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There is an alternate form of this trope, in which the [[Sufficiently Advanced Alien|protogod character]] gives a speech that is insightful, [[Cryptic Conversation|cryptic]], or both, expressing his discovery of his benevolent and ''[[Put on a Bus|distant]]'' new place in the order of things. He then [[Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence|vanishes entirely from human ken]], never to be seen again.

The character may declare that he has transcended morality as well, and is [[Above Good and Evil]], but the [[~~Trope|tropes~~]] do not have to coincide.

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. 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.

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** Ultimately, Light's excessive hubris is explained by the revelation of the fact that {{spoiler|[[The Ubermensch|he doesn't believe in morality at all and felt free to invent his own rules because he valued no life except his own]].}}

* ''[[Fist of the North Star]]'' is set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland where guns have ceased to exist. Martial arts masters who do not walk the path of righteousness will fall victim to this mental-illness and proceed to build an empire of blood, tears and tyranny.

* ''[[Hayate the Combat Butler]]'': Katsura-sensei [[media:~~cit_hayate_the_combat_butler_23_Katsura_a_god_am_i~~.jpg|makes a shout out]] to Light's trademark glowing eyes and "I will be god of a new world" line during her scheme to shame a rival teacher into leaving.

* ''[[Hayate the Combat Butler]]'': Katsura-sensei [[media:cit hayate the combat butler 23 Katsura a god am i.jpg|makes a shout out]] to Light's trademark glowing eyes and "I will be god of a new world" line during her scheme to shame a rival teacher into leaving.

* ''[[Akira]]'': this trope is a major theme.

* ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'': Gendo Ikari, combining this goal with [[Love Makes You Evil]] (he wants to make himself and Yui God), and is more explicit at the God part in the manga. He fails at trying to become a [[Physical God]], however. {{spoiler|Shinji and Rei do succeed in it, but [[Powered by a Forsaken Child|unwillingly]].}} Also part of Yui's plan. [[Mind Screw|Probably]]. Due to the nonsensical cosmology of this world, it's relatively easy for a Human to become any sort of God, since they already have one of the pieces needed. It just depends on how much of a God they become, and the ultimate version has potentially absolute control over reality, metaphysical concepts, and the ability to create new Universes at will. Maybe. We don't actually know, to be honest.

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* Director Kakuzawa in ''[[Elfen Lied]]'' wants to be the father of the future generations of the Diclonius race so that when it replaces humanity he'll be worshiped as their god. {{spoiler|This doesn't work out well for him in the end, as it involved the cooperation of Lucy, who decided to kill him instead.}}

** Moreover, his own status as a Diclonius {{spoiler|turns out to be based on the racial myths of his once-persecuted, very Human family. Lucy's evolutionary offshoot has no connection to his clan whatsoever, as Lucy tells his corpse.}}

* Played with, but ultimately averted in ''[[Ranma ½]]]]''. The final [[Big Bad]], King Saffron, is a [[Winged Humanoid]] with traits of [[The Phoenix]] ~~-- namely~~, he can fly, generate incredible heat (one of his attacks is [[Calling Your Attacks|named]] "Instant Empire Annihilation Blast"), regenerate, and resurrect himself after dying by turning into an egg and hatching as a baby version of himself. Although he has sufficient power he could conceivably be considered a deity (at least a kami), he is never referred to even by his human opponents as a god. [[Fanon]], on the other hand, calls him a god all the time, presumably due to early fan translations. And then there's Rouge, who was [[Cursed with Awesome]] at Jusenkyo to transform into an Ashura version of herself. This gives her [[Kill It with Fire|fire breath]], [[Shock and Awe|lightning bolts]], flight, and superhuman strength and endurance... additionally, an Ashura is also a literal god/demon of mythology.

* Played with, but ultimately averted in ''[[Ranma ½]]]]''. The final [[Big Bad]], King Saffron, is a [[Winged Humanoid]] with traits of [[The Phoenix]]—namely, he can fly, generate incredible heat (one of his attacks is [[Calling Your Attacks|named]] "Instant Empire Annihilation Blast"), regenerate, and resurrect himself after dying by turning into an egg and hatching as a baby version of himself. Although he has sufficient power he could conceivably be considered a deity (at least a kami), he is never referred to even by his human opponents as a god. [[Fanon]], on the other hand, calls him a god all the time, presumably due to early fan translations. And then there's Rouge, who was [[Cursed with Awesome]] at Jusenkyo to transform into an Ashura version of herself. This gives her [[Kill It with Fire|fire breath]], [[Shock and Awe|lightning bolts]], flight, and superhuman strength and endurance... additionally, an Ashura is also a literal god/demon of mythology.

