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| 5 | [[caption-width-right:350:Jesus with his best bud, Biff.]] |
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| 7 | ->'''Bethany:''' Christ? You knew Christ?\ |
| 8 | '''Rufus:''' Knew him? Nigga owes me twelve bucks. |
| 9 | -->-- ''Film/{{Dogma}}'' |
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| 11 | Maybe you live in a FantasyKitchenSink. Perhaps you're the proud resident of a world with a CrossoverCosmology. Whatever the case, you need to put the [[DidWeJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu kettle on the boil]] and biscuits on the tray because your pal UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}}, or your old buddy Krishna, is coming over for tea in twenty minutes. |
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| 14 | This trope is about the tendency of fantastic fiction and ancient myth to have ''completely'' mundane mortals (often of the heroic variety) be on a FirstNameBasis with the movers and shakers of the universe. The reasons vary: maybe the PhysicalGod, AnthropomorphicPersonification, or ([[AffablyEvil surprisingly personable]]) EldritchAbomination have taken a liking to the character for their own reasons. Maybe their portfolios coincide a great deal, so they share the same interests. Or maybe the god just wants to chill out with someone who's not depressed due to TimeDissonance, or because they [[AGodIAmNot don't identify]] with their [[JerkassGods vainglorious]] [[NeglectfulPrecursors "equals"]]. Then again, if your hero is actively fighting {{Dracula}} and his minion TheGrimReaper across [[Franchise/{{Castlevania}} several games]], it's only natural they get to get [[GoKartingWithBowser friendly after a while]]. |
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| 16 | Whatever the case, the character has a direct line to the PowersThatBe. |
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| 18 | Though not limited exclusively to these types of characters, the following tend to attract deific attention most often: The UnfazedEveryman and WeirdnessMagnet. |
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| 20 | Compare GodWasMyCopilot, where this is used as TheReveal, and ReasoningWithGod, where higher powers can be talked to but only on extraordinary occasions. See also DidWeJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu, OlympusMons, and EnemiesWithDeath. If they get involved in the characters life, may become a SidekickExMachina or MonsterRoommate. If the relationship involves more than just friendship, may lead to a DivineDate. Contrast EgocentricallyReligious for conceited characters who believe themselves to be pals with Jesus. The situation can get even ''more'' interesting if Jesus' Pal happens to be a FlatEarthAtheist. For a more mundane example, see InterclassFriendship. |
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| 23 | !!Examples: |
| 24 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 25 | |
| 26 | [[folder:Anime and Manga]] |
| 27 | * ''Franchise/DragonBall'': |
| 28 | ** By the end of ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', not only have our heroes met three tiers of gods, the manager of hell, and sundry other beings, the main characters are also ''[[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu more powerful than they are]].'' |
| 29 | ** They are also the ones who selected Dende as the new God of Earth. So, not only are they pals with Jesus, but they're his bosses, mostly because AsskickingLeadsToLeadership. |
| 30 | ** Half the point of the ''[[Anime/DragonBallZBattleOfGods Battle of Gods]]'' movie seems to be restoring some meaning to the word "god", as it pits Goku against Beerus, a God of Destruction who makes Buu look like a pushover. Not only does he declare Goku a worthy opponent despite ''beating'' him, he joined in Bulma's birthday celebration before threatening to blow up the Earth. |
| 31 | ** This is furthered in ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'', where both Beerus and Whis regularly drop by for tasty food, and Goku later catches the attention of Zen'ō, the TopGod of the ''Dragonball''-verse, who decides that Goku would make a great friend. Later deconstructed with Zen'O, as Goku being friends with him blinds Goku to how Zen'O's innocent, childlike nature actually makes him insanely dangerous given his power level (guy could wipe out the whole multiverse with ease) and that maybe the warnings Beerus and Whis have been giving him about not reminding Zen'O about a multiversal tournament have a point. Goku is horrified when Zen'O decides all losing universes in the tournament will be ''destroyed''. [[spoiler: Of course, Goku's reminders turn out to have been the one thing that kept those universes in existence, as Zen'O was planning to destroy them ''anyway'' and the tournament was merely to decide which one was spared his wrath.]] |
| 32 | * In ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'', Yusuke's boss is Koenma, [[Really700YearsOld a centuries-old being with the body of a toddler]] who is in charge of running the afterlife's CelestialBureaucracy. |
| 33 | * ''Anime/ExcelSaga'', the Great Will of the Macrocosm regularly chastises Excel for getting killed, [[ResetButton forcing the Will to bring her back to life]]. |
| 34 | * In ''Manga/SaintYoungMen'', Buddha and Jesus are roommates. |
| 35 | * ''Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya''. Kyon and [[spoiler:Haruhi]]. Hell, make that ''everyone'' and [[spoiler:Haruhi]]. |
| 36 | * [[BadassArmy First Easter Mirage Corps]] and other associates of Amaterasu dis Grand Grees Eydas IV, Emperor of Amaterasu Kingdom Demesnes from Mamoru Nagano ''[[Manga/TheFiveStarStories Five Star Stories]]'', and Amaterasu mel Gibih Lachesis Fanatic B Guiress, his [[SpaceshipGirl fatima]] and wife. While not really a local Almighty, Amaterasu is [[PhysicalGod damn close]], and there is strong indication that he's the ''grandfather'' of one. |
| 37 | * ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' often has [[PhysicalGod Legendary Pokémon]] palling around with human children. Rarer still are Legendaries that join a human trainer's team since they can affect entire ecosystems. |
| 38 | ** Pyramid King Brandon captured not one, but ''three'' Legendary Pokémon. Tobias has at least two. Noland is a close friend of an Articuno, although it's not actually on his team. |
| 39 | ** Ash Ketchum has never captured a Legendary Pokémon, but he's befriended most of them, even Arceus. Some would say that he is more recognized by divine forces that watch over Pokémon than humans. |
| 40 | ** ''Anime/PokemonTheSeriesSunAndMoon'': |
| 41 | *** Ash makes such a good impression on Tapu Koko without realizing it that it gives him a Z-Ring on the first night. The next day, it teaches him how to use [[LimitBreak Gigavolt Havoc]]. [[spoiler: He ''also'' has a M<ythical Pokémon on is team since the ''sun & moon'' arc.]] |
| 42 | *** Mallow becomes the temporary guardian of the Mythical Shaymin after coming to terms with her mother's death. |
| 43 | ** ''Anime/PokemonJourneysTheSeries'': Goh earns the respect of a rightfully suspicious [[spoiler:Suicune]] (who had been targeted by hunters and later captured by him to make sure they didn't get it first) by making sure it and its forest friends were healthy before giving it a chance to go back into the wild. It takes that chance, but not before letting him know it's there if he needs its aid. |
| 44 | * ''Anime/SaintSeiya'' has Saori/Athena as [[TheOjou a rich heiress]] who also is the TeamMom to the [[FiveManBand Bronze Saints]] who protect her directly. Also, one of the Golden Saints at her service is Shaka, the reincarnation of Buddha. |
| 45 | * In ''Manga/AhMyGoddess'' Keiichi Morisato makes a wish for a goddess to stay with him forever, and gets that wish granted by way of Belldandy, Norse goddess of the present who's the daughter of a deity who is God (read: "The Almighty"). Her sister Urd is the daughter of Hild, the current ruler of the [[{{Hell}} other side.]] |
| 46 | * In the OVA continuity ''Anime/TenchiMuyo'', two of Tenchi's housemates are revealed to be part of the three Choushin goddesses who created the multiverse they live in. Sasami merged with the goddess Tsunami when she was injured as a young child, while Washu simply sealed her memory and powers away in the three power gems that she gave to her daughter Ryoko. As of the end of the 3rd OVA series, their sister Tokimi seems to be joining in on the fun as well. |
| 47 | ** WordOfGod has seemingly stated that [[spoiler: Tokimi will eventually join in on Tenchi's {{Harem|Genre}}. Tenchi's batting three for three now.]] |
| 48 | * In ''Literature/HighSchoolDXD'', the OnlyFriend Ophis considers is Issei, the protagonist. |
| 49 | * ''Literature/NyarukoCrawlingWithLove'': Under the "surprisingly personable EldritchAbomination", we have Mahiro, who has attracted the affection of a certain Lovecraftian horror, namely Nyarlathotep, the Crawling Chaos. Fortunately for Mahiro's sanity, Nyarlathotep has taken on the form of a human girl. |
| 50 | * ''Manga/InariKonkonKoiIroha'': Inari herself [[{{Shapeshifting}} no longer qualifies]] as a "mundane mortal." But her brother Touka, who only has the ability to see gods, somehow became the belligerent pal of Uka, the local fox goddess. [[GamerChick They play video games together]], and eventually develop feelings for each other. |
| 51 | * Karin from ''Manga/UQHolder'' knew Jesus back in the day. [[spoiler: They probably haven't been on speaking terms since she sold him out to the Romans.]] |
| 52 | * Downplayed in ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha''. Vivio Takamachi isn't actually a divine being, but she (or rather, [[CloneJesus the woman she's cloned from]]) is worshiped by a major religion. Technically, all of her friends and family (five of whom are members of the very church that worships her) are this by default. |
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| 55 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 56 | * ''ComicBook/BuffyTheVampireSlayer: Season 8'' takes this one step beyond. After Season 7 but before Season 8, Xander went on a bit of a vacation. During that time, Dracula found him and re-brainwashed him. During that time, they were best friends, doing all kinds of things (Xander taught Dracula how to ride a motorcycle, for example). The Slayer Organization ends up rescuing Xander, but they need Dracula's help in Season 8. It turns out that Dracula hadn't shaved, fed or dyed his hair (causing it to go grey) since Xander left. When he learns they are coming, he shaves and dyes his hair once again to look good for Xander. He pretends that everything has been fine since Xander left, but it's clear he's lying. When he mistakenly thinks Xander is asking him out on a date, he haughtily refuses in a way that can only be described as {{Tsundere}}. Basically, in the Buffyverse, Dracula is gay (or bi, but that word [[NoBisexuals doesn't seem to exist in the Buffyverse)]] and has a crush on Xander. Oh, and Xander has a subconscious verbal tic because of the months of brainwashing. Whether he wants to or not, he refers to Dracula as "Master". |
