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* Creator/{{Raphael|Sanzio}}: In ''The School of Athens'', Plato is [[DeclarativeFinger pointing his finger skyward]], which visualizes his philosophical focus on identifying [[{{God}} the Metaphysical Form of the Good]] which produces goodness like the sun produces light.

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* Creator/{{Raphael|Sanzio}}: ''Art/RaphaelRooms'': In ''The "The School of Athens'', Athens", Plato is [[DeclarativeFinger pointing points his finger skyward]], which visualizes skyward]]; thus visualizing his philosophical focus on identifying [[{{God}} the Metaphysical Form of the Good]] which produces goodness like the sun produces light.

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* ''Franchise/DragonBall'': Kami's Lookout ("Kami" meaning god) is located in the upper levels of Earth's atmosphere. The Guardian of the Earth can look down and monitor the state of the Earth below checking for trouble. In times of peril it can also be used as a refuge for the major characters.

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* ''Franchise/DragonBall'': Kami's Lookout ("Kami" meaning god) is located in the upper levels of Earth's atmosphere. The Guardian of the Earth can look down and monitor the state of the Earth below checking for trouble. In times of peril peril, it can also be used as a refuge for the major characters.



* The bizarre ''Art/TheApotheosisOfWashington'' presents [[UsefulNotes/GeorgeWashington the first President]] and [[Art/StatueOfLiberty Lady Liberty]] as gods looming above the residents of the U.S. Capitol building. I don't mean that there's an image of the Capitol building in the painting, no, it sits on the ceiling of the real-life Capitol Building to remind senators that George is watching--from beyond.



* You can tell ''St. John the Baptist ''(is)'' Preaching'' in Creator/AugusteRodin's sculpture without knowing the tile because he is pointing up at the sky, indicating that there is the topic of his conversation. That would be enough for Rodin's audience to deduce the figure is talking about Heaven and He who resides there.
* The bizarre ''Art/TheApotheosisOfWashington'' presents [[UsefulNotes/GeorgeWashington the first President]] and [[Art/StatueOfLiberty Lady Liberty]] as gods looming above the residents of the U.S. Capitol building. I don't mean that there's an image of the Capitol building in the painting, no, it sits on the ceiling of the real-life Capitol Building to remind senators that George is watching--from beyond.
* [[Creator/RaphaelSanzio Raphael]]'s ''The School of Athens'' has Plato [[DeclarativeFinger pointing his finger skyward]], which visualizes his philosophical focus on identifying [[{{God}} the Metaphysical Form of the Good]] which produces goodness like the sun produces light.
* How does the Art/SistineChapel's altar painting show saints entering into God's love? Well, by being pulled into the sky, where God's throne awaits them.

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* You can tell ''St. John the Baptist ''(is)'' Preaching'' in Creator/AugusteRodin's sculpture {{sculpture|s}} without knowing the tile because he is pointing up at the sky, indicating that there is the topic of his conversation. That would be enough for Rodin's audience to deduce the figure is talking about Heaven and He who resides there.
* The bizarre ''Art/TheApotheosisOfWashington'' presents [[UsefulNotes/GeorgeWashington the first President]] and [[Art/StatueOfLiberty Lady Liberty]] as gods looming above the residents of the U.S. Capitol building. I don't mean that there's an image of the Capitol building in the painting, no, it sits on the ceiling of the real-life Capitol Building to remind senators that George is watching--from beyond.
* [[Creator/RaphaelSanzio Raphael]]'s
Creator/{{Raphael|Sanzio}}: In ''The School of Athens'' has Athens'', Plato is [[DeclarativeFinger pointing his finger skyward]], which visualizes his philosophical focus on identifying [[{{God}} the Metaphysical Form of the Good]] which produces goodness like the sun produces light.
* How ''Art/SevenVirtues'': Both "Faith" and "Hope" look upwards to the Heavens. The former does so in acknowledging her god's existence while the Art/SistineChapel's latter does so in prayer.
* ''Art/SistineChapel'': How do the the
altar painting {{painting|s}} show saints entering into God's love? Well, by being pulled into the sky, where God's throne awaits them.
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-->They save there's a Heaven for those who await\\
Some say it's better but I say it ain't\\
I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints\\
The sinners have much more fun

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-->They save -->''They say there's a Heaven for those who await\\
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* Music/BillyJoel ponders Heaven as he's pursuing a Catholic girl in verse five of "Only the Good Die Young":
-->They save there's a Heaven for those who await\\
Some say it's better but I say it ain't\\
I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints\\
The sinners have much more fun
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** In the season 5 episode "Nimue," a young Merlin looks into the clouds and asks permission to drink from the Holy Grail so he may live. Unlike the man who failed to ask whatever god may be listening, Merlin does not disintegrate and is blessed wiith eternal life and unparalleled magical power.

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** In the season 5 episode "Nimue," a young Merlin looks into the clouds and asks permission to drink from the Holy Grail so he may live. Unlike the man who failed to ask whatever god may be listening, Merlin does not disintegrate and is blessed wiith with eternal life and unparalleled magical power.
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* ''Literature/OldKingdom'': The AfterlifeAntechamber of Death is a mist-shrouded [[PlacidPlaneOfAnkleDeepWater shallow river]] that ends beneath the Final Gate, an infinitely starry night sky where souls rise up to an unknown final destination.
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* ''Literature/MermaidsOfErianaKwai'': Mermaids believe that the northern lights are the pathway the spirits travel through as they journey to a better place. Eriana legend holds that it's the spirits dancing.
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* Although Nirvana in UsefulNotes/{{Buddhism}} is a state and those has no geographical place, Pure Lands are often represented as heaven-like places locate in the sky and with clouds around. Pure Lands are realms where devoted practicioners can be reborn to practice freely and attain Nirvana easily. Also most representations of Buddhas and Boddhisatvas locate them in high places or in the sky.

