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* ''Series/SirArthurConanDoylesTheLostWorld'': In "Absolute Power", Challenger is transported to an alternate reality where he has tremendous powers. His arrogance increases tenfold along with his powers.
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* ''Series/{{House}}'': Referenced in "Larger than Life", wherein Arlene Cuddy (Lisa's mother) calls Gregory House out for his behavior.
--> '''Arlene:''' In the clinic, you were a complete schmendrick. But once you knew I was Lisa's mother, you held your tongue. That's because you love her. I still think you're a pain in the ass with a God complex, and I'll kill you if you hurt her, but I'm glad she has you.
--> '''Arlene:''' In the clinic, you were a complete schmendrick. But once you knew I was Lisa's mother, you held your tongue. That's because you love her. I still think you're a pain in the ass with a God complex, and I'll kill you if you hurt her, but I'm glad she has you.
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* The Goa'uld of ''Series/StargateSG1'' not only fit this trope not only perfectly, but are also ''really'' extreme cases. Although they are just [[SufficientlyAdvancedAliens highly advanced aliens]], they do ''pose'' as god in front of their primitive slaves. Many -- like Ra, Cronus, and Apophis -- seem to buy into their own propaganda and think they really ''are'' gods, though Ba'al is aware he is just a parasitic snake with a host and Yu never proclaimed himself a god, instead setting himself up as a legendary emperor. Both Ba'al and Yu have disdain for those who buy into their delusions (although Yu grows generally delusional at a certain point on account of his senility), and it's worth noting that Ba'al manages to outlive all the others and obtain the greatest degree of power. Anubis is... ambiguous, though out of all the Goa'uld, he has the best case for calling himself one--being that unlike other Goa'uld, he AscendedToAHigherPlaneOfExistence, and, despite being rejected by the other Ascended beings, remained a half-Ascended EnergyBeing. The Goa'uld in general border on a {{deconstruction}}, as this quite frequently leads to their doom.
** The Ori take this far enough that it becomes ridiculous when people insist that they're ''not'' gods, since, well, everything a god can do the Ori can do. (Including Virgin Birth) If that's not a god, one has to wonder what people would accept as a god. Teal'c later suggests that acts, rather than power, make gods. Or at least, that being a god is not the same as being worthy of worship.
*** They couldn't [[spoiler:stop the team from killing them]].
*** Also, Adria explicitly states in ''The Ark of Truth'' that the Ark can only make people believe what is true, which is why she can't use it. Since the Ark makes the Priors believe that the Ori are not gods, clearly the Ori are actually not gods. Although she fully believes she could use it if it weren't for the existance of ancients undermining her by being just as high up in the grand scheme.
** The Ori take this far enough that it becomes ridiculous when people insist that they're ''not'' gods, since, well, everything a god can do the Ori can do. (Including Virgin Birth) If that's not a god, one has to wonder what people would accept as a god. Teal'c later suggests that acts, rather than power, make gods. Or at least, that being a god is not the same as being worthy of worship.
*** They couldn't [[spoiler:stop the team from killing them]].
*** Also, Adria explicitly states in ''The Ark of Truth'' that the Ark can only make people believe what is true, which is why she can't use it. Since the Ark makes the Priors believe that the Ori are not gods, clearly the Ori are actually not gods. Although she fully believes she could use it if it weren't for the existance of ancients undermining her by being just as high up in the grand scheme.
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** The Goa'uldof ''Series/StargateSG1'' not only fit this trope not only perfectly, but are also ''really'' extreme cases. Although they are just [[SufficientlyAdvancedAliens highly advanced aliens]], they do ''pose'' as god in front of their primitive slaves. Many -- like Ra, Cronus, and Apophis -- seem to buy into their own propaganda and think they really ''are'' gods, though Ba'al is aware he is just a parasitic snake with a host and Yu never proclaimed himself a god, instead setting himself up as a legendary emperor. Both Ba'al and Yu have disdain for those who buy into their delusions (although Yu grows generally delusional at a certain point on account of his senility), and it's worth noting that Ba'al manages to outlive all the others and obtain the greatest degree of power. Anubis is... ambiguous, though out of all the Goa'uld, he has the best case for calling himself one--being that unlike other Goa'uld, he AscendedToAHigherPlaneOfExistence, and, despite being rejected by the other Ascended beings, remained a half-Ascended EnergyBeing. The Goa'uld in general border on a {{deconstruction}}, as this quite frequently leads to their doom.
