existence, she never learned to blend in with humans, she'd be a goddess second only to the Fates themselves. She can control the weather, slice atoms off things, and kill things that ''literally can't be killed.'' Inside her heart is a portal to [[TheNothingAfterDeath ''gehenna,'']] a dark star so hot that if she eats someone's heart, it will burn up their souls.
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65* In ''Series/{{Angel}}'', Wolfram & Hart's conduit to the Senior Partners would sometimes manifest as a sweet little girl.
66* God took the shape of an elementary-school girl a couple of times in ''Series/JoanOfArcadia''.
67* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'': Lilith, arch-demon and ''de facto'' ruler of Hell while Satan is imprisoned, seems to prefer possessing little girls. While not God, she's at least as powerful as some small-g gods in the show.
68* Parodied in the ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' episode "[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S08E11PartsTheClonusHorror Parts: The Clonus Horror]]", when three omnipotent space children run away from home and use their powers to pester the cast.
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72* The Music/GrooveCoverage song, "God Is a Girl" is just about that. The music video depicts the members of the music group as traveling show evangelists, convincing people into believing that an 11-year-old girl traveling with them is God.
73* In the Music/FiveFingerDeathPunch song "Wrong Side of Heaven", God is referred to as a "she" (contrasting with the Devil being a "he".)
74* In one of the songs that are a part of the [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKOY6La9LWix2oIPzL_z_mAHTcx_oHLC2 Happiness Series]] of Music/{{Vocaloid}} songs, Music/HatsuneMiku is a goddess. Miku as a character in general is already meant to resemble a teenager, and the version portrayed in that song looks even younger than the typical Miku.
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78* It is implied in ''TabletopGame/DemonTheFallen'' fluff that the ''TabletopGame/OldWorldOfDarkness'' {{God}} is a girl. Though, since the Fallen are pretty much the only still-living beings who have actually seen God at the dawn of time, and the vast majority of the Fallen are still ''really, really pissed'' at God, don't put ''too'' much stock in their word.
79** God also has an evil sister named [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Oblivion]], short for "The Grand Maw of Oblivion." Grand Maw wanted to create her own universe, and saying that she "failed" is not putting it strongly enough. Now she and her "[[EldritchAbomination offspring]]" spend their time gnawing underneath the afterlife until the end of the world.
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83* ''VideoGame/EternalDaughter'': [[spoiler:Player character Mia is a demigod.]]
84* Not technically a god, but the Fairy Queen in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'' manifests to [[KidHero Link]] in a child-like form. ''[[PuppyLove And then hits on him]].''
85** [[spoiler:Zelda, the reincarnation of the Goddess Hylia]] from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword'' definitely counts.
86* Moriya Suwako from ''Franchise/TouhouProject''.
87** And hey, Kanako Yasaka, why not, even though she's not as young-looking. She appears to be about 20 whereas Suwako looks like a pre-teen. RealityWarper Yukari Yakumo also may qualify. She's not God. Technically she's not even a divinity of any kind. But her RealityWarper powers are so great she might as well be.
88** In fact, ''Touhou'' has a lot of goddesses. ''VideoGame/TouhouFuujinrokuMountainOfFaith'', which brought Kanako and Suwako, also as the Aki sisters and Hina. The former fit the bill much more, but they're also incredibly weak.
89%%How does she count?* Yune from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn'' should count.
90* Taken to the extreme in ''VideoGame/ExaPico'' series. Humans (and more) live in three gigantic towers that are also massive computers capable of potent magic. The [[PhysicalGod Administrators]] of the towers are all little girls, especially [[VideoGame/ArTonelicoIIMelodyOfMetafalica Frelia]].
91** However, they aren't Goddesses in the literal sense of the word due to actually getting their names from three Goddesses that lived millennia prior to them, and the fact that they are considered as such due to keeping the Towers, the last safe haven for life in Ar Ciel, functioning. However, a few of the personae of the Planet Ar Ciel (which are the actual creators and maintainers of said planet and all life on it) do fit the definition.
92* ''VideoGame/OracleOfTao'' has [[GodInHumanForm Ambrosia]], who for much of the first game is oblivious that she is God's avatar (she's about 20-30 though). [[spoiler: This creates an odd situation, [[LogicBomb since she was literally sending]] ''[[LogicBomb herself]]'' [[CallToAdventure on a quest]].]] Later on though, she accepts being God fully, and the current version of God gets reincarnated so that Ambrosia can have a life with Nevras [[spoiler: while [[MyOwnGrampa her mother can have a life with God]].]]