| 57 | * In ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' so far Peter is the only character in the entire Marvel Multiverse to ever have The One Above All (literally God in the Marvel Universe) go after him to have a chat, a meaningful one; others looked for The One Above All and some talked to him but Peter was the only one who was looked after by the man himself; in all Peter seems to have a tendency to intrigue multiverse beings, good and bad, to sometimes take their precious time to talk with him. |
| 58 | * Uatu The Watcher in ''Creator/MarvelComics''. Sure he isn't quite a "god," per se, nor does he ever visit our heroes at home, but we sure do see an awful lot of him, don't we? Given that the Watchers are supposed to be TrueNeutral observers who never interfere, the fact that Uatu even ''lets'' humans see him shows how much Uatu likes us. |
| 59 | * ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} once visits an alternate future where he is still around and best friends with Death. |
| 60 | * The Franchise/MarvelUniverse and Creator/DCComics both have more than enough gods running around as superheroes. DC even has several ''angels'' running around as superheroes. |
| 61 | * Many characters in ''ComicBook/TheSandman1989'', but mainly Hob Gadling, who is friends with the anthropomorphic personification of dreams. One (minor) goddess thinks of [[MayflyDecemberFriendship friendships like these]] as "like falling in love with a kitten: one day you'll have to put an old cat to sleep." |
| 62 | * Apparently this (literally) is the premise of a Finnish Swedish-language comic called ''Ernst och Jesus''. |
| 63 | * In ''ComicBook/BattlePope'', the title character has Jesus for a roommate and CowardlySidekick. |
| 64 | * This is the point of the ''ComicBook/ChickTracts''. If you are a good Christian, you will be in a "relationship with God" and Jesus will be your friend. Which means that you will get instant results from your prayer, including giving people heart attacks. [[{{Narm}} Or something.]] |
| 65 | * Played with in ComicBook/TheChroniclesOfWormwood. The AntiChrist (a really nice guy who rejects his heritage) pals around with Jesus, who has brain damage from a police beating. |
| 66 | * Comicbook/DoctorStrange is on a first-name basis with a lot of powerful entities, from the Vishanti to Eternity and even the Living Tribunal. They seldom go to him, though he has paid a house call on Agamotto once or twice. |
| 67 | * ''Daily Bugle'' reporter Ben Urich, who is about as normal as you can get, is on a real-identity basis with both Daredevil and Spider-Man. |
| 68 | * Meet Verity Willis, LivingLieDetector and social recluse (think about that power a bit and you'll get why), from ''Comicbook/LokiAgentOfAsgard'' neighbour and OnlyFriend of (the 3rd) Loki and through them acquaintance of at least [[Comicbook/TheMightyThor Thor Odinson, Lorelei, Sigurd]] (The Ever-Glorious), and [[Comicbook/FantasticFour Valeria Richards]], also ''trusted ally'' of Latveria (how to get on every terrorist watchlist in one easy step). |
| 69 | * During Tony Isabella's run on ''ComicBook/GhostRider'', the titular cyclist struck up a friendship with a character known only as "a friend", who just happened to look a hell of a lot like Jesus Christ. Had editorial not intervened, he would have eventually been revealed to actually be Jesus, and would have redeemed Ghost Rider's soul. Instead, he was revealed to be a demon, and Isabella quit Marvel in outrage. |
| 70 | * ''Franchise/WonderWoman'': |
| 71 | ** In most continuities Hippolyta is friends with Aphrodite and on occasion calls on her for help with things. In Diana's [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 original]] [[ComicBook/AllStarComicsNumber8 origin]] the two of them together made Diana with Aphrodite acting as Di's secondary parentlal figure though she called Hippolyta mom. |
| 72 | ** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman2011'' deconstructs this as Dio has humans friends, but being pals with the god of ''[[MadGod madness]], [[RuleOfDrama theater]], and [[AlcoholInducedIdiocy drunkenness]]'' does not work out for them as being near him [[BrownNoteBeing twists their minds]] and he ends up transforming them into pigs, [[BlueAndOrangeMorality without realizing why this might be unwanted]]. |
| 73 | * In the 1988 ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' comic by DC, the heroes are close friends to Luna the innkeeper, who turns out to be the goddess Selune. |
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| 75 | |
| 76 | [[folder:Comic Strips]] |
| 77 | * ''ComicStrip/AngusOg'': During the story arc where Drambeg is being sold to the Sheikh and due to be shipped piece by piece to the Arabian Gulf, Rev. [=McSonachan=] says he will get legal advice to see what he can do to stop it. Lachie wonders what good that will do, and Angus says that that Reverend has some very influential contacts. GilliganCut to [=McSonachan=] praying and repeating "an Interim what?" implying that God has told him to get an Interim Edict [[note]] A type of restraining order[[/note]] to stop the removal. |
| 78 | [[/folder]] |
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| 80 | [[folder:Fairy Tales]] |
| 81 | * ''Literature/IvanTurbinca'': The titular character befriends God and Saint Peter at the beginning of the story. |
| 82 | [[/folder]] |
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| 85 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
| 86 | * ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'' has a number of examples, what with the number of gods and demigods hanging around - mainly, Loki and Thor. The Avengers and their associates are pretty much unfazed by their divine status, but as is pointed out on more than one occasion, not everyone is quite so familiar with them. A particularly prominent example is Harry, the protagonist, who serves as the Jesus figure who people are pals with, what with him being the demigod son of Thor (who had been incarnated as James Potter. Long story). Said friends mostly take this in their stride (much to his relief), aside from one or two occasions when the whole WeAreAsMayflies thing is brought up, though the Christmas Special features Harry complaining about how, when they went to a carol service, [[JustFriends Carol]] sniggered at him the whole way through 'Hark the Herald Angels Sing'. Apparently the line 'hail the incarnate deity' set her off. |
| 87 | ** Additionally, after most of a million words of the JesusTaboo being firmly held (save for mentions that Thor and Loki used to be friends with Jesus and were supposedly a bad influence on him), a friendly dark skinned man with curly hair introduces himself to Harry as 'cousin Joshua' - no prizes for guessing who that is. He lends Harry a sympathetic ear after one particularly spectacular TraumaCongaLine resulting in [[spoiler: Harry becoming the Dark Phoenix]], giving him some good advice in the bargain, and afterwards pops up every now and then, serving as what Harry dourly remarks is best described as a combination of 'therapist and parole officer.' |
| 88 | * The final chapter of ''[[Fanfic/MGLNCrisis Red Jewel Diaries]]'' uses this as the punchline to a scene when an evangelical member of the Saint Church tries to get Lutecia to turn to religion. |
| 89 | -->'''Lutecia:''' ''(to her mother)'' I think someone was trying to set me up with [[CloneJesus Vivio]]. |
| 90 | * In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/49680622 it isn't something that i know how to deal with]]'', Darkrai, a legendary Pokémon, is drawn to Nando and decides to join his team because his Contest Appeals involve using his Altaria's Perish Song, which causes many of his opponents to suffer from nightmares. |
| 91 | * In ''Fanfic/PokemonResetBloodlines'', the Alolan Kahunas seem to be close friends with the respective Deity Guardians of each island, at least in the case of Hala (from whom Tapu Koko frequently steals root beer) and Olivia (who apparently gets dating advice from Tapu Lele). In addition, Lady Ilene in Rota is in contact with Celebi and the Mew from the Tree of Life. |
| 92 | * In the Pokémon fanfiction, ''Fanfic/AshsJustReward'', Ash is on friendly terms with a lot of the Legendary Pokémon, much to the shock of his classmates. The Legendary Pokémon are even given gifts to Ash as their way of saying thanks for helping them. |
| 93 | * In ''Fanfic/NoGraveCanHoldMyBodyDown'', the church of [[VideoGame/LifeIsStrange Maxine Caulfield]] has managed to piece together, through months of painstaking debate and mysterious recurrent nightmares, a vague outline of what their goddess looks like. Then the town delinquent drops by and happens to note that their drawing looks ''exactly'' like this girl who shows up to chat with her about life and the universe... |
| 94 | * In ''FanFic/TheWeaverOption'' Lelith Hesperax casually chats with Cegorach, the Laughing God of the Eldar, and even criticizes his plan for [[spoiler:creating new Eldar gods]]. |
| 95 | [[/folder]] |
| 96 | |
| 97 | [[folder:Films — Animated]] |
| 98 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Coco}}'': Miguel strikes up a friendship with Frida Kahlo, which helps him in the climax. |
| 99 | * In ''Animation/TheReturnOfHanuman'', Maruti (the incarnation of Hanuman) befriends Minku, Munni, and Daddu, until he's not allowed to play with them because he is considered dangerous. [[spoiler:However, they get to be friends again after Maruti saves the village from Armageddon.]] |
| 100 | [[/folder]] |
| 101 | |
| 102 | [[folder:Films — Live-Action]] |
| 103 | * In ''Film/{{Dogma}}'', Rufus knew Jesus Christ, as said in the page quote. He also claimed to be the Thirteenth Apostle, who was left out of the historical record, as he was Black. |
| 104 | * In ''Film/ClerksII'', Jay is [[spoiler:a born-again Christian]], so at least he remembers his previous movies. |
| 105 | * A non-canon short, shown as promotion for ''Film/ThorRagnarok'' during the 2016 San Diego Comic-Con, "reveals" that during the events of ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'' Thor was in Australia palling around with a regular guy called Darryl, being roommates and bothering him at the office. |
| 106 | * ''Franchise/{{Tron}}'' plays it a little strangely in the ExpandedUniverse. The Programs worship human Users as creator deities, and the citizens of [[Film/TronLegacy The Grid]] view Flynn (a talented human programmer) as their chief deity. Flynn considered Tron a close friend and the feeling was mutual, but Flynn treated his friends in both the analog and digital worlds shabbily. After making a HeroicSacrifice to fend off Clu's forces during the coup, the two never saw one another again [[spoiler: until right before their deaths. By then, Flynn was too broken and Tron was too brainwashed to do much, though it did snap Tron out of it long enough to make another HeroicSacrifice that only bought Flynn and crew a few extra seconds.]] |
| 107 | * ''Film/BillAndTedsBogusJourney'': Death slowly warms to Bill and Ted over the course of the movie, to the point that he happily agrees to become bass player for their band at the end. |