** The Ori take this far enough that it becomes ridiculous when people insist that they're ''not'' gods, since, well, everything a god can do the Ori can do. (Including Virgin Birth) If that's not a god, one has to wonder what people would accept as a god. Teal'c later suggests that acts, rather than power, make gods. Or at least, that being a god is not the same as being worthy ofworship.
***worship. They couldn't [[spoiler:stop the team from killing them]].
*** Also,them]]. Adria explicitly states in ''The Ark of Truth'' ''Film/TheArkOfTruth'' that the Ark can only make people believe what is true, which is why she can't use it. Since the Ark makes the Priors believe that the Ori are not gods, clearly the Ori are actually not gods. Although she fully believes she could use it if it weren't for the existance existence of ancients Ancients undermining her by being just as high up in the grand scheme.
** The Goa'uld
** The Ori take this far enough that it becomes ridiculous when people insist that they're ''not'' gods, since, well, everything a god can do the Ori can do. (Including Virgin Birth) If that's not a god, one has to wonder what people would accept as a god. Teal'c later suggests that acts, rather than power, make gods. Or at least, that being a god is not the same as being worthy of
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* The Goa'uld of ''Series/StargateSG1'' not only fit this trope not only perfectly, but are also ''really'' extreme cases. Although they are just [[SufficientlyAdvancedAliens highly advanced aliens]], they do ''pose'' as god in front of their primitive slaves. Many -- like Ra, Cronus, and Apophis -- seem to buy into their own propaganda and think they really ''are'' gods, though Ba'al is aware he is just a parasitic snake with a host and Yu never proclaimed himself a god, instead setting himself up as a legendary emperor. Both Ba'al and Yu have disdain for those who buy into their delusions, delusions (although Yu grows generally delusional at a certain point on account of his senility), and it's worth noting that Ba'al manages to outlive all the others and obtain the greatest degree of power. Anubis is... ambiguous, though out of all the Goa'uld, he has the best case for calling himself one. Could one--being that unlike other Goa'uld, he AscendedToAHigherPlaneOfExistence, and, despite being rejected by the other Ascended beings, remained a half-Ascended EnergyBeing. The Goa'uld in general border on a {{deconstruction}}, as this quite frequently leads to their doom.
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*** Note that it was accepted that Centauri Emperors become gods after they die. Cartagia's peculiarity was in believing that he was a god while he was alive.
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** Willow, Giles, and Xander combine their essences with Buffy through a magical ritual, giving her the power to defeat Adam in the penultimate episode of season 4.
** Willow becomes this trope several times through the series, in a good way in season 5, in a bad way in season 6, and good again in the final episode of season 7
** Willow becomes this trope several times through the series, in a good way in season 5, in a bad way in season 6, and good again in the final episode of season 7
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** Willow, Giles, and Xander [[AllYourPowersCombined combine their essences essences]] with Buffy through a magical ritual, giving her the power to defeat Adam in the penultimate episode of season 4.
** Willow becomes this trope several times through the series, in a good way in season 5, [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds in a badway way]] in season 6, and good again in the final episode of season 7
** Willow becomes this trope several times through the series, in a good way in season 5, [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds in a bad
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* In ''Series/TrueBlood'', Bill after he becomes [[FanNickname Billith]].
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* In ''Series/heTwilightZone'' episode "The Little People", a pair of space-farers found themselves stranded on an apparently desolate planet. One of these men found a civilization of microscopic people, and quickly set himself up as their god. Though his fellow tried to talk him out of it, the newly deified pilot decided to stay as the god of these tiny people. This being the Twilight Zone, things went south quickly for him.
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* In ''Series/heTwilightZone'' ''Series/TheTwilightZone'' episode "The Little People", a pair of space-farers found themselves stranded on an apparently desolate planet. One of these men found a civilization of microscopic people, and quickly set himself up as their god. Though his fellow tried to talk him out of it, the newly deified pilot decided to stay as the god of these tiny people. This being the Twilight Zone, things went south quickly for him.
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* In one episode of the ''TwilightZone'', a pair of space-farers found themselves stranded on an apparently desolate planet. One of these men found a civilization of microscopic people, and quickly set himself up as their god. Though his fellow tried to talk him out of it, the newly deified pilot decided to stay as the god of these tiny people. This being the TwilightZone, things went south quickly for him.
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* In one ''Series/heTwilightZone'' episode of the ''TwilightZone'', "The Little People", a pair of space-farers found themselves stranded on an apparently desolate planet. One of these men found a civilization of microscopic people, and quickly set himself up as their god. Though his fellow tried to talk him out of it, the newly deified pilot decided to stay as the god of these tiny people. This being the TwilightZone, Twilight Zone, things went south quickly for him.
