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*** It just makes Wrestling/JoeyStyles's work/shoot promo against it even more awesome since he was saying what the rest was saying when watching that angle.

*** Later he gains the powers of a God and becomes ruler of the Matoran Universe, later having a showdown with the Matoran god whose power he stole, Mata Nui. Despite now being the less powerful of the two, Mata Nui defeats Teridax by pushing him into the path of a [[ColonyDrop speeding moon]].

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*** An alternate explanation is that God simply did not want to have them win that time. Later on the people of Judah win, making this a possible aversion or inversion.

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Maybe the heroes have found some rule stating that the power in question has limits or a NecessaryDrawback, and then proceed to [[TryingToCatchMeFightingDirty exploit it ruthlessly]]. Maybe WorfHadTheFlu. Sometimes what they defeated was just ''part'' of the being which existed in our reality at the time, in which case reducing its HitPoints to 0 just temporarily banishes it: they were FightingAShadow.

In short, you just [[KillTheGod killed a god]]. Not a {{Mook|s}}, not an {{Elite Mook|s}}, not TheDragon... '''''A {{GOD}}!''''' Anything high enough on SuperWeight that makes them comparable to a deity (where 'Hyper Weight: 4' is the low end of the scale).

So, along passes the EldritchAbomination: Incomprehensible, omnipotent [[GodOfEvil dark gods]] who instill [[GoMadFromTheRevelation gibbering insanity in anyone in their presence]]; {{Sufficiently Advanced Alien}}s who have obliterated countless worlds since time immemorial; [[CosmicEntity Cosmic Entities]] whose thoughts encompass the very fabric of the universe and infinities beyond, on which humanity is just a subatomic particle. You know the type. Eternal, infinite, harbingers of the [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt End of Times]], impossible to even understand, let alone think about opposition...

** In the Literature/BookOfJudgess, the men of the plains defeat the men of Judah in battle despite the latter being supported by God Himself. Those iron chariots are pretty dangerous, eh?

* Literature/TheBible: In the Literature/BookOfGenesis, Jacob wrestled with an angel. After a long stalemate, his opponent realized that [[TheDeterminator he would not give up]] and touched Jacob's hip, dislocating it. For this, Jacob gains the new name "Israel" ("Struggled/Persevered-With-God") as a reward for his stubbornness. Also, because of the way in which the angel defeated Jacob, observant Jews do not eat the sciatic nerve. Since the sciatic nerve is remarkably difficult to remove, most Jews simply did not eat the hindquarters of the animal, selling it to their Gentile neighbors instead.

* Literature/TheBible: In the Literature/BookOfGenesis, Jacob wrestled with with an angel. After a long stalemate, his opponent realized that [[TheDeterminator he would not give up]] and touched Jacob's hip, dislocating it. For this, Jacob gains the new name "Israel" ("Struggled/Persevered-With-God") as a reward for his stubbornness. Also, because of the way in which the angel defeated Jacob, observant Jews do not eat the sciatic nerve. Since the sciatic nerve is remarkably difficult to remove, most Jews simply did not eat the hindquarters of the animal, selling it to their Gentile neighbors instead.

* ''The Northern Frog''. The NighInvulnerable titular beast is speared through the mouth, chained down, then has its head bashed in with a rock. With the help of the invisibility-giving Ring of Solomon.

* [[Wrestling/VinceMcMahon Vince [=McMahon=]]] once booked a tag-team match between himself and his son, [[{{Wrestling/ShaneMcMahon}} Shane McMahon]], against Wrestling/ShawnMichaels and God. Yes, God. And yes, of course Vince's team won.

* This will likely be the reaction of the WWE announcers if anybody ever manages to break Wrestling/TheUndertaker's ''Wrestling/{{WrestleMania}}'' streak. The Undertaker is considered somewhat of a demi-god in kayfabe storylines and has been compared to TheGrimReaper or the Devil.

** Has finally happened. The streak has been broken. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUwAesfOz0Y Just look at the crowds (and Paul Heyman's) reaction once it happened.]]

** Though it's subverted in the case of [[spoiler:Carapar]], who tries to kill the Lovecraft ShoutOut [[EldritchAbomination Tren Krom]] and gets disintegrated by the thing's EyeBeam for his efforts.
* In another Bionicle serial, "The Kingdom", [[spoiler: an alternate-universe Makuta Teridax has become EldritchAbomination-like by absorbing as many of the other villains as he can, since in this universe, Mata Nui (and therefore, the entire Matoran Universe) died before Matoro could pull off his HeroicSacrifice. Matoro eventually allows himself to be absorbed by Teridax, combining HeroicSacrifice, MindRape and the Cthulhu-punch all at once; since Teridax couldn't take over the universe, he had nothing really left to live for, and it weakened his mind to the point that Matoro could make him kick his own ass.]]

[[caption-width-right:350:[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyponome Or elbow him in the hyponome]]. That works too.]]