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* Although Nirvana in UsefulNotes/{{Buddhism}} is a state of mind and those thus has no geographical place, location, Pure Lands are often represented as heaven-like places locate in the sky and with clouds around. Pure Lands are realms where devoted practicioners can be reborn to practice freely and attain Nirvana easily. Also most representations of Buddhas and Boddhisatvas locate them in high places or in the sky.



* In a sort of backhanded way both Myth/EgyptianMythology and Myth/AboriginalAustralianMyths invision the SpiritWorld as in the sky rather than in the underground as most other mythologies. However the sky's home to more than just benevolent spirits...

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* In a sort of backhanded way both Myth/EgyptianMythology and Myth/AboriginalAustralianMyths invision the SpiritWorld as in the sky rather than in the underground as like most other mythologies. However the sky's home to more than just benevolent spirits...
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* TheAstrologer trope, and real life Astrology, relies on the assumption that the bodies of the skies are in control of the lives of us mortals down on Earth. Talking about the stars and planets as an astrologer can often resemble how others may take about the gods.

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* TheAstrologer trope, and real life Astrology, relies on the assumption that the bodies of the skies are in control of the lives of us mortals down on Earth. Talking about the stars and planets as an astrologer can often resemble how others may take talk about the gods.gods. Many cultures have/had viewed stellar objects as divine, and therefore this would be/is sometimes explicitly the case
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* ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'': The rulers of the Valar, the gods/archangels who rule the world in Eru's name, are Manwë, the lord of the winds, skies and flying creatures, and Varda, the kindler of the stars. They reside in a court on the peak of Taniquetil, the highest mountain in the world.
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* ''TabletopGame/ArsMagica'': {{Justified|Trope}} by the game's premise that medieval beliefs about reality are true in [[MedievalEuropeanFantasy Mythic Europe]]. Therefore, the universe is geocentric and the lunar sphere marks the beginning of the Divine Realm.

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* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'': Inverted for both trolls and dwarfs. They're usually subterranean, so they view ''down'' as the direction of Heaven. Relatedly, Dwarfs use "enlightened" to mean "ignorant and misguided"; someone who's profoundly knowledgeable or appropriately civilized would be "[[OurBetterIsDifferent endarkened]]".

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* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'': ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'':
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Inverted for both trolls and dwarfs. They're usually subterranean, so they view ''down'' as the direction of Heaven. Relatedly, Dwarfs use "enlightened" to mean "ignorant and misguided"; someone who's profoundly knowledgeable or appropriately civilized would be "[[OurBetterIsDifferent endarkened]]". endarkened]]".
** Discussed in ''Literature/{{Jingo}}'':
--->In the clear air, the stars drilled down out of the sky, reminding any thoughtful watcher that it is in the deserts and high places that religions are generated. When men see nothing but bottomless infinity over their heads, they have always had a driving and desperate urge to find someone to put in the way.

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* ''Film/TheGumballRally'': After Roscoe is humiliated in front of the biggest bunch of cops he wrangled to create a roadblock, he pitifully looks up at the sky and asks "[[ButtMonkey why me?]]"



* ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows'': Death, as he appears in ''The Tale of Three Brothers'', sports a pair of wings which he can use to bring his victims up into the afterlife. Since the third brother accepted Death's coming as an old friend, it's safe to see he's being taken up to a good afterlife somewhat like {{Heaven}}.

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* ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows'': Death, as he appears in ''The Tale of Three Brothers'', sports a pair of wings which he can use to bring his victims up into the afterlife. Since the third brother accepted Death's coming as an old friend, it's safe to see say that he's being taken up to a good afterlife somewhat like {{Heaven}}.



* ''Literature/OurDumbCentury'', a book by ''Website/TheOnion'', features a spoof headline from the week after the airplane was invented, about the government planning airplane expeditions to Heaven. The story reveals that within ten years, it will be possible for the average American to vacation there.

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* ''Literature/OurDumbCentury'', a book by ''Website/TheOnion'', features a spoof headline from the week after the airplane was invented, about the government planning airplane expeditions to Heaven. The story reveals that that, within ten years, it will be possible for the average American to vacation there.



* In ''Literature/SurvivorDogs'', dogs and wolves have many god-like beings known as "Spirit Dogs", however the Sky-Dogs are the most powerful. They're also the one [[OhMyGods most prayed to and referenced]] (though Lucky is also particularly fond of the Forest-Dog).

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* In ''Literature/SurvivorDogs'', dogs ''Literature/TheSpaceTrilogy'': Ransom finds the old myth about the gods dwelling in the heavens to be quite true literally and figuratively. His first trip through space teaches him that the planets are only disturbances in a great sea of light and life; his second trip is facilitated by the collective of invisible consciousnesses that dwell in the Deep Heavens and guide all planetary affairs according to the will of their king on Jupiter.
* ''Literature/{{Starless}}'': The sun and moons are gods, and the PhysicalGods walking the Earth used to be the stars. [[spoiler:On fulfilling the prophecy, a seed of ending ignited within Miasmus by a seed of beginning, Miasmus's time on Earth is ended, and the three moons pull him back into the skies. The rest of the gods follow suit, their penance ended, and the skies are filled with stars once again.]]
* ''Literature/SurvivorDogs'': Dogs
and wolves have many god-like beings known as "Spirit Dogs", however the Sky-Dogs are the most powerful. They're also the one [[OhMyGods most prayed to and referenced]] (though Lucky is also particularly fond of the Forest-Dog).



* ''Literature/WatershipDown'': Frith, creator of the world and progenitor of all Earth's creatures, is the Sun itself. The Moon is Frith's liaison to the world, acting both as a Muse and as TheGrimReaper.