* From the episode "He's Alive", after Volmer kills his childhood neighbor Ernst, his mentor [[spoiler: aka Adolf Hitler]] asks him how it felt:
-->'''Volmer:''' It felt like I was immortal.
-->'''[[spoiler: Hitler:]]''' Mr. Volmer, we ''are'' immortal!
-->'''Volmer:''' It felt like I was immortal.
-->'''[[spoiler: Hitler:]]''' Mr. Volmer, we ''are'' immortal!
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-->'''Volmer:''' It felt like I was immortal.
-->'''[[spoiler: Hitler:]]''' Mr. Volmer, we ''are'' immortal!
* From ''Series/TheTwilightZone'' episode "He's Alive", after Volmer kills his childhood neighbor Ernst, his mentor [[spoiler: aka Adolf Hitler]] asks him how it felt:
-->'''Volmer:''' It felt like I was immortal.
-->'''[[spoiler: Hitler:]]''' Mr. Volmer, we ''are'' immortal!
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* In ''TrueBlood'', ''Series/TrueBlood'', Bill after he becomes [[FanNickname Billith]].
* From ''Series/TheTwilightZone'' episode "He's Alive", after Volmer kills his childhood neighbor Ernst, his mentor [[spoiler: aka Adolf Hitler]] asks him how it felt:
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-->'''[[spoiler: Hitler:]]''' Mr. Volmer, we ''are'' immortal!Billith]].
* From ''Series/TheTwilightZone'' episode "He's Alive", after Volmer kills his childhood neighbor Ernst, his mentor [[spoiler: aka Adolf Hitler]] asks him how it felt:
-->'''Volmer:''' It felt like I was immortal.
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* From ''LiveActionTV/TheTwilightZone'' ''Series/TheTwilightZone'' episode "He's Alive", after Volmer kills his childhood neighbor Ernst, his mentor [[spoiler: aka Adolf Hitler]] asks him how it felt:
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-->'''Volmer:''' It felt like I was immortal.
-->'''[[spoiler: Hitler:]]''' Mr. Volmer, we ''are'' immortal!
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-->'''Volmer:''' It felt like I was immortal.
-->'''[[spoiler: Hitler:]]''' Mr. Volmer, we ''are'' immortal!
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* Randy Slade, the school shooter from the ''Series/CriminalMinds'' episode "Painless" had a serious god complex. He burst into the school cafeteria with a gun and a bomb and challenged his fellow students to "look God in the eye" and shot them if they didn't make eye contact with him.
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* ''Series/CriminalMinds'':
** Benjamin Cyrus in "Minimal Loss" saw himself more as God's messenger as opposed to actually seeing himself as God, but some of his actions made one think he actually was God. Furthermore, when he took over the cult from its old leader, Leo Kane, Cyrus told Kane that God said that Cyrus was going to take over the cult, and when Kane asked him when God was going to make the change, Cyrus pointed a gun to his head and said "He just did".
** Billy Flynn in "The Longest Night" told his kidnapping victim, Ellie Spicer, that his serial killing prowess made him "like God".
** Randy Slade, the school shooter fromthe ''Series/CriminalMinds'' episode "Painless" had a serious god complex. He burst into the school cafeteria with a gun and a bomb and challenged his fellow students to "look God in the eye" and shot them if they didn't make eye contact with him.
** Benjamin Cyrus in "Minimal Loss" saw himself more as God's messenger as opposed to actually seeing himself as God, but some of his actions made one think he actually was God. Furthermore, when he took over the cult from its old leader, Leo Kane, Cyrus told Kane that God said that Cyrus was going to take over the cult, and when Kane asked him when God was going to make the change, Cyrus pointed a gun to his head and said "He just did".
** Billy Flynn in "The Longest Night" told his kidnapping victim, Ellie Spicer, that his serial killing prowess made him "like God".
** Randy Slade, the school shooter from
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** In ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', this is how Wesley left the show. The Traveller helped him AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence.
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** in ''StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', this is how Westley left the show. The Traveller helped him AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence.