| 108 | [[/folder]] |
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| 110 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 111 | * Neil Gaiman's ''Literature/AmericanGods'' has the creatures/gods/goddesses of mythology basically chilling around with normal people. (Hell, this applies to just about anything written by Creator/NeilGaiman.) |
| 112 | ** Jesus doesn't personally appear, but he gets a mention once; Mr. Nancy saw him having rather a rough time of things hitchhiking in Afghanistan. Not many people are pals with him there... |
| 113 | ** In one edition, an individual strongly implied to be Jesus (and an odd resemblance to Creator/StevenSpielberg) has a brief conversation with Shadow. |
| 114 | * The ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' series: |
| 115 | ** [[AnthropomorphicPersonification Death]] doesn't really have many human buddies aside from his manservant Albert and (adoptive) grand-daughter Susan, but has friendly relationships with everyone he meets outside of The Duty (such as the witches and wizards) and he is fairly friendly towards the people he meets in his official capacity (unless they don't like cats). His job is to make sure they get going on to the afterlife all right, but it's not a job that allows for much socialization. |
| 116 | ** In ''Literature/TheLastHero'', the gods allow the Silver Horde to infiltrate Dunmanifestin and greet them as equals (the "new gods we've been hearing about"). Initially it was only a joke, but Cohen's trick with the dice seems to have earned the respect of at least a few deities. |
| 117 | ** Nanny Ogg was [[AnthropomorphicPersonification Time's]] midwife. Literally. |
| 118 | ** Death and the Lady have both developed an interest in Rincewind, although he doesn't meet them much nor would he want to know them any better than he already does. |
| 119 | ** Brutha spends most of ''Literature/SmallGods'' chatting with the Great God Om. Who's a tortoise. |
| 120 | ** Twoflower teaches the [[HorsemenOfTheApocalypse Four Horsemen]] ''bridge.'' And they'll probably be playing it until [[{{Pun}} the last trump!]] |
| 121 | * Literature/DonCamillo often has a conversation with Jesus himself whenever he is close to a crucifix (and even with the Virgin Mary once in the first movie). The Christ does not respond to him when he is overwhelmed by anger though. |
| 122 | * ''Literature/{{Dragaera}}'': Vlad is on a first-name basis with Verra the Demon Goddess, as well as Sethra Lavode, who could [[DeityOfHumanOrigin become]] a PhysicalGod if she ever wanted to. He's also good friends with Aliera and Morrolan, who are some of the most powerful Dragaerans in the Empire. |
| 123 | * In the original ''Literature/{{Dragonlance}}'' trilogy, Paladine the supreme god of Good tags along with the adventurers as [[spoiler:[[EccentricMentor Fizban]] [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass the]] [[ObfuscatingStupidity Fabulous]]]] and pals around with [[TheFool Tasslehoff Burrfoot]]. Tas proceeds to mention that fact every chance he gets. |
| 124 | -->'''Tasslehoff:''' Paladine--I'm great ''personal'' friends with Paladine, mind you--... |
| 125 | * ''Literature/IronDruidChronicles'': Atticus isn't much more than an immortal human with the ability to go hang around the same places as various mythological beings (his magical powers apart from the immortality are all tricks that normal mortals could also pick up), but after a few thousand years of said hanging around, he's on a first-name basis or at the top of the hit list with essentially every one of them. Jesus is on moderately friendly terms with him, but also seems fairly exasperated by his antics. |
| 126 | * ''Literature/LambTheGospelAccordingToBiff'' toys with the trope a bit, since Biff was Jesus' best friend ''before'' he hit it big. |
| 127 | * Creator/StevenErikson's ''Literature/MalazanBookOfTheFallen'' is full of {{Physical God}}s, many of which hang out with mortals. Examples: |
| 128 | ** Anomander Rake, one of the most badass Ascendants in the world, calls the human Whiskeyjack his "friend," something he has almost never done before with any mortal or god. |
| 129 | ** [[ImpoverishedPAtrician Tehol Beddict]] lives with his manservant, Bugg. [[spoiler:Bugg is really Mael, the Elder God of the Sea. He hangs out with Tehol because he hasn't had that much fun in millennia.]] Tehol doesn't know this at first, but when he finds out, both are happy to continue the relationship they have. |
| 130 | ** Elder God K'rul makes himself at home in the dreams of the mortal mage Kruppe. Since Kruppe knows so much and is a gifted storyteller, though [[SesquipedalianLoquaciousness somewhat wordy]], they spend a lot of time at the camp fire talking. |
| 131 | * ''Literature/{{Narnia}}:'' Aslan is Jesus in a world where paws and a mane happened to be more appropriate than hands. It's no secret. It helps that Lion!Jesus is more of a hands-on divinity than Human!Jesus. Like, coming in person to help slay the evil overlord, stopping by to break curses, makes public appearances like coronations, does birthday parties and bar mitzvahs, etc. |
| 132 | * In the works of Creator/JRRTolkien, the Valar are like archangels, originally working in close cooperation with God (Eru), and the Maiar are like angels. |
| 133 | ** In ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'', Elves and Valar live together in Valinor. One of the Elven kings marries Melian, one of the more powerful of the Maiar (around the level of Sauron). |
| 134 | ** In ''Literature/TheHobbit'' and ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'', Bilbo's (and Frodo's) pal Gandalf is one of a team of five Maiar sent to Middle-earth on a mission from the Valar. The [[TheDragon Witch-king]] might not really be pals with Sauron, but is presumably a close associate. |
| 135 | * ''Literature/TheBelgariad'': |
| 136 | ** Garion grows up as a FarmBoy type character whose "Aunt" and "Grandfather" are TimeAbyss sorcerers in direct service to the Gods, and who shares his head with [[spoiler:the [[SentientCosmicForce Personification of Destiny]]]]. |
| 137 | ** While the pantheon was [[PhysicalGod physically present on the planet]], the god Belar liked to spend his down time partying with his worshipers. Belgarath finds him irritatingly likable when they meet. |
| 138 | ** Belgarath himself -- TheDreaded TimeAbyss first disciple of the God of Magic -- spends a lot of time WalkingTheEarth to keep details of TheProphecy in place and strikes up friendships with any number of people, some of whom even learn who he really is. He once spends a quiet period camping and panning for gold with a Nadrak, one of the (nominal, reluctant) followers of his arch-enemy GodOfEvil; the Nadrak has a FreakOut upon realizing the truth, but quickly decides that they might as well be friends. |
| 139 | * In ''Creator/DavidEddings''' ''The Dreamers'', the four {{Physical God}}s of the country tend to pal around and be on first name terms with some of their subjects. |
| 140 | * And to round out the Eddings citations: in the ''[[Literature/TheElenium Elenium/Tamuli]]'' series, Sephrenia's younger sister is [[spoiler:an incarnation of her patron goddess Aphrael]]. And Sparhawk's daughter is [[spoiler: another incarnation of the same goddess Aphrael. Now imagine a scenario in which the two incarnations meet. The world doesn't end, but those in the know feel as though it should have.]] |
| 141 | * In Alfred Bester's lesser-known novel ''The Computer Connection,'' the main characters are literally pals with Jesus--he's one of their group, and they call him JC "so it won't sound like we're swearing." |
| 142 | * Suzie Shooter from the ''Literature/{{Nightside}}'' novels started out as a perfectly ordinary human (albeit one with twenty levels in ActionGirl), but, mainly through her association with John Taylor, has gotten to meet plenty of the universe's movers and shakers. And usually, being Suzie, to stick a shotgun in their faces if they ''won't'' treat her with respect. |
| 143 | * In the novel Literature/{{Runemarks}}, the main character encounters, and in some cases befriends, the ''entire Norse pantheon.'' |
| 144 | ** And she's trained in magic by [[spoiler: Odin One-Eye himself.]] |
| 145 | * In the ''Literature/CodexAlera'' series, each of the heads of the House of Gaius in turn has a relationship [[spoiler:(of varying nature) with Alera, the fury that represents their entire country. It's like if every United States President got advice from a manifestation of Uncle Sam. However, Alera is still bound by a code of conduct forbidding her from directly aiding one side over the other. She will not make one side protected from the power she throws out. If one side, however, has something which negates the negative consequence, that to her is incidental]]. |
| 146 | * In Creator/RobertAHeinlein's ''Literature/JobAComedyOfJustice'' the protagonist finds out that the person who was the nicest to him on his journeys is [[spoiler: Satan]]. He's the closest thing he has to a friend and ally. |
| 147 | * ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'': |
| 148 | ** Harry Dresden has a personal relationship (not necessarily cordial) with a surprising number of powerful supernatural and mythological beings. In later books, even [[spoiler: Uriel, one of the four archangels,]] has taken a personal interest in Harry, who calls him "Mister Sunshine" (they also talk about ''Star Wars'' together). Both friends and enemies have found such contacts to be cause for concern. It's gotten to the point where in Literature/SkinGame, Harry winds up [[spoiler: coming face to face with Hades himself... who wants to ''personally shake his hand and wish him luck'', because he sympathizes with Harry on multiple levels (stuck doing thankless jobs that you constantly get flack for and that are misunderstood by most.) Also, they both love big dogs.]] |
| 149 | ** While also on friendly terms with Harry, King Gwynn ap Nudd, one of the Wildfae kings focusing on some from Wales, was once friends, or at the least, was master to a Mr. William Sianis, and enjoyed watching baseball games with him [[spoiler:disguised as a billy goat. When Gwynn and Sainis were kicked out one infamous game when the Chicago Cubs faced the Detroit Tigers because Gywnn's goat disguise stank, he cursed the Chicago Cubs to not win the World Series and kept it up for many decades that came after]]. |
| 150 | ** Sarissa, handmaiden to Queen Mab, has this as her job title. As one who is connected better with the mortal world than Mab, Mab agrees to help her with some familial medical issue, and in return Sarissa spends a weekend every month showing Mab things about humanity. They sometimes take in movies, go to Disneyland, or shopping, but all with the purpose of Mab working to better understand humans, so she can better manipulate them and control them. Naturally, not all is as it seems. |
| 151 | ** Kris Kringle, [[spoiler: aka Odin]], is also an associate of Harry's, with whom he's on good terms. He's also notable as one of the very few beings in the ''entire Dresdenverse'' to whom [[DeadpanSnarker Harry]] shows respect. |
