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1	->''"Families are messy. Immortal families are eternally messy. Sometimes the best we can do is to remind each other that we're related for better or for worse... and try to keep the maiming and killing to a minimum."''
2	-->-- '''Hermes''', ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians: The Sea of Monsters''
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4	They're godlike, they're (usually) all related, and they're stuck together. Since they're so powerful that none of them can significantly hurt the others (''most of the time''), the plot is mostly about their sibling squabbles and BigScrewedUpFamily moments.
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17	%%* The Literals from ''ComicBook/JackOfFables''.
18	* Any story of ''Comicbook/TheMightyThor'' taking place in Asgard will inevitably turn into one of these, not that he is safe from the trope anywhere else either.
19	%%* The Endless from ''ComicBook/TheSandman1989''.
20	* Starting in ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'' the Olympians became much more prominent in ''Franchise/WonderWoman'', and much more like their mythological counterparts (previously they'd been tied to other planets and not definitively "gods"). After Ares' separate abode was destroyed they're all stuck together on Olympus and while they really do not get along they ''usually'' avoid outright war with each other. Diana herself ties in as extended family given that Ares is her maternal grandfather.
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24	* The House of the Gods, Dunmanifestin, in ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'', to the point where priests relay "revelations" that sound a hell of a lot like the plot of a soap opera.
25	* Creator/MichaelMoorcock's ''Dancers at the End of Time'' trilogy involves immortal, terribly jaded superhumans dealt with in this way.
26	* The Greek gods in ''Literature/{{Everworld}}'' spend most of their time lounging around Mt. Olympus either partying or getting into sudden, violent arguments with each other so strong storms and whirlwinds suddenly appear from their anger. They keep this up even as the armies of a [[EldritchAbomination god-eating abomination]] are massing outside their house.
27	* Creator/RobertSheckley's ''Literature/{{Godhome}}'' features gods who are mostly retired until a mortal manages to accidentally phone them--which stirs up old family squabbles and jealousies.
28	* Several of Creator/TomHolt's novels:
29	** ''Literature/ExpectingSomeoneTaller'' has Wagner's version of the Germanic Gods as one big, messed-up family.
30	** ''Odds and Gods'' has gods from multiple pantheons, mostly all living in a retirement home, and still all squabbling.
31	* Creator/DianaWynneJones:
32	** The main characters of ''The Game''. [[spoiler:Then again, they're all characters from Greek mythology, so...]]
33	** ''Literature/EightDaysOfLuke'' takes a similar approach to the Norse pantheon.
34	** ''Literature/ArchersGoon'' covers an original pantheon.
35	* The [[PhysicalGod Azathanai]] in the ''Literature/MalazanBookOfTheFallen'' are a rather quirky lot, and not all on the best of terms. It's especially obvious in ''[[Literature/TheKharkanasTrilogy Fall of Light]]'', where K'rul and Skillen Droe meet several of their Azathanai brethren on their journey. Of special note is the meeting with Mael, who refuses to part the sea for their passage, because Skillen once polluted his seas to make a flying mountain without asking first.
36	* The 1943 Belgian novel ''Malpertuis'' presents a peculiar version of it. The story starts out following a bourgeois extended family at the end of the 19th century going through fantastical and unexplained events, but the last chapters reveals that [[spoiler: half of them are actually Greek gods trapped in human bodies by a 200-years old sorcerer.]]
37	* ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'' has hints of this going on in the background, whenever Percy deals with the Gods, who now have to live in the 21st century. For example, Hera and Zeus's marital squabbles are alluded to, Artemis and Apollo have SiblingSenioritySquabble going on, etc. ''Literature/TheTrialsOfApollo'', which take place from the perspective of depowered god Apollo, mentions the myriad squabbles between the gods more frequently.
38	* Creator/EstherFriesner's ''Literature/TempingFate'' has gods and anthropomorphic personifications (e.g. the Fates) like this, with rebellious teenage demigods, curmudgeonly elder gods, and so on.
39	* The royal court of ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfAmber'' pretty much qualifies. They're not gods per se, though they've convinced some shadow worlds they are...
40	* Alexei Sviridov's Tolkien parody novel, ''The Zwirmarillion'', portrays [[Literature/TheSilmarillion the Valar]] like this and even directly calls them "our favourite comedy characters" once.
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44	* In ''Series/TheAlmightyJohnsons'' the Norse gods are greatly reduced in power and have moved to New Zealand. They can and do die, but then the god-spirit simply moves on to another descendant. Over the years since the original migration, the descendants of the gods (who are also incarnations of the gods) have lost track of each other, in part because gods (and goddesses) don't generally like each other very much.
45	* ''Series/HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys'' and ''Series/XenaWarriorPrincess'' have many humorous episodes where the Greek gods are portrayed as this.
46	* The Greek gods live amongst mortals as a dysfunctional family in the short-lived series ''Series/{{Valentine}}''.
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50	* Any number of old-school pantheons. Quite a lot of stories about the lesser gods in Myth/HinduMythology come down to "Asuras do something the Devas don't like. Wacky hijinks ensue. Sometimes the higher gods get involved. At the end, Indra learns AnAesop."
51	* Myth/NorseMythology: Loki makes a bet. HilarityEnsues. Sometimes, he lost or risked something that belonged to another god (for example, in the origin of Sleipnir, where the other gods forced him to sabotage his opponent).
52	* Myth/ClassicalMythology: Somebody gets furious because another god bedded a human (nine of ten times it happens it will be Zeus), or picked a champion, or just talked too loud. Cue retaliation through more or less direct means.
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56	* The Ten country from ''VideoGame/AkaSeka'' are populated by stand-ins for the Shinto pantheon, and these characters engage in comedic antics as well.
57	* ''VisualNovel/KamigamiNoAsobi'': a CrossoverCosmology featuring gods from various pantheons ''in high school!''
58	%%* Atrus and family from ''VideoGame/{{Myst}}''.
59	* The ''whole point'' of ''VideoGame/NamuAmidaButsuUtena'' – Buddhist deities with wacky personalities leading lives full of hijinks in a [[ModernizedGod modern society]] with all its advancements, though still having serious adventures and battles against evil.
60	* The inhabitants of Moriya Shrine in ''Franchise/TouhouProject''.
61	* ''VideoGame/{{Hades}}'' often turns into this between runs through the Underworld, as Zagreus chats up, romances, or engages in SnarkToSnarkCombat with the various residents of the [[HomeOfTheGods House of Hades]] between deaths, sometimes with the very gods who just killed him.
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65	* ''Webcomic/TheGodsOfArrKelaan'' - Though the stories turn serious quickly.
66	* Rahball's hysterical ''[[http://pantheon.comicgenesis.com/d/20001205.html The Pantheon]]'', begun in 2000, could be the original trope namer.
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70	* ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'': "Three of Earth's mightiest heroes... Gathered together under one roof... [[HilarityEnsues to face the challenge of everyday life!]] Ladies and Gentlemen, the ''Justice Friends''."
71	* On ''The Adventures of WesternAnimation/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice'', the episode "Dysfunction of the Gods" has Sam and Max trying to patch up Zeus and Juno's marital problems when their latest spat about Zeus's wandering eye nearly brings about TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt.
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