* ''TabletopGame/InNomine'': While Heaven and Hell have no particular physical relationship with the Corporeal realm of mortals, Heaven is divided between the Lower Heavens that players can visit and the mysterious Upper Heavens, at the top of Jacob's Ladder, where blessed souls reside with God; at the opposite end, the explorable part of Hell is only its top layers, an certain tunnels and elevators lead to the equally mysterious Lower Hells where Lucifer resides. One of the prompts for divine intervention also describes the hand of God descending from the skies to crush an obstacle in the players' path.

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* ''TabletopGame/InNomine'': While Heaven and Hell have no particular physical relationship with the Corporeal realm of mortals, Heaven is divided between the Lower Heavens that players can visit and the mysterious Upper Heavens, at the top of Jacob's Ladder, where blessed souls reside with God; at the opposite end, the explorable part of Hell is only its top layers, an and certain tunnels and elevators lead to the equally mysterious Lower Hells where Lucifer resides. One of the prompts for divine intervention also describes the hand of God descending from the skies to crush an obstacle in the players' path.



** The natives of Fenris believe that the Sky Warriors will come down to young warriors on the brink of death and bring them back to their heavenly domains to feast and fight for all eternity. In fact, the SpaceWolves monitor the constant battles waged by the natives and use them to select candidates for SpaceMarine training and transformation.

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** The natives of Fenris believe that the Sky Warriors will come down to young warriors on the brink of death and bring them back to their heavenly domains to feast and fight for all eternity. In fact, the SpaceWolves Space Wolves monitor the constant battles waged by the natives and use them to select candidates for SpaceMarine training and transformation.


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* ''VideoGame/HeavensVault'': The word for heaven in Ancient has the glyph "up" in it. [[spoiler:In fact, it's composed of "place-star", and "star" is "noun-light-up"]].

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[-(''The Temptation of Christ by the Devil'' by Félix Joseph Barrias)-]]]



* The realm of the death gods from ''Manga/DeathNote'' is separated from the human world by a hole, which they can jump into to "drop" into our world. From our perspective, it looks like these monsters materialize in the middle of the sky and fall down. Like angels, these death gods come with wings which both make descent easier and also hint that they come from above.
* In ''Franchise/DragonBall'', Kami's Lookout ("Kami" meaning god) is located in the upper levels of Earth's atmosphere. The Guardian of the Earth can look down and monitor the state of the Earth below checking for trouble. In times of peril it can also be used as a refuge for the major characters.
* The doorway to God/The Truth in ''Manga/FullMetalAlchemist'' apparently lies above the Earth, right in front of either the Moon or the Sun. [[spoiler:It's hard to say which, since the door is opened during an eclipse which allows the villain to obtain the power of God.]]
* A humorous take on the idea comes from ''Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt'' when Panty suggests to Stocking that they can get back into Heaven by building a giant pole and using it to climb up there.

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* ''Manga/DeathNote'': The realm of the death gods from ''Manga/DeathNote'' is separated from the human world by a hole, which they can jump into to "drop" into our world. From our perspective, it looks like these monsters materialize in the middle of the sky and fall down. Like angels, these death gods come with wings which both make descent easier and also hint that they come from above.
* In ''Franchise/DragonBall'', ''Franchise/DragonBall'': Kami's Lookout ("Kami" meaning god) is located in the upper levels of Earth's atmosphere. The Guardian of the Earth can look down and monitor the state of the Earth below checking for trouble. In times of peril it can also be used as a refuge for the major characters.
* ''Manga/FullMetalAlchemist'': The doorway to God/The God/the Truth in ''Manga/FullMetalAlchemist'' apparently lies above the Earth, right in front of either the Moon or the Sun. [[spoiler:It's hard to say which, since the door is opened during an eclipse which allows the villain to obtain the power of God.]]
* ''Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt'': A humorous take on the idea comes from ''Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt'' when Panty suggests to Stocking that they can get back into Heaven by building a giant pole and using it to climb up there.



* In ''ComicBook/AllStarSuperman'', Pa Kent's description of how he prayed to {{God}} for a son is put against a page-wide panel dominated by the starry night sky.
* Volume Four of ''ComicBook/TheSandman1989'' includes a description of [[{{Heaven}} God's realm]] as a Silver City "above" the universe proper, which angels can only leave by "falling toward the world." The odd thing about this is that the Silver City isn't just "above" the Earth, but it is also above the psychic realities that makes up the Kingdom of Dreams, Asgard, Hell, and other places that can't properly be said to be "above" or "below" anything else.

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* In ''ComicBook/AllStarSuperman'', ''ComicBook/AllStarSuperman'': Pa Kent's description of how he prayed to {{God}} for a son is put against a page-wide panel dominated by the starry night sky.
* ''ComicBook/TheSandman1989'': Volume Four of ''ComicBook/TheSandman1989'' includes a description of [[{{Heaven}} God's realm]] as a Silver City "above" the universe proper, which angels can only leave by "falling toward the world." The odd thing about this is that the Silver City isn't just "above" the Earth, but it is also above the psychic realities that makes up the Kingdom of Dreams, Asgard, Hell, and other places that can't properly be said to be "above" or "below" anything else.



* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing2019'', Mufasa explains that the great kings "look down on us from those stars" and towards the end of the film manifests in spirit form in a head of clouds during an electrical storm.
* The magical fairy who blesses ''WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}}'' with life lives within the wishing star. The Blue Fairy descends from her home in the sky only when Gepetto prays up to the sky in his petition to be blessed with a son.
* The song "Through Heaven's Eye" from ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt'' has a wise old man motion upwards to the clear, night sky when advising Moses to look at life as God would see it.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing2019'', ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing2019'': Mufasa explains that the great kings "look down on us from those stars" stars", and towards the end of the film manifests in spirit form in a head of clouds during an electrical storm.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}}'': The magical fairy who blesses ''WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}}'' Pinocchio with life lives within the wishing star. The Blue Fairy descends from her home in the sky only when Gepetto prays up to the sky in his petition to be blessed with a son.
* The song ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt'': "Through Heaven's Eye" from ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt'' has a wise old man motion upwards to the clear, night sky when advising Moses to look at life as God would see it.
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* ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' uses Superman's {{Flight}} to make his role as a MessianicArchetype obvious, leading to scenes where Superman is floating above a flood victim [[LightIsGood covered in sunlight]] while the two stretch their arms out to each other like they're in the Art/SistineChapel. And if that wasn't explicit enough, Lex Luthor goes on a rant about how Superman reminds him of {{God}}, describing them both as "a man in the sky" while questioning why either allows evil in the world.
** Though one of his detractors argues the inverse.
--> We know better now, don't we? Devils don't come from below us. They come from above.

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* ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' uses Superman's {{Flight}} to make his role as a MessianicArchetype obvious, leading to scenes where Superman is floating above a flood victim [[LightIsGood covered in sunlight]] while the two stretch their arms out to each other like they're in the Art/SistineChapel. And if that wasn't explicit enough, Lex Luthor goes on a rant about how Superman reminds him of {{God}}, describing them both as "a man in the sky" while questioning why either allows evil in the world.
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world. Though one of his detractors argues the inverse.
--> We -->We know better now, don't we? Devils don't come from below us. They come from above.



* DiscussedTrope in ''Film/EmpireOfTheSun''; Jim asks his mother whether "God is above" means he is flying.

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* DiscussedTrope in ''Film/EmpireOfTheSun''; ''Film/EmpireOfTheSun'': {{Discussed|Trope}}. Jim asks his mother whether "God is above" means he is flying.



* Whenever Clarence the angel talks to distant superiors in ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife'', the audience will know he's not just talking to himself because he's looking straight up at the sky, which is where angels are supposed to live.
* The Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse repurposes Asgard, city of the gods, as a pocket dimension that can access other realms through a wormhole called the Bifrost. Even with this sci-fi twist, the Bifrost wormhole conveniently always opens up so that the gods enter into other realms by falling from the sky and leave said realms by being shot up into the air.

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* ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife'': Whenever Clarence the angel talks to distant superiors in ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife'', superiors, the audience will know he's she's not just talking to himself because he's looking straight up at the sky, which is where angels are supposed to live.
* The Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse repurposes ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'': Asgard, city of the gods, as is a pocket dimension that can access other realms through a wormhole called the Bifrost. Even with this sci-fi twist, the Bifrost wormhole conveniently always opens up so that the gods enter into other realms by falling from the sky and leave said realms by being shot up into the air.



* Crudely, ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'' depicts God as a giant SkyFace who rips open a cloud to start a conversation with King Arthur.
* The genocidal villain of ''Film/{{Noah}}'' frequently looks to the sky and yells for God to reveal himself to him, only to find the sky shrouded in the clouds that will flood the world. The skies only clear and allow humanity to see the light once Noah realizes God's desire for humanity: [[spoiler:for them to be merciful to each other.]]
* The protagonist of ''Film/TheNorthman'' has dreams throughout the movie of his body being carrying by a Valkyrie up towards a wonderful blue light in the sky. The viewer obviously understands this to be Valhalla, a hall for the valiant dead within the divine realm of Asgard.
* When ''Film/ThePassionOfTheChrist'' ends with His death, the camera angles above the crucifixion scene to show a lone tear drop falling down towards Jesus's corpse. The effect is similar to a SingleTear, as if the Father in Heaven is crying for His Son.

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* Crudely, ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'' depicts God as a giant SkyFace who rips pulls open a cloud to start a conversation with King Arthur.
* ''Film/{{Noah}}'': The genocidal villain of ''Film/{{Noah}}'' frequently looks to the sky and yells for God to reveal himself to him, only to find the sky shrouded in the clouds that will flood the world. The skies only clear and allow humanity to see the light once Noah realizes God's desire for humanity: [[spoiler:for them to be merciful to each other.]]
* ''Film/TheNorthman'': The protagonist of ''Film/TheNorthman'' has dreams throughout the movie of his body being carrying by a Valkyrie up towards a wonderful blue light in the sky. The viewer obviously understands this to be Valhalla, a hall for the valiant dead within the divine realm of Asgard.
* ''Film/ThePassionOfTheChrist'': When ''Film/ThePassionOfTheChrist'' the film ends with His death, the camera angles above the crucifixion scene to show a lone tear drop teardrop falling down towards Jesus's corpse. The effect is similar to a SingleTear, as if the Father in Heaven is crying for His Son.



* There isn't much of a heaven inside the computer world of ''Film/{{Tron}}'', but still, whenever Tron and other programs think about or make a sign to the Users who created and act as their god-equivalents, they look up to the sky and maybe even hold up their identity discs as a sign of trust.
* In ''Film/TheTrumanShow'', the massive control room where Christoff manages the entire world Truman knows is located in the sky, covered by a fake sun during the day and a fake moon during the night. This is one of many elements that makes it clear Christoff is [[AGodAmI usurping God's role]] in controlling so much of Truman's reality and in case the association is too subtle, [[spoiler:the movie ends with Truman talking to Christoff, "the creator," by looking straight into the sunny sky.]]

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* ''Film/{{Tron}}'': There isn't much of a heaven inside the computer world of ''Film/{{Tron}}'', world, but still, whenever Tron and other programs think about or make a sign to the Users who created and act as their god-equivalents, they look up to the sky and maybe even hold up their identity discs as a sign of trust.
* In ''Film/TheTrumanShow'', the ''Film/TheTrumanShow'': The massive control room where Christoff manages the entire world Truman knows is located in the sky, covered by a fake sun during the day and a fake moon during the night. This is one of many elements that makes it clear Christoff is [[AGodAmI usurping God's role]] in controlling so much of Truman's reality and in case the association is too subtle, [[spoiler:the movie ends with Truman talking to Christoff, "the creator," by looking straight into the sunny sky.]]