| 152 | * Literature/TrappedOnDraconica: [[spoiler: Kazebar used to]] be friends with [[GodIsGood Dronor]]. |
| 153 | * In book three of the Literature/IronDruidChronicles, Atticus has whiskey and 'fish and chips' with Jesus. The meal is then interrupted by a cabal of angry Jewish cabalists. When Jesus saves him immediately after, Atticus cracks up laughing that he can now claim he was [[ExactWords 'Saved by Jesus']] to any Christians who ask. |
| 154 | * Played straight with virtually all the Christian characters in ''Literature/TheMarkOfTheLion'', as per the usual standard of many Christians today. Especially notable are Hadassah, one of the protagonists who gets a fair amount of angst mileage out of this relationship, and minor HistoricalDomainCharacter John the Apostle, who is this trope in the most literal way possible. |
| 155 | * In Rick Riordan's Literature/TheKaneChronicles the main characters are on a first name basis with a number of [[Myth/EgyptianMythology Egyptian gods]] who are treated more like old friends than embodiments of primordial forces. Of course, since the Egyptian Gods, having been working with their family for literally thousands of years, they ''are'' family friends. The goddess Bast was their house cat and the dwarf god Bes served as their chauffeur. |
| 156 | * In Riordan's other series about the [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Greek gods]]: ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'' and ''Literature/TheHeroesOfOlympus'' the wine god Dionysus served as camp director, Hermes runs a delivery service, Iris runs her own organic store, and the main character has a father-son relationship with Poseidon. However, this trope only barely applies to some of these relationships and averted in many others. The Olympians are such JerkassGods most of them either are not friendly with mortals or demand to be treated like gods and for mortals to act like mortals. |
| 157 | * ''[[Literature/AMagesPower A Mage's Power]]'': |
| 158 | ** Basilard is apparently a drinking buddy to Death, as in, the AnthropomorphicPersonification thereof. |
| 159 | ** [[spoiler: Eric's "bestest friend" [[GodWasMyCopilot turns out to be]] Tasio, the trickster god.]] |
| 160 | * In Creator/JoWalton's ''Literature/{{Thessaly}}'' series, all of the adults know who Athena is, even when she's pretending to be one of the children of the city. |
| 161 | * ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive'': |
| 162 | ** The InexplicablyAwesome TimeAbyss Hoid casually mentions having had drinks with Tanavast, now known as Honor, one of the setting's sixteen [[DeityOfHumanOrigin Deities of Human Origin]], who's also worshiped as the one and only omnipotent god on Roshar. He also cheerily says that he and Cultivation, another such deity, never really got along. Other things he says make it clear that he knew all sixteen both before and after they took up their [[PiecesOfGod Shards]]. |
| 163 | ** Dalinar comes to be on good terms with the Stormfather, an immensely powerful [[OurSpiritsAreDifferent Spren]] that's also the greatest surviving remnant of the shard Honor, and ultimately gains his [[MagicKnight Knight Radiant]] powers by spiritually bonding with it. Highlighted when the Church refuses to marry [[spoiler:{{Second Love}}s Dalinar and Navani]], so he summons the Stormfather in person and has it officiate the ceremony itself. |
| 164 | * Deconstructed in ''Literature/WaxAndWayne'' by the same author. The Faceless Immortals, servants of the god Harmony, are essentially angels to the people of Scadrial. Wax is a CowboyCop who works with them, and while his superiors honor them, they're annoyed that Wax essentially has divine intervention on call shielding him from legal consequences. |
| 165 | * ''Literature/FoodOfTheGods'' by Cassandra Khaw: Rupert Wong sold his services to Yan Luo, God of the Dead, to settle a truly outstanding karmic debt, but Yan Luo came to genuinely enjoy his company (and Rupert's willingness to indulge him in [[ChessWithDeath board games]], despite trying to convince him to get a [=PlayStation=]). He even does Rupert a few outright favours because he likes him. |
| 166 | * A peculiar example exists in ''Literature/CthulhuArmageddon'', a AfterTheEnd post-apocalypse series by Creator/CTPhipps. Given Lovecraft's Cosmic Horror Story universe, it shouldn't happen, but actually has some precedent in HPL's Dream Cycle. Protagonist John Henry Booth has a weird relationship with Nyarlathotep, the Crawling Chaos and Other God. Nyarlathotep seems to find him slightly more interesting than other mortals and has placed his "mark" on him. |
| 167 | * ''Literature/TheQueensThief'' |
| 168 | ** Eugenides first encounters the old gods of the peninsula in ''The Thief'' and is deeply unsettled when a careless "gods, don't let the horses make a noise" results in them being silent ''to the hoofbeats''. His hope that they ignore him from then on is unfulfilled. Eugenides, God of Thieves marks him later in the book. In the second, he goes to a temple during his extended HeroicBSOD... and they tell him to QuitYourWhining. In the third, his patron catches him from a deadly fall and scolds him for being up so late. Despite his grousing, it's implied that Eugenides' fragile state of health is due partly to the strain that divine encounters put on a mortal body. [[spoiler: In ''Return of the Thief'' he's either possessed by his divine namesake, or something ''very'' close to it, which means that through him the God of Thieves is personally leading the defense of the Little Peninsula against the Medes.]] |
| 169 | ---> "No 'glory shall be your reward' for me. Oh no. For me, it is 'stop whining' and 'go to bed.'" |
| 170 | ** In the fourth book, Kamet tells Costis some of the tales about Immakuk and Ennikar, the legendary heroes of the Mede Empire (and who are the setting's version of ''Literature/TheEpicOfGilgamesh''). Along the way in their journey from Medea to Attolia, a couple of men pop up from time to time to give them a little help, and with enough hindsight Kamet cottons on that ''it was them''. Costis' reaction is a little different--while he's trying to avoid looking sick enough to be sent to a lazar house, Ennikar turns up to help them look like normal travelers having a chat. Costis immediately greets him by name. |
| 171 | ** In ''Return of the Thief'', the young scholar Pheris is personally tutored in his dreams by Moira, the messenger of the gods and the scribe of mortal history. At the very end of the book the entire pantheon shows up for a DancePartyEnding on the Attolian palace roof, and Moira claims Pheris as her dance partner. |
| 172 | [[/folder]] |
| 173 | |
| 174 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 175 | * ''Series/{{Andromeda}}:'' Trance Gemini is eventually revealed to be the avatar of the sun of Tarn-Vedra and exists across multiple realities. |
| 176 | * ''Film/BernardAndTheGenie'': Before he got trapped in the bottle, Josephus was a friend of Jesus who witnessed three of his miracles and the cleansing of the temple. Although he didn't realise that He was the Son of God. He's impressed to learn that Christmas is a festival which (deep down) celebrates his friend's birth, and is upset to learn that He was crucified. Towards the end, when Bernard about to send Josephus back to his own time, Bernard tells him to tell Jesus to watch out for Judas Iscariot. |
| 177 | * The whole point of the Creator/AdultSwim series ''Series/BlackJesus'', in which Jesus is a homeless guy living in a van in [[UsefulNotes/LosAngeles Compton, California]]. |
| 178 | * ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': Xander Harris with Dracula in the comics. Xander even taught him how to motorbike. |
| 179 | * ''Series/DoctorWho'': |
| 180 | ** From the point of view of their companions, the Doctor could be seen like this. They're an immortal, time-travelling alien who fights terrifying monsters for fun... and also pops round for tea every now and then. |
| 181 | ** In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E2TheFiresOfPompeii "The Fires of Pompeii"]], [[spoiler:both the Doctor ''and'' Donna are this for a Roman family they help out. At the end of the episode, we see that the family honours the two as their household gods.]] |
| 182 | ** It's also implied that the Doctor ''themself'' may have been this. The Tenth Doctor claimed to have been at the [[Recap/DoctorWho2007CSVoyageOfTheDamned first Christmas]] (he got the last room at the inn) and the [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E15PlanetOfTheDead first Easter]], although he provided no details. "Between you and me, what really happened was..." |
| 183 | * The basis of ''Series/GodFriendedMe''. It's heavily questioned whether or not God himself is actually involved, but given everything that happens by seeming chance [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItBwgskZg70&t=1s here]], that doesn't seem too likely. |
| 184 | * Iolus on ''Series/HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys'', best buds with Zeus's son. He also got along pretty well with Aphrodite, too. |
| 185 | ** While "pals" isn't the best word for most of the relationships, being on speaking terms with the gods was standard on Hercules and Series/{{Xena|WarriorPrincess}}. |
| 186 | ** Speaking of Xena... Gabrielle was a close friend to Eli...who looked and acted like Jesus, and ushered a new, Christian-looking religion into the world. |
| 187 | * ''Series/JoanOfArcadia'': Joan is either this or CosmicPlaything depending on how you interpret her relationship with God. |
| 188 | * ''Series/KamenRiderGaim'': It's eventually revealed that Kouta is [[spoiler:the favored candidate to win the race for the ForbiddenFruit of [[EldritchLocation Helheim]] by DJ Sagara, who is the [[GeniusLoci avatar of Helheim itself]] and who shows up frequently to give Kouta pep talks and power-ups, when need be.]] |
| 189 | * Played with in ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower''. |
| 190 | ** Nori Brandyfoots befriends the Stranger, a man who fell from the sky in a meteor. The final of Season 1 reveals he is an Istari, implied to be everybody's favorite bearded wizard. |
| 191 | ** Galadriel's case is a bit complicated. She has no idea that the [[spoiler:man she befriended in the middle of the ocean, is a weak and lost Sauron]]. |
| 192 | * The Filipino TV series ''Series/MayBukasPa'' has a boy named Santino being best friends with Jesus, whom he nicknames "Bro". |
| 193 | * An in-universe example: A ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' [[http://snltranscripts.jt.org/98/98rbible.phtml sketch]] focuses on Jesus and his best pals Paul and, um, Barry. |
| 194 | * ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration:'' The ''Enterprise'' (with Picard in particular) are, much to their own irritation, pals with [[SufficientlyAdvancedAlien Q]]. |
| 195 | -->'''Picard''': I've just been paid a visit from Q. |
| 196 | -->'''Riker''': Q? Any idea what he's up to? |
| 197 | -->'''Picard''': He wants to do something nice for me. |