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* The Goa'uld of ''Series/{{Stargate SG-1}}'' not only fit this trope not only perfectly, but are also ''really'' extreme cases. Although they are just [[SufficientlyAdvancedAliens highly advanced aliens]], they do ''pose'' as god in front of their primitive slaves. Many -- like Ra, Cronus, and Apophis -- seem to buy into their own propaganda and think they really ''are'' gods, though Ba'al is aware he is just a parasitic snake with a host and Yu never proclaimed himself a god, instead setting himself up as a legendary emperor. Both Ba'al and Yu have disdain for those who buy into their delusions, and it's worth noting that Ba'al manages to outlive all the others and obtain the greatest degree of power. Anubis is... ambiguous, though out of all the Goa'uld, he has the best case for calling himself one. Could border on a {{deconstruction}}, as this quite frequently leads to their doom.
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* The Goa'uld of ''Series/{{Stargate SG-1}}'' ''Series/StargateSG1'' not only fit this trope not only perfectly, but are also ''really'' extreme cases. Although they are just [[SufficientlyAdvancedAliens highly advanced aliens]], they do ''pose'' as god in front of their primitive slaves. Many -- like Ra, Cronus, and Apophis -- seem to buy into their own propaganda and think they really ''are'' gods, though Ba'al is aware he is just a parasitic snake with a host and Yu never proclaimed himself a god, instead setting himself up as a legendary emperor. Both Ba'al and Yu have disdain for those who buy into their delusions, and it's worth noting that Ba'al manages to outlive all the others and obtain the greatest degree of power. Anubis is... ambiguous, though out of all the Goa'uld, he has the best case for calling himself one. Could border on a {{deconstruction}}, as this quite frequently leads to their doom.
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* Jason Ironheart in the ''Series/{{Babylon 5}}'' episode "Mind War". Unlike most of this trope, he conducts himself with responsibility, humility, and some amount of restraint (he kills someone while escaping, arguably to save more lives).
** Also from ''Series/{{Babylon 5}}:'' Emperor Cartagia, who was convinced (if he needed any convincing) by the Shadows that he was a god and Centauri Prime should be sacrificed to him.
** Also from ''Series/{{Babylon 5}}:'' Emperor Cartagia, who was convinced (if he needed any convincing) by the Shadows that he was a god and Centauri Prime should be sacrificed to him.
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** Jason Ironheart in the''Series/{{Babylon 5}}'' episode "Mind War". Unlike most of this trope, he conducts himself with responsibility, humility, and some amount of restraint (he kills someone while escaping, arguably to save more lives).
**Also from ''Series/{{Babylon 5}}:'' Emperor Cartagia, who was convinced (if he needed any convincing) by the Shadows that he was a god and Centauri Prime should be sacrificed to him.
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* In one episode of the ''TwilightZone'', a pair of space-farers found themselves stranded on an apparently desolate planet. One of these men found a civilization of microscopic people, and quickly set himself up as their god. Though his fellow tried to talk him out of it, the newly deified pilot decided to stay as the god of these tiny people. This being the TwilightZone, [[ItGotWorse things went south quickly for him]].him.
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* ''IClaudius'' has a variant [[TruthInTelevision mirroring real life]] when [[TheCaligula Caligula]] declares himself to be a god; however, in Caligula's case there were no GreenRocks or [[TouchedByVorlons Vorlons]] -- his declaration is caused solely because he is, at that point, ''absolutely barking mad''. Some Roman emperors were deified ''after death'' -- the last words of Vespasian were, "Alas, I am becoming a god" -- so Caligula was jumping the gun a bit. (Deification even after death was in real life somewhat rare: among others, Tiberius and Nero were not deified after death - and neither was Caligula. His pre-death self-deification was also quietly shelved in Claudius's time.) "And his sister's become a goddess. Any questions?"
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* ''IClaudius'' ''Series/IClaudius'' has a variant [[TruthInTelevision mirroring real life]] when [[TheCaligula Caligula]] declares himself to be a god; however, in Caligula's case there were no GreenRocks or [[TouchedByVorlons Vorlons]] -- his declaration is caused solely because he is, at that point, ''absolutely barking mad''. Some Roman emperors were deified ''after death'' -- the last words of Vespasian were, "Alas, I am becoming a god" -- so Caligula was jumping the gun a bit. (Deification even after death was in real life somewhat rare: among others, Tiberius and Nero were not deified after death - and neither was Caligula. His pre-death self-deification was also quietly shelved in Claudius's time.) "And his sister's become a goddess. Any questions?"
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** Illyria also did this...she *is* a powerful Old One, but not really a god like Glory. She states it almost word for word, though. "I am a god!"
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* A few years earlier, in ''The Second Coming'', RussellTDavies had Steven Baxter, an ordinary Manchester lad played by ChristopherEccleston, suddenly realise that he was the son of God.
