Quotes demonstrating characters with god-complexes.
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"This world is mine. I think this world may even just be a long, long dream I'm watching. You guys may just be illusions, and it can't be proven whether or not you really exist either. In other words, this world was created with me at the center. So what will happen if I die? I don't know. My imagination isn't very creative; I just can't imagine myself dying. In other words, there is no way this world can completely disappear. But if I die, then everyone will disappear. I am the only one in this world who won't disappear. The rest are just people I see as if in a dream."
— Claire Stanfield, Baccano!
"HAHAHAHAHA! Tiny, tiny! Tinytinytinytiny! Soul Reapers and humans and hollows and arrancars all have their own differences and quarrels! They have will and freedom and animals and plants and the moon and the stars and the sun and every little thing! But only my power is absolute! Everything else is tiny and insignificant! Your proper place is under my supreme rule! Equality is not born from rivalry! Look into my eyes, for you are no different than insects to me! [...] I AM THE GREAT EMPEROR! THE GOD OF HUECO MUNDO! BARRAGAN LUISENBARN!!"
— Barragan Luisenbarn, Bleach
"I will kill you. Kill you with my own hands. You will regret ever granting me this power. I am King. I am God. I am undying. I will never cease in my attempts to take your life, Sosuke Aizen."
— Barragan Luisenbarn, Bleach
"No matter what the world, the god of that world creates the rules. In truth, you've already been defeated by the rules I created. And as punishment for defying the god of the new world... YOU WILL DIE!"
— Light Yagami, Death Note
"I am Kira... and also... the god of the new world."
— Light Yagami, Death Note
Tengen Uzui: Listen up! I AM A GOD! YOU THREE ARE TRASH! That’s the first bit of info you need to pound into your heads, SO DRIVE IT IN!! You turn into dogs if I say so! Turn into monkeys if I tell you! So be ready to bend over backwards, pander to my every whim, and worship me endlessly! And remember above all else... I AM A GOD!
[beat]
Zenitsu Agatsuma: (Oh, this guy is crazy.)
[beat]
Zenitsu Agatsuma: (Oh, this guy is crazy.)
— Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, "Infiltrating the Entertainment District"
"I am your ordained ruler with absolute power over your very existence. You will serve me as you were born to do. You will give me my every desire, even yourself."
— Lucemon, Digimon Frontier
"My form is justice. And my form is the world. Worship me. Give praise unto me. Me, the beautiful, the sublime...Me, the invincible, the almighty and divine...All hail Zamasu."
"Order is created by God. In other words...me!"
— Earl Tyrant, Final Fantasy: Unlimited
"HEAR ME, GOD. I DEMAND THAT YOU ANSWER THE CRY OF MY SOUL. COME TO ME! JOIN ME... YES, I WILL NO LONGER BE BOUND TO YOU AND YOUR CONSEQUENCES! I'LL FORCE YOU DOWN TO THIS EARTH AND INTO MY BOWELS—YOU HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO BE ABSORBED!"
— Father, Fullmetal Alchemist
Setsuna: You saved me, you guided me, and now what? Are you trying to play the role of God with me?!
Ribbons: Oh no, I really am God.
Ribbons: Oh no, I really am God.
"We are Pain. We are god."
— Pain, Naruto
"In this 9.63m square world, you are no longer god... I am."
— Nikola Tesla, Record of Ragnarok
"I'll show you the true power of siren. The closest creature to a god."
—Kanade Kamiya, Rosario + Vampire
"Who do you think's going to stop me? Ooh, maybe a god! But sadly, there's none in this world. EXCEPT FOR YOURS TRULY!!"
—Sugou Nobuyuki Sword Art Online
"My Digald members... Digald is in the world. So where is the world? The world is in God's hand. But right now... I am God! No, let me rephrase that. I even surpass God... I am the single, absolute God, Jiin! As soon as reparations are ready, we will go on a big offensive! Those that do not prostrate themselves before God will be wiped out without mercy!"
— Emperor Jiin the First, Zoids: Genesis
Comic Books
"Ah. A pilgrim. Come into my presence, pilgrim. Gaze upon the Lord Thy God: Zeus Arrhenothelus. Part man, part woman. Electricity enflames my brain. Voltage. Current. The Fire of Heaven. Look here: I've saved it all. There's power in it, you see. Electricity. Gift of my body; divine. Fertile. It shall transform the dry lands of Africa into the perfumed orchards of paradise and men will worship me anew. For I am Zeus. Lord of Ect. God of Electric Retribution."
— Maxie Zeus, Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth
Monsieur Mallah: Soon you will no longer be know as the Brain, master, we'll have to find a new name for you.
The Brain: How about God?
Monsieur Mallah: Of course, this opens up the whole area of interactionism, which brings us back to Descartes and leads inevitably to Descartes, Malebranche and occasionalists...
The Brain: Oh, shut up, Mallah...
The Brain: How about God?
Monsieur Mallah: Of course, this opens up the whole area of interactionism, which brings us back to Descartes and leads inevitably to Descartes, Malebranche and occasionalists...
The Brain: Oh, shut up, Mallah...
— Doom Patrol #35
I. AM. THE. NEW. GOD.
ALL IS ONE IN DARKSEID. THIS MIGHTY BODY IS MY CHURCH.
WHEN I COMMAND YOUR SURRENDER, I SPEAK WITH THREE BILLION VOICES...
WHEN I MAKE A FIST TO CRUSH YOUR RESISTANCE. IT IS WITH THREE BILLION HANDS!
WHEN I STARE INTO YOUR EYES AND SHATTER YOUR DREAMS. AND BREAK YOUR HEART. IT IS WITH SIX BILLION EYES!
NOTHING LIKE DARKSEID HAS EVER COME AMONG YOU: NOTHING WILL AGAIN.
I WILL TAKE YOU TO A HELL WITHOUT EXIT OR END.
AND THERE I WILL MURDER YOUR SOULS!
AND MAKE YOU CRAWL AND BEG!
AND DIE!
DIE! DIE FOR DARKSEID!
ALL IS ONE IN DARKSEID. THIS MIGHTY BODY IS MY CHURCH.
WHEN I COMMAND YOUR SURRENDER, I SPEAK WITH THREE BILLION VOICES...
WHEN I MAKE A FIST TO CRUSH YOUR RESISTANCE. IT IS WITH THREE BILLION HANDS!
WHEN I STARE INTO YOUR EYES AND SHATTER YOUR DREAMS. AND BREAK YOUR HEART. IT IS WITH SIX BILLION EYES!
NOTHING LIKE DARKSEID HAS EVER COME AMONG YOU: NOTHING WILL AGAIN.
I WILL TAKE YOU TO A HELL WITHOUT EXIT OR END.
AND THERE I WILL MURDER YOUR SOULS!
AND MAKE YOU CRAWL AND BEG!
AND DIE!
DIE! DIE FOR DARKSEID!
"There was a time in my life when I sought the answers to questions that men never even dream of. But then I made the eternally fatal mistake of being ahead of my time. After a long search, I found the answer. Power, Miss Case. Power is what I found. Soon now I shall become a god. The power of life and death in the palm of my hand."
— Mabouse, The Green Hornet
"Perun. I warned you, old man... I will tolerate no gods in my Russia... other than me."
—Baba Yaga, Hellboy: Darkness Calls
Zatanna: Adam, if I had a dollar for every self proclaimed god the League has encountered...
Adam: I am not A god. I am THE God!
Adam: I am not A god. I am THE God!
— Justice League of America #255: "Rising"
"You address omnipotence. Tread carefully."
— Thanos of Titan
Iron Man: I’m the most intelligent, capable person on the planet. I’m not playing God. All this time… I’ve been playing human.
— (AXIS-inverted) Superior Iron Man
"Wow, anything goes! I can lie, cheat... what's to keep me from becoming a god?"
—Tyler, Moving On Up!
(a Chick Tract)
(a Chick Tract) Fan Works
Bagan: I... am a god. The new ruler of this realm and eventually all others. I brought you here to be my angels, to serve me and my goal....
Legion: Queens, do NOT serve!
Grand King Ghidorah: You will pay for this insolence!
Bagan: Y̜̞̗̩̲͉̠͘O̖̱U̲͎̫͙̳ ̥̙͓̪̰̺̪WI̷̹̼̖̞L̶͎̳L ̱͕̼N̟͍̘͙̖͜ͅO̝͓T͏̯͚͖̟͎ ̦̼̯̟̕D̸̺͎A̫R̳̖E ̠͠D̨̫̲E͙̲̰̬̪F͚̩̼͈͎Y͏̟̦̭ ̨̲M̬̰̼É͍̦̺̫͖!͚͎̙̞̱ Know where you stand... What is a king or queen to a god? Nothing but a soul in a shell. I could strike you all down in an instant....
