History Main / KillTheGod

* ''VideoGame/HollowKnight'': [[spoiler: The best ending is gotten by killing the Radiance, permanently ending the infection she gave as consequence for not worshipping her]].

* ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'': Adar, an orc, managed the impossible and slayed a demi-god EvilSorcerer like Sauron for how badly he treated his kin. Unbeknownst to Adar, [[spoiler:Sauron managed to revive himself somehow and took the form of a human.]]

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

** In ''Literature/TheBelgariad'' Belgarion of Riva has "Godslayer" as one of his official titles, and it ''isn't'' honorary.
** Sparhawk killed a god at the end of both ''Literature/TheElenium'' and ''Literature/TheTamuli''. The gods were even aware this was a danger because Sparhawk was born ImmuneToFate.
** The BigBad of ''Literature/TheTamuli'' went for a variant on the GodsNeedPrayerBadly method -- he ordered his minions to kill off Aphrael's worshipers, because without them Aphrael would herself die.

** ''VideoGame/GodOfWarRagnarok'': [[spoiler:Sindri, technically a mortal, deals the killing blow on Odin for murdering his brother by smashing [[SoulJar the marble containing his soul]], leaving Odin DeaderThanDead.]]

* The point of ''VideoGame/KidIcarus'' is to go from a [[TookALevelInBadass weakling putto to badass]] so you can kill the goddess of darkness and save the goddesses of light. No wonder it's NintendoHard. In [[VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising the 3DS Sequel]], you get to fight [[EverybodyHatesHades Hades]].

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

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** In ''Literature/TheBelgariad'' Belgarion of Riva has "Godslayer" as one of his official titles, and it ''isn't'' honorary.
** Sparhawk killed a god at the end of both ''Literature/TheElenium'' and ''Literature/TheTamuli''. The gods were even aware this was a danger because Sparhawk was born ImmuneToFate.
** The BigBad of ''Literature/TheTamuli'' went for a variant on the GodsNeedPrayerBadly method -- he ordered his minions to kill off Aphrael's worshipers, because without them Aphrael would herself die.
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* ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'': Adar, an orc, managed the impossible and slayed Sauron for how badly he treated his kin. Unbeknownst to Adar, [[spoiler:Sauron managed to revive himself somehow and took the form of a human.]]

** In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'' it's revealed that Sothis [[spoiler: was another dragon god who was butchered by [[GreaterScopeVillain Those Who Slither In The Dark and King Nemesis]] prior to the events of the game,]] although it's shown early on that she ended up being NotQuiteDead. In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemWarriorsThreeHopes'', [[spoiler:if you prioritize Shez's revenge on Byleth over allying with them]], events will conspire that see [[spoiler:Sothis dying again as a spirit in control of Byleth's body courtesy of ''the player'']].

* At the end of Volume 9 of ''Literature/TheBeginningAfterTheEnd'', [[spoiler:Arthur Leywin, who ever since the previous volume has recognized that [[JerkassGods the Asuras]] are his true enemies for their role in the conflict that ravaged his homeland and harmed his loved ones, has now killed at least two Asuras. The first one being the Scythe Cadell Vritra, who was one of [[BigBad Agrona's]] top generals and the one responsible for killing Arthur's [[ParentalSubstitute honorary grandmother]]/mentor Sylvia. The second one being Taci, a former sparring partner of his during his time in Epheotus who had been tasked by [[GodIsEvil Kezess]] to exterminate Arthur's remaining friends and family in the Dicathian Resistance after he deemed that [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness they had outlived their usefulness]] to him and who [[TheseWereOnlyTheirScouts despite being very young by Asuran standards]] nonetheless managed to overpower and slaughter a good portion of the Resistance prior to Arthur's arrival. Of course, as the story continues these two will only be the beginning as the war against the Asuras will inevitably see Arthur add more deities to his kill count]].

* This has been accomplished a few times in ''VideoGame/{{RuneScape}}''. Two of the setting's gods gained their divinity through acts of deicide, although [[spoiler:Zaros survived and regained his power after millennia]]. More recently, [[spoiler:Guthix the God of Balance was assassinated by a rogue Mahjarrat and Bandos the WarGod was killed after a lengthy stand-off against Armadyl, a rival god]].

** ''VideoGame/GodOfWarRagnarok'': [[spoiler:Sindri, technically a mortal, deals the killing blow on Odin for murdering his brother.]]

** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'' has this, as well. The playable characters kill the three gods of magic; Goddess, Demon and Fiend, in order to [[{{depower}} bereave]] Kefka of his magical powers. However, it turns out after the Warring Triad had been felled that Kefka had drained them of so much of their powers, he was sustaining magic by himself, making ''him'' the [[PhysicalGod God of magic]]. Then the playable characters proceed to kill him. Somehow, [[FridgeLogic using magic to attack the source of all magic works just fine]].