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* A few years earlier, in ''The Second Coming'', RussellTDavies had Steven Baxter, an ordinary Manchester lad played by ChristopherEccleston, Creator/ChristopherEccleston, suddenly realise that he was the son of God.
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-->'''Shooter''': I am God. Now who is brave enough to look God in the eye?
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* In ''TrueBlood'', Bill after he becomes [[FanNickname Billith]].
* In ''TrueBlood'', Bill after he becomes [[FanNickname Billith]].
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** When the brothers first meet Chuck, and prove to him that they are indeed the characters he has been writing about, his immediate reaction is this trope. The brothers didn't believe him ...[[spoiler: It later turns out the he was telling the truth. Chuck was God.]]
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** When the brothers first meet Chuck, and prove to him that they are indeed the characters he has been writing about, his immediate reaction is this trope. The brothers didn't believe him ...him, and he turns out to be a Prophet. [[spoiler: It later turns out At the he was telling end of the truth. Chuck was following season, it's implied that he actually IS God.]]
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** Also in the original series a [[jerkass doctor]] is investigated and he says in a meeting "God doesn't [[spoiler:make babies]] I do.
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* The SufficientlyAdvancedAlien Q plays with this in ''StarTrekTheNextGeneration''. In "Tapestry", Picard dies and enters the "afterlife", where he finds Q awaiting him, who informs him that he's dead and that Q himself is God. Picard rejects this, because he doesn't think that "the Universe is so badly designed". Q just snarks that Picard is lucky Q doesn't smite him for his blasphemy.
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* The SufficientlyAdvancedAlien Q plays with this in ''StarTrekTheNextGeneration''.''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration''. In "Tapestry", Picard dies and enters the "afterlife", where he finds Q awaiting him, who informs him that he's dead and that Q himself is God. Picard rejects this, because he doesn't think that "the Universe is so badly designed". Q just snarks that Picard is lucky Q doesn't smite him for his blasphemy.
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* In the {{Queen}} song [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1j-6vRykFs "The Seven Seas of Rhye"]], the lyrics are essentially Freddie Mercury stating this.
** "Princes of the Universe" too:
--->"I am immortal,
--->I have inside me blood of kings!
--->I have no rival
--->No man can be my equal!"
*** "Princes of the Universe" was written specifically for the ''Film/{{Highlander}}'' movie, so it's fitting.
* Jay-Z's nickname Hova/Hov comes from Jehovah, a name for God in the Hebrew Scriptures.
** Rakim was calling himself (and being called by others) God long before him. Canibus also claimed that the fact that he wasn't worshiped seemed absurd to him.
* In TheWho's ''{{Tommy}}'', the title character doesn't so much believe he's God as believe that he's the Messiah, and the trope is subverted in that [[spoiler:his followers ultimately reject him]], but "Sensation" contains the following lyrics:
--->"I leave a trail of rooted people
--->Mesmerized by just the sight,
--->The few I touched now are disciples
--->Love as One
--->I am the Light ?"
* ''[[http://brazilian-songs-blog.blogspot.com/2008/05/raul-seixas-gita.html Gita]]'' by Brazilian rock star Raul Seixas:
--->"I am the bitter taste on the tongue
--->The mother, the father and the grandfather
--->The son who's yet to come
--->The beginning, the end and the middle
--->I am the beginning, the end and the middle"
* "Experiments in Mass Appeal" by Frost*:
--->Forever, immortally
--->Endeavor, a god I'll be
--->Remember reality
--->Forever, immortally
* Glinda and Elphaba call ''each other'' out in this in "Defying Gravity":
--->ELPHABA:
--->I hope you're proud how you would
--->Grovel in submission
--->To feed your own ambition
--->GLINDA:
--->Can't I make you understand?
--->You're having delusions of grandeur
* A couple of songs by Innerpartysysten invoke this trope;
** ''Don't Stop'':
--->The road I walk is paved in gold
--->To glorify my platinum soul
--->I am the closest thing to God
--->So worship me and never stop
** ''American Trash'':
--->I've got this planet in my hands
--->You know I'll waste it if I can
to:
** In the
* The SufficientlyAdvancedAlien Q plays with this in ''StarTrekTheNextGeneration''. In "Tapestry", Picard dies and enters the
* Jason Ironheart in the ''Series/{{Babylon 5}}'' episode "Mind War". Unlike most of this trope, he conducts himself with responsibility, humility, and some amount of restraint (he kills someone while escaping, arguably to save more lives).