Legion: Queens, do NOT serve!
Grand King Ghidorah: You will pay for this insolence!
Bagan: Y̜̞̗̩̲͉̠͘O̖̱U̲͎̫͙̳ ̥̙͓̪̰̺̪WI̷̹̼̖̞L̶͎̳L ̱͕̼N̟͍̘͙̖͜ͅO̝͓T͏̯͚͖̟͎ ̦̼̯̟̕D̸̺͎A̫R̳̖E ̠͠D̨̫̲E͙̲̰̬̪F͚̩̼͈͎Y͏̟̦̭ ̨̲M̬̰̼É͍̦̺̫͖!͚͎̙̞̱ Know where you stand... What is a king or queen to a god? Nothing but a soul in a shell. I could strike you all down in an instant....
"Mortals are a waste. I am a god you insolent wretch! I have lived over a hundred thousand millennium. I decide when a world has ripened and as a god I shall not be opposed when I come to collect!"
— Grand King Ghidorah, The Bridge (MLP)
"I SWEAR ON ALL THAT IS HOLY THAT I SHALL HAVE MY REVENGE! I WILL! I'M THE GOD! I'M THE GOD! AAAAAAHHH--"
— Calvin, Calvin & Hobbes: The Series
"COME NOW, TAKE THE STEP, DON’T LOOK BACK, THERE’S NOTHING LEFT FOR YOU BEYOND THE VEIL. YOU’VE TRIED, AND YET, YOU FAILED TO SAVE HER. CLAWS UPON YOUR HEART RIP AND TEAR YOUR SOUL APART. YOU’VE LOST THE GAME, IT’S ALWAYS THE SAME WHEN YOU STAND BEFORE A GOD!"
— Ultra M, Friday Night Funkin': Mario's Madness
So I'm going to do something first, just to get the kinks out. I'm going to find me a planet, one with people on it, lots and lots of people. And I'm going to kill them all. Then I'm going to another planet, and kill just, maybe, half of them. And I'll make the ones who live worship me. By the time I find my child, he may be the object of a new religion. Wouldn't that be nice, Kara?
— Satan Girl, Hellsister Trilogy
I'm not a god. I AM WHAT A GOD PRAYS TO.
I. Am. I... I... may have let the sensation go to my head for a moment there.
I. Am. I... I... may have let the sensation go to my head for a moment there.
— Enlil, Infinity
"Logic? Logic is out the door when I say it is, Shining. Inside my Iron Curtain, I am GOD!"
— Makarov, Pony POV Series
"It is no cliche, you wretched spawn of a foul goddess...It is godhood. For I am a god! I am the true Father Deer! I always WAS a god and shall forever BE a god! I will take up arms against the pantheon of failures and I shall enforce my will...across all their timelines...across all their wretched worlds!"
— Makarov, Pony POV Series
"Ik zei toch dat ik wraak op je zou nemen, Nimja, en nu is die dag aangebroken! Vanaf vandaag zul je niet meer de dominante zijn! Ik heb het al eerder gezegd en ik zal het nog een keer zeggen- IK BEN DE ULTIEME ALFA!" note
— HyPN0se, Pokémon × Nimja: Play the Game, "Bicycle Race"
"As you all die in flames, remember who it was that defeated you! He was Greg Stinson but now he is SO MUCH MORE! He is the Announcer! He is Aperture! He is all that is, and will be!"
The chassis shook with mad spasms. "I! I AM! I AM THE ALPHA! THE OMEGA! I AM-"
Chell grabbed Wheatley's portal gun, shot once at the ground beneath the Announcer, and once through the gap in the ceiling
The Announcer's mad ramblings screeched to a halt. "I... Am..."
A blue gleam winked on the moon's surface.
The camera lens widened. "Oh."
The chassis shook with mad spasms. "I! I AM! I AM THE ALPHA! THE OMEGA! I AM-"
Chell grabbed Wheatley's portal gun, shot once at the ground beneath the Announcer, and once through the gap in the ceiling
The Announcer's mad ramblings screeched to a halt. "I... Am..."
A blue gleam winked on the moon's surface.
The camera lens widened. "Oh."
— Reversal, Chapter 19
, Chapter 19Calne Ca: This is my do-main. E-ven the Com-po-ser her-self can-not sur-pass me - can-not see me! But I can see DI-VA! In Ma-chine Mu-zik, I am god-dess!
Yowane Haku: Then allow me to be the devil.
Yowane Haku: Then allow me to be the devil.
"Goku! You came here expecting to find a madman, but instead, you found a GOD!"
—Adolf Hitler, Until the End of Time
Film — Animation
"I'll tell you who eats shit: Gods do, bro... I'M A FUCKING GOD!"
—Douche, Sausage Party
Black Adam: It changes you, does it not? The power.
Captain Marvel: It only changes that I can choose my own fate now.
Adam: Like a god, maybe?
Captain Marvel: It only changes that I can choose my own fate now.
Adam: Like a god, maybe?
"When you crush an ant beneath your foot, do you feel remorse? No. Is this because you are evil or because you recognize yourself as a higher form of life? This is what the Wizard could not understand. If I have the powers of the gods, then am I not a god myself? Should I not be treated as such?"
—Black Adam, Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam
"Yes, YES, the power! (laughs maniacally) THE ABSOLUTE POWER!!! […] THE UNIVERSE IS MINE TO COMMAND! TO CONTROL!!!"
—Jafar, Aladdin
"Ooh... What's this? What a gift! All this time, I've protected the wishes not knowing... the power the yield! I feel as if I can do... anything!
—King Magnifico, Wish (2023)
Film — Live-Action
Secretary Leonard Dekkom: I've given you an opportunity, Mr. President, you should take it.
President Andrew Palma: An opportunity? Let him go! [The officers release Dekkom] It's GENOCIDE, Leonard!
Dekkom: You say "genocide", I say "pre-emptive strike".
Palma: You've lost your mind!
Dekkom: Tomorrow, the sun will rise, all our enemies will be gone. Wiped away as if by the Hand of God.
Palma: Why would you do this?
Dekkom: Because no-one else would. I'm turning the clock back to 1945, when America was a shining city on a hill, not just a bank disguised as a country.
Palma: By playing God?
Dekkom: What the hell is Dutch Boy if not playing God? Ask Max, he knows. Science is all about playing God. Sometimes God doesn't play so nice.
President Andrew Palma: An opportunity? Let him go! [The officers release Dekkom] It's GENOCIDE, Leonard!
Dekkom: You say "genocide", I say "pre-emptive strike".
Palma: You've lost your mind!
Dekkom: Tomorrow, the sun will rise, all our enemies will be gone. Wiped away as if by the Hand of God.
Palma: Why would you do this?
Dekkom: Because no-one else would. I'm turning the clock back to 1945, when America was a shining city on a hill, not just a bank disguised as a country.
Palma: By playing God?
Dekkom: What the hell is Dutch Boy if not playing God? Ask Max, he knows. Science is all about playing God. Sometimes God doesn't play so nice.
— Geostorm
"Wait'll you morons find out who I am! My father's gonna be really upset, and when my father gets upset, the ground SHAKES! My father is God! I worship my father!"
—Jeffrey Goines, 12 Monkeys
"It is not the lash [my soldiers] fear... It is my divine power."
— Emperor Xerxes, 300
"Hammer is God! And God is *Hammer*!"
—Hammer the Exterminator, 1990: The Bronx Warriors
"If I, Aguirre, want the birds to drop dead from the trees... then the birds will drop dead from the trees. I am the wrath of God. The earth I pass will see me and tremble."
—Don Lope de Aguirre, Aguirre, the Wrath of God
Electro: You're too late, Spider-Man. I designed this power grid. Now I'm gonna take back what is rightfully mine. I will control everything and I will be like a god to them!
Spider-Man: A god named Sparkles?
Spider-Man: A god named Sparkles?
Loki: ENOUGH! You are, all of you, BENEATH ME! I am a GOD, you dull creature, and I will not be bullied by-
(The Hulk grabs him by the leg and slams him around)
The Hulk: Puny god.
(The Hulk grabs him by the leg and slams him around)
The Hulk: Puny god.
"Dread it. Run from it. Destiny arrives all the same. And now its here. Or should I say, I am."
— Thanos, Avengers: Infinity War
"If knowledge is power, then a GOD... AM... I. Was that over the top? I can never tell!"
— The Riddler, Batman Forever
"I AM BRUCE ALMIGHTY! MY WILL BE DONE!"