93* A sort-of inversion: In ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiStrangeJourney'', ''Lucifer'' appears as a little blonde girl in white dress, calling herself "[[LouisCypher Louisa Ferre]]."
94* Ingrid of the ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' series (though she debuted in ''[[VideoGame/CapcomFightingEvolution Capcom Fighting Jam]]'') definitely counts. It's implied that she is the creator/true owner of Bison's Psycho Power (and by extension, Rose's Soul Power) and she seems to be {{immortal|ity}}, with the power to TimeTravel at her leisure. [[AllThereInTheManual Supplemental materials]] for ''VideoGame/StreetFighterXTekken'' also credits her as the creator of [[ArtifactOfDoom Pandora]], the god-like object that everyone's fighting over.
95* Elizabeth from ''VideoGame/BioShockInfinite'' effectively ascends to godhood [[spoiler:the moment the [[RestrainingBolt Siphon]] is destroyed. While she is not almighty, since she is forced to operate within the limitations of [[ArcWords constants and variables]], by the end of the game, she can manipulate those variables and thus tweak the entire multiverse in any way she pleases]]. Exemplified by this exchange between her and the cynical, daredevil badass of a PlayerCharacter (which takes place even ''before'' her apotheosis):
96-->'''Elizabeth''': Booker, are you afraid of God?\
97'''Booker''': No. But I am afraid of ''you''.
98* In ''VideoGame/DragonballXenoverse'', the Supreme Kai of Time is a short pink-skinned girl whose job is to make sure the Franchise/DragonBall timeline is untouched and sends agents to fix anything that potentially goes wrong.
99* In ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyoTetris2'', [[spoiler:this is the true identity of [[MysteriousWaif Marle]], being the [[PhysicalGod physical manifestation of the Will of the World]] responsible for watching over the puzzle worlds, not to mention taking on the form of a young girl.]]
100* Almost every deity in the ''VideoGame/{{Neptunia}}'' series is a woman ranging from looking as young as five to being mid-twenties at the oldest.
101* Viridi from ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising'', despite being the goddess of nature and being implied to have been alive for a while, has the appearance of an 8 year old.
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105* [[spoiler:Hanyuu]] of ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'' is the true identity of [[spoiler:Oyashiro-sama]], and she takes the form of a young girl, appearing no older than Satoko or Rika.
106* As the series focuses on various individuals reaching godhood and attaining control of the multiverse, it was perhaps inevitable that the ''VisualNovel/ShinzaBanshoSeries'' would dabble in this trope eventually. In this case it is the 7th Heaven and current ruling god Hirume[[note]]There is some confusion as to exactly her nature as the character shown as the 7th in ''VisualNovel/KajiriKamuiKagura'' was male and referred to as Amaterasu leading to questions whether this is a retcon or if "Hirume" is simply an avatar.[[/note]]. And unfortunately she also happens to be a BrattyHalfPint, though fortunately she doesn't abuse her powers as much as her title and her adoptive mother [[AlmightyMom Rindou]] makes sure to keep her in line.
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110* Downplayed in ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive''. Pandora isn't a god - but she is an incredibly ancient immortal being with powers vastly beyond what the rest of her kind are capable of. She also happens to like taking the form of a mischievous little girl.
111* Webcomic/{{Minus}} isn't really confirmed to be God in the comic - just a girl with limitless unexplained powers. But she does create the Afterlife, and is shown to run it whenever she isn't busy having fun.
112* An old, discontinued webcomic, ''Acid Reflux'', had a little deity girl get her own (used) universe as a present. Her name, of course, was "God". Much humor occurs when she's sucked into said universe, a sort of high fantasy pastiche.
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116* In ''Bit F City'', the most powerful Randomnian god, creator of a whole dimension, is a 6-year old. She also has the mentality of one.
117* [[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-239 SCP-239]] from the Website/SCPFoundation seems to be a RealityWarper in the form of a young girl.
118* In ''Literature/FunnyBusiness'', Jeannette's powers are practically limitless, though she [[AGodIAmNot explicitly denies]] being a god.
119* Holly in ''WebVideo/CaptainDisillusion'' is an attractive young woman, usually just a floating head, but she temporarily generates herself a body in one episode.
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123* Raava from ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' is a female God-equivalent, albeit an [[AngelicAbomination inhuman]] one.
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