* Played with in ''[[The World Only God Knows]]'', where the protagonist is a god...of [[Dating Sim~~|Dating Sims~~]]. [[It Makes Sense in Context|Which is actually a good thing for the plot.]]

* Played with in ''[[The World Only God Knows]]'', where the protagonist is a god...of [[Dating Sim]]s. [[It Makes Sense in Context|Which is actually a good thing for the plot.]]

* Knives from ''[[Trigun]]'', eesh.

* In ''[[Berserk]]'', Emperor Ganishka takes a stab at this, but {{spoiler|Griffith}} really gets it done.

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== Comic Books ==

* Explored in ''[[Doctor Solar|Solar Man of the Atom]]''.

* This is common in [[Superhero]] comics, as [[With Great Power Comes Great Insanity]]. Perhaps the single best-known example is Jean Grey of the [[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]], who, as Dark Phoenix, goes to star-eating levels before committing suicide. (Though later [[~~Retcon|retcons~~]] serve to [[Continuity Snarl|confuse the issue]].) [[Doctor Doom]] is also a frequent offender.

* This is common in [[Superhero]] comics, as [[With Great Power Comes Great Insanity]]. Perhaps the single best-known example is Jean Grey of the [[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]], who, as Dark Phoenix, goes to star-eating levels before committing suicide. (Though later [[retcon]]s serve to [[Continuity Snarl|confuse the issue]].) [[Doctor Doom]] is also a frequent offender.

** In one particularly literal case, Dr. Doom tried to claim [[The Mighty Thor|Thor's]] hammer to gain his power.

** Doom is the unsurpassed master and monarch of this trope. "I want that power. By right, it is mine. For ultimate power is the ultimate destiny of Doom!" And, in fact, Victor von Doom has come within a fraction of a hair's width of securing Real Ultimate Power (TM) several times in the past - to the extent of successfully stealing not only the Power Cosmic of [[Galactus]] but also The Beyonder's apparently omnipotent abilities in the course of the ''[[Secret Wars]]'' story arc. Naturally, [[Status Quo Is God|he is beaten in the end once again]], but still...

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'''[[Captain America (comics)]]''': "Then I'm Nietzsche." }}

** Mar-Vell gains omniscience in the sequel. Yeah, there you go.

* A... different example was [[Crazy Awesome|Snowflame]] from ''New Guardians'', a villain whose power source was ''cocaine''. After snorting a massive amount of it, he declares himself "a true god" ~~-- never~~ mind that he has made it expressly clear that he worships cocaine itself as his god. But, then, cocaine and logic haven't always been the best of friends.

* A... different example was [[Crazy Awesome|Snowflame]] from ''New Guardians'', a villain whose power source was ''cocaine''. After snorting a massive amount of it, he declares himself "a true god"—never mind that he has made it expressly clear that he worships cocaine itself as his god. But, then, cocaine and logic haven't always been the best of friends.

** In some traditions there are deities or deity like beings that do worship the higher god in the pantheon. But yeah, a villain whose power source is a drug probably is just insane.

* Hiro-Kala, teenage son of Hulk, gave us a really badass example, telling a whole army that:

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* In a Marvel UK ''[[Transformers Generation 1]]'' story, Galvatron fits a massive energy collector to a volcano and keeps telling everyone present that as soon as he absorbs all the energy, he'll become a god. He fails, but just barely.

* In ''[[Superman]]: Godfall'', Lyla manages to drain a portion of Superman's power into herself, and she quickly goes to Metropolis and demands worship. She is ''quite'' surprised when the people don't comply.

* Thankfully averted [[Beware the Superman|by Superman]], who never thinks that his powers should grant him privilege and worship. Batman does note while observing Superman lifting up buildings that it's sometimes hard ''not'' to think of Clark as a ~~god -- and~~ that people are ''very'' lucky that Clark never does.