— Bruce Nolan, Bruce Almighty
"I have existed from the morning of the world and I shall exist until the last star falls from the heavens. Although I have taken the form of Gaius Caligula, I am all men as I am no man, and so, I am a god."
— Emperor Caligula, Caligula (1979 film)
Arnim Zola: Schmidt believes he walks in the footsteps of the gods. Only the world itself will satisfy him.
Col. Phillips: You do know that's nuts, right?
Zola: The sanity of the plan is of no consequence... because he can do it.
Col. Phillips: You do know that's nuts, right?
Zola: The sanity of the plan is of no consequence... because he can do it.
"Johann Schmidt belongs in a bug house. He thinks he's a God and he's willing to blow half the world prove it, starting with the U.S.A."
—Chester Phillips on Red Skull, Captain America: The First Avenger
"My weapons contain enough destructive power to decimate every hostile capital on Earth. Quite simply, gentlemen, I have harnessed the power of the gods."
"Don't you see the parallel? In the normal course of erosion, this skeleton would be exposed on the surface in approximately three-thousand years. At which time the people of New Guinea should have developed a state of scientific knowledge equivalent to ours. And then, the Sky Father will weep. Rain, Waterlow! Rain! Water! And last night, I anticipated that process by three-thousand years. Why, I am the White God! I alone hold this tremendous power of good and evil in my hands! If I can control this power, what opportunities are open for humanity? Why, with this knowledge, I could wipe evil away from the world! It could be abolished forever! We would have a new paradise here on Earth."
— Professor Emmanuel Hildern, The Creeping Flesh
Deadpool: Gary–
Peter: My name's Peter.
Deadpool: I realize that you're new to this, but relax. You've been chosen by a higher power.
Domino: Did he just call himself God?
Bedlam: I think he did.
Peter: My name's Peter.
Deadpool: I realize that you're new to this, but relax. You've been chosen by a higher power.
Domino: Did he just call himself God?
Bedlam: I think he did.
Dr. Alexander Thorkel: Are we then country doctors? You do not realize what we have here. In our very hands, we have the cosmic force of creation itself. In our very hands, we can shape life, take it apart, put it together again, mould it like putty.
Dr. Mendoza: But what you are doing is mad. It is diabolic! You are tampering with powers reserved to God.
Thorkel: That is good. That is very good. That is just what I am doing.
Dr. Mendoza: But what you are doing is mad. It is diabolic! You are tampering with powers reserved to God.
Thorkel: That is good. That is very good. That is just what I am doing.
Dr. No: The Americans are fools. I offered my services, they refused. So did the East. Now they can both pay for their mistake.
James Bond: World domination. The same old dream. Our asylums are full of people who think they're Naploeon. Or God.
James Bond: World domination. The same old dream. Our asylums are full of people who think they're Naploeon. Or God.
— Dr. No
Dr. Henry Frankenstein: It's alive. It's alive, it's alive! It's alive! IT'S ALIVE!
Victor Moritz: Henry, in the name of God!
Dr. Henry Frankenstein: In the name of God! NOW I KNOW WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO BE GOD!
Victor Moritz: Henry, in the name of God!
Dr. Henry Frankenstein: In the name of God! NOW I KNOW WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO BE GOD!
"Ray, when someone asks you if you're a god, you say, 'Yes!'"
—Winston Zeddemore, Ghostbusters (1984)
Phil: I'm a god.
Rita: (incredulous) You're God?
Phil: I'm a god — I'm not the God... I don't think.
Rita: (incredulous) You're God?
Phil: I'm a god — I'm not the God... I don't think.
"THERE IS NO GOD!!!!! THAT'S WHY I STEPPED IN!!!!!"
"Evil is a point of view. God kills indiscriminately and so shall we. For no creatures under God are as we are, none so like him as ourselves."
—Lestat, Interview with the Vampire
Merrick: In less than two years I will be able to cure children's leukemia. How many people on Earth can say that!?
Laurent: Well, I suppose just you and God. That is the answer you were looking for, right?
Laurent: Well, I suppose just you and God. That is the answer you were looking for, right?
"I AM YOUR REDEEMER! IT IS BY MY HAND, YOU WILL RISE FROM THE ASHES OF THIS WORLD!"
— Immortan Joe, Mad Max: Fury Road
"The question is, 'Do I have a God Complex?' Which makes me wonder if this lawyer has any idea as to the kind of grades one has to receive in college to be accepted at a top medical school. Or if you have the vaguest clue as to how talented someone has to be to lead a surgical team. I have an M.D. from Harvard. I am board certified in cardiothoracic medicine and trauma surgery. I have been awarded citations from seven different medical boards in New England; and I am never, ever sick at sea. So I ask you, when someone goes into that chapel and they fall on their knees and they pray to God that their wife doesn't miscarry, or that their daughter doesn't bleed to death, or that their mother doesn't suffer acute neural trauma from postoperative shock, who do you think they're praying to? Now, you go ahead and read your Bible, Dennis, and you go to your church and with any luck you might win the annual raffle. But if you're looking for God, he was in operating room number two on November 17th, and he doesn't like to be second guessed. You ask me if I have a God complex? Let me tell you something: I AM GOD. And this side show is over."
— Dr. Jed Hill, Malice
"No. No. I don't kneel before you! You kneel before me! I carry God's gift in my heart, not you! So you kneel before me, motherfucker!"
—Jeremiah Sand, Mandy (2018)
"Auntie Em! Auntie Em! Surprise! Like who doesn't have an Interociter, you collective heads of knuckle! Now, get back into the theater and remember: I saw what you did and I know where you live! (begins shooting at Mike and the Bots) That's right! I'm the God! I AM THE GOD!"
— Dr. Clayton Forrestor, Mystery Science Theater 3000 The Movie
"People of Eternia! I stand before the Great Eye of the galaxy. Chosen by destiny by the powers of Greyskull! This inevitable moment will transpire before your eyes, even as He-Man himself bears witness to it. Now. I, Skeletor, am Master of the Universe! YES! Yes... I feel it, the power... fills me. Yes, I feel the universe within me! I am... I am a part of the cosmos! The power flows... Flows through me! Of what consequence are you now? This planet, these people. They are NOTHING to me! The universe is power! Real, unstoppable POWER! and I am that force! I am that power! KNEEL BEFORE YOUR MASTER! Fool! you are no longer my EQUAL! I am more than man! MORE THAN LIFE! I... am... a... GOD! Now. You... will... KNEEEEEL! KNEEEEL!"
— Skeletor, Masters of the Universe
Safin: People want oblivion and a few of us are born to build it for them, so here I am, their invisible God, sneaking under their skin.
Bond: You know that history isn't kind to those who play God?
Bond: You know that history isn't kind to those who play God?
"Gods don't have to choose. We take."
— Green Goblin, Spider-Man: No Way Home
"Something wrong, Colonel? You came here expecting to fight a madman, and instead you found A GOD?!"
— M. Bison, Street Fighter
"You still refuse to accept my godhood? Keep your own God! In fact, this might be a good time to pray to him! For I beheld Satan as he fell from Heaven! LIKE LIGHTNIIIIIIIIIIIIING!"
— M. Bison, Street Fighter
"I'm not a queen, or a monster... I'm the godess of death! What were you the god of, again?"
—Hela, Thor: Ragnarok
"You can't shoot me. I am the Savior returned to Earth, The Messiah, come to lead the people to righteousness. I am Jesus Christ."
—The Cult Leader, Thou Shalt Not Kill... Except
"We were gods once! All of us! But now? There’ll only be one."
— Sentinel Prime, Transformers: Dark of the Moon
"No more false gods. I'm here now."
Sue: The machine works. It worked on Ben, it can work on you. We can turn you back.
Doom: Do you really think fate turned us into gods so we can refuse these gifts?
Sue: (disdainfully) Victor, you always thought you were a god.
Doom: Do you really think fate turned us into gods so we can refuse these gifts?
Sue: (disdainfully) Victor, you always thought you were a god.
Literature
I seek to know God by becoming more like Him. Thus I have replicated the many paths of God as recorded in our many holy books. Fratricide? Yes. I have committed fratricide, patricide... I have slain generations. I have been merciful - terribly merciful. Capriciously so. My mercy has driven men insane. I have done things so dark, countenanced monstrosities so appalling, that my cruelty has inspired fear in nations great and powerful. Even your own.
I have drowned men in their thousands. I have extinguished species, decimated populations with disease. On that frame, I stopped milord bishop's heart. It ceased to beat - for our entire history on this Earth, Commander, the very measure of death. And I reached down and clawed him back. I returned him to his body. Because I wished it. Because it was godly.
