History Main / EmergencyMultifaithPrayer

* The last act of the Viking King Rollo the Walker (who founded Normandy and who had converted to Christianity for political reasons) before he died was to donate 100.000 silver coins to the Church and to sacrifice 100 prisoners to Odin.

** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS16E4SheUsedToBeMyGirl She Used to be My Girl]]", Lisa is trapped in the trunk of a car while her surroundings are slowly being engulfed by lava after a mountain erupted. Lisa prays to Buddha, Jesus, and WesternAnimation/{{SpongeBobSquarePants}}. At the end of the episode, Buddha questions if they should intervene. Spongebob tells her off and starts laughing, much to Jesus' disappointment.

** Played for laughs in the "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS17E4TreehouseOfHorrorXVI Treehouse Of Horror XVI]]" segment "Survival Of The Fattest". [[HuntingTheMostDangerousGame As Burns is hunting down some of Springfield's men]], he shoots and kills Apu, who, with his last words, says "You've got me but I shall be reincarnated.". A few seconds later, Apu is reincarnated as a rabbit who says "Ha-ha, you can't kill a Hindu!", only to get his tail caught in a bear trap, leading him to cry out "Aah, help me, Jesus!".

** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS16E4SheUsedToBeMyGirl She Used to be My Girl]]", Lisa is trapped in the trunk of a car while her surroundings are slowly being engulfed by lava after a mountain erupted. Lisa prays to Buddha, Jesus, and WesternAnimation/{{SpongeBob|SquarePants}}. At the end of the episode, Buddha questions if they should intervene. Spongebob tells her off and starts laughing, much to Jesus' disappointment.
** Another episode has Homer praying to Jesus, Allah, and Buddha while being chased by a rhino.
** Downplayed example, but in another episode, Todd Flanders, while having a crisis of faith, prays for Ned's life to Jesus and Buddha, just in case.

* ''Literature/GoingPostal'': When Moist von Lipwig is standing on the gallows for what he believes will be his execution, he delivers a FacingTheBulletsOneLiner that impresses the hangman:

* in the Literature/{{Discworld}}, which at the last count had nearly four thousand Gods - and all of them exist - the multi-faith prayer isn't just pragmatic, it's unavoidable. One application is in the warding-off of vampires. If you can avoid your pursuing Vampire for long enough, sooner or later you will find a holy symbol that works. Paranoid people tend to wear as many as possible at once, like a religiously-themed charm bracelet.

* ''Manga/AngelDensetsu'' has a weird CallingYourAttacks variant. Heizo, Ryoko's OverprotectiveDad, thinks that his daughter's love interest [[FaceOfAThug Seiichirou Kitano]] is a literal devil, and at one point tries to beat him to a pulp under the guise of martial arts training in his karate dojo. The various names he gives to his attacks during this fight are an eclectic mix of Buddhist and Christian, the last of which is a "Hallelujah Punch."

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': At the start of "[[Recap/FuturamaS4E15TheFarnsworthParabox The Farnsworth Parabox]]", one of Professor Farnsworth's experiments goes horribly wrong and, in agony, he starts begging various deities to help him. Apparently threatening Satan does the trick, since he survives the ordeal.
-->'''Farnsworth:''' Buddha! Zeus! God! One of you guys do something! Help! Satan! You owe me!

Compare PaschalsWager, which posits faith as the rational option, owing to expected payout. Often overlaps with SillyPrayer.

Often overlaps with SillyPrayer.

* ''[[Theatre/{{SQS} ROMEO in the Darkness]]'' Side Blue -- when they realize that Issei has been cursed, TeamMom Eichi panics, asking where they should go for help -- a shrine? A temple? A church? An astrologer? But it's alright, they just consult their local demon king.

** in the Literature/{{Discworld}}, which at the last count had nearly four thousand Gods - and all of them exist - the multi-faith prayer isn't just pragmatic, it's unavoidable. One application is in the warding-off of vampires. If you can avoid your pursuing Vampire for long enough, sooner or later you will find a holy symbol that works. Paranoid people tend to wear as many as possible at once, like a religiously-themed charm bracelet.

* ''[[LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya]]'': In the film adaptation, when Kyon realizes he is stuck in an alternate universe where Haruhi is not present and the SOS Brigade doesn't exist, begins crying out to Jesus, Buddha, and Mohammed (and Creator/HPLovecraft) to save him.

* ''Literature/SpySchool'': Resident DirtyCoward Murray Hill pulls one of these when he’s about to die from a missile strike in ''Spy School Goes South'', praying to any god he could come up with, including Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Shintoism, and Zoroastrianism.

* Literature/SpySchool: Resident DirtyCoward Murray Hill pulls one of these when he’s about to die from a missile strike in Spy School Goes South, praying to any god he could come up with, including Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Shintoism, and Zoroastrianism.

* ''Film/TheMummy1999'': When facing [[BigBad Imhotep]] approaching him, Beni starts [[HolyBurnsEvil praying]] using Muslim, Christian, Buddhist and Hindu icons and prayers. It's not until he reaches Judaism that Imhotep recognizes the Hebrew language as "the tongue of the slaves" and spares Beni's life in exchange for his services.

-->'''Ricky Bobby:''' Help me, Jesus! Help me, Jewish God! Help me, Allah! Help me Creator/TomCruise!

* The ''Series/TrueBlood'' minisode "Jason" has the title character (who is not the most astute in religious matters) begging for help from God, Jesus, Mary Magdalene, Allah, "Confusion" [[note]]he presumably means Creator/{{Confucius}}[[/note]], Buddha, scientology, aliens and "that lion from [[Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia Narnia]]."

* Music/ElvisPresley was known to wear a necklace with a cross, star of David, and Hebrew Chai symbol on it; when asked about this, he said he didn't want to miss out of Heaven on a technicality.

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* ''[[LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya]]'': In the film adaptation, when Kyon realizes he is stuck in an alternate universe where Haruhi is not present and the SOS Brigade doesn't exist, begins crying out to Jesus, Buddha, and Mohammed (and Creator/HPLovecraft) to save him.
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** In an episode, Lisa prays to Buddha, Jesus, and WesternAnimation/{{SpongeBob|SquarePants}} when she's stuck in the trunk of a car.

-->'''Farnsworth:''' Oh Lordy Lou, help! Buddha, Zeus, God! One of you guys, do something! HELP! Satan! You owe me!