* Thankfully averted [[Beware the Superman|by Superman]], who never thinks that his powers should grant him privilege and worship. Batman does note while observing Superman lifting up buildings that it's sometimes hard ''not'' to think of Clark as a god—and that people are ''very'' lucky that Clark never does.

** Superman himself lampshades this trope on occasion when justifying the often debilitating strictness of his pacifism: the immensity of his power means he doesn't dare risk [[Slowly Slipping Into Evil]] ''at all'' for fear of [[With Great Power Comes Great Insanity|falling right into the dark side.]]

* A [[Chick Tract]] had one of ~~these -- an~~ approximately 8-year old boy deciding he was a god after his mother explained to him the point of ~~atheism -- thus~~, he thought that if there is no god, he could become one. [[Straw Atheist]]? What else do you expect from [[Jack Chick]]?

* A [[Chick Tract]] had one of these—an approximately 8-year old boy deciding he was a god after his mother explained to him the point of atheism—thus, he thought that if there is no god, he could become one. [[Straw Atheist]]? What else do you expect from [[Jack Chick]]?

* The [[Scarlet Witch]] attained godlike powers for a time, which naturally proved highly detrimental to her sanity. Birthing children with an android probably didn't help.

* ''[[Nth Man: The Ultimate Ninja]]'': Alfie O'Meagan often proclaimed himself to be the most powerful and most generous being in the universe. Justified in that he's a [[Reality Warper]] [[Psychopathic Manchild]].

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:: Considering he's directly paraphrasing [[The Bible|Luke 10:18]], he's probably not just claiming godhood, but that he is the Christian or Abrahamic God Himself.

* ''[[In the Mouth of Madness]]'': Sutter Cane, the [[Rewriting Reality|reality-rewriting author]] claims to have become god sometime after completing his latest work, and proves it by turning the world blue.

** However, his true purpose was as a servant to all manners of [[Cosmic Horror Story|Cosmic Horrors]] and [[Eldritch Abomination~~|Eldritch Abominations~~]], assuming everything in the movie wasn't a figment of the main character's imagination, or part of a meta-gambit by John Carpenter. (Yeah, it's [[Through the Eyes of Madness|that kind of movie]].)

** However, his true purpose was as a servant to all manners of [[Cosmic Horror Story|Cosmic Horrors]] and [[Eldritch Abomination]]s, assuming everything in the movie wasn't a figment of the main character's imagination, or part of a meta-gambit by John Carpenter. (Yeah, it's [[Through the Eyes of Madness|that kind of movie]].)

* ''[[Bruce Almighty]]'' features a mortal (that's Bruce!) who is granted divine powers for as long he wants. Bruce, being a flawed and limited human, ensures that mistakes are made. The trope is deconstructed since Bruce does not use his powers for any greater jobs than teaching his dog to urinate into a human toilet and advance his reporter career by creating ''amazing'' events to report. But by doing even such pathetic things he still manages to make big problems for himself and everyone, and manages to lose his girlfriend because she prefers normal Bruce. So God must take his place back and fix everything in a snap using same powers.

* Xerxes in ''[[300]]'' claims himself to be a "[[God-Emperor|God-King]]".

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* One character's pursuit of this trope is the plot driver for the second ''[[Dragonlance]]'' trilogy. {{spoiler|Raistlin succeeds, with rather horrific results for all involved. [[Pyrrhic Villainy|Including him]]. But through a continuation of the somewhat involved time-travel storyline, Caramon warns him of this early enough on for Raistlin to upgrade his condition to [[Redemption Equals Death|sort-of-heroically sacrificed and dead]]. (Or tortured for all eternity in Hell.) Though this does not prevent him from making postmortem cameos.}}

** Don't forget the Kingpriest of Istar who went as far as demanding the gods serve him. What brought about the cataclysm was his demand that the gods make him a god himself.

** Or Fistandantilus, who came up with the whole "become a god" plan that {{spoiler|Raistlin}} hijacked. In fact, he was [[The Man Behind the Man|the man behind the Kingpriest]] as well. And from ''The Legend of Huma'' there was Galan Dracos, whose plan to steal the Dark Queen's powers wasn't as well thought out as the others, though to be fair it took place chronologically first, so they might have been able to learn from his mistakes. Really, this one crops up a lot with [[Evil Sorcerer~~|Evil Sorcerers~~]] in ''[[Dragonlance]]'', or any ''[[Dungeons and Dragons|DnD]]'' world.