And never, Commander, never do I explain myself - save to you, so that you can be my prophet in the court of the English king. Do you see? God is indifferent and God is silent and God is alien. And thus I shall become. I shall rise through horror and disaster, and in doing so I shall be more and more like Him. I shall be His Mirror.
I shall have words with the Silent God, Commander. I alone, of all men, shall know God as an equal. And then, we shall see.
— Shem Shem Tsiem, Angelmaker
"I am the messiah. And I will shed blood so that the People may worship me."
— Opal Koboi, Artemis Fowl: The Last Guardian
"Because you are haughty of heart, you say, 'A god am I! I occupy a godly throne in the heart of the sea!'"
"That was the last straw. God had had enough of Herod's arrogance and sent an angel to strike him down. Herod had given God no credit for anything. Down he went. Rotten to the core, a maggoty old man if there ever was one, he died."
— Acts 12:19-23, Acts of the Apostles
"We are not stoning you for any good work," they replied, "but for blasphemy, because you, a mere man, claim to be God." "
— John 10:33
"You say it. I am the Elder King; Melkor, first and mightiest of all the Valar, who was before the world, and made it. The shadow of my purpose lies upon Arda, and all that is in it bends slowly and surely to my will... upon all whom you love my though shall weigh as a cloud of Doom, and it shall bring them down into darkness and despair."
— Melkor/Morgoth, The Children of Húrin, Chapter 4 - "The Words of Húrin and Morgoth"
Here died Jesus.
And Mohammed.
Here died Buddha and Yahweh.
But it was not all a loss.
For here, at last, I was born in my new image, to replace half a thousand false gods.
Burn the old altars and prepare new ones. Council your children with different commandments and slaughter the freshest of your lambs so that I may taste their blood in the morning dew.
I bled His energy away just as I might have tapped a dynamo or a battery, distributed it through my own psychic power until He was no longer a separate entity but merely another area of my own mind, as Child now was, another rising bank of power cells to draw upon for the creation of miracles. Not a shred of His personality or self-awareness remained; for all purposes, He had died - or had been transubstantiated, which was all the same now. His memories had been evaporated, and only the magnificent white brilliance of His power remained, condensed, purified, and made ready for use. For my use. It was now, after all, my power.
I had killed God, quite simply, just as I had killed Child some days before.
I felt no remorse.
Does one feel remorse when one shoots down a maniac who is wielding a gun in a crowded department store?
Man as God. I retained the mortal form and the mortal outlook, with the emotions and the prejudices of men. I did not think that would be a weakness, but that it might actually make me a more benevolent and stable deity than the previous owner of my power had been. Man as God...
And Mohammed.
Here died Buddha and Yahweh.
But it was not all a loss.
For here, at last, I was born in my new image, to replace half a thousand false gods.
Burn the old altars and prepare new ones. Council your children with different commandments and slaughter the freshest of your lambs so that I may taste their blood in the morning dew.
I bled His energy away just as I might have tapped a dynamo or a battery, distributed it through my own psychic power until He was no longer a separate entity but merely another area of my own mind, as Child now was, another rising bank of power cells to draw upon for the creation of miracles. Not a shred of His personality or self-awareness remained; for all purposes, He had died - or had been transubstantiated, which was all the same now. His memories had been evaporated, and only the magnificent white brilliance of His power remained, condensed, purified, and made ready for use. For my use. It was now, after all, my power.
I had killed God, quite simply, just as I had killed Child some days before.
I felt no remorse.
Does one feel remorse when one shoots down a maniac who is wielding a gun in a crowded department store?
Man as God. I retained the mortal form and the mortal outlook, with the emotions and the prejudices of men. I did not think that would be a weakness, but that it might actually make me a more benevolent and stable deity than the previous owner of my power had been. Man as God...
— A Darkness in My Soul by Dean Koontz
"A god does not converse or bargain with cattle. He uses and dispenses with them as he sees fit."
— Kukulcan, the Red King, Changes (The Dresden Files)
"He made himself a great king in the midst of the earth, and was at first well-seeming and just and his rule was of benefit to all men in their needs of the body; for he made them rich, whoso would serve him. But those who would not were driven into the waste places... [He desired] to be both a king over all kings and as a god to men. And slowly his power moved north and south, and ever westward."
— The History of Middle-earth: Sauron Defeated
"I am the force that holds this lie of a town together, As far as Morganville is concerned, I am its goddess."
—Ada, Morganville Vampires : Fade Out
"If we said what we felt, we should say, 'So you are the Creator and Redeemer of the world: but what a small world it must be! What a little heaven you must inhabit, with angels no bigger than butterflies! How sad it must be to be God; and an inadequate God! Is there really no life fuller, and no love more marvellous than yours; and is it really in your small and painful pity that all flesh must put its faith? How much happier you would be, how much more of you there would be, if the hammer of a higher God could smash your small cosmos, scattering the stars like spangles, and leave you in the open, free like other men to look up as well as down!'"
— G. K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy, on people with the delusion of being Jesus
“Now kneel, fools, and witness my ascension to GODHOOD!”
—Last words of Dread Empress Sinistra IV, the Erroneous, A Practical Guide to Evil
You said that I, who see more than you, am insane. I who have pushed the world so much further than you, am insane. I have dared more than you, I have pressed my unique seal so much deeper in the earth where it will last longer than your dust. Your life to mine is a slug track on stone. A thin silver mucus track in and out of the letters on my monument.
I am the Dragon and you call me insane? My movements are followed and recorded as avidly as those of a mighty guest star. Do you know about the guest star in 1054? Of course not. Your readers follow you like a child follows a slug track with his finger and in the same tired loops of reason. Back to your shallow skull and potato face as a slug follows his own slime back home.
. Do you know about the guest star in 1054? Of course not. Your readers follow you like a child follows a slug track with his finger and in the same tired loops of reason. Back to your shallow skull and potato face as a slug follows his own slime back home.Before Me you are a slug in the sun. You are privy to a great Becoming and you recognize nothing. You are an ant in the afterbirth.
It is in your nature to do one thing correctly: before Me you rightly tremble. Fear is not what you owe Me, Lounds, you and the other pismires. You owe Me awe.
—Francis Dolarhyde, AKA The Great Red Dragon, Red Dragon
"I should like you all to take a moment to pray...to me."
Lexell Kotov: What are you doing? This is insane!
Vettius Telok: Insane? How could you possibly understand the mind of a god?
Kotov: Is that what you think you are?
Telok: I created this entire region of space. I have reignited the hearts of dead suns, crafted star systems from the waste matter of the universe and wrought life from death. If that does not give me the right to name myself a god, then what does?
Live-Action TV
"I have seen the face of God, and He is looking at me through the mirror!"
— Dandy Mott, American Horror Story: Freak Show
" I wanna decide who lives and who dies!"
— Crow T. Robot, Mystery Science Theater 3000, Santa Claus Conquers The Martians"
"The first emperors, the greatest of us, were themselves proclaimed deities by the ancient gods. In exchange for loyalty, they became immortal. Their names revered for generations to come. Prayers offered up to them even in the temples today. And now, now these gods of old have returned. Through them I will become a god myself. That is my destiny! I've known it all my life. It is what I was born for. And when the time comes, Mollari, the people will gladly lay down their lives that I may be elevated to godhood. What are a few million lives compared to the glory of becoming a living god? And when I become a god, I will forgive you your rudeness, Mollari. Then my capacities will be... infinite. For now, I will simply try to forget it."
— Emperor Cartagia, Babylon 5, "The Hour of the Wolf"
"Oh, don't you fucking, 'Oh, Jimmy,' me! You look down on me, you pity me! [Howard starts walking away from Jimmy] Walk away. That's right, Howard! You know why I didn't take the job? 'Cause it's too small! I don't care about it! It's nothing to me! It's a bacterium! I travel in worlds you can't even imagine! You can't conceive of what I'm capable of! I'm so far beyond you! I'm like a god in human clothing! LIGHTNING BOLTS SHOOT FROM MY FINGERTIPS!"
— Saul Goodman, Better Call Saul, "JMM"
"The only man in the sky is me."
— Homelander, The Boys (2019), "The Only Man In The Sky"
Annie: Jeff, you made up a professor, and he just appeared out of thin air. You're not the least bit curious how that happened?
Jeff: My latest theory? Maybe I'm a god. I've denied the signs for too long.
Jeff: My latest theory? Maybe I'm a god. I've denied the signs for too long.
Jeff: Pierce, you've had three flu shots! That's for the day-care centre!
Pierce: I'LL BE A LIVING GOD!
Pierce: I'LL BE A LIVING GOD!
