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* Inverted in [[Piers Anthony]]'s ''[[Incarnations of Immortality]]'' series. {{spoiler|Since the original God is too caught up in this trope's attitude to bother with Earthly affairs, another more humble individual must be manipulated into becoming God}}.
* "For though he was master of the world, he was not quite sure what to do next. But he would think of something."—The Star Child in ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey]]''
* ''[[Discworld]]'':
* In [[Terry Pratchett]]'s* ''[[Discworld/Thief of Time|Thief of Time]]'', {{spoiler|Lobsang/Jeremy becomes the new Time, with control over all aspects of it - although to be honest, it's more of a responsibility and a change of pace than anything having to do with powers. And despite his newfound status, he still submits to Lu-Tze in the dojo, in a brilliant denouement.}}
** Coin, from another of his novels, ''[[Discworld/Sourcery|Sourcery]]'', actually imprisoned all the known gods in a sphere of thought just to prove that he could.
** Also, in ''[[Discworld/Pyramids|Pyramids]]'', when now-King Teppic re-enters his home country of Djelibeybi (counterpart to Ancient Egypt), after {{spoiler|it has been pushed out of reality}}, the intense belief of his subjects makes him divine.
* Sun Wukong, the Monkey King from ''[[Journey to the West]]''. After taking the Ruyi-Jingu-Bang from the palace of the Dragon King of the West, he was given a position in the Jade Emperor's court to satiate his desire for acknowledgement. However, once Wukong realized that his position was a janitorial position, he set up a plot to, and succeeded in, taking over Heaven, declaring himself "The Sage Greater than Heaven." It wasn't until the Jade Emperor asked Buddha himself to do something that Wukong was ousted.
** Ironically, after he was freed and assisted Xuangzang in his journey, he DID become worshipped as a god, and in Buddhism is proclaimed the Buddha of Courage (not a godly position entirely, but as close as someone can get to godhood in a religion which itself has no real gods).
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