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|''[[The Bible]]'', '''Ezekiel 28:2'''}}
When a character or villain gains superhuman abilities thanks to [[Green Rocks]], [[I Love Nuclear Power|nuclear power,]] [[Cybernetics Eat Your Soul|Transhumanism]], going [[One-Winged Angel]], being [[Touched by Vorlons]], or [[Ambition Is Evil|just achieving whatever his dream is]], [[With Great Power Comes Great Insanity|he is left less than sane and often gains delusions]] (or, in some cases, [[
He will often give an [[Large Ham|over-the-top]] speech emphasizing just how far beyond ordinary humanity [[Goal-Oriented Evolution|he has evolved]], and how [[What Measure Is a Non Super|lowly they are compared to him.]] Cue the villain becoming a [[Narcissist]] who is [[Drunk on the Dark Side]] or declaring that they will [[Take Over the World]].
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The character may declare that he has transcended morality as well, and is [[Above Good and Evil]], but the [[trope]]s do not have to coincide.
Aiming for godhood by ''rewriting the rules of the world'' is [[In Their Own Image]]. Another alternate version is the [[End of the World Special]]. See [[Physical God]] for those who don't have to try so hard, and [[Apotheosis]] for those who actually succeed. May, but [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?|does not always]] result in a [[God Mode Sue]]. Having a sovereign ruler do this makes the character a [[God-Emperor]]. Also, see [[It's All About Me]] for a similar trope, minus the declaration of godhood.
See also [[One-Winged Angel]], [[Smug Super]] and [[Dark Messiah]]. Not to be confused with [[God Guise]]. Contrast with [[A God I Am Not]], where a genuinely godlike being refuses the label to avoid the implications; [[Stop Worshipping Me!]], where a deity doesn't want to be venerated as such; and [[Pro-Human Transhuman]], where a post human remains sympathetic to humanity. Also see [[Like a God to Me]], which is when a character declares someone else godlike but only out of flattery, not as a statement of serious worship.
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* Linus Torvalds, introducing himself at the 1998 Linux Expo, Durham, NC: ''"[[Large Ham|My name is Linus Torvalds, and I am your God.]]"''
* Basketball player Josh Childress said that during his experience for playing with Greece (more specifically, the Olympiakos), he ended up being treated as a God towards the country. When Josh decided to leave Greece to return to the Americas (as a member for the Phoenix Suns), some citizens got a little bit hot-blooded.
* [[wikipedia:Apollo Quiboloy|Pastor Apollo C. Quiboloy.]] To quote: "Pastor Apollo C. Quiboloy is the Appointed '''Son of God''' in this last days." Since the Son of God ([[Jesus Christ]]) is God the Son, this cult leader essentially considers himself God.▼
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150922000803/http://thechurchofgoogle.org/ Google] seems to be invoking this trope.
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* During their bout at Madison Square Garden on March 8, 1971, Muhammad Ali repeatedly taunted Joe Frazier by asking "Don't you know I'm God?" Frazier replied, [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|accurately, in the event]], [[Shut UP, Hannibal|"Well, God, you gonna get whupped tonight!"]]
* Some people with mental illness may develop and believe in allusions that they are a biblical figure or a god/deity reincarnated. A few examples include:
** Jim Jones, founder of The Peoples' Temple which essentially became a cult with him as the ringleader. He claimed to be the reincarnation of [[Jesus]], [[Buddha]], Akhenatan, [[Vladimir Lenin]], and Father Divine. He organized a mass suicide at Jonestown in Guyana by forcing his followers to drink Flavor-Aid laced with cyanide; it claimed the lives of 918 people.
** David Koresh, leader of a Branch Davidians sect believed to be the final prophet AKA Jesus himself. A raid on his ranch in Waco, Texas in 1993 eventually started a fire. The aftermath left 52
** Charles Manson, mastermind behind the Tate-Bianca murders claimed to be [[Jesus]]. He also claimed to be [[Satan]].
▲** Filipino pastor-turned-wanted fugitive [[wikipedia:Apollo Quiboloy|
*** The above
** As mentioned before, some people with mental illnesses such as schizophrenia become convinced that they are the Second Christ, Buddha, Mohammed, or God himself.
* [http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/gallery/hollywood-craziest-lawsuits-court-cases-267628#12 Christopher Roller] sued David Copperfield and David Blaine in 2005 on the rather ludicrous grounds that they were infringing on God's powers, and that Roller himself is God.
* It should come as no surprise that [[Adolph Hitler]] allegedly wanted to do this, in one of his craziest schemes.
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