"I am God. Now who is brave enough to look God in the eye?"
— Randy Slade, Criminal Minds, "Painless"
Romana: Right, I'll set the coordinates for Gallifrey, shall I?
The Doctor: Why Gallifrey?
Romana: Well, that's where we're going, isn't it?
The Doctor: We have the power to do anything we like. Absolute power over every particle in the universe. Everything that has ever existed or ever will exist. As from this moment are you listening to me, Romana?
Romana: Yes, of course I'm listening.
The Doctor: Because if you're not listening I can make you listen, because I can do anything. As from this moment there's no such thing as free will in the entire universe. There's only my will, because I possess the Key to Time!
Romana: Doctor, are you all right?
The Doctor: Well of course I'm all right. But supposing I wasn't all right.
The Doctor: Why Gallifrey?
Romana: Well, that's where we're going, isn't it?
The Doctor: We have the power to do anything we like. Absolute power over every particle in the universe. Everything that has ever existed or ever will exist. As from this moment are you listening to me, Romana?
Romana: Yes, of course I'm listening.
The Doctor: Because if you're not listening I can make you listen, because I can do anything. As from this moment there's no such thing as free will in the entire universe. There's only my will, because I possess the Key to Time!
Romana: Doctor, are you all right?
The Doctor: Well of course I'm all right. But supposing I wasn't all right.
"I reached into the dirt and made new life. I am the god of all Daleks!"
— The Dalek Emperor, Doctor Who, "The Parting of the Ways" "
"For a long time now, I thought I was just a survivor, but I'm not. I'm the winner. That's who I am: the Time Lord Victorious."
— The Doctor, Doctor Who, "The Waters of Mars"
"I'd ask you who you think you are, but I think the answer is pretty obvious."
— The Doctor, Doctor Who, "Let's Kill Hitler"
"The universe is over! It doesn't have a say anymore! We're standing on the last ember, the last fragment of everything that ever was. As of this moment, I'm answerable to NO ONE!"
— The Doctor, Doctor Who, "Hell Bent"
"You may serve the Speed Force, Flash, but I rule it. You are only a man, but I am a god, your god. I am Savitar!"
— Savitar, The Flash (2014)
"I, Caligula, am a god! I only have to nod and all your throats will be cut!"'
— Caligula, Horrible Histories
"The Emperor is coming. Now there is something you ought to know before he arrives, so that you won't be taken totally by surprise... We are privileged to be living at the time of a most astonishing event. The Emperor has undergone a transformation, a meta-mor-phosis. He has become a god. Now that is unusual, to say the least. But that's the nature of miracles, to be unusual. And if it's the nature of some people not to believe in them, well the more fool them... However, The Emperor doesn't want to make too much of it. He doesn't want any fuss, or public announcements. He wants us all to behave normally. Although he is now a god, he is still the same loveable young man we have always known, I can attest to that. And to enable his relationships with all of us to continue exactly as they were, he has decided, for convenience, to retain his mortal form... Oh, and by the way, his sister Drusilla's become a goddess. Any questions?"
— Macro, I, Claudius
"Do not talk back to the game master! Both Emu Hojo and Tsukuru Koboshi made a new Gashat without my permission. How dare they create their own Gashats! Gashats are a product of my mind! It should be something only I can make! The same goes for you Bugsters. You're nothing but pawns, useful tools to make my plans a reality. I designed game characters from scratch. Designed their thought processes, controlling them as I will. I am the game master! I am God!"
— Kuroto Dan, Kamen Rider Ex-Aid
Loki: You can't give people free will and then just walk away, Sylvie. That's not how it works. Now, for better or for worse, the timelines are free. It's up to us to protect them. It's up to us to do better than He Who Remains.
Sylvie: Sounds like whatever we do, we're playing God.
Loki: [sadly] We are gods.
Sylvie: Sounds like whatever we do, we're playing God.
Loki: [sadly] We are gods.
Bashir: It's not our place to decide who lives and who dies, we're not gods!
Jack: Maybe not, but we're the next best thing!
Jack: Maybe not, but we're the next best thing!
"I'm glad you made it, Sam. But the angel blade won't work, because I'm not an angel anymore. I'm your new God. A better one. So you will bow down and profess your love unto me, your Lord. Or I shall destroy you."
— Castiel, Supernatural, "The Man Who Knew Too Much"
"Really bought his own press, this one. Please, Cas. I know God... and you, sir, are no God."
— Death, Supernatural, "Meet the New Boss"
"I am beyond a body. I am beyond time and space. All I have to do is squeeze my fingers and your friend dies. I'm invincible! I am a god!"
— Indigo, Supergirl (2015), "Solitude"
"There's a reason it's called 'playing god'... it's fun!"
— Manchester Black, Supergirl (2015), "What's So Funny About Truth, Justice, and the American Way?"
"Killing must feel good to God too. He does it all the time. And are we not made in His image?"
Woolley: In the [civil] service, CMG stands for "Call Me God". And KCMG for "Kindly Call Me God".
Hacker: What does GCMG stand for?
Woolley (deadpan): "God Calls Me God".
Hacker: What does GCMG stand for?
Woolley (deadpan): "God Calls Me God".
Music
I will create in my own image
If God can then why can't I?
No thought of the consequences
I've got to know the meaning of life
If God can then why can't I?
No thought of the consequences
I've got to know the meaning of life
I am the closest thing to God,
So worship me and never stop.
So worship me and never stop.
— InnerPartySystem, "Don't Stop"
I went to God just to see
And I was looking at me
Saw heaven and hell were lies
When I'm God, everyone dies!
And I was looking at me
Saw heaven and hell were lies
When I'm God, everyone dies!
Stop tryna be God Almighty
Fuck the money, never leave your people behind, yeah
It's never love, no matter what you try
Still can see it comin' down your eyes
'Cause they did not create commandments
When you hustle, always make it fancy
The signal's far from what you can be
'Cause air traffic controls the landing
Fuck the money, never leave your people behind, yeah
It's never love, no matter what you try
Still can see it comin' down your eyes
'Cause they did not create commandments
When you hustle, always make it fancy
The signal's far from what you can be
'Cause air traffic controls the landing
— Travis Scott defying this trope, "Stop Trying to Be God"
You ask me if I have a God complex? Let me tell you something: I am God.
— Persuader, "Twisted Eyes"
Newspaper Comics
First there was nothing... then there was Calvin!
Calvin, the mighty god, creates the universe with pure will! From utter nothingness comes swirling form! Life begins where once was void!
But Calvin is no kind and loving god! He's one of the old gods! He demands sacrifice!
Yes, Calvin is a god of the underworld! And the puny inhabitants of earth displease him!
The great Calvin ignores their pleas for mercy and the doomed writhe in agony!
Calvin, the mighty god, creates the universe with pure will! From utter nothingness comes swirling form! Life begins where once was void!
But Calvin is no kind and loving god! He's one of the old gods! He demands sacrifice!
Yes, Calvin is a god of the underworld! And the puny inhabitants of earth displease him!
The great Calvin ignores their pleas for mercy and the doomed writhe in agony!
— A little boy playing with his tinkertoys, Calvin and Hobbes
, Calvin and Hobbes Tabletop Games
"I ask only that I may be your god."
"Life and death are mine to dispense. What is that if not the power of a god?"
— Warmaster Horus, Warhammer 40,000
Toys
"We were no longer like Agori or anyone else. We became nature itself, as benevolent, giving, ruthless and indifferent as that can mean."
— The Element Lord of Jungle, BIONICLE: Riddle of the Great Beings
"I am the ground you walk on ... the air you breathe. No longer must I fight you to rule a Universe. I AM the Universe!"
Video Games
Fiona: What is it exactly that you want to find out?
Cynthia: ...The coming world everyone should advance into. Yes, I want to discover a domain composed of alien perceptions and feelings, of which no one has yet experienced. It is this flesh, necessary for us to live, that has put a limit on an existence so steeped in mystery as the soul and psyche.
Fiona: Even if that were true, Sis, what you're wishing for goes beyond the powers gifted to man by nature. It's a dangerous power.
Cynthia: Yes, that's right! I want what the chosen ones can grasp, the power to prise open the door to the new world!
Fiona: ...A human could never become God.
Cynthia: ...The coming world everyone should advance into. Yes, I want to discover a domain composed of alien perceptions and feelings, of which no one has yet experienced. It is this flesh, necessary for us to live, that has put a limit on an existence so steeped in mystery as the soul and psyche.
Fiona: Even if that were true, Sis, what you're wishing for goes beyond the powers gifted to man by nature. It's a dangerous power.
