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** ''Final Fantasy Dissidia'' involves the heroes and villains of ''Final Fantasy 1-12'' on teams for Chaos, God of Disorder and Cosmos, Goddess of Harmony. So that's a team of wannabe gods, under another god, versus a goddess and her team of non-gods who had already killed them. Although, picking a single's battle with the all-powerful God of Chaos [[spoiler: who easily kills off his opposite]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fg0tMLB5Al8 offers some entertaining exchanges.]]

* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': The Arrancar Arc's climax is the Deicide mini-arc, focusing on Aizen's obsession with reaching and surpassing the realm of divinity. However, his target (the Spirit King) is officially regarded as a king by most characters. [[spoiler:The arc ends with Aizen's defeat and the death of Gin, who used his own [[MeaningfulName God-Killing Spear]] to try and [[BestServedCold slay]] Aizen. Like the Spirit King, Aizen is not a god; he simply reached a power level too great for most characters to comprehend. And unfortunately for Gin, [[GoodThingYouCanHeal death didn't quite take for Aizen]].]]

** A [[https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/861846716/4890078569 Codexverse drabble]] provides an InUniverse example inspired by the mechanics of the ''Fanfic/PonyPOVSeries''. In a session of ''[[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons Ogres & Oubliettes]]'' hosted by Spike, the BigBad is a god who [[IntriguedByHumanity loved mortal sapientkind]] so much that he tried killing off every other god in the universe (save for himself) so he could give them [[RealityWarper the power to literally change the world as they wished to]]. It's deconstructed as with every god killed, the universe is robbed of vital Concepts that keep it stable and thriving. Once the god is defeated and [[RetGone erased from existence]] (with divine help), many people had to replace the murdered gods by adopting their mantles to keep the universe from falling apart; one of said people is Moon Ray Vaughoof's character avatar, a {{Necromancer}} who takes on the mantle of a [[TheGrimReaper Death god]].

* One of the enemies of the Creator/MarvelComics version of ''ComicBook/TheMightyThor'', Desak, wants to kill every god in the universe because of the actions of his home planet's JerkassGods. [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Gorr the God Butcher]] acts much like Desak, except he indulges in ColdBloodedTorture because his home planet's Jerkass Gods didn't do anything to alleviate the TraumaCongaLine of himself and his people. Then he got hold of the weapon of an Elder God, which is essentially like a GreenLanternRing of dark energy. Only worse. NightmareFuel ensues. Ironically, the Necrosword itself may very well have been the reason Gorr's gods never answered his world's prayers -- they were all slain by it. Thor claims that the Necrosword was forged for the purpose of killing gods, something later confirmed - it was forged by Knull, an Elder God, out of the primordial darkness, who also spawned the Klyntar, the species that produced the Venom symbiote. The ancestral memory of the heat of the forge and the sound of forging are apparently why they're vulnerable to heat and sound.

** 5e did away with statting out gods (With the exception of Tiamat, since she's the boss of the Rise of Tiamat adventure, and even then you accomplish nothing more than to stop her plans), but in the Tomb of Annihilation adventure, it ends with the players battling a creature known as an Atropal, best described as an undead stillborn godling.

* This happens in ''Literature/TheCrocodileGod,'' when a Spaniard kills the Tagalog sea-god Haik's daughter. It's mixed with a double-dose of AdultFear, seeing as the "deicide" in question was basically [[ImperiledInPregnancy shooting a pregnant woman in front of her husband]]. This pushes Haik over the DespairEventHorizon since it's not only a personal loss of a child, but heralds the DeathOfTheOldGods in the Philippines. Later on it's revealed that even before then, Haik thought [[EverybodysDeadDave the REST of the Tagalog gods were dead as well]], including [[AdultFear his many cousins and his sister]], which [[TraumaCongaLine no doubt made his trauma worse]].

* In ''Webcomic/PennyArcade'' Tycho recommends killing the gods of Gabe's ludicrously powerful ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' group in an attempt to find something to frighten them. Unfortunately...
--> '''Gabe:''' ''They'' killed their gods.
--> '''Tycho:''' Why would they do that?
--> '''Gabe:''' To ingest their godseeds.

* ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'': The talking sword Chaz can kill just about anything when powered by innocent blood. It claims it could easily kill the Demon King, a GodOfEvil, and suggests that Torg use it to do that. [[spoiler: We don't get to see this happen, but less direct contact with Chaz does scar the Demon King.]] In "Mohkadun", [[spoiler: it's revealed that Chaz was brought into the mortal world for King Farahn to take revenge by killing the demigod Kron -- which he did]]. {{Subverted|Trope}} earlier in the same story when [[spoiler: [[TheAntiGod Kozoaku]]]] impales Symachus the ({{physical|God}}) god of justice; Symachus even thinks he's killing him, but that's not his intention, and the god's HealingFactor saves him. [[spoiler: That's what Chaz is needed to get around with Kron.]]
* ''Webcomic/TowerOfGod'': Enryu killed the [[PhysicalGod Guardian of the 43rd Floor]], forever banishing the idea that the Guardians were immortal.