| 198 | -->'''Riker''': I'll alert the crew. |
| 199 | * In ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'', the Winchester brothers have befriended a couple of angels, and are at least on speaking terms with [[TheGrimReaper Death]]. And as of the season 11 ender, they [[spoiler:hang out with ''God'' and eventually help Him and His sister overcome their relationship issues. Oh, and [[{{Satan}} Lucifer]], too]]. |
| 200 | [[/folder]] |
| 201 | |
| 202 | [[folder:Music]] |
| 203 | * In the ''Strauss Ex Machina'' song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xobZMc6MV9Y Vacation in the Vatican]], the pope is "the voice of the Lord / and the leader of the world"... and also secretly a very close friend of the protagonist (who appears to be nothing more than an Average Joe. Perhaps inspired by hanging out with the protagonist, the Pope does use his divine voice of God to create world peace. |
| 204 | * The [[CountryMusic country song]] "Beer With Jesus," by Thomas Rhett, puts an extremely blue-collar spin on this trope. |
| 205 | -->''Tell me how'd you turn the other cheek''\ |
| 206 | ''To save a sorry soul like me?''\ |
| 207 | ''Do you hear the prayers I send?''\ |
| 208 | ''What happens when life ends?''\ |
| 209 | ''And when d'you think you're coming back again?'' |
| 210 | * The musical comedian Music/StephenLynch does a song called "Craig" [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPdFrW076R0]] that refers to a brother of Jesus that nobody knows about. Naturally, he's rather pissed that Jesus is known worldwide but he isn't. He doesn't have it quite so bad, though; he can't turn water into wine, but he can turn it into Coors Light, and he has "hydroponic shit that me and Judas grow". He also cleans up with the women that follow his famous brother ("but if you have a little sister then there's room at this inn!"). |
| 211 | * Music/KanyeWest: "I Am a God" not only contains a conversation between Kanye and Jesus Christ, but also credits God as a guest feature. |
| 212 | [[/folder]] |
| 213 | |
| 214 | [[folder:Myth and Religion]] |
| 215 | * OlderThanFeudalism: In Myth/GreekMythology, Zeus was known for his fondness of having affairs with human women. |
| 216 | ** There were also a number of times in Greek mythology when gods and goddesses would take likings to mortals, particularly heroes on quests. As was the case with Zeus, a good number of those interests were romantic, but there were still a few cases in which the deity really respected the mortal. Notable examples include the hero Odysseus with Athena, and the hero Jason with Hera. |
| 217 | ** Special mention goes to Baucis and Philemon, who gave [[AngelUnaware two tattered vagabonds]] a [[SacredHospitality hospitable and kind welcome]], only to realize they were entertaining Zeus and Hermes. The two gods were pleased with the old married couple, and set them up for life -- and then ensured that they would be together even after they died. |
| 218 | * Literature/TheBible: Judaism, and later Christianity, are filled with stories that basically go: "Hello, humble and/or [[AntiHero morally questionable]] person; the creator of the universe [[DidWeJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu wants a chat with you]]!" |
| 219 | ** Jesus technically is God, and hangs out with fishermen, tax collectors, prostitutes, etc. In the Gospel of John, he calls his Apostles "friends" and John himself was Jesus' BFF. |
| 220 | ** Moses is remarkable for being one of the few who God spoke to as an equal. |
| 221 | ** Abraham ''haggled'' with God. |
| 222 | ** [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome Abraham's grandson wrestled with Him and almost won until God dislocated his hip.]] |
| 223 | ** David was given the title "[[RealMenLoveJesus The Man after God's own Heart!]]" |
| 224 | * In Literature/TheTalmud, aside from the many cases of people speaking to God, we're told in Ketubot 77b that Rabbi Hanina bar Pappa was friends with [[TheGrimReaper the Angel of Death]]. |
| 225 | * In some Myth/NativeAmericanMythology, Coyote is God's best friend. |
| 226 | ** In one particular story, God allowed all of the animals to change their names. Except for Coyote, because Coyote was His friend and He didn't want Coyote's name to change. |
| 227 | ** In another story, Coyote is hanging out with God and is responsible for the diversity of humans (including the male and female genders) because he kept messing with God's basic human design. God just let him do it, because Coyote was his friend and it would be rude to get mad at him. |
| 228 | ** In some stories, Coyote is even singled out by God to be a more important teacher of life lessons than the other Animal People. Usually, this is because he and God are friends. Given that half the lessons we learn are because Coyote gets his ass handed to him because of his own dumbfuckery, it could be a case of VitriolicBestBuds. |
| 229 | [[/folder]] |
| 230 | |
| 231 | [[folder:Podcasts]] |
| 232 | * Taako of ''Podcast/TheAdventureZoneBalance'' ends up [[spoiler: dating the Grim Reaper, Kravitz.]] |
| 233 | [[/folder]] |
| 234 | |
| 235 | [[folder:Radio]] |
| 236 | * Radio Free Vestibule's ''[[http://www.themadmusicarchive.com/song_details.aspx?SongID=5933 Kevin and God]]'' is an audio skit about God appointing a mortal named Kevin to be his new prophet, but things get derailed due to Kevin's [[TheDitz airheaded nature.]] This eventually rubs off, and God spends his time watching TV and going bowling with Kevin. |
| 237 | [[/folder]] |
| 238 | |
| 239 | [[folder:Tabletop Games]] |
| 240 | * ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'': Immortals in the TabletopGame/{{Mystara}} setting adopt mortal identities whenever they have something to do on the mortal plane that they don't want other Immortals to notice. In the ''Wrath of the Immortals'' adventure, [[spoiler:Benekander]] does this by becoming the player characters' patron. |
| 241 | ** ''TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms'': Elminster was a close confidant and occasional lover to the original Mystra, the goddess of magic, and he has a friendly relationship with Midnight, the current Mystra. |
| 242 | ** Speaking of Mystra, her cleric and former adventuring companion, Adon (from the Avatar series of novels) was one of the very few people who remembered Mystra's former identity as Midnight, the two still considered each other friends, and she would occasionally visit him when she was seeking a mortal perspective beyond the narrow concerns of the gods. |
| 243 | * ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}'': For many Exalts, particularly the Sidereals who live and work in Heaven, gods are more likely to be your drinking buddies, dates, or annoying coworkers than objects of worship. This even extends to some Incarnae, the most powerful of the gods--Luna personally bestows each and every Lunar Exaltation by pulling variants of this trope. |
| 244 | * ''TabletopGame/TheOneRing'': It's entirely possible for the [=PCs=] to gain Saruman the White, Gandalf the Grey, and Radagast the Brown as Patrons. Whether they realize that they're exchanging favours with angelic spirits clothed in flesh is another matter. |
| 245 | * ''TabletopGame/{{Rifts}}'': Erin Tarn, the hero[=/=]narrator, is ridiculously well-connected. Her most powerful personal friend is the goddess Isis! |
| 246 | * ''TabletopGame/{{Scion}}'' has the player-characters set as mundane children of the gods. Mundane until they are revealed to be children of the gods, and then slowly ascend their way from "[[BadassNormal basic mortal]]" to "PhysicalGod." While still simply Scions (as opposed to Demigods or Gods), their powers basically come from being on first-name basis with their god-parents (as opposed to later, when their powers come from their own deification). |
| 247 | [[/folder]] |
| 248 | |
| 249 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 250 | * ''VideoGame/{{Arknights}}'': |
| 251 | ** The Feranmuts are super powerful beings treated as deities in the world of Terra. The playable Sui siblings [[spoiler:being fragments of a Feranmut called Sui]] make [[PlayerCharacter the Doctor]] this trope. |
| 252 | ** The head maid and confidant of the Karlan Saintess is Kjera [[spoiler:who is an aspect of a Feranmut worshipped as the goddess Kjeragandr]], making Pramanix this. |
| 253 | * ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' |
| 254 | ** Rosalina, who's stated to be guardian of the cosmos (if not something greater), ends up very connected to Mario and company after her debut in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy''. She says she'll watch over Mario from beyond the stars and, as her appearances in the ''VideoGame/MarioKart'' series and ''VideoGame/SuperMario3DWorld'' show, she's not above joining their adventures. |
| 255 | ** In the PlayableEpilogue of ''VideoGame/SuperPaperMario'', Mario can chat with the game's equivalent of Hades and Zeus. They think he's such a fantastic guy that they tell him that when he eventually does die, he can just find them and say the word to get the fast-express to the top-rank tier of the afterlife. |
| 256 | *** Amusingly, they will tell Bowser the same thing. |
| 257 | * The more "normal" ''Videogame/{{Touhou}}'' characters (though calling anyone in [[FantasyKitchenSink Gensokyo]] normal is just asking for trouble) in particular [[{{Miko}} Reimu]] and [[CuteWitch Marisa]] are shown to be on a friendly basis, or at least grudgingly accepting, of anything from OddJobGods to {{Physical God}}s to literal gods to people powerful enough they might as well ''be'' gods. And of course, [[ViolenceIsTheOnlyOption this being Gensokyo]], they have pounded them with [[BulletHell danmaku]] at least once. |
| 258 | ** It has been mentioned that whenever Reimu summons a Shinto god (like when she summoned the material for the cold fusion experiment); they seem eager to please her; which she finds mildly annoying. |
| 259 | ** That, and they seem to hang out with Hijiri Byakuren, after UFO. |
| 260 | ** And Sanae lives with the gods she worships. Of course, she's also [[HalfHumanHybrid part god herself]], since one of her gods is also her many-times-great-grandmother. |
| 261 | * Pit from ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising''. Granted, he's the leader of an angelic army, but he still goes by a first-name basis with every single major or minor divinity in the game. |
| 262 | * The [[PlayerCharacter dōmori]] in ''VideoGame/NamuAmidaButsuUtena'' who heads a temple full of Buddhist deities. |
| 263 | * ''VideoGame/{{Okami}}'': Prophet-in-training Issun is a good pal of Ammy the Furball, aka Amaterasu, Sun Goddess and most important Shinto Deity. |
| 264 | ** Let's not forget Ammy's other good friend [[spoiler:from her past - Waka]]! |
| 265 | ** Her son, [[VideoGame/{{Okamiden}} Chibiterasu]], has a total of ''five'' close pals over the course of his game- the KidSamurai Kuni, the [[OurMermaidsAreDifferent mermaid]] Nanami, the actress/{{miko}} Kagu, the [[spoiler: ArtificialHuman]] Kurow, and ButtMonkey Manpuku. |