** Or Fistandantilus, who came up with the whole "become a god" plan that {{spoiler|Raistlin}} hijacked. In fact, he was [[The Man Behind the Man|the man behind the Kingpriest]] as well. And from ''The Legend of Huma'' there was Galan Dracos, whose plan to steal the Dark Queen's powers wasn't as well thought out as the others, though to be fair it took place chronologically first, so they might have been able to learn from his mistakes. Really, this one crops up a lot with [[Evil Sorcerer]]s in ''[[Dragonlance]]'', or any ''[[Dungeons and Dragons|DnD]]'' world.

* Obould Many-Arrows from ''[[Forgotten Realms]]'' acquires the moniker Obould-Who-Is-Gruumsh at the height of his power, Gruumsh being the chief god of the Orcs.

** Gruumsh sponsored Obould as his Chosen (divine minion given with a shred of godly power without extra strings attached) before this and vassal demigod after (upon death), so it's only a little exaggeration.

** Karsus from ancient pre-history was the only man who acquired divine status through spellcasting. Well, [[Too Much for Man to Handle|for a minute or so]], anyway. Just long enough to see [[Gotterdammerung|how much]] it [[Gone Horribly Wrong]] ~~-- he~~ did it to save [[The Magocracy|Netheril]] and ended up almost completely [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|destroying it]].

** Karsus from ancient pre-history was the only man who acquired divine status through spellcasting. Well, [[Too Much for Man to Handle|for a minute or so]], anyway. Just long enough to see [[Gotterdammerung|how much]] it [[Gone Horribly Wrong]]—he did it to save [[The Magocracy|Netheril]] and ended up almost completely [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|destroying it]].

* In ''[[Second Apocalypse]]'' Conphas eventually convinces himself that he is a god.

** And in what has been revealed of the second trilogy, {{spoiler|Kellhus gets himself worshipped as one.}}

* In [[Michael Moorcock]]'s ''The Chronicles of [[Corum]],'' the ambitious sorcerer Shool is convinced he has already become a god and is aiming for Supreme God, enlisting Corum for the purpose. In the end it turns out he was merely a puppet of the Chaos Lords, and is left a hollow, dying shell after he has [[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness|outlived his usefulness]].

* 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]]''

* "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]]''

* 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.

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** Willow becomes this trope several times through the series, in a good way in season 5, in a bad way in season 6, and good again in the final episode of season 7

** The First Evil, posing as Warren, convinces Andrew that they will all live as gods ([[Crowning Moment of Funny|complete with]] Andrew dreaming of them all dancing about in a field of flowers, wearing togas, and playing a lyre, while singing "We are as gods!") All Andrew has to do to bring this about is kill his only friend, Jonathan.

* The Goa'uld of ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' not only fit this trope not only perfectly, but are also ''really'' extreme cases. Although they are just [[Sufficiently Advanced Aliens|highly advanced aliens]], they do ''pose'' as god in front of their primitive slaves. ~~Many -- like~~ Ra, Cronus, and ~~Apophis -- seem~~ to buy into their own propaganda and think they really ''are'' gods, though Ba'al is aware he is just a parasitic snake with a host and Yu never proclaimed himself a god, instead setting himself up as a legendary emperor. Both Ba'al and Yu have disdain for those who buy into their delusions, and it's worth noting that Ba'al manages to outlive all the others and obtain the greatest degree of power. Anubis is... ambiguous, though out of all the Goa'uld, he has the best case for calling himself one. Could border on a [[Deconstruction]], as this quite frequently leads to their doom.

* The Goa'uld of ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' not only fit this trope not only perfectly, but are also ''really'' extreme cases. Although they are just [[Sufficiently Advanced Aliens|highly advanced aliens]], they do ''pose'' as god in front of their primitive slaves. Many—like Ra, Cronus, and Apophis—seem to buy into their own propaganda and think they really ''are'' gods, though Ba'al is aware he is just a parasitic snake with a host and Yu never proclaimed himself a god, instead setting himself up as a legendary emperor. Both Ba'al and Yu have disdain for those who buy into their delusions, and it's worth noting that Ba'al manages to outlive all the others and obtain the greatest degree of power. Anubis is... ambiguous, though out of all the Goa'uld, he has the best case for calling himself one. Could border on a [[Deconstruction]], as this quite frequently leads to their doom.