** Also from ''Series/{{Babylon 5}}:'' Emperor Cartagia, who was convinced (if he needed any convincing) by the Shadows that he was a god and Centauri Prime should be sacrificed to him.
* An episode of ''Series/HoneyIShrunkTheKids'' (the TV series) sets up the alternate form, with the newly divine daughter setting out to ascend to a higher plane and become one with the universe. But in a last second subversion, because StatusQuoIsGod, Wayne applies ReversePolarity on the GreenRocks and pulls her back to Earth.
* [[spoiler:Cordelia's ascension]] in ''Series/{{Angel}}''.
** Illyria also did this...she *is* a powerful Old One, but not really a god like Glory. She states it almost word for word, though. "I am a god!"
*** At one point she claims she was once "[[GodOfGods god to a god]]" and thus might be ''more'' godlike and powerful than Glory. It's hard to tell though since both of them were stuck in human forms and their powers were extremely diminished (Illyria has far better feats and range of powers, enough that it was ''killing'' her, but that might just be the differences in how they ended up in their respective positions).
* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''
** Willow, Giles, and Xander combine their essences with Buffy through a magical ritual, giving her the power to defeat Adam in the penultimate episode of season 4.
** Willow becomes this trope several times through the series, in a good way in season 5, in a bad way in season 6, and good again in the final episode of season 7
** The First Evil, posing as Warren, convinces Andrew that they will all live as gods ([[CrowningMomentOfFunny complete with]] Andrew dreaming of them all dancing about in a field of flowers, wearing togas, and playing a lyre, while singing "We are
** "Princes
* The Goa'uld of
--->"I am immortal,
--->I
--->I have no rival
--->No man can be my equal!"
*** "Princes of the Universe" was written specifically
* Jay-Z's nickname Hova/Hov comes from Jehovah, a name
** Rakim was
** The Ori take this far enough that it becomes ridiculous when people insist that they're ''not'' gods, since, well, everything a god can do the Ori can do. (Including Virgin Birth) If that's not a god, one has to wonder what people would accept as a god. Teal'c later suggests that acts, rather than power, make gods. Or at least, that being
*** They couldn't [[spoiler:stop the team from killing them]].
*** Also, Adria explicitly states in ''The Ark of Truth'' that the
* In TheWho's ''{{Tommy}}'', the title character doesn't so much
* ''Series/TheOuterLimits'', "The Sixth Finger," combines both versions. An illiterate miner is
* ''IClaudius'' has a variant [[TruthInTelevision mirroring real life]] when [[TheCaligula Caligula]] declares himself to be a god; however, in Caligula's case there were no GreenRocks or [[TouchedByVorlons Vorlons]] -- his declaration is caused solely because he is, at that point, ''absolutely barking mad''. Some Roman emperors were deified ''after death'' -- the last words of Vespasian were, "Alas, I am becoming a god" -- so Caligula was jumping the gun a bit. (Deification even after death was in real life somewhat rare: among others, Tiberius and Nero were not deified after death - and neither was Caligula. His pre-death self-deification was also quietly shelved in Claudius's time.) "And his sister's become a goddess. Any questions?"
* ''Series/{{Heroes}}'': A number of characters, most emphatically [[spoiler:Adam Monroe]]. Meanwhile Peter Petrelli, who has a claim to godlike powers since he absorbs the powers of everyone he encounters, has yet to fall victim to this.
** If we can assume that [[spoiler:Maury Parkman's illusion of Linderman]] accurately portrays the actual character's personality, then we can infer that [[spoiler:Linderman]] thought of himself as either a god or very close to one. In one season 3 episode, he implied that he spoke the word of God.
*** However, he may have been simply trying to ''convince'' Nathan, who had recently gone through a bit of a religious awakening, that he was God in order to manipulate him into doing what [[spoiler:his
* ''Series/DoctorWho'': In the
--->"I leave
--->Mesmerized
** Also, in the same episode, Rose Tyler absorbs the heart of the TARDIS and is turned into a godlike hybrid called ''Bad Wolf'', who disproves the Dalek Emperor's "I am God" hypothesis by disintegrating him.
--->'''The Doctor:''' This is wrong. You can't control life and death!
--->'''Rose:''' But I can.