| 266 | * In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword'', Link gets to be friends (and maybe [[ImpliedLoveInterest more]]) with [[spoiler:Zelda, the reincarnation of the goddess Hylia]]. |
| 267 | * ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' has Raiden, God of Thunder, as a playable character. Slightly subverted as in the MK-verse the "Gods" are more {{Elemental|Embodiment}}s and the position is treated like a job. Played straight in TheMovie, however. |
| 268 | * In ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed'', Sonic's latest [[FairyCompanion companion]] is Chip, [[spoiler:who is actually [[{{God}} Light Gaia]]. Justified in that for most of the game, Chip doesn't even know he's Light Gaia due to having amnesia from being prematurely awoken, along with Dark Gaia (who are in an endless cycle of restoring and destroying the planet, respectively), by Dr Eggman as he shattered the planet into pieces. Although Sonic initially thinks that Chip has amnesia due to [[EasyAmnesia crash-landing right on top of his head.]]]] |
| 269 | * ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'' is ''built'' on this trope. By the end of each game, your team will consist of major deities from [[CrossoverCosmology virtually every pantheon on record]], many of whom joined simply by being {{brib|ingYourWayToVictory}}ed into doing so. |
| 270 | ** [[VideoGame/RaidouKuzunohaVsTheSoullessArmy The Raidou]] [[VideoGame/RaidouKuzunohaVsKingAbaddon Kuzunoha games]] even have a loyalty system. [[LevelUpAtIntimacy5 Maxing out their friendship toward you will allow them to learn new skills]], and will compel them to leave [[TearJerker parting letters and gifts]] when you decide to fuse them. |
| 271 | * In ''VideoGame/{{Pokemon}}'' you can catch [[{{God}} Arceus]] [[OlympusMons in a ball]], thus making Him your friend. Or, [[RelationshipValues if you]] [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential prefer]], a slave that has [[RestrainingBolt no choice but to follow your orders]]. |
| 272 | ** Unfortunately, you can't order Arceus to remake the universe in your image, or to do everything that would be cool about having God as your pet. The closest it comes is a special event in ''HG/SS'', where Arceus can give you a special Egg, which contains either Dialga, Palkia, or Giratina. The developers say Arceus does this by completely dismantling and then rebuilding the entire universe exactly as it was, except now this Egg exists. |
| 273 | ** In the same vein, [[spoiler: the main character]] in ''VideoGame/PokemonConquest'' befriends Arceus [[spoiler: just in time for the main story's final battle, and can do it again post-game]]. It's an even better example because they doesn't even have to ''capture'' it for it to do as they say. |
| 274 | ** ''VideoGame/PokemonLegendsArceus'' starts with [[spoiler:the player being pulled from the present day to personally receive a mission from Arceus to [[GottaCatchThemAll catch 'em all]]]], and to assist, Arceus gives the player a smartphone and texts them helpful messages and important navigation tools. The game also explains that catchable versions of Arceus are merely shadows of itself with fractions of its true power that it allows to walk around the world it created. |
| 275 | * In ''VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeonGatesToInfinity'', [[spoiler: Hydreigon (who's actually the Voice of Life, the embodiment of the world's will to survive)]] eventually settles into a relaxing life in Post Town and decides to join the team on a whim. [[LampshadeHanging Emolga can't help but question the latter decision.]] |
| 276 | * In the ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon'' universe, the main character is frequently on speaking terms with the Harvest Goddess, and, in some games, the Harvest King (AKA, Harvest God). In fact, you can usually ''marry'' them. |
| 277 | * Sora has a tendency to ''act'' this way towards people in power in the ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' games, even though he hasn't earned it. His attitude towards characters such as Mickey Mouse and Yen Sid is a casual "Hey there!" About the only one he actually seems to show some respect towards is Captain Shang from ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}''. Riku, on the other hand, actually is pals with Mickey, though he doesn't dare try this sort of Sora-ish behavior until Mickey actually tells him that they're pals and he doesn't need to call him by his title. |
| 278 | * ''[[VideoGame/AgarestSenki Record of Agarest War's]]'' Borgnine, one of your first party members, is not only a playable character but also a larva, a [[OurGodsAreDifferent lesser god]]. |
| 279 | * In ''VideoGame/CthulhuSavesTheWorld'', you play as a {{Depower}}ed Cthulhu. Thus all the members of his party are this trope. |
| 280 | * ''VideoGame/{{Lunar}}'': Protagonists in this series are not only friends with divine beings, they're the love interests too! |
| 281 | * ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'': |
| 282 | ** The Daedric Princes go out of their way to flatter you when you take up their quests. Most of them go so far as to proclaim you their new Champion. The only one who betrays you is [[spoiler:Mehrunes Dagon the Prince of Destruction]], and he does that to everybody. Justified since, unlike the protagonists of previous games, you are no mere mortal. |
| 283 | ** Your companions can be said to have this relationship with the Dragonborn, since they essentially are Nirn's resident CrystalDragonJesus. |
| 284 | ** In the "Dawnguard" {{DLC}}, the group's resident mage/[[CombatMedic healer]], Florentius Baenius, is also a priest of Arkay, the god of death. He differs from most priests in the game in that he claims that Arkay ''talks directly to him'', and you can overhear him speaking to Arkay [[LikeAnOldMarriedCouple like they're an old married couple]]. The game seems to hint that he might actually be ''right''; some of the information he gives, such as how he's the person to inform you when your spouse has been kidnapped by vampires, he couldn't have known any other way... |
| 285 | * In ''VideoGame/HalfMinuteHero'', the Time Goddess approaches you in the beginning of Hero 30 to aid you in your adventure. She then becomes a member of your caravan. |
| 286 | * {{Invoked|Trope}} [[PlayedForLaughs For Laughs]] in the finale of ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' by Zevran, who asks you to say hello to the Archdemon (the BigBad EldritchAbomination of the game) for him and laments on how it never writes him anymore. |
| 287 | -->'''Zevran''': Say hello to the Archdemon for me. He never writes anymore... it's rather distressing. |
| 288 | ** Played straighter with Flemeth, who's mysterious and powerful but friendly to the players and stated to likely be a famous witch from centuries-old folklore. Especially after the reveal that [[spoiler:she and Solas from DragonAgeInquisition are secretly old gods from Elven folklore.]] |
| 289 | * In ''VideoGame/TalesOfXillia'', Milla Maxwell, who's effectively the god of Rieze Maxia and the female protagonist of the game, ends up allying with numerous humans for the sake of fulfilling her mission to protect the world. Though she's rather aloof and awkward initially, she opens up and adjusts over time, [[HumanityIsInfectious eventually behaving in a manner that's normal enough to make it easy to forget that she's supernatural at all.]] |
| 290 | ** ''VideoGame/TalesOfXillia2'' adds [[spoiler: her sister Musee]] into the mix, who's also a spirit, though readily identifiable as one due to the fact that [[PowerFloats she never walks]]. |
| 291 | * In ''VideoGame/{{Guacamelee}}'', you become pals with ''the Devil''. Granted, it's an EnemyMine situation, at least at first. In the end credits he's shown partying along with everybody else, including the village friar (though the Devil was [[ForcedTransformation turned into a rooster]] by the BigBad, so the friar might not be aware of who he is). |
| 292 | * In ''VideoGame/SouthParkTheStickOfTruth'', the player can become Facebook friends with Jesus, who will even give him a rosary to summon him, once per day, to get rid of a group of enemies. |
| 293 | * In ''Videogame/SouthParkTheFracturedButWhole'', the player can once again friend Jesus on social media (this time via a selfie), though rather than helping you in battle Jesus helps you choose religions (ranging from Christianity to Wiccan). He won't even mind if you identify as an [[FlatEarthAtheist Atheist]]. |
| 294 | * ''Videogame/FateGrandOrder:'' Some of the Servants you can contract with are deities from different mythologies, like [[Myth/MesopotamianMythology Ishtar]], [[Myth/HinduMythology Parvati]], Quetzalcoatl, etc. They're of different degrees of friendly towards you, and they tend to have different worldview than humans, but they are loyal and helpful to your cause. Also amongst the Servants you could summon was Saint Martha, who was visited by Jesus, literally became pals with Him and had her brother revived by Him. Other Saints like Georgios and [[UsefulNotes/JoanOfArc Jeanne D'Arc]] revere Him greatly too, but it's unlikely that they literally met Him in person, unlike Martha. |
| 295 | * ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'': |
| 296 | ** ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIII'': After rescuing the goddess Rubiss from the tower of her imprisonment, she seems pretty taken with the Hero, not only granting them her personal crest of divine protection that would later become proof of lineage, but through her influence effectively deified their bloodline for centuries to follow. |
| 297 | ** The Builder's best friend and [[BashBrothers battle partner]] Malroth in ''VideoGame/DragonQuestBuilders2'' is the [[DestroyerDeity God of Destruction]], [[DramaticIrony though neither of them are aware of this until the end of the game]]. |
| 298 | * Adol from ''VideoGame/{{Ys}}'' has befriended a few deities in his adventures, but none with too much natural order intervention since said deities weren’t all-powerful to begin with, that changes with ''VideoGame/YsVIIILacrimosaOfDana''; [[spoiler:the climax of VIII reveals the existence of Maia, a goddess shown to be an all-powerful creator with range over many worlds, if not all of existence altogether, who states she is very fond of Adol’s adventures, life itself to her is like a dream and Adol’s adventures are some of the best parts of her dream. Maia has directly interfered with the conclusion of VIII’s story so it would have the best outcome for Adol and friends]]. |
| 299 | * In the ''VideoGame/{{Neptunia}}'' series, IF and Compa are two mortal humans who are best buds with the four deities of Gamindustri and their sisters, mostly because they were there for Nep after the first time she lost her memory and helped her save the world. Shockingly they're also about as effective as [[MissionControl Histoire]] in getting Nep to [[TheGodsMustBeLazy actually do her job]], though, admittedly, that means "not very." |
| 300 | * {{Exaggerated}} in ''VideoGame/DragaliaLost'', since almost ''every'' non-villainous character can fall under this trope, since their version of Jesus is actually [[spoiler: [[TheHero Euden]]]]. |