** The Ori take this far enough that it becomes ridiculous when people insist that they're ''not'' gods, since, well, everything a god can do the Ori can do. (Including Virgin Birth) If that's not a god, one has to wonder what people would accept as a god. Teal'c later suggests that acts, rather than power, make gods. Or at least, that being a god is not the same as being worthy of worship.

*** They couldn't {{spoiler|stop the team from killing them}}.

*** Also, Adria explicitly states in ''The Ark of Truth'' that the Ark can only make people believe what is true, which is why she can't use it. Since the Ark makes the Priors believe that the Ori are not gods, clearly the Ori are actually not gods. Although she fully believes she could use it if it weren't for the existance of ancients undermining her by being just as high up in the grand scheme.

* ''[[The Outer Limits]]'', "The Sixth Finger," combines both versions. An illiterate miner is put through a process that quickly [[Evolution Power-Up|evolves him]], resulting in increased intelligence and psychokinetic power, which he unleashes on the pathetic lesser beings around him; but then he evolves even further and rises above such petty emotions, realizing the true nobility of existence.

* ''[[I, Claudius]]'' has a variant [[Truth in Television|mirroring real life]] when [[The Caligula|Caligula]] declares himself to be a god; however, in Caligula's case there were no [[Green Rocks]] or [[Touched by Vorlons|Vorlons]] ~~-- his~~ declaration is caused solely because he is, at that point, ''absolutely barking mad''. Some Roman emperors were deified ''after death'' ~~-- the~~ last words of Vespasian were, "Alas, I am becoming a god" ~~-- so~~ Caligula was jumping the gun a bit. (Deification even after death was in real life somewhat rare: among others, Tiberius and Nero were not deified after death - and neither was Caligula. His pre-death self-deification was also quietly shelved in Claudius's time.) "And his sister's become a goddess. Any questions?"

* ''[[I, Claudius]]'' has a variant [[Truth in Television|mirroring real life]] when [[The Caligula|Caligula]] declares himself to be a god; however, in Caligula's case there were no [[Green Rocks]] or [[Touched by Vorlons|Vorlons]]—his declaration is caused solely because he is, at that point, ''absolutely barking mad''. Some Roman emperors were deified ''after death''—the last words of Vespasian were, "Alas, I am becoming a god"—so Caligula was jumping the gun a bit. (Deification even after death was in real life somewhat rare: among others, Tiberius and Nero were not deified after death - and neither was Caligula. His pre-death self-deification was also quietly shelved in Claudius's time.) "And his sister's become a goddess. Any questions?"

* ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'': A number of characters, most emphatically {{spoiler|Adam Monroe}}. Meanwhile Peter Petrelli, who has a claim to godlike powers since he absorbs the powers of everyone he encounters, has yet to fall victim to this.

** If we can assume that {{spoiler|Maury Parkman's illusion of Linderman}} accurately portrays the actual character's personality, then we can infer that {{spoiler|Linderman}} thought of himself as either a god or very close to one. In one season 3 episode, he implied that he spoke the word of God.

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* Also played straight when [[Vince McMahon]] briefly declared himself a god in 2006. Also sometime in the nineties he stated he was above us all before some wrestler beat sense back into him

** "There is but one supreme being in this world. Vincent Kennedy McMahon!"

* [[Ric Flair]] on ''[[TNA]] Impact'', broadcast June ~~3rd~~, 2010: "I am in [the fans'] eyes, and in every other wrestler's eyes in the world, I am GOD."

* [[Ric Flair]] on ''[[TNA]] Impact'', broadcast June 3, 2010: "I am in [the fans'] eyes, and in every other wrestler's eyes in the world, I am GOD."

* ''[[WCW]] Monday Nitro'', 11/10/1997. The night the [[New World Order]] were finally able to beat the crap out of [[Wrestler/Sting|Sting]]. Here's [[Hulk Hogan|Hollywood Hogan]] screaming maniacally into the camera right before turning around and hitting his third [[Finishing Move|Atomic Leg Drop]] on the Stinger:

{{quote|"[[Implied Death Threat|This right here, is gonna put him away! You'll never see Sting again!]] [[It's All About Me|I'm the man!]] [[Punctuated! For! Emphasis!|I…AM…]]'''[[Punctuated! For! Emphasis!|GOD!!!]]'''}}

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** In the total conversion mod [[Nehrim]] the [[Light Is Not Good|light-born]] have this going on.