* In "Useless Dumb Fuck's redo" William pulls depth in words of the possibility of being a god who has killed a beast or that he his a beast who killed god [[spoiler: only to have actually killed one]].
* In ''Webcomic/{{Unsounded}}'' the Ssaelit religion agrees that the world was created by the Gefendur gods, but claims that when Ssael was killed he resisted the normal reincarnation mechanisms, traveled through the khert to find the Gefendur gods, and slew them. Ssael is considered the one god, having ascended to their former position.
* In ''Webcomic/TheLostOracle'', one of the titular Oracles, a bridge between mortals and deities, slew a God. To say the Gods were displeased was an understatement. They nearly drove humanity to extinction before a compromise was reached.
* In ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', the [[EldritchAbomination Snarl]] outright killed the Eastern Pantheon (aka the Greek gods) immediately after it emerged. No wonder the remaining gods are pretty wary of it.

* ''Webcomic/KillSixBillionDemons'': The title refers to a prophesized champion who will wield the ultimate weapon (a reality-warping brain implant), slay the ruling pantheon, and of course, cause the deaths of six billion 'demons'.[[note]]The hell-spawned are typically called 'Devils' and not demons, so it's implied that all the death and devastation the protagonist and her party directly/indirectly cause by instigating chaos in the homes of the gods is where the death count comes from. As of book four, the protagonist indirectly doomed one goddess by ''destroying her personal fountain of immortality''.[[/note]]
** In the backstory, the universe was originally the god YISUN, who committed divine suicide in order to let other things exist. Next came the gods YIS and UN, who gave birth to 777,777 other gods. These gods eventually decided to copy YISUN and commit suicide to create 777,777 other universes, leaving Heaven empty. From these universes, mortal champions called "demiurges" arose and forced their way into Heaven via EnlightenmentSuperpowers enhanced by lesser copies of the above-mentioned weapon, becoming its new gods. Then the demiurges went to war against each other until only seven remained, who called a ceasefire and became the above-mentioned pantheon.
** A recurring character is Maya, whose true name means "Murder the Gods and Topple Their Thrones". And as one of the more powerful characters in the comic, a former champion of the god-war, and a psychic swordswoman with the power to rend ''anything'' she sees in half with an invisible psychic blade, she might just pull it off.

* ''Film/{{Star Trek V|The Final Frontier}}'' has earned the FanNickname ''Franchise/StarTrek: Shoot God in the Face'' since its climax involves going to the heart of the galaxy and meeting an [[TheOmnipotent omnipotent]], godlike being in need of a starship, and then shooting it in the face.

* The ending of the first and third ''Franchise/SilentHill'' games.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Smite}}'', 'Deicide' is the term for TotalPartyKill. As the game's theme is about Gods fighting each other, it fits. Though 'Deicide' only lasts until at least one God respawns at home base.
* The second half of the plot of ''VideoGame/StarOceanTillTheEndOfTime'' deals with the party trying to stop [[TheMaker The Creator]] from destroying the galaxy. [[spoiler: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted in that he's actually a computer programmer]], but he's still the closest thing to a god that the Star Ocean universe has]]
* The backstory of ''VideoGame/SunlessSkies'' involves a SteamPunk London escaping to the heavens and killing a sun, which are the closest thing to deities in the ''VideoGame/FallenLondon'' setting it spun off from. Multiple plot threads are spun into discovering ''how'' this happened, and "The Truth" ambition allows the PlayerCharacter to not only get to the truth of the matter but also [[spoiler:perform the deed on your own, slaying The Sapphir'd King with aid from [[HunterOfTheirOwnKind The Halved]] and the Spider-Senate in The White Well]].
* The heroes resolve to do this in the later half of ''VideoGame/TalesOfDestiny2''. Especially [[MadScientist Ha]][[ItAmusedMe rold]]. They succeed after [[GodsNeedPrayerBadly rejecting her presence]] and [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu beating her down.]]