Cynthia: Yes, that's right! I want what the chosen ones can grasp, the power to prise open the door to the new world!
Fiona: ...A human could never become God.
"I'M THE LIGHTBRINGER! I'M THE FUCKING UNIVERSE!!"
— Edward Carnby, Alone in the Dark (2008)
"Do you think a mere monkey like you can defeat a god? I will show you our true power! Mantra Reactor, RELEASE! I call upon the power of the Mantra! I AM WYZEN OF THE SEVEN DEITIES. I AM AN ABSOLUTE BEING THAT PROTECTS THIS WORLD AND ITS MORTALS. ASURA THE TRAITOR; ASURA THE DESTRUCTOR. YOU DO NOT BELONG IN THIS WORLD! DIE!"
— Wyzen while becoming larger than a planet, Asura's Wrath
Asura: Who the hell do you think you are?
Yasha: God.
Yasha: God.
"Both Adepts and humans are all weaklings compared to me now... Under my rule, I will protect the weak and give them peace. That's right... I am the ultimate ruler! The Heavenly Emperor! I am Sumeragi!"
— Nova Tsukuyomi, Commander of Sumeragi Defense Unit, Azure Striker Gunvolt
Copen: I won't even give you time to make peace with God.
Teseo: LOL why you mad tho? And actually I don't pray to a god because I am one.
Teseo: LOL why you mad tho? And actually I don't pray to a god because I am one.
"If you have the arrogance of a god and can kill like a god, who's to say you are not a god?"
— Winski Perorate, Baldur's Gate
"I'm getting a God Complex and I LIKE IT!"
— Gaige, Borderlands 2
"Y'know what? Call me old-fashioned but... being a god sounds like a helluva lotta fun!"
—Handsome Jack, Borderlands 2
"BIOGURRNGY!!! I AM MONEY... I AM GOD!"
—Sigismund, Cruelty Squad
"You're wrong. I am a god. I'm your god. I decided when you would die, and I decided when you'd be born again. I have resurrected you hundreds of times! If that doesn't make me a god, I don't know what would."
—Emperor Oberon, Crying Suns
I AM A GOD!!!
THE FORCES OF CHAOS, ARE MINE TO COMMAND!
I AM DESTRUCTION INCARNATE!!
THE FORCES OF CHAOS, ARE MINE TO COMMAND!
I AM DESTRUCTION INCARNATE!!
— Daemon Prince, Dawn of War
KID! I'M BUSY BECOMING [God]. GO PLAY [Minecrap] OR SOMETHING!
— Spamton on the Weird Route, Deltarune
"You don't fuck with a god."
— Mundus, Dm C Devil May Cry
"What a fool you are. I'm a god! How can you kill a god?! What a grand and intoxicating innocence! How can you be so naïve?"
— Dagoth Ur, The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
"Can you, mortal, presume to judge the actions and motives of a god?"
—Vivec, The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
"I WILL HAVE THY SOUL FOR I AM THE G O D O F T H I S W O R L D"
"Are you so determined to die? One last chance, villains: bow down and acknowledge your king. Your god!"
—Vauthry, a.k.a. Innocence, Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers
"Fools, braying before a god!"
—Hephaistos, Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker
"My feet tread the path! I shall become a god!"
—The Prophet of Truth, Halo 3
"Because of me, Empire City is a wasteland. I’ve taken this place down notch by notch, and it's never getting up again. Kessler thought he was preparing me to face some beast, that I’d be using my powers for the greater good. What an idiot. These powers are only good for one thing, letting me take what I want, when I want. In a place with no law, the strong take what they want, and the weak are their slaves, their playthings. And no one. Is stronger. Than me!"
— Cole McGrarath, inFAMOUS (evil ending)
"What did Li tell you? That I murdered your people and caused the restless dead? Side effects! Afterthoughts! This is about power, and I will add yours to what I have stolen! Even if you are impervious to my sorcery, it changes nothing. I am a god! Come, student of Li! Your quest for death is at an end!"
— Emperor Sun Hai , Jade Empire
"This cannot be. I am Emperor Sun. I am a god!"
— The last words of Emperor Sun Hai , Jade Empire
"Praise me... for I am a god! Look upon my new world!"
— Igniz, The King of Fighters 2002 Unlimited Match
"Now then, hero of the lower world. You would risk your life for this land? You would stand against me, the ruler of the heavens?"
I have acquired all. The immortality... And the ultimate power... I am the god... who purifies the world...! Under the fate determined by Soa. Death to those who rebel against fate. Death to all life...! And may your death bless the new world to which I shall descend!
—Melbu Frahma, The Legend of Dragoon
"If you can be a god, then what shall we call Galactus?"
"THE FORCES OF THE UNIVERSE BEND TO ME."
"We are a little like gods, drawing the infinite power of the sun to sculpt our worlds into the nothingness. Ahaha, I love that metaphor. Yes, like gods..."
"Here are people's dreams and nightmares! Their fears, their will! They will be reborn in me, as I rise from Elf, to Emperor, to God!!"
— Florian Greenhaze, AKA Emperor Solarius, Overlord II
"There is no need for thieves in my mighty country! Only myself and the ones who revere me are needed!"
— Masayoshi Shido, Persona 5
"This world cannot be molded into the ultimate world I seek! It's far easier to create an entirely new world than to change this one! A new world in which I am the ruler of all things! I shall become a deity!"
— Cyrus, Pokémon Diamond and Pearl
Spencer: I was to become a god!
(Wesker impales him on his hand)
Wesker: That right... is now mine.
(Wesker impales him on his hand)
Wesker: That right... is now mine.
"The right to be a god? You? Arrogant even until the end. Only one truly capable of being a god deserves that right."
— Albert Wesker, Resident Evil 5
"Let me clarify something for you, Chris. I don't think of myself as a king. No, I am a god! And even kings bow to gods!"
— Albert Wesker, Resident Evil 5
"WIIITNESS MY DIVIIINE POWER!"
— Javier Hidalgo, Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles
Grolla Seyfarth: You so desperately wish to believe that you're special...
Iris Zeppelin: Of course. I exist on a higher plane than you commoner trash. Shall I enlighten you on how special I really am? I am the strongest Magus in existence, the heiress to the limitless power of the great Rosenkreuz! Blessed with absolute power and unparalleled brains, I am a child of God Himself! I can't be compared to the likes of you!
Grolla Seyfarth: ...Is that all? My blade is telling me to spill your blood, and I am inclined to obey. I don't care if you're a god, a human, or even an insect; I will rip you apart just the same.
Iris Zeppelin: You pompous maggot...! I shall show you the limits of a commoner!
Iris Zeppelin: Of course. I exist on a higher plane than you commoner trash. Shall I enlighten you on how special I really am? I am the strongest Magus in existence, the heiress to the limitless power of the great Rosenkreuz! Blessed with absolute power and unparalleled brains, I am a child of God Himself! I can't be compared to the likes of you!
Grolla Seyfarth: ...Is that all? My blade is telling me to spill your blood, and I am inclined to obey. I don't care if you're a god, a human, or even an insect; I will rip you apart just the same.
Iris Zeppelin: You pompous maggot...! I shall show you the limits of a commoner!
— RosenkreuzStilette Grollschwert
I am Iris Zeppelin, the Alpha and Omega. I reign supreme as God of this world. [...] Heroes fall to the snare of pride. Of this, God judges you and your Schwarzkreuz to be quite guilty.
—Iris Zeppelin, RosenkreuzStilette Freudenstachel
All living things kneel before your master!
See me as I am, no longer afraid of anything! I shall become the ultimate overlord, ruling as the world's most supreme being!
Guooooo! Why?! I had it all! I am the ultimate overlord, Metal Sonic! I am the real Sonic!
See me as I am, no longer afraid of anything! I shall become the ultimate overlord, ruling as the world's most supreme being!
Guooooo! Why?! I had it all! I am the ultimate overlord, Metal Sonic! I am the real Sonic!
"But each of us is so much more than we once were. Do you not feel with all your soul how we have become like gods? And as such, are we not indivisible? As long as a single one of us stands, we are legion..."
— Kain, Soul Reaver 2
John Maracheck: Don't try to worm your way out of this, you goddamn monster!
Dr. Malan: "Monster"? By whose standards do you call me a monster? The morals of men don't apply to gods!
Dr. Malan: "Monster"? By whose standards do you call me a monster? The morals of men don't apply to gods!
"In my talons, I shape clay, crafting life forms as I please. Around me is a burgeoning empire of steel. From my throne room, lines of power careen into the skies of Earth. My whims will become lightning bolts that devastate the mounds of humanity. Out of the chaos, they will run and whimper, praying for me to end their tedious anarchy. I am drunk with this vision. God: the title suits me well."