** Played with in the original series serial "The Armageddon Factor", when the Doctor, possessing the full power of the Key To Time, starts making an A God Am I speech, much to Romana's alarm. [[spoiler:He's just kidding/making a point about how dangerous the
--->The few I touched now are disciples
--->Love as One
--->I am
** In "Genesis of the
* ''[[http://brazilian-songs-blog.blogspot.com/2008/05/raul-seixas-gita.html Gita]]'' by Brazilian rock star Raul Seixas:
--->"I am
--->"Yes... yes. To hold in my hand a capsule that contained such power... to know that life and death on such a scale was my choice. To know that the
--->The mother,
--->The son who's yet
** The 1982 story 'Four to
--->The beginning, the end and the middle
--->I am the beginning, the end and the middle"
* "Experiments in Mass Appeal" by Frost*:
--->Forever, immortally
--->Endeavor,
--->Remember reality
--->Forever, immortally
* Glinda
** In 'The Waters of Mars', [[spoiler:the Doctor snaps after being pushed to the limit and
--->ELPHABA:
--->I hope you're proud how you would
--->Grovel in submission
--->To feed your own ambition
--->GLINDA:
--->Can't I make you understand?
--->You're
*** Of course, having said that, he is promptly snapped back after [[spoiler:Brooke commits suicide]] rather than muck around with her destiny, so it worked out in the end. Sort of.
* A
* In an episode of ''LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit '', a religious cult leader is on the run with one of the children from his cult, a 12-year-old girl who is pregnant with his baby. Olivia has her gun on him, and the girl has a gun on Olivia, when the leader starts telling the girl that the police want to destroy him because "They know that I am ''greater'' than man, I am ''greater'' than God!" [[spoiler:The girl promptly shoots ''him'', and sobs to Olivia that she did it because "He said he was greater than God... but ''nobody'' is."]]
* Kilobyte the Freaky Tentacles Guy (yeah, {{Squick}} please) in ''AceLightning''... though since he's a videogame character, he was kinda trippin...
* Callisto in ''XenaWarriorPrincess'' consumes ambrosia, the food of the gods, to become a god during a battle with a vengeful Amazon that had ''also'' consumed ambrosia solely [[DisproportionateRetribution so that she could kill Gabrielle]]. Uniquely, in later episodes she regrets her godhood and tries to find ways of undoing it, culminating in her begging Xena to find a way to kill her. [[spoiler:She changes her mind after witnessing Gabrielle make a HeroicSacrifice - unfortunately for her, Xena had already found a way to kill her, and didn't particularly appreciate her gloating about this.]]
* In the Season 1 finale of ''Series/{{Dollhouse}}'', Alpha proclaims that he has "ascended" [[spoiler:because he contains multiple personalities and gives this
** ''Don't Stop'':
--->The road I walk is paved in gold
--->To glorify my platinum soul
--->I am
* ''[[Series/BattlestarGalacticaReimagined Battlestar Galactica]]'' ("Razor"). The old man hybrid states that his Centurian guardians believe him to be a god, and he doesn't dispute the
--->So
* ''{{Caprica}}'': [[spoiler:Given her godlike powers in V-World, Zoe proclaims herself God when confronting Clarice Willow in the Apotheosis simulation in the series finale]].
* In one episode of the ''TwilightZone'', a pair of space-farers found themselves stranded on an apparently desolate planet. One of these men found a civilization of microscopic people, and quickly set himself up as their god. Though his fellow tried to talk him out of it, the newly deified pilot decided to stay as the god of these tiny people. This being the TwilightZone, [[ItGotWorse things went south quickly for him]].
** Craig's boast, "'''I'M THE GOD! I'M THE GOD!'''" became a catchphrase on MST3K.
* There was an episode of ''Series/SirArthurConanDoylesTheLostWorld'' where the character Challenger gains omnipotence. He quickly demands that everyone worship
* ''{{Boss}}'': The villain in episode 2.
* In the ''{{Coupling}}'' episode "Faithless", Jane learns that James, who she's attracted to, hosts a religion program. In the course of DiggingHerselfDeeper, she comes out with:
-->'''Jane''': You see, I find religion very relevant to my work. When you spend your days in a helicopter dicing with actual death, sometimes you look down at the ground so far below you, and you find yourself thinking, "I'm a bit like God."\\
'''James''': Okay.\\
'''Jane''': Only without the omnipotence and the [[{{Superman}} X-ray vision]].\\
'''James''' I... don't think God's the one with the X-ray vision.