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* In ''Film/HouseOfCards1993'', the dead go to live in the cradle of the moon. Sally's attempts at communicating with her deceased father involve climbing onto the roof and building elaborate towers of cards.

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* In ''Film/HouseOfCards1993'', the ''Film/HouseOfCards1993'': The dead go to live in the cradle of the moon. Sally's attempts at communicating with her deceased father involve climbing onto the roof and building elaborate towers of cards.



* In ''Literature/AlexisCarew: HMS Nightingale'', the neo-Luddite CultColony Man's Fall believes darkspace (an alternate layer of space-time equivalent to hyperspace) is in fact Heaven. The belief is backed up by darkspace's ability to shut off technology, but the fact that darkspace is only accessible by flying into a Lagrange point in normal space, meaning one has to fly past the Heavens to reach it, helps reinforce the divinity idea.
* Creator/GKChesterton's ''The Ball and the Cross'' has Professor Lucifer [[DiscussedTrope discuss]] the sky's divine association to a monk he kidnapped as he ascends through the heavens in his flying machine. The point Lucifer is making is that the skies are as physical and dour as the underworld and expects the monk's faith to shatter, only for the monk to point out that Lucifer's rambling has distracted him from flying the ship. The Professor screams like a girl and nearly dies in a crash.
* In ''Literature/TheBerenstainBears'' when [[spoiler: Goldie the fish]] dies, Papa Bear says that she went to the a big castle in the sky, a metaphor for the afterlife.
* ''Literature/{{City of Bones|1995}}'' by Creator/MarthaWells: {{Inverted|Trope}} in the post-apocalyptic society's spirituality. Good people are believed to rest beneath the earth after death, whereas evil souls are condemned to [[WindsAreGhosts wander the winds]] without peace.
* In ''Literature/TheColdMoons'', badgers believe that heaven (called "Asgard") is in the sky:

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* In ''Literature/AlexisCarew: HMS Nightingale'', the Nightingale'': The neo-Luddite CultColony Man's Fall believes darkspace (an alternate layer of space-time equivalent to hyperspace) is in fact Heaven. The belief is backed up by darkspace's ability to shut off technology, but the fact that darkspace is only accessible by flying into a Lagrange point in normal space, meaning one has to fly past the Heavens to reach it, helps reinforce the divinity idea.
* Creator/GKChesterton's ''The Ball and the Cross'' ''Literature/TheBallAndTheCross'' by Creator/GKChesterton has Professor Lucifer [[DiscussedTrope discuss]] the sky's divine association to a monk he kidnapped as he ascends through the heavens in his flying machine. The point Lucifer is making is that the skies are as physical and dour as the underworld and expects the monk's faith to shatter, only for the monk to point out that Lucifer's rambling has distracted him from flying the ship. The Professor screams like a girl and nearly dies in a crash.
* In ''Literature/TheBerenstainBears'' when [[spoiler: Goldie ''Literature/TheBerenstainBears'': When [[spoiler:Goldie the fish]] dies, Papa Bear says that she went to the a big castle in the sky, a metaphor for the afterlife.
* ''Literature/{{City of Bones|1995}}'' ''Literature/CityOfBones1995'' by Creator/MarthaWells: {{Inverted|Trope}} in the post-apocalyptic society's spirituality. Good people are believed to rest beneath the earth after death, whereas evil souls are condemned to [[WindsAreGhosts wander the winds]] without peace.
* In ''Literature/TheColdMoons'', badgers ''Literature/TheColdMoons'': Badgers believe that heaven (called "Asgard") is in the sky:



* Inverted on ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' for both trolls and dwarfs. They're usually subterranean, so they view ''down'' as the direction of Heaven. [[OurBetterIsDifferent Related]]: Dwarfs use "enlightened" to mean "ignorant and misguided"; someone who's profoundly knowledgeable or appropriately civilized would be "endarkened".

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* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'': Inverted on ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' for both trolls and dwarfs. They're usually subterranean, so they view ''down'' as the direction of Heaven. [[OurBetterIsDifferent Related]]: Relatedly, Dwarfs use "enlightened" to mean "ignorant and misguided"; someone who's profoundly knowledgeable or appropriately civilized would be "endarkened"."[[OurBetterIsDifferent endarkened]]".



* Although ''Literature/TheGreatDivorce'' avoids portraying Heaven as a [[FluffyCloudHeaven cloud-filled candyland]], it does demonstrate the radical distance between Hell and Heaven by having the bus between those two realms have to fly miles and miles and miles above Hell before it can reach the doormat of Heaven.
* Like Moses walking up to Sinai, the Redcrosse Knight from ''Literature/TheFaerieQueene'' must spend weeks atop the closest mountain peak to the sky he can find to prepare to commune with God. At the end of his time on the mountain, Redcrosse can even see the kingdom of Heaven above him.
* The original fairytale has Literature/TheLittleMermaid describe {{Heaven}} as "that glorious world above the stars." This description of Heaven as sky also furthers the distance between the mermaid and the eternal realm, since land-dwelling humans are closer to the sky while the soulless mermaids are hopelessly far from those same stars. The story also describes angelic spirits as "Daughters of the Air."