— SHODAN, System Shock
"With only a few short years of evolution, they've been able to conquer this starship, mankind's mightiest creation. Where were we after forty years of evolution? What swamp were we swimming around in, single celled and mindless? What if SHODAN's creations are superior to us? What will they become in a million years, in ten million years? What's clear is that SHODAN shouldn't be allowed to play God. She's far too good at it."
— Prefontaine, System Shock 2
"You move like an insect. You think like an insect. You are an insect. There is another... who can serve my purpose. Take care not to fall too far out of my favour. Patience is not characteristic of a Goddess."
— SHODAN, System Shock 2
"A GOD DOES NOT FEAR DEATH!"
— The Devourer of Gods, upon reaching 20% HP remaining during Phase 2, Terraria Calamity
"BOW TO ME! WORSHIP ME! HONOR MY NAME! LEZARD VALETH!!"
"Who needs gods, when WE ARE GODS!"
— Gal'Darah, World of Warcraft
Dunban: So this is the arrogance of a creator.
Zanza: As I planned, the life of Bionis existed simply to serve as my vessels and my food. Bionis is nothing more than an accumulation of their corpses and life energy.
Dunban: But though you feign omnipotence, the High Entia still confined you to Prison Island! That is how limited you are.
Zanza: As I planned, the life of Bionis existed simply to serve as my vessels and my food. Bionis is nothing more than an accumulation of their corpses and life energy.
Dunban: But though you feign omnipotence, the High Entia still confined you to Prison Island! That is how limited you are.
Amalthus: I am an agent of the Architect's will!
Morag: What is he saying?
Dromarch: Delusions of grandeur.
Morag: What is he saying?
Dromarch: Delusions of grandeur.
Copper: Come and face me! I can see past your wizard's tricks!
CABAL: 'Wizard'. I am not a wizard. You must go back.
Copper: I will not go back! I must find the shard!
CABAL: 'Shard'. You refer to the device that has awakened me. It is required. If you attempt to remove it from the temple, you will be destroyed.
Copper: Temple? Are you a... god?
CABAL: 'God'. As you understand the definition, yes... I am a god. And you are to be my sacrifice.
CABAL: 'Wizard'. I am not a wizard. You must go back.
Copper: I will not go back! I must find the shard!
CABAL: 'Shard'. You refer to the device that has awakened me. It is required. If you attempt to remove it from the temple, you will be destroyed.
Copper: Temple? Are you a... god?
CABAL: 'God'. As you understand the definition, yes... I am a god. And you are to be my sacrifice.
— Lands of Lore III
Visual Novels
"Without a curse there will be no God. With a curse there shall be horror; with horror there will be worship. Now is the time where God advents. I have become Oyashiro-sama!"
— Miyo Takano, Higurashi: When They Cry, The Massacre Chapter
Webcomics
CG: ATTENTION WORTHLESS HUMAN.
CG: THIS IS YOUR GOD SPEAKING.
CG: IT IS A WRATHFUL GOD WHO DESPISES YOU MORE THAN YOU COULD HAVE POSSIBLY DARED TO FEAR.
CG: I HAVE WATCHED YOUR ENTIRE PATHETIC LIFE UNFOLD.
CG: I HAVE OBSERVED YOU WHILE YOU WOULD QUAKE AND TREMBLE IN PERSONAL PRAYERS OF SHAME.
CG: WHILE YOU PLEADED FORGIVENESS FOR BEING SUCH A WRETCHED DISGUSTING FAILURE ON EVERY CONCEIVABLE LEVEL.
CG: PROSTRATE BEFORE THE STUPID AND FALSE CLOWN GODS YOU HAVE SCRIBBLED ON THE WALLS OF YOUR BLOCK.
CG: BOGUS DEITIES WORSHIPED BY A PRIMITIVE "PARADISE" PLANET.
CG: BUT YOUR PRAYERS WILL NOT BE ANSWERED.
CG: THERE ARE NO MIRACLES IN STORE FOR YOU, HUMAN.
CG: ONLY MY HATE.
CG: IT IS A HATE SO PURE AND HOT IT WOULD CONSUME YOUR SAD UNDERDEVELOPED HUMAN THINK PAN TO EVEN CONTEMPLATE.
CG: IT IS A HATE THAT TO FATHOM MUST BE PUT INTO SONG.
CG: SHRIEKED BY THE TEN THOUSAND ROWDY SHOUT SPHINCTERS PEPPERING THE GRUESOME UNDERBELLY OF THE MOST TRUCULENT GOD THE FURTHEST RING CAN MUSTER.
CG: IT IS A HATE THAT MADE YOU AND WILL SURELY DESTROY YOU.
CG: MY HATE IS THE LIFEBLOOD THAT PULSES THROUGH THE VEINS OF YOUR UNIVERSE.
CG: IT IS MY GIFT TO YOU.
CG: YOU'RE WELCOME FOR THAT.
CG: YOU UNGRATEFUL PIECE OF SHIT.
CG: THIS IS YOUR GOD SPEAKING.
CG: IT IS A WRATHFUL GOD WHO DESPISES YOU MORE THAN YOU COULD HAVE POSSIBLY DARED TO FEAR.
CG: I HAVE WATCHED YOUR ENTIRE PATHETIC LIFE UNFOLD.
CG: I HAVE OBSERVED YOU WHILE YOU WOULD QUAKE AND TREMBLE IN PERSONAL PRAYERS OF SHAME.
CG: WHILE YOU PLEADED FORGIVENESS FOR BEING SUCH A WRETCHED DISGUSTING FAILURE ON EVERY CONCEIVABLE LEVEL.
CG: PROSTRATE BEFORE THE STUPID AND FALSE CLOWN GODS YOU HAVE SCRIBBLED ON THE WALLS OF YOUR BLOCK.
CG: BOGUS DEITIES WORSHIPED BY A PRIMITIVE "PARADISE" PLANET.
CG: BUT YOUR PRAYERS WILL NOT BE ANSWERED.
CG: THERE ARE NO MIRACLES IN STORE FOR YOU, HUMAN.
CG: ONLY MY HATE.
CG: IT IS A HATE SO PURE AND HOT IT WOULD CONSUME YOUR SAD UNDERDEVELOPED HUMAN THINK PAN TO EVEN CONTEMPLATE.
CG: IT IS A HATE THAT TO FATHOM MUST BE PUT INTO SONG.
CG: SHRIEKED BY THE TEN THOUSAND ROWDY SHOUT SPHINCTERS PEPPERING THE GRUESOME UNDERBELLY OF THE MOST TRUCULENT GOD THE FURTHEST RING CAN MUSTER.
CG: IT IS A HATE THAT MADE YOU AND WILL SURELY DESTROY YOU.
CG: MY HATE IS THE LIFEBLOOD THAT PULSES THROUGH THE VEINS OF YOUR UNIVERSE.
CG: IT IS MY GIFT TO YOU.
CG: YOU'RE WELCOME FOR THAT.
CG: YOU UNGRATEFUL PIECE OF SHIT.
— Karkat Vantas, Homestuck
in my world, i am a god
Petey: You do realize that the creation of your embassy was intended to clearly communicate my status in the eyes of the UNS. The Galactic Fleetmind is to be considered a "foreign power."
Breya: I'm sorry, what else could you possibly be mistaken for?
Petey: "God" probably tops the list.
Breya: I'm sorry, what else could you possibly be mistaken for?
Petey: "God" probably tops the list.
Reverend Theo: Wow, you really do think you've become a God.
Petey: I'm just trying to do what I think a god would do if he were in my position.
Petey: I'm just trying to do what I think a god would do if he were in my position.
Saundra: Do you ever worry that we're playing God?
Dr Pegasus: Not really. At some point, we definitely stopped playing.
Dr Pegasus: Not really. At some point, we definitely stopped playing.
— Umlaut House 2
William: Upon the end of my blade is a god, what side this being is on is the question. Is it the monster I see bleeding before me, or is it through the eyes of the monster of which I am in?
Blonde Replacement: Dude, that's deep...
William: Deep? I was being literal.
Blonde Replacement: Dude, that's deep...
William: Deep? I was being literal.
Web Original
"Zlatan is back in the Sweden team, because it is when people are most desperate that they turn to God."
— Zlatan Ibrahimovic, The Champions
"Attention, future victims. Next season, Milan will be in this house. And Zlatan shall rule you like a king. No, a God! No, what's bigger than a god...? Zlatan. Zlatan shall rule you like Zlatan!"