* ''VideoGame/TotalWarWarhammerIII''; at some point in the past, the bear god Ursun was imprisoned within the Realm of Chaos. A mortal Kislevite Prince went to save him, but at the last moment [[FaceHeelTurn turned to Chaos]] and shot Ursun with a magical bullet, seemingly killing the god. Some time later, it's revealed that Ursun survives albeit badly wounded, a prisoner of the Daemon Prince Be'lakor who seeks to drain his life and power as part of a revenge scheme against the Chaos Gods. The mission of the various factions is to find Ursun's prison and defeat Be'lakor, either to free Ursun and restore him to health or kill him and take his power for themselves.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Warframe}}'', the Orokin were feared by the Martian Sand People as greedy gods who stole their children. The Martians soon worshiped Inaros instead as the "Skykiller" after he began pushing the Orokin back and rescuing the stolen children, making him their [[GodEmperor god-king]].

Make sure, by the way, that you are killing the entire god, and not just their {{Avatar}}. Otherwise this is FightingAShadow.

Do not confuse with CreatorKiller. Has nothing to do with the Death Metal band Music/{{Deicide}}.

* According to Literature/TheBible, this is the result of the crucifixion of UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} Christ in 33 A.D. From the same source, this act was subverted three days after its commission.

* In ''Anime/SenkiZesshouSymphogear [=AXZ=]'', protagonist Hibiki Tachibana's Gungnir is revealed to have a connection to the Spear of Longinus, meaning that it has the unique ability to allow her punches to kill any divine being that the team is forced to fight against.

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** Killing gods were a fairly trivial task (although it's rarely ''easy'') in 3.5e. 4E has a few deities statted up (Bahamut, Tiamat, Torog, Lolth at least), and usually require you meet some special condition to permanently beat them down (either affecting them in some way that violates their portfolio, using something against their iconic material, or getting a bunch of Primordials/Demon Lords and having them gang up on them).

** Thanos in ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' casually NeckLift and chokes Loki, the God of Mischief, to death right after curb-stomping Thor and Hulk

* ComicBook/{{Darkseid}} sees other gods besides his ComicBook/{{New God|s}} underlings as threats to his conquest of everything, so he kills them and takes their powers.

* In ''ComicBook/MarvelZombies'' ComicBook/{{Galactus}} himself gets eaten by the Zombies.

* In ''ComicBook/NewAvengers'', this happens to the Living Tribunal, after the [[SufficientlyAdvancedAlien Beyonders]] kill it, sending its corpse across the multiverse. In ''The Ultimates'', this happens ''again'' to the new Tribunal (a version of ComicBook/AdamWarlock) at the hands of Master Order and Lord Chaos, but he's resurrected after the cosmic ResetButton is pushed.

* Franchise/WonderWoman has killed ComicBook/{{Ares|DC}} in multiple continuities, though as she explained to ComicBook/SteveTrevor the first time they did so generally a human killing an Olympian only weakens them as their physical forms are only a part of their power. In ''ComicBook/WonderWoman2011'' it actually sticks and his title and power as God of War passes on to Diana.

* In Myth/GreekMythology, the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophiotaurus Ophiotaurus]] was said to grant the power to defeat the gods to anyone who burned its entrails. The Titans managed to kill it, but Zeus sent an eagle to snatch its entrails before they could be burned.

** The Vasharan, an [[AlwaysChaoticEvil Always Evil]] HumanSubrace introduced in the ''Book of Vile Darkness'', are the descendents of mankind's PsychoPrototype, who upon being created by the deities almost immediately turned around and tried to murder them. Since the Vasharan are utterly amoral sociopaths, their desire to find a way to kill the gods is the only thing that holds their society together.

* ''VideoGame/AsurasWrath'' has this as well. The Seven Deities started out as {{Magitek}} {{Cyborg}} members of a race known as "Demigods" -- a HumanSubspecies that is descended from humans who underwent BioAugmentation to manipulate {{Man|a}}tra, an ambient PowerSource for the setting's FunctionalMagic, [[KiManipulation Ki Attacks]], and {{Magitek}} -- who decided to elevate themselves to full-on godhood by assassinating the emperor and pinning the murder on Asura, then kidnapping his daughter because of her unique ability at controlling Mantra. Asura is betrayed, his wife is murdered, and he is killed. [[EscapedFromHell He comes back]], and he is '''[[UnstoppableRage pissed.]]''' [[SerialEscalation Elevated]] to really [[UpToEleven ridiculous levels]] with Asura killing [[spoiler: Chakravartin, a being that's not only the source of Mantra, and the embodiment of the Wheel of life and Samsara, but also is stated to have been the creator of ''the universe itself'']].

* ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'', [[UpToEleven of course]]. [[SociopathicHero Kratos]] goes on a killing spree in Olympus as well as many other legends from [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Greek Mythology]]. Of course, killing the gods that govern the elements or the guy that guards the souls of the dead may have [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt small inconveniences]], but hey, no plan is perfect! By the time of ''VideoGame/GodOfWarPS4'' Kratos has matured and regrets what he did due to the damage he inflicted upon the world. Though he still hates gods on principle, he is more wary of the consequences of killing them. [[spoiler:And he ''still'' ends up killing three gods in that game, though one was killed at his own request (and later reanimated anyway).]]