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* ''Literature/TheGreatDivorce'': Although ''Literature/TheGreatDivorce'' the story avoids portraying Heaven as a [[FluffyCloudHeaven cloud-filled candyland]], it does demonstrate the radical distance between Hell and Heaven by having the bus between those two realms have to fly miles and miles and miles above Hell before it can reach the doormat of Heaven.
* ''Literature/TheFaerieQueene'': Like Moses walking up to Sinai, the Redcrosse Knight from ''Literature/TheFaerieQueene'' must spend weeks atop the closest mountain peak to the sky he can find to prepare to commune with God. At the end of his time on the mountain, Redcrosse can even see the kingdom of Heaven above him.
* ''Literature/TheLittleMermaid'': The original fairytale has Literature/TheLittleMermaid the mermaid describe {{Heaven}} as "that glorious world above the stars." This description of Heaven as sky also furthers the distance between the mermaid and the eternal realm, since land-dwelling humans are closer to the sky while the soulless mermaids are hopelessly far from those same stars. The story also describes angelic spirits as "Daughters of the Air."



* Whenever Mr. D from ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'' swears, the sky either clouds up or thunders to let him know the gods are displeased, forcing Mr. D to look straight up and apologize. This is all a formality, as it would be ludicrous for the gods to live above D's camp on Long Island; they live above the Empire State Building instead.

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* ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'': Whenever Mr. D from ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'' D. swears, the sky either clouds up or thunders to let him know the gods are displeased, forcing Mr. D to look straight up and apologize. This is all a formality, as it would be ludicrous for the gods to live above D's camp on Long Island; they live above the Empire State Building instead.



* In Aleksis Kivi's ''Literature/SevenBrothers'':

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* In Aleksis Kivi's ''Literature/SevenBrothers'':



* In ''Literature/WarriorCats'', the cats' afterlife is [=StarClan=], which is said to be located within the collection of stars above, locally known as Silverpelt (we'd call it the Milky Way).
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* In ''Literature/WarriorCats'', the ''Literature/WarriorCats'': The cats' afterlife is [=StarClan=], which is said to be located within the collection of stars above, locally known as Silverpelt (we'd call it the Milky Way).
%%Harry Potter? C.S. Lewis.
Way).



* Michael from ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'' wistfully ponders how easy life would be if there were instructions sent from "on high." He then tells his son to watch his head as they duck under a memorial to the Ten Commandments being brought down from on high by a crane.
* In the ''Series/BetterCallSaul'' episode "[[Recap/BetterCallSaulS4E9Wiedersehen Wiedersehen]]," Jimmy insults Kim for acting like she's better than him by telling her to go back to her "office in the sky," implying its more perfect and godly up in the heavens than wherever Jimmy is in life.

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* ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'': Michael from ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'' wistfully ponders how easy life would be if there were instructions sent from "on high." He then tells his son to watch his head as they duck under a memorial to the Ten Commandments being brought down from on high by a crane.
* ''Series/BetterCallSaul'': In the ''Series/BetterCallSaul'' episode "[[Recap/BetterCallSaulS4E9Wiedersehen Wiedersehen]]," Jimmy insults Kim for acting like she's better than him by telling her to go back to her "office in the sky," implying its more perfect and godly up in the heavens than wherever Jimmy is in life.



* In the ''Series/{{Community}}'' episode "[[Recap/CommunityS2E05MessianicMythsAndAncientPeoples Messianic Myths and Ancient Peoples]]", Shirley gives two thumbs up pointing at the sky to try to tell Abed she's talking about God, but he doesn't quite get it and she has to explain her own message.
* One of the few acts of DivineIntervention in ''Series/FridayThe13thTheSeries'' appears in the form of a series of divine lights flashing across the sky, with the heavenly changes contrasting with the grounded work of the show's {{Fallen Angel}}s. [[spoiler:This upstairs action even kills the demonic Astaroth.]]
* In ''Series/GoodOmens2019'', Heaven is imagined as the top floor of an office building while Hell is the basement to tie in to how both the Heavenly and Hellish Hosts are part of the same CelestialBureaucracy. The angel Aziraphale takes the elevator up to work and angels come down from the sky whenever they have business on Earth, in contrast to demons, who rise out of the dirt.
* Not three minutes into ''Series/TheGoodPlace'', recently deceased Eleanor distinguishes between Heaven and Hell by pointing upwards to indicate Heaven and downwards to indicate Hell. Turns out she's right on the money, as in the series proper, [[spoiler: the actual Good Place]] is above the Bad and Medium Places and only by using a special hot air balloon few know how to access.
* The characters on ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' occasionally pray for help (though only to "the universe") in tough spots, and they always do this by looking up and begging. In the case of the [[Recap/HowIMetYourMotherS1E22ComeOn first season finale]], a prayer to the sky even leads to a uniquely heavenly miracle: a heavy rain inexplicably appears and keeps the protagonist's love from leaving with the wrong man.
* Whenever {{God}} appears on ''Series/TheLateShowWithStephenColbert'', He's always peeking over a cloud on the ceiling, forcing Stephen and the audience to crane their necks up to have a conversation with the guy.

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* ''Series/{{Community}}'': In the ''Series/{{Community}}'' episode "[[Recap/CommunityS2E05MessianicMythsAndAncientPeoples Messianic Myths and Ancient Peoples]]", Shirley gives two thumbs up pointing at the sky to try to tell Abed she's talking about God, but he doesn't quite get it and she has to explain her own message.
* ''Series/FridayThe13thTheSeries'': One of the few acts of DivineIntervention in ''Series/FridayThe13thTheSeries'' appears in the form of a series of divine lights flashing across the sky, with the heavenly changes contrasting with the grounded work of the show's {{Fallen Angel}}s. [[spoiler:This upstairs action even kills the demonic Astaroth.]]
* In ''Series/GoodOmens2019'', ''Series/GoodOmens2019'': Heaven is imagined as the top floor of an office building while Hell is the basement to tie in to how both the Heavenly and Hellish Hosts are part of the same CelestialBureaucracy. The angel Aziraphale takes the elevator up to work and angels come down from the sky whenever they have business on Earth, in contrast to demons, who rise out of the dirt.
* ''Series/TheGoodPlace'': Not three minutes into ''Series/TheGoodPlace'', the show, the recently deceased Eleanor distinguishes between Heaven and Hell by pointing upwards to indicate Heaven and downwards to indicate Hell. Turns out she's right on the money, as in the series proper, [[spoiler: the [[spoiler:the actual Good Place]] is above the Bad and Medium Places and only by using a special hot air balloon few know how to access.
* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'': The characters on ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' occasionally pray for help (though only to "the universe") in tough spots, and they always do this by looking up and begging. In the case of the [[Recap/HowIMetYourMotherS1E22ComeOn first season finale]], a prayer to the sky even leads to a uniquely heavenly miracle: a heavy rain inexplicably appears and keeps the protagonist's love from leaving with the wrong man.
* ''Series/TheLateShowWithStephenColbert'': Whenever {{God}} appears on ''Series/TheLateShowWithStephenColbert'', appears, He's always peeking over a cloud on the ceiling, forcing Stephen and the audience to crane their necks up to have a conversation with the guy.