** In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'' it's revealed that Sothis [[spoiler: was another dragon god who was butchered by [[GreaterScopeVillain Those Who Slither In The Dark and King Nemesis]] prior to the events of the game,]] although it's shown early on that she ended up being NotQuiteDead.

** Yhwach, the Quincy King and Emperor of the Vandenreich, seeks to [[spoiler:kill the Soul King, who [[CosmicKeystone serves as the linchpin holding the realms together]],]] in order to merge all the realms together and eliminate the very concept of Death. After [[PiecesOfGod Mimihagi]] opposes him in this, Yhwach decides to [[spoiler:[[TheAssimilator assimilate both the Soul King's corpse and Mimihagi]]]] in order to [[PowerParasite absorb their power]], turning him into a transcendent being with the power to merge the realms himself. Ultimately [[spoiler:Ichigo is able to kill him after Uryu shoots Yhwach with a [[KryptoniteFactor Still Silver arrow]] that [[PowerNullifier temporarily de-powers him]] and prevents him from using [[RealityWarper The Almighty]] to [[ResurrectiveImmortality resurrect himself]]]].

** [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Gorr the God Butcher]] from ''[[ComicBook/ThorGodOfThunder2012 Thor: God of Thunder]]'' acts much like Desak, except he indulges in ColdBloodedTorture because his home planet's Jerkass Gods didn't do anything to alleviate the TraumaCongaLine of himself and his people. Then he got hold of the weapon of an Elder God, which is essentially like a a [[ArtifactOfPower weapon of dark energy]]. Only worse. NightmareFuel ensues. Ironically, the Necrosword itself may very well have been the reason Gorr's gods never answered his world's prayers -- they were all slain by it. Thor claims that the Necrosword was forged for the purpose of killing gods, something later confirmed - it was forged out of the primordial darkness by Knull, an Elder God who also spawned the Klyntar, the species that produced the Venom symbiote. The ancestral memory of the heat of the forge and the sound of forging are apparently why they're vulnerable to heat and sound.

** Somewhat subverted in the ''VideoGame/DigitalDevilSaga'' series. As in many other games in the greater Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei franchise, God (this time with a Hindu rather than Judeo-Christian flavor) is indeed the FinalBoss of the series, but this time he's not evil and the main characters don't even want to fight him. They just came to ask him to please put the Earth back in orbit and return everyone's souls from the afterlife, but God insists that they fight him.

* This has been accomplished a few times in ''VideoGame/{{RuneScape}}''. Two of the setting's gods gained their divinity through acts of deicide, although [[spoiler:Zaros survived and regained his power after millennia]]. More recently, [[spoiler:Guthix the God of Balance was assassinated by a rogue Mahjarrat and Bandos the WarGod was killed after a lengthy stand-off against a rival god]].

* In ''Anime/PokemonArceusAndTheJewelOfLife'', the BigBad attempts to kill [[OlympusMons Arceus]], the [[TheMaker creator god]] of the Pokémon universe, by drowning it in mercury/molten silver once it's weakened after Ash and his friends go back in time to SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong. He almost succeeds, but Ash manages to return it to full strength using the Jewel of Life.
* In ''Anime/PrincessMononoke'', Lady Eboshi kills the forest spirit, which is a sort of PhysicalGod. The results, however, aren't quite what she intended.
* An extremely difficult proposition in ''Manga/SaintSeiya'', as the gods (with the exception of Eris in the first OVA) are really powerful, but possible with the right means. The real problem is getting them to STAY dead: Poseidon apparently died millennia before the series, but still managed to operate as a spirit and by GrandTheftMe.

* ''[[Manga/GetterRobo New Getter Robo]]'' the final fight has the Getter team fighting four beings who describe themselves as gods and accomplish feats no less then bringing themselves back from death come to destroy the Getter Robo before it evolves into the terrifying Getter Emperor.

** In ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'' Zamasu and Goku Black killed all the gods of the multiverse in Future Trunks's timeline (with the exception of Universe 7's Supreme Kai, which the manga shows was killed by Dabura) so no one would stop their [[FantasticRacism Zero Mortals Plan]].

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

* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': The pre-timeskip’s climax focuses on Aizen's obsession with reaching and surpassing the realm of divinity. However, his target (the Soul King) is officially regarded as a king by most characters. [[spoiler:The arc ends with Aizen's defeat and the death of Gin, who used his own [[MeaningfulName God-Killing Spear]] to try and [[BestServedCold slay]] Aizen. And unfortunately for Gin, [[GoodThingYouCanHeal death didn't quite take for Aizen]].]]