| 301 | [[/folder]] |
| 302 | |
| 303 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
| 304 | * ''Webcomic/{{Sinfest}}'' practically runs on this concept. In the [[http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=7 first week]], {{God}} is introduced as a frequently recurring character. In the more literal sense, Jesus is shown to be good pals with Buddha. |
| 305 | ** Jesus's attempts to befriend Seymour are a running gag. Despite all his Bible-thumping and Jesus obsession, Seymour routinely fails to recognize the real deal, and even shakes Him down for Jesus memorabilia at one point... which is an apt metaphor for [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Seymour's relationship with Christianity in general]]. |
| 306 | * The various Deaths in ''Webcomic/IrregularWebcomic'' have struck up friendly relations with characters. |
| 307 | * ''Webcomic/WapsiSquare'': Monica and Shelly are on speaking terms with some very strange and powerful beings who have influenced the destiny of the entire world. In Minneapolis. |
| 308 | * [[WebComic/EightBitTheater Cleric]] is friend with [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2008/10/11/episode-1045-crossed-wires/ Jessie, lord of undeath]]. |
| 309 | * [[WebComic/PennyArcade Gabe and Tycho]] have occasionally been shown to be ''literally'' friends with Jesus. |
| 310 | ** And he is F'in ''Metal''. |
| 311 | ** He also [[VideoGame/MarioKart brings the blue sparks]]. |
| 312 | ** Despite this, Tycho maintains his atheism. |
| 313 | * ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt'' is frequently visited by mythological creatures and sometimes deities. At least, the Minotaur lives there, Coyote (that sneaky TricksterGod from Myth/NativeAmericanMythology) and [[Myth/ChineseMythology Chang'e]] dropped in, and some teacher-parent meetings apparently involved Odin. |
| 314 | ** ...because reincarnated [[{{Valkyries}} Brynhildr]] was one of the Court students -- [[http://gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=541 and a good friend of Surma and Anja]] -- and "the Old Man" personally checked her diligence. |
| 315 | ** Antimony has spent enough time speaking with various {{Psychopomp}}s that she's become conversant in several of their languages. Apparently they like Annie's company because her (very rare) ability to see them unassisted means she's one of the few people they ever get to speak with who isn't dead, scared, and confused. Also good friends with Renard and Ysengrin and Coyote. She once mentioned the latter before the whole classroom of people who know all too well who Coyote is, but didn't happen to interact with him this closely. By the way, immediately after realizing this from their reactions happened the first time we saw her [[LuminescentBlush blushing]]. |
| 316 | ** One fine lady with personal interest in Moon affairs [[spoiler:(Chang'e)]] accidentally [[CrashIntoHello ran into]] Annie's classmate, Matt. Then lad helped her to catch the white rabbit, they had a nice chat and he ended up a little... moonstruck. She also "borrowed" his mp3 player with the full Dire Straits discography on it. |
| 317 | * In ''[[http://www.metalstorm.net/comics/view_all.php?series_id=1 Headbanged]]'', the main character becomes friends with Jesus after he (Jesus) borrows one of his black metal [=CDs=]. |
| 318 | * ''[[http://www.brunching.com/billyandgod.html The Adventures of Billy and God.]]'' Should have become a series. |
| 319 | * Jeffrey Rowland, creator and main character of ''Webcomic/{{Overcompensating}}'', infrequently hangs out with YHWH and his son. |
| 320 | * The main heroes of ''Webcomic/PlanescapeSurvivalGuide'' not only end up having one-on-one training time with Thor and his ilk, but are also [[spoiler:close personal friends and allies of [[PhysicalGod The Youngest]], one of the three PowersThatBe who created the whole TabletopGame/{{Planescape}}. Of course, it helps that they do know her - [[HaveYouSeenMyGod The Eldest is dead]] and [[GodIsEvil The Elder is evil]]]]. |
| 321 | * Ironically, [[{{Jerkass}} Zexion]] and {{Ax|Crazy}}el are the people who are closest to Jesus in ''Webcomic/AnsemRetort''. They go out drinking, use Jesus' blood as a cure for hangovers, and play ''TabletopGame/{{Pictionary}}''. Then again, this Jesus doesn't necessary have his head screwed on right either... |
| 322 | ** ... though in the context of ''Ansem Retort'', the fact that Jesus's only flaw is a taste for weird porn makes him still one of the nicest characters in the series, if not ''the'' nicest. Even in ''Ansem Retort'', JesusWasWayCool. |
| 323 | * T-Rex of ''Webcomic/DinosaurComics'' frequently talks with God and the Devil, and is the only character in the strip who seems to be able to hear them. |
| 324 | * [[Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick Elan and Banjo.]] Banjo even gets a "Brother," Giggles, who leaves to be the god of an orc tribe. *sniff* |
| 325 | * ''Russel's Teapot'' has a primary character who hangs around with Jesus and discusses theology. |
| 326 | * Death seems to be good friends with the main character of ''Webcomic/CtrlAltDel''[='=]s side comic [[http://ctrlaltdel-online.com/sillies.php sillies]]. |
| 327 | * In ''Webcomic/{{Digger}}'' the statue of Ganesh, an avatar of sorts containing ''part'' of the god Ganesh, is perfectly personable and quite a nice guy, as you'd expect for the remover of obstacles. |
| 328 | * In ''Webcomic/{{Jack|DavidHopkins}}'' heaven appears to operate a "my door is always open" policy as it is perfectly possible for mortals to have a friendly, down to earth relationship with Angels both before and after they are dead, regardless on where they end up after death, and it is shown that senior Angels who were once mortal enjoy an equally pleasant and informal relationship with god. Unfortunately as the gates of [[IronicHell hell]] appear to [[CardboardPrison have been replaced with revolving doors]], it is just as possible to have a relationships with {{Anthropomorphic Personification}}s of the SevenDeadlySins, [[NightmareFuel whether you want to or not]]. |
| 329 | * In early strips of ''Webcomic/TheDevilsPanties'', AuthorAvatar Jennie would hang out with JC and the Devil. They still make occasional appearances but not as often. |
| 330 | * ''Webcomic/HappleTea'' has this on a regular basis with a few different beings. |
| 331 | * In ''Webcomic/CaseyAndAndy'', Andy is dating {{Satan}}, so Casey and his girlfriend Mary have her (yes, ''her'') around the house a lot. Plus, this means Andy has a rather uncomfortable I'm-dating-your-daughter relationship with God. |
| 332 | * This is the entire basis for ''Webcomic/HeroInTraining''. The heroes hang out with the high and mighty. |
| 333 | * ''Webcomic/{{minus}}'': The green-haired girl is the only one of [[RealityWarper minus's]] friends who is a normal human. |
| 334 | * An odd variation in ''Webcomic/{{Sonichu}}'' as one comic had both God AND Jesus talk to Ivy and declare that she is to be Chris' true love. Of course, she ends up dead the next issue without even meeting Chris, so... |
| 335 | * ''Webcomic/AxeCop'': "[[UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln Abraham]] told me how God is his friend, and He gave him a copy of all His powers." |
| 336 | * ''Webcomic/{{Shortpacked}}'': Re-resurrected Jesus works at the toy store with the rest of the cast. And officiates at weddings. |
| 337 | * In ''Webcomic/{{Unsounded}}'', [[spoiler: when the undead Duane finally maintains his lucidity when his soul enters the Khert, the timeless vault of all humanity's past and future memories and the gods-forged infrastructure of reality, he is [[http://www.casualvillain.com/Unsounded/comic/ch10/ch10_68.html greeted]] by the legendary demon Lady Ilganyag. When he rejects her offer of help, she distracts him by making his fleshless, lifeless corpse [[http://www.casualvillain.com/Unsounded/comic/ch10/ch10_73.html aroused]].]] |
| 338 | * ''Webcomic/TeamFortress2'': [[spoiler:After dying to a wound left by an gray mann robot, Scout ends up in Heaven, where God eagerly awaited him, saying he is a big fan of him (or at least acting like one), even requesting to see him flex and makes a deal with him, when, instead of destroying the world for not having their women sleep with Scout, he'll send Scout back to Earth to try again till he dies on December 4, 1987.]] [[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer Yes, this is actually what happened. The comics can just be that weird.]] |
| 339 | * It's been mentioned that Webcomic/{{Nodwick}} has [[DeathIsCheap died so many times]] that he's on a first-name basis with a large number of non-evil deities. |
| 340 | * In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', after the [[http://egscomics.com/comic/question-mark-06 events]] of Question Mark, Sarah was scared shitless of [[spoiler: Pandora (who is, y'know the single most powerful member of a race of demigods)]]. She's a good deal less scared during their [[https://www.egscomics.com/comic/2016-10-07 second conversation]], and by [[https://www.egscomics.com/comic/2017-06-09 the third]] she becomes one of the very few people who treats the immortal like a person, and ask questions like "Are you okay?". |
| 341 | ** Edward Verres is on casual speaking terms with the crystalline turtle frog "Steve", an entity described as a PhysicalGod. [[https://www.egscomics.com/comic/balance-168 Their first meeting]] apparently had Steve startle Mr. Verres by appearing, addressing him by full name, and proclaiming they're going to be friends. |
| 342 | [[/folder]] |
| 343 | |
| 344 | [[folder:Web Original]] |
| 345 | * Done in the short fiction [[http://everything2.com/node/1854104 Me and Sue and Ricky and God.]] It doesn't end well. |
| 346 | * Rather literal example in ''Literature/TheSalvationWar'', with Michael-Lan and Jesus. Except here, it's Getting ''Baked'' With Jesus. |
| 347 | * ''[[WebAnimation/AwesomeSeries Metal Gear Awesome]]'' and its sequel has Jesus appear to Snake's aid a couple of times. |
| 348 | * A relatively common occurrence in [[MassiveMultiplayerCrossover multifandom roleplaying games]] which allow gods or godlike characters. In [[http://community.livejournal.com/dramadramaduck Drama Drama Duck]], for example, people like VisualNovel/{{Phoenix Wright|AceAttorney}} and [[Film/TransformersFilmSeries Mikaela Banes]] are on friendly terms with the likes of [[WesternAnimation/ObanStarRacers Jordan C. Wilde]] and [[Myth/GreekMythology Apollo]]. |
| 349 | * Sailor Moon and the Sailor Scouts seem to have a direct line to Jesus in ''WebVideo/SailorMoonAbridged'', as he always responds immediately whenever they so much as say his name. This doesn't seem to help them in the slightest, though. |
| 350 | * A relatively common ocurrence in ''Roleplay/WeAreAllPokemonTrainers'', due to the group having saved the world from one too many {{Eldritch Abomination}}s or some of them being the "player characters", to the point the players usually have the Legendaries on their phones's Speed Dial. Examples include Gamer being pals with Mesprit, DS with [[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl Dialga and Palkia]], or Luke with [[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver Ho-Oh]]... and with Reshiram, whom he was dating. |