* In ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', the Bajoran religion states that their gods, the Prophets, live in the Celestial Temple above the skies of Bajor. In the pilot episode "[[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS01E01E02Emissary Emissary]]," the Temple turns out to be a wormhole that terminates in the Bajoran solar system and is inhabited by SufficientlyAdvancedAliens.
* Heaven is a regular setting on ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' that's often referred to by pointing upwards or talking about what's "above."

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* In ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', the ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'': The Bajoran religion states that their gods, the Prophets, live in the Celestial Temple above the skies of Bajor. In the pilot episode "[[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS01E01E02Emissary Emissary]]," the Temple turns out to be a wormhole that terminates in the Bajoran solar system and is inhabited by SufficientlyAdvancedAliens.
* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'': Heaven is a regular setting on ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' that's often referred to by pointing upwards or talking about what's "above."



* ''TabletopGame/InNomine'': While Heaven and Hell have no particular physical relationship with the Corporeal realm of mortals, Heaven is divided between the Lower Heavens that players can visit and the mysterious Upper Heavens, at the top of Jacob's Ladder, where blessed souls reside with God; at the opposite end, the explorable part of Hell is only its top layers, an certain tunnels and elevators lead to the equally mysterious Lower Hells where Lucifer resides. One of the prompts for divine intervention also describes the hand of God descending from the skies to crush an obstacle in the players' path.



* Just before the death of the titular character of ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}'', [[spoiler:time freezes and he talks about seeing his dead friends and family "on the other side." As he says their names, his best friend, his son, his mother, and his father figure all walk across the balcony above the stage, implying this "other side" is above Hamilton.]] This upwards view of heaven is further emphasized when Hamilton desperately cries "Rise up" just before he is shot.
* King Claudius from ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'' uses the sky twice as a metaphor to explain how horrid his soul has become:

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* ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}'': Just before the death of the titular character of ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}'', character, [[spoiler:time freezes and he talks about seeing his dead friends and family "on the other side." As he says their names, his best friend, his son, his mother, and his father figure all walk across the balcony above the stage, implying this "other side" is above Hamilton.]] This upwards view of heaven is further emphasized when Hamilton desperately cries "Rise up" just before he is shot.
* ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'': King Claudius from ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'' uses the sky twice as a metaphor to explain how horrid his soul has become:



%%Jersey Boys? Aladdin? 1984? Les mis?



* The city of the gods in ''VideoGame/DarkSouls1'' is built on massive towers built upon massive towers that ascend well above the clouds. This gives the player the clearest view of the bright day sky they're ever going to get in this dreary game, making this divine realm seem even more heavenly.
* If you became a god, say, in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'', how would you let people know? If you were a magical, misanthropic MonsterClown, you might build a tower taller than any mountain, put yourself right at the top, and turns yourself into a winged creature surrounded by clouds and sunlight. This strategy tells visitors about your divinity without chit-chat, so when they fully ascend your [[Literature/TheDivineComedy Dante-esque]] ladder of writhing flesh and confront you, you can smite them without much monologuing.
* The [[OurAngelsAreDifferent angelic protagonist]] of ''VideoGame/KidIcarus'' and ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising'' serves Skyworld and its good goddess, Palutena. The realm is overflowing with clouds, brave soldiers with [[WingedHumanoid wings]], and [[LightIsGood glowing white]] temples dedicated to Palutena. In case you forget where the good guys work after all that, every level in ''Uprising'' ends with the protagonist being surrounded by RaysFromHeaven and flying straight up towards the realm of Palutena.
* Unsurprisingly, the sky in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword'' is quite the godly place.

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* ''VideoGame/DarkSouls1'': The city of the gods in ''VideoGame/DarkSouls1'' is built on massive towers built upon massive towers that ascend well above the clouds. This gives the player the clearest view of the bright day sky they're ever going to get in this dreary game, making this divine realm seem even more heavenly.
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'': If you became a god, say, in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'', how would you let people know? If you were a magical, misanthropic MonsterClown, you might build a tower taller than any mountain, put yourself right at the top, and turns yourself into a winged creature surrounded by clouds and sunlight. This strategy tells visitors about your divinity without chit-chat, so when they fully ascend your [[Literature/TheDivineComedy Dante-esque]] ladder of writhing flesh and confront you, you can smite them without much monologuing.
* ''VideoGame/KidIcarus'': The [[OurAngelsAreDifferent angelic protagonist]] of ''VideoGame/KidIcarus'' and ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising'' serves Skyworld and its good goddess, Palutena. The realm is overflowing with clouds, brave soldiers with [[WingedHumanoid wings]], and [[LightIsGood glowing white]] temples dedicated to Palutena. In case you forget where the good guys work after all that, every level in ''Uprising'' ends with the protagonist being surrounded by RaysFromHeaven and flying straight up towards the realm of Palutena.
* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword'': Unsurprisingly, the sky in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword'' is quite the godly place.