* Parodied on ''{{Bottom}}''; Richard Richard is every so often given to convincing himself that he's the Second Coming (or on one notable occasion [[ItMakesSenseInContext the Mother of God]], which in his tiny mind amounted to the same thing), citing his own virginity as the reason that he's been kept 'pure', because he's 'better than everyone else in the world'. The more likely explanation behind said virginity is that he's merely a repugnant, violent, pathetic, sweaty pervert with ludicrously pretentious delusions of grandeur, among them his tendency to convince himself he's the Son of God.
* On ''Series/{{Misfits}}'', a Catholic Priest who gains superpowers starts proclaiming himself to be the Second Coming of Jesus. [[JesusWasCrazy He uses his new-found powers to rape and pillage his way through the local population]].
* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}''
** [[spoiler:Castiel]] as of the season 6 finale, wherein [[spoiler:he absorbs all the souls of Purgatory into himself. He proceeds to do to Raphael ''exactly'' [[LudicrousGibs what Lucifer once did to him]], shrug off a BackStab with an angel-killing dagger, and declare himself the new Lord]].
--> "I'm not [[spoiler: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."
** When the brothers first meet Chuck, and prove to him that they are indeed the characters he has been writing about, his immediate reaction is this trope. The brothers didn't believe him ...[[spoiler: It later turns out the he was telling the truth. Chuck was God.]]
--> '''Chuck''': Well, there's only one explanation. Obviously I'm a god.
--> '''Sam''': You're not a god.
--> '''Chuck''': How else do you explain it? I write things and then they come to life? Yeah, no, I'm deinitely a god. A cruel, cruel, capricious god. The things I've put you through ...
*** YMMV on Chuck being God since it was never
** ''American Trash'':
--->I've got this planet
* Parodied in
--->You know I'll waste
* George Marks from ''Series/ColdCase'', who justifies his string of murders by claiming to be God. When Lilly tears his claim to shreds by saying he's nothing more than a scared little boy, he flat out loses it.
* The VillainOfTheWeek for the ''Series/{{Highlander}}'' episode "Little Tin God" was Gavriel Larca, an Immortal who likes to [[GodGuise fool people into worshiping him as a deity]]. The episode makes it clear that he's crazy, egotistical, and believes his own hype, in utter disbelief when Duncan defeats him.
* Randy Slade, the school shooter from the ''Series/CriminalMinds'' episode "Painless" had a serious god complex. He burst into the school cafeteria with a gun and a bomb and challenged his fellow students to "look God in the eye" and shot them if they didn't make eye contact with him.
-->'''Shooter''': I
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* In the {{Queen}} song [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1j-6vRykFs "The Seven Seas of Rhye"]], the lyrics are essentially Freddie Mercury stating this.
** "Princes of the Universe" too:
--->"I am immortal,
--->I have inside me blood of kings!
--->I have no rival
--->No man can be my equal!"
*** "Princes of the Universe" was written specifically for the ''Film/{{Highlander}}'' movie, so it's fitting.
* Jay-Z's nickname Hova/Hov comes from Jehovah, a name for God in the Hebrew Scriptures.
** Rakim was calling himself (and being called by others) God long before him. Canibus also claimed that the fact that he wasn't worshiped seemed absurd to him.
* In TheWho's ''{{Tommy}}'', the title character doesn't so much believe he's God as believe that he's the Messiah, and the trope is subverted in that [[spoiler:his followers ultimately reject him]], but "Sensation" contains the following lyrics:
--->"I leave a trail of rooted people
--->Mesmerized by just the sight,
--->The few I touched now are disciples
--->Love as One
--->I am the Light ?"
* ''[[http://brazilian-songs-blog.blogspot.com/2008/05/raul-seixas-gita.html Gita]]'' by Brazilian rock star Raul Seixas:
--->"I am the bitter taste on the tongue
--->The mother, the father and the grandfather
--->The son who's yet to come
--->The beginning, the end and the middle
--->I am the beginning, the end and the middle"
* "Experiments in Mass Appeal" by Frost*:
--->Forever, immortally
--->Endeavor, a god I'll be
--->Remember reality
--->Forever, immortally
* Glinda and Elphaba call ''each other'' out in this in "Defying Gravity":
--->ELPHABA:
--->I hope you're proud how you would
--->Grovel in submission
--->To feed your own ambition
--->GLINDA:
--->Can't I make you understand?
--->You're having delusions of grandeur
* A couple of songs by Innerpartysysten invoke this trope;
** ''Don't Stop'':
--->The road I walk is paved in gold
--->To glorify my platinum soul
--->I am the closest thing to God
--->So worship me and never stop
** ''American Trash'':
--->I've got this planet in my hands
--->You know I'll waste it if I can