| 351 | * In ''Literature/FunnyBusiness'' Lucy and Lewis don't care much that their friend Jeannette has the powers of a god. It's deconstructed when it turns out that [[spoiler:Lucy ''does'' view Jeannette as God, and so follows her without question. When Jeannette finds out, she is not happy.]] |
| 352 | * ''WebAnimation/DSBTInsaniT'': Corla is presumably the right-hand-woman of Waterfall Girl, who is the more-or-less the Poseidon of series. |
| 353 | * In ''Fanfic/FarceOfTheThreeKingdoms'', Zhuge Liang appears to be pals with ''the narrator.'' |
| 354 | [[/folder]] |
| 355 | |
| 356 | [[folder:Web Video]] |
| 357 | * The Cleric Jester Lavorre from the second campaign of ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'' towards her god, the Traveler. He has been around her since her [[SpoiledSweet childhood]], and she sees him as her oldest and best friend. Where other clerics have to rely on mystical signs, she can directly talk with him if no one else is around. |
| 358 | * Extolled as the pirates' "heavenly friend", the ''WebVideo/PiratesSMP'' cast generally and very casually call upon the Sun God[[note]](played by a server admin)[[/note]] whenever they encounter any worldly issues. |
| 359 | * Both members of Chrimson Phantomas from ''WebVideo/WithinLapenko'' died, got into Heaven and made friends with God. Later the three of them even recorded a song together. |
| 360 | [[/folder]] |
| 361 | |
| 362 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 363 | * ''WesternAnimation/GodTheDevilAndBob'': Bob actually ends up playing therapist to the two most powerful beings in the universe after God forgets the Devil's birthday. Once that's resolved, he browbeats them both into cleaning up the mess they made of his garden before his family gets home. |
| 364 | * Jesus is a talk-show host in the early seasons of ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' (which is the {{Trope Namer|s}} more or less, as "Jesus and Pals" is the name of his public access talk show). In later episodes the boys visit him at his house in South Park. |
| 365 | ** There's also Saddam Hussein's, er, relationship with Satan. |
| 366 | ** And Eric Cartman's special relationship with Cthulhu. |
| 367 | ** And the fact that Moses himself hangs out with South Park's Jewish community from time to time. Basically, all religions have this in the South Park 'verse. |
| 368 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': "Flanders to God! Flanders to God!" |
| 369 | ** Homer has met and had a friendly chat with God a few times. |
| 370 | * Zoidberg in ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' comes to Bender's execution dressed up and introduces himeslf as [[SantaClaus Santa's]] pal Jesus. |
| 371 | ** Not forgetting Bender meeting an entity who could possibly be God and hanging around with him. |
| 372 | * ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': Aang essentially IS Jesus of that world, and communicates with the spirits, many of which are regarded as deities. And Sokka's first girlfriend [[ItMakesSenseInContext turned into the moon]]. |
| 373 | * ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': |
| 374 | ** Twilight Sparkle is a close and dear student to Princess Celestia, who personally [[PaintingTheFrostOnWindows raises the Sun itself every day]]. |
| 375 | ** [[WordOfGod According to Lauren Faust]], Twilight's baby dragon assistant Spike was raised by Celestia, so it's not wonder he's at ease around her as well. |
| 376 | ** Celestia is ready to be pals with anyone, though most don't realise this and instead panickingly try to avoid anything that might displease her. In particular, Twilight's friends from Ponyville have already met her several times, and in any case, they're kind of working for her directly in a very important capacity, as they wield the Elements of Harmony that are needed to take care of the few threats that are too much even for Celestia herself. Notably, despite her close relationship with the princess, Twilight herself is often the pony most prone to overreaction of this sort, even to the point that she's had ''multiple'' [[SanitySlippage outright mental breakdowns]] thanks to the huge amount of stress she places upon herself. The difference is that she's comfortable with just ''meeting'' Celestia if she doesn't feel she's required to perform somehow, though as the quote below demonstrates, her neurotic tendencies can lead her to believe the princess expects something of her even when Celestia clearly just wants things to be laid back. |
| 377 | -->'''Spike:''' I thought this was just an unofficial casual visit. |
| 378 | -->'''Twilight:''' There's nothing "casual" about a visit from royalty! |
| 379 | ** Celestia's sister and co-ruler Luna, who controls the night and the Moon, has an even much harder time getting familiar with her subjects due to archaic manners and a major case of DarkIsNotEvil [[CreepyGood But Sure Looks Like It]]. In "Luna Eclipsed", she arrives in Ponyville to make the acquaintance of the citizens, but at first everyone except Twilight Sparkle only cowers in front of her. By the end, though, she's just casually hanging out with everyone. |
| 380 | ** In the episode "Keep Calm and Flutter On", Fluttershy befriends [[spoiler: ''[[TricksterGod Discord]]'', who is basically the AnthropomorphicPersonification of ''chaos''.]] |
| 381 | ** By series end, Twilight has become the Jesus in the picture, having taken Celestia's and Luna's place as Equestria's ruler and raiser of the Sun and Moon, with her new student Luster Dawn (and all her old friends) being the pals. |
| 382 | * Franchise/WonderWoman freaks out when she gets an unexpected visit from Hermes in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'', but he tells her to calm down because "You're like family." |
| 383 | ** Parodied in the same episode when Hawkgirl and Wonder Woman are flying through what amounts to Hell, and the demons there start attacking them until they notice that Hawkgirl has ''wings'': |
| 384 | -->'''Hawkgirl:''' That's right, I'm an ''angel''. You can mess with me if you want to but I don't think you want to mess with [[{{God}} The Boss]].\ |
| 385 | The Demons fly away scared\ |
| 386 | '''Hawkgirl:''' If we're lucky, they'll all be that dumb. |
| 387 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'': Not only are Billy and Mandy friends with the Grim Reaper (more like masters as they won his service in a bet), but the Goddess Eris pays rather a lot of visits to them, and Billy's aunt marries Nergal (who in mythology is a Babylonian god of war, pestilence, the underworld, etc, though he's presented as a pathetic demon in the cartoon). |
| 388 | * The episode of ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' in which Peter literally becomes friends with Jesus, and has since became a recurring character. He is much more laid back and prone to as much trouble as the main cast. One Christmas, Peter and the guys try to help Him get laid, because he tells Peter he's a virgin, but then they find out it's a scam routine of his and he was trying to get closer to Lois. |
| 389 | ** The Grim Reaper is also a recurring character who pals around with Peter. |
| 390 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'' have, within their containment unit, the avatar of a Sumerian god who takes the form of a giant marshmallow man. They sometimes let him out to fight other ghosts too big for them to handle on their own and he's buddies with TeamPet Slimer. |
| 391 | ** They have also teamed up with the god [[spoiler: Marduk]]. |
| 392 | * This is the entire premise behind ''WesternAnimation/ClassOfTheTitans''. Granted the protagonists are the very distant descendants of Greek heroes (some of whom were, themselves, descendants of the gods and goddesses), but for the most part, they're regular teenagers. |
| 393 | * ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'': |
| 394 | ** In "Jake the Dog", Jake has a hot tub party with Prismo the Wishmaster, who transcends time and space, and the Cosmic Owl, a godlike figure who always appears in premonition dreams. |
| 395 | ** There's also Peppermint Butler, who's friends with Death and is seen golfing with Hunson Abadeer, the show's {{Satan}} equivalent. He and Death even show up at one of Prismo's later parties. |
| 396 | ** The Party God isn't so much a "friend" as "that guy who always crashes your parties uninvited and won't take the hint to leave," but he does have a fairly casual relationship with the protagonists. Ice King also [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu beats him up once]]. |
| 397 | * Tends to occur in most ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' series, as Optimus Prime is, as the bearer of the divine Matrix of Leadership, generally more or less the Cybertronian Jesus (he even makes a habit of dying and coming back to life a few days later). Naturally, any bot who is friendly with him, and any TeamPet human companions he picks up, qualify for this. |
| 398 | * ''WesternAnimation/JimmyTwoShoes'': Jimmy thinks of [[{{Satan}} Lucius]] as a friend. [[TooSpicyForYogSothoth Lucius wishes Jimmy would leave him alone.]] Jimmy is also best friends with Lucius' son Beezy. |
| 399 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheHollow'': The Weird Guy is friends with Death one of the Four Horseman of the Apocalypse. |
| 400 | * ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'': |
| 401 | ** Della, the triplets' mother, was good friends with Selene, the goddess of the moon in Greek mythology (Selene's [[DoubleStandardRapeDivineOnMortal less acceptable]] traits are ignored), and the Hercules {{Expy}} considers Donald to be the coolest person ever. |
| 402 | ** Scrooge has been friends with the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future ever since that one time they mistook him for [[Literature/AChristmasCarol a different Scrooge]], and every year they go on a time traveling adventure to visit the greatest Christmas parties in history. |
| 403 | ** Webby has an autographed photo of the demon Rakshasa signed, "Love, Rakky". |
| 404 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse''. [[spoiler:The discovery that [[IAmWho King is actually the last of the Titans]] retroactivelly applies this to all of his relationships, but especially the sibling like bond that he shares with [[CoolBigSis Luz]]. This even turns into a vital plot point in the GrandFinale when the spirit of his father reveals that the reason why he so easily showed Luz the secret behind the glyphs (and why he grants her the power to defeat Belos once and for all) is because he was expressing his thanks for all the kindness that she had shown his son.]] |
| 405 | [[/folder]] |
| 406 | |
| 407 | [[folder:Real Life]] |
| 408 | * The importance of having a "relationship with God" is a common theme in various religions. |
| 409 | * Parodied and played straight with T-shirts that say "Jesus is my homeboy". |
| 410 | [[/folder]] |
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