%%Sonic (06, Unleashed, 3), Pokemon Ranger?, Undertale, Kirby, Super Paper Mario?, Galaxy, Dante's Inferno, Skyrim, No More Heroes, Kingdom Hearts, Epic Mickey,
* The Angelic plane of Paradise/Elysium in the ''VideoGame/NexusWar'' series is usually an {{Arcadia}} environment, but one season of it took it one step further with an even holier FluffyCloudHeaven floating in the skies above ''that''.

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%%Sonic (06, Unleashed, 3), Pokemon Ranger?, Undertale, Kirby, Super Paper Mario?, Galaxy, Dante's Inferno, Skyrim, No More Heroes, Kingdom Hearts, Epic Mickey,
* ''VideoGame/NexusWar'': The Angelic plane of Paradise/Elysium in the ''VideoGame/NexusWar'' series is usually an {{Arcadia}} {{Arcadia}}n environment, but one season of it took it one step further with an even holier FluffyCloudHeaven floating in the skies above ''that''.''that''.
* ''VideoGame/SuperPaperMario'': The dreary underworld of the shades, the Underwhere, is located in a dark cavern. The Overthere, where blessed souls and angelic beings reside, is high up in a FluffyCloudHeaven reached by a long stair through the sky.



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* Ever since God's [[http://qwantz.com/index.php?comic=264 second appearance]] in ''WebComic/DinosaurComics'', his text has always been portrayed as coming down from the sky, since God lives directly above our two dinosaur protagonists. Also, according to [[http://qwantz.com/index.php?comic=350 this strip]], he used to intervene by reaching down his giant hands from the sky, but reaching that far tired him out and he stopped.
* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', the notion of heaven being upward is [[https://www.egscomics.com/?date=2013-03-18 pondered]] by Grace.
* The GameWithinAGame of ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' requires character to build towers starting from their houses that rise miles and miles and miles through the skies and deep into space. Only by ascending this self-created tower can they complete the game, [[CharacterLevel fully master their abilities]], and collect the mysterious Ultimate Reward which is in the mystical realm not-so-subtly named ''Skai''a. It is only halfway into the nearly eight thousand page comic that Skaia's Reward is revealed: [[spoiler:the opportunity to become the gods of a new universe.]]
%%Web Original? Plumbing? Jacksfilms? Wheezy? Crash Course.

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* ''WebComic/DinosaurComics'': Ever since God's [[http://qwantz.com/index.php?comic=264 second appearance]] in ''WebComic/DinosaurComics'', appearance]], his text has always been portrayed as coming down from the sky, since God lives directly above our two dinosaur protagonists. Also, according to [[http://qwantz.com/index.php?comic=350 this strip]], he used to intervene by reaching down his giant hands from the sky, but reaching that far tired him out and he stopped.
* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', the ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'': The notion of heaven being upward is [[https://www.egscomics.com/?date=2013-03-18 pondered]] by Grace.
Grace, who concludes that it's a holdover from when people thought that the Earth was flat.
* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'': The GameWithinAGame of ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' requires character to build towers starting from their houses that rise miles and miles and miles through the skies and deep into space. Only by ascending this self-created tower can they complete the game, [[CharacterLevel fully master their abilities]], and collect the mysterious Ultimate Reward which is in the mystical realm not-so-subtly named ''Skai''a. It is only halfway into the nearly eight thousand page comic that Skaia's Reward is revealed: [[spoiler:the opportunity to become the gods of a new universe.]]
%%Web Original? Plumbing? Jacksfilms? Wheezy? Crash Course.
]]



* In WebVideo/MonsterFactory's ''Spore'' playthrough, they create a horrible abomination and give it eyes facing straight up, to better angrily glare at God for creating him so horribly.
* In ''Podcast/PlumbingTheDeathStar'''s Let's Play of ''VideoGame/UltimateChickenHorse'', Duscher abuses the ability to have his character looks upwards to make his cute chicken man look to the sky as if he were pleading to God while talking about how he wants to be spared from a violent death.

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* WebVideo/MonsterFactory: In WebVideo/MonsterFactory's the ''Spore'' playthrough, they create a horrible abomination and give it eyes facing straight up, to better angrily glare at God for creating him so horribly.
* ''Podcast/PlumbingTheDeathStar'': In ''Podcast/PlumbingTheDeathStar'''s the Let's Play of ''VideoGame/UltimateChickenHorse'', Duscher abuses the ability to have his character looks upwards to make his cute chicken man look to the sky as if he were pleading to God while talking about how he wants to be spared from a violent death.



* When Zuko (of ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' fame) is furious at his seemingly terrible fate in life, how does he express his anger? He does so by yelling into the sky on a stormy day, calling on whatever higher power controls the universe to hit him with a BoltOfDivineRetribution.
* The ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' episode "The Balance" has Hawkgirl, an alien from a planet that only ever worshiped {{Eldritch Abomination}}s, scares away Hades' minions, beings who work for a polytheistic god, by pointing up to the sky to [[GodGuise claim]] she works for capital-g {{God}}. Looks like the "sky=God" trope is universal.

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* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': When Zuko (of ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' fame) is furious at his seemingly terrible fate in life, how does he express expresses his anger? He does so anger by yelling into the sky on a stormy day, calling on whatever higher power controls the universe to hit him with a BoltOfDivineRetribution.
* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'': "[[Recap/JusticeLeagueUnlimitedS2E5TheBalance The ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' episode "The Balance" Balance]]" has Hawkgirl, an alien from a planet that only ever worshiped {{Eldritch Abomination}}s, scares away Hades' minions, beings who work for a polytheistic god, by pointing up to the sky to [[GodGuise claim]] she works for capital-g {{God}}. Looks like the "sky=God" trope is universal.

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