— Zlatan Ibrahimovic, The Champions
Vegeta: You! Namekian! Too strong! Explain now!
Future Trunks: He fused with Kami so he could become stronger.
Vegeta: The fuck's a "Kami"?
Krillin: Basically God.
Vegeta: But I'm still here!
Future Trunks: Do you really believe your own hype that much?!
Vegeta: I AM THE HYPE!
Future Trunks: He fused with Kami so he could become stronger.
Vegeta: The fuck's a "Kami"?
Krillin: Basically God.
Vegeta: But I'm still here!
Future Trunks: Do you really believe your own hype that much?!
Vegeta: I AM THE HYPE!
Android 17: Seriously, what the hell's a Kami?
Piccolo: It means God. Now bow.
Piccolo: It means God. Now bow.
"Feel free to pray to your god, but spoilers! ...I won't be listening."
— Perfect Cell, Dragon Ball Z Abridged
Light Yagami: I am no mere schoolboy. You're speaking to the God of this new world!
Perfect Cell: Wow! Okay, and I thought it was a little gaudy when I said it....
Perfect Cell: Wow! Okay, and I thought it was a little gaudy when I said it....
"Tommy, your life is literally in my hands. Does that piss you off? Does that make you mad? Does that make you so mad that I– that you can't kill me? I MIGHT AS WELL BE A GOD, TOMMY! YOU CAN'T KILL ME! AND I CAN KILL YOU!"
— Dream on his knowledge on how to bring people Back from the Dead, Dream SMP
"Jenova was not a calamity. She was a godsend. She was sealed away before her word could cleanse this filthy planet. But now I, her son, shall continue in her place, save this world from itself… and rule it… as its god."
— Sephiroth, Final Fantasy VII: Machinabridged
Maxwel:l (over loudspeaker) YES! CLEANSE THE EARTH OF THESE SINNERS! MAY THE LORD HAVE MERCY! FOR I! HAVE! NONE!
Integra: You know, I think your boy Maxwell's letting his new authority get to his head a little... You should probably have a talk with him.
Heinkel: He...he's just under a lot of pressure!
Maxwell: (over loudspeaker) YOU DO NOT DESERVE GOD'S MERCY! IF HE WILL NOT TURN YOU TO THE AFTERLIFE, THEN I WILL!
Heinkel: I mean, words only have as much meaning as ve give zem.
Maxwell: (over loudspeaker) SINNERS WILL BE ALLOWED NO QUARTER! KILL THEM ALL! LET GOD SORT THEM OUT!
Integra: You're right; a lot open to interpretation there...
Heinkel: Perhaps one of us should have a talk wis him...
Maxwell: (over loudspeaker) I SHALL BE THE NEW GOD OF THIS WORLD!
Anderson: Aye, let me go have a wee chat.
Integra: You know, I think your boy Maxwell's letting his new authority get to his head a little... You should probably have a talk with him.
Heinkel: He...he's just under a lot of pressure!
Maxwell: (over loudspeaker) YOU DO NOT DESERVE GOD'S MERCY! IF HE WILL NOT TURN YOU TO THE AFTERLIFE, THEN I WILL!
Heinkel: I mean, words only have as much meaning as ve give zem.
Maxwell: (over loudspeaker) SINNERS WILL BE ALLOWED NO QUARTER! KILL THEM ALL! LET GOD SORT THEM OUT!
Integra: You're right; a lot open to interpretation there...
Heinkel: Perhaps one of us should have a talk wis him...
Maxwell: (over loudspeaker) I SHALL BE THE NEW GOD OF THIS WORLD!
Anderson: Aye, let me go have a wee chat.
Maxwell: Stupid demon-zombies! The only thing that can pierce my Holy Pope Box is the will of GOD HIMSELF–
(Father Anderson shatters the Holy Pope Box with a holy bayonet)
Maxwell: Anderson?! POR QUE? ("Why?")
Anderson: It is the sacred duty of the Iscariot Organization to punish the demon, the heretic, and the false god. Also, you're a daft cunt!
Maxwell: (as the demon-zombies begin swarming him) Anderson, please! I don't deserve this!
Anderson: Sinners will be allowed no quarter. Kill them all, let God sort them out.
(Father Anderson shatters the Holy Pope Box with a holy bayonet)
Maxwell: Anderson?! POR QUE? ("Why?")
Anderson: It is the sacred duty of the Iscariot Organization to punish the demon, the heretic, and the false god. Also, you're a daft cunt!
Maxwell: (as the demon-zombies begin swarming him) Anderson, please! I don't deserve this!
Anderson: Sinners will be allowed no quarter. Kill them all, let God sort them out.
"Giving your villain a god-like complex... Now that's original."
— CJ Hitchcock reviews Highlander: The Search for Vengeance
Highlander: The Search for Vengeance"I am the one true savior. I must reverse the delusion. Joseph is next."
— "Gabriel", Mandela Catalogue
"Do not be afraid, my dear shepherds. I have great news. I am your true savior. I know everything about what makes you human... I know what you love, I know what you dread."
— "Gabriel", Mandela Catalogue
"Anyone calling themselves a god in episode one of anything has their heart in entirely the wrong place."
"In the eyes of the law, yes I have committed a great crime, but in the eyes of God, I am amongst him."
— Zach "Psychicpepbbles" Hadel, Be Two Homers - Hitman 2 PART 11 - OneyPlays
- OneyPlays"I'M THE GOD!"
"I AM YOUR GOD NOW! BRING ME YOUR VIRGINS!"
— Discord, PONY.MOV
"I AM GOD!"
— Sonic, Sonic.exe
"I've got good news. You see, there's no need to wonder where your god is! 'Cause he's right here! And he's fresh out of mercy!"
— Kirito, Sword Art Online Abridged
"You fought well, kid. But it's time to accept now. I am the God of this world. Seriously, it was never gonna end any other way."
—Kayaba Akihiko, Sword Art Online Abridged
Western Animation
"The delson has finally come. Ever since Seklos destroyed Gaylen, the universe has descended into chaos. It craves order, a firm hand to rule it. I will be that hand. I will be the god the galaxy has lacked!"
— General Morando, 3Below
"No, Princess, bee cares not for flower. If getting pollen hurt or kill flower, bee would not care. Bee is stronger than flower. Goliad is stronger than bee. Goliad is stronger than all."
— Goliad, Adventure Time
"Fools! You cannot stop a god!"
— The Core, Amphibia, "The Hardest Thing"
"I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I am that which is, which was, and is yet to come! And you will know my name is MEGATRON when I lay my vengeance upon you!"
"Yes, yes my soldiers. Soon the Black Cauldron will be mine. Its evil power will course through my veins... and I shall make you... Cauldron-born. Yes, oh yes. Then, you will worship me! Me... oh, my soldiers, how long I have thirsted to be a god among mortal men."
—The Horned King, The Black Cauldron
"For all intents and purposes, I will be the Church."
— The Bishop, Castlevania (2017)
"I have gathered the sum total of the world's evil into one place... and that place is me. I am invincible, no magic stronger! I am the world, and the world... is Ommadon. I can do anything. Test me. Ask me to reach up and pluck down the Sun... what magic but mine, could move the Sun? I command it!"
"Super or otherwise, you're merely a man. And I am a god."
"Now I, Skeletor, am Master of the Universe!"
— Skeletor, Masters of the Universe: Revelation
Reverend Putty: (on the radio) We need others in our lives as a constant reminder that we're not the center of the universe. Because there's only one person who's reserved that particular section of the cosmos. And you know who that is, ladies...
Ms. Censordoll: Yes... ME!!!
Ms. Censordoll: Yes... ME!!!
"I wasn't born into the god business. I fucking earned it."
— Rick Sanchez, Rick and Morty
"I've always wondered if there was a God. And now I know there is... and it's me."
— Homer Simpson, The Simpsons
"I did it. I... am... GOD!!!!"
— Eric Cartman, South Park
"I am many things, Kal-El. But here, I am God."
— Darkseid, Superman: The Animated Series
"I control the wind, and I shall rain fire down from the heavens! Goodbye, Sheen the Overlord! HELLO, SHEEN THE GOD!"
— Sheen Estevez, The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius
"Rejoice, Etheria, for Prime has come to you. Do not fear, for you have been given the opportunity to share in a world soon to be remade in my image. But first, you must prove yourselves worthy. Your leader, your... She-Ra, she would see you suffer in darkness for her sake. Cast aside this false hero and deliver her to me. Prime sees all. Prime knows all. They will not escape my judgement."
— Horde Prime, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power
Real Life
"I am become death, the destroyer of worlds."
— Robert Oppenheimer, quoting from the Bhagvad-Gita