* Literature/TheBible:
** In the Literature/BookOfGenesis, Jacob wrestled with with an angel. After a long stalemate, his opponent realized that [[TheDeterminator he would not give up]] and touched Jacob's hip, dislocating it. For this, Jacob gains the new name "Israel" ("Struggled/Persevered-With-God") as a reward for his stubbornness. Also, because of the way in which the angel defeated Jacob, observant Jews do not eat the sciatic nerve. Since the sciatic nerve is remarkably difficult to remove, most Jews simply did not eat the hindquarters of the animal, selling it to their Gentile neighbors instead.
** In [[Literature/BookOfExodus Exodus and subsequent books]], Moses [[JewsLoveToArgue argues with God]] multiple times when he threatens to destroy the Israelites completely, and [[ReasoningWithGod manages to convince him otherwise]]. In reality, it was probably a SecretTestOfCharacter (given that God knows everything), but still impressive (his distant ancestor Abraham tried to do the same thing, asking God to not destroy Sodom and Gomorrah, where Abraham's nephew Lot lived, if 50 righteous people lived in the city, and then managed to bargain God down to ten; in the end, only Lot and his two daughters made it out alive, and his wife was turned into a salt pillar for looking back at Sodom when they're told not to).
** In the Literature/BookOfJudges, even God's support is not enough to allow the men of Judah to defeat the people of the valley and their iron chariots.

And then along come a fellowship of plucky heroic badasses, [[AchievementsInIgnorance who were never told that the Abomination is impossible to beat]] (and even if they were told, [[NeverTellMeTheOdds they wouldn't care]].) Through some combination of skill, brains, courage, HeroicSpirit, and occasionally raw world-shattering AwesomenessIsAForce, maybe some kind of incredibly clever strategy, maybe trap, maybe AppliedPhlebotinum and/or sheer dumb luck, or hey, WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer, they go to work and... they ''defeat'' the abomination.

** In [[Literature/BookOfExodus Exodus and subsequent books]], Moses [[JewsLoveToArgue argues with God]] multiple times when he threatens to destroy the Israelites completely, and manages to convince him otherwise. In reality it was probably a SecretTestOfCharacter (given that God knows everything), but still impressive (his distant ancestor Abraham tried to do the same thing, asking God to not destroy Sodom and Gomorrah, where Abraham's nephew Lot lived, if 50 righteous people lived in the city, and then managed to bargain God down to ten; in the end, only Lot and his two daughters made it out alive, and his wife was turned into a salt pillar for looking back at Sodom when they're told not to).

** Herakles also beat Ares in a straight-up fight (not that this is impressive, for being the god of war he's pretty much a sissy), and later on fought Apollo over a temple and managed to stand on even ground with him, and Herakles didn't have anyone backing him up for that fight. He also intimidated Charon into helping him and almost shot Helios out of the sky until the sun charioteer gave him a boat. This in addition to all the monsters he took out. [[{{JustifiedTrope}} It's not surprising though]], he was pretty much bred to beat the hell out of things that other mortals couldn't.

** There is, of course, the godmodder, who despite being powerful enough to take on gods, dies at the end anyways.

In short, you just [[KillTheGod killed a god]]. Not a {{Mook|s}}, not an {{Elite Mook|s}}, not TheDragon... '''''A {{GOD}}!''''' Anything high enough on the SuperWeight scale that makes them comparable to a deity.

In short, you just [[KillTheGod killed a god]]. Not a {{Mook|s}}, not an {{Elite Mook|s}}, not TheDragon... '''''A {{GOD}}!''''' Anything much higher in SuperWeight scale than the character.

** In [[Literature/BookOfExodus Exodus and subsequent books]], Moses [[JewsLoveToArgue argues with God]] multiple times when he threatens to destroy the Israelites completely, and manages to convince him otherwise. In reality it was probably a SecretTestOfCharacter (given that God knows everything), but still impressive (his distant ancestor Abraham tried to do the same thing, asking God to not destroy Sodom and Gomorrah, where Abraham's nephew Lot lived, if 50 righteous people lived in the city, and then managed to bargain God down to ten; in the end, only Lot and his two daughters made it out alive, and his wife was turned into a salt pillar for looking back at Sodom when they're told not to.).

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-->-- '''The Beast/[[spoiler:Martin Chatwin]]''', ''Literature/TheMagicians''

-->-- '''Martin Chatwin''', ''Literature/TheMagicians''

So, along passes the EldritchAbomination: Incomprehensible, omnipotent [[GodOfEvil dark Gods]] who instill [[GoMadFromTheRevelation gibbering insanity in anyone in their presence]]; {{Sufficiently Advanced Alien}}s who have obliterated countless worlds since time immemorial; [[CosmicEntity Cosmic Entities]] whose thoughts encompass the very fabric of the universe and infinities beyond, on which humanity is just a subatomic particle. You know the type. Eternal, infinite, harbingers of the [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt End of Times]], impossible to even understand, let alone think about opposition...

Not to be confused with TheWorfEffect.

And then along come a fellowship of plucky heroic {{Badass}}es, [[AchievementsInIgnorance who were never told that the Abomination is impossible to beat]] (and even if they were told, [[NeverTellMeTheOdds they wouldn't care]].) Through some combination of skill, brains, courage, HeroicSpirit, and occasionally raw world-shattering AwesomenessIsAForce, maybe some kind of incredibly clever strategy, maybe trap, maybe AppliedPhlebotinum and/or sheer dumb luck, or hey, WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer, they go to work and... they ''defeat'' the abomination.

-->-- '''Martin Chatwick''', ''Literature/TheMagicians''

-->-- '''[[Martin Chatwick]]''', ''Literature/TheMagicians''

->''"Now watch closely, everyone. I'm going to show you how to kill a god."''
-->-- '''[[LadyOfWar Lady Eboshi]]''', ''Anime/PrincessMononoke''