* Attempted twice in ''Webcomic/BobAndGeorge'' with the Author, who is essentially the God of the comic's universe. At the end of the first game storyline Dr Wily captures and seemingly kills the Author, erasing the comic from existence. It was quickly established the Author was only injured and recovered (at the time this was done because the Mega Man strips were meant to be filler and the Author did intend to stop them, but then wound up going back to them and they became the main story). In the final storyline, Bob attempts the same plan but takes it UpToEleven by arranging for the Author to get killed in three time periods, ensuring his destruction. When George points out that Wily already tried killing the Author and failed, the Shadowy Author reminds him that since it's already known the comic is coming to an end there's no guarantee Bob's plan will fail this time (it does, but the point is still valid).

Make sure, by the way, that you are killing the entire god, and not just their {{avatar}}. Otherwise this is FightingAShadow.

* Agents of the WebOriginal/ProtectorsOfThePlotContinuum who specialize in MarySue hunting occasionally have to kill Sues that happen to be gods or goddesses. This is especially common when it comes to ''[[Literature/TheCampHalfBloodSeries Percy Jackson]]''-verse Sues, who almost always end up being [[FateWorseThanDeath chopped up and thrown into Tartarus]].

** ''VideoGame/{{Xenoblade}}'' eventually leads to this, with the final showdown being against [[spoiler:the god of Bionis and perpetual creator and destroyer of the world, Zanza]]. After beating him, however, the end-game cutscene reveals that [[spoiler:he used to be a mortal human working in a research facility in orbit around Earth, meant to attempt creating a universe -- set in our world sometime in the future. When he initiated the creation, the existing universe was destroyed, and he ended up being a god in the new one]].

*** The ''Gaiden'' remake, ''VideoGame/FireEmblemEchoesShadowsOfValentia'', changes things around a bit: [[spoiler: Duma ''does'' die at Alm's hand, since he's falling victim to insanity and corruption; his FamousLastWords have him warning Alm and Celica not to fall into his and Mila's mistakes]].

* In ''Webcomic/{{Sinfest}}'', [[http://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2007-06-14 Lil' E tries this.]]

To kill the [[OurGodsAreDifferent gods]][=/=]{{God}}[=/=]CrystalDragonJesus is a daunting task. You're often dealing with an [[CompleteImmortality Immortal]], {{Nigh Invulnerab|ility}}le, PhysicalGod that can probably snuff the life out of you in an instant.

** At the climax of the first ''Literature/{{Mistborn|TheOriginalTrilogy}}'' novel, [[ActionGirl Vin]] kills [[GodEmperor the Lord Ruler]], an immortal tyrant most of humanity regards as God [[spoiler: though he's really just a very powerful, very intelligent human]]. Then at the end of the last book [[spoiler: she offs a ''real'' god, [[OmnicidalManiac Ruin]]. In this case, Vin had just ascended to godhood herself as Ruin's equal and opposite, and [[TakingYouWithMe she was able to destroy him by sacrificing herself to do it]].]]

** In Literature/RhythmOfWar [[spoiler: Tarvangian kills Rayse, Vessel of Odium, and ascends to godhood, becoming the new Odium.]]

** When going to the Everdark, [[VillainProtagonist Catherine]] offers the invading dwarves to kill the Drows' goddesses, the Sve Noc in exchange for free passage, gold, and an army. It doesn't work, [[spoiler:and she (as the [[FairFolk Queen of Winter]] of godlike power herself) only escapes the fate of being made a sacrifice by allying with the Sve Noc and willingly trading her power away.]]

** The Strength and Patience of the Hill relates a story about god who blessed a spear carried by a certain hunter so that, once a day, it would kill anything it was thrown at. When one of the hunter's descendants turned out to be capable of activating the spear's properties (because they had the same name, an accidental loophole in the ExactWords of the blessing), the god asked for it back, since it wasn't supposed to do that. The guy tossed the spear to the god, and it hadn't been used that day. Oops!

* In ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', the [[EldritchAbomination Snarl]] outright killed the Eastern Pantheon (aka the Greek gods) immediately after it emerged. The other three pantheons [[spoiler:tried to [[SealedEvilInACan imprison]] it by creating a new world in the same space where it was, but since the Snarl was made from the essence of four pantheons, a world created from the essence of three pantheons can't imprison it permanently. Since then, the gods have literally created millions of worlds, some destroyed by the Snarl, others destroyed by the gods themselves to save the souls of their followers]].