** In ''[[The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim]]'', Alduin is already a god, being the firstborn son of Akatosh and an aspect of Akatosh at the same time. Being just a god isn't enough for Alduin though, he's trying to destroy the world so he can assume the mantle of his father Akatosh.

* ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' likes this trope, its the default mode for villains that aren't [[Eldritch Abomination~~|Eldritch Abominations~~]]. From the top:

* ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' likes this trope, its the default mode for villains that aren't [[Eldritch Abomination]]s. From the top:

** The Emperor in ''[[Final Fantasy II]]'' dies and has his soul split in two - the good side takes over Heaven, the evil side takes over Hell and goes for Earth next. He's even worse in ''[[Dissidia Final Fantasy]]'', where he's scheming for everyone, gods, heroes and villains alike, to die so he can rule existence alone.

** Kefka from ''[[Final Fantasy VI]]'' became this after absorbing the power of the Goddess Statues and becoming the [[The Magic Goes Away|source of all Magic]]. It's also hinted that intended to become a god from the start presumably motivated by nothing more than his [[Ax Crazy|insanity]] (when bragging about how much power he has gotten from extracting magic from the Espers in the Magitek Research Facility, one of the first things Kefka says is that he is a god.)

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* Kratos from ''[[God of War (series)|God of War]]'', who actually becomes a god at the end of the first game.

** Kratos is an odd case. He never had any delusions of control or being far beyond mere mortals- if anything, in his stint as a god, he was A General Am I.

*** Or a [[Jerkass Gods]] am I, since he spent all his time leading the Spartan Army into ruining all of Greece and parts of Persia. Par for the course in Greek Mythology, but even the Jerkiest of Gods in Greece Myth wouldn't want to destroy all of their own known world. Not including [[Eldritch Abomination~~|Eldritch Abominations~~]].

*** Or a [[Jerkass Gods]] am I, since he spent all his time leading the Spartan Army into ruining all of Greece and parts of Persia. Par for the course in Greek Mythology, but even the Jerkiest of Gods in Greece Myth wouldn't want to destroy all of their own known world. Not including [[Eldritch Abomination]]s.

* In ''[[Perfect Dark]] Zero'', after defeating the [[Big Bad]], he decides to escape by ascending into godhood. Why he didn't do that before you beat up on him, nobody knows.

* The Gravemind of ''[[Halo]]'' apparently actually believes it is a divine entity and the Flood are the pinnacle of all existence - going so far as to accuse anyone fighting against it as being a "sinner" for standing in its way.

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* ''[[Touhou]]'' has plenty enough [[Physical God|virtual gods, if not actual gods]], already, but Utsuho (AKA [[Fan Nickname|"Nuke-tan"]]), after having the powers of a God of the Sun implanted in her, decided to [[The End of the World as We Know It|blow up and/or conquer the world with her newfound powers]], all while offering prayers to the sun-god Yatagarasu, whose corpse she devoured and whose powers she assumed. Too bad for her half the cast also won the [[Superpower Lottery]], and [[Physical God|Yukari]] had other plans.

** Sanae Kochiya fits well; informing people that she is, in fact, a living god is her [[Catch Phrase]]. Granted, she's arguably ''right'', what with having the divine power to create miracles and being the direct descendent of the goddess {{spoiler|Suwako Moriya}}, and all.

* In ''[[Fable II]]'', it's strongly implied that this is ~~the--probably~~ ~~successful--plan~~ of {{spoiler|Theresa. She just needed you to get access to the Spire.}}

* In ''[[Fable II]]'', it's strongly implied that this is the—probably successful—plan of {{spoiler|Theresa. She just needed you to get access to the Spire.}}

** In ''[[Fable III]]'' Traitor's Keep DLC {{spoiler|Milton says something of being a god after transforming to an Evil Twin of The Hero}}

* In ''[[Overlord II]]'', this is revealed to be the goal of Emperor Solarius, ruler of [[The Empire|The Glorious Empire]], AKA {{spoiler|Florian Greenheart, an Elf born without magic who caused the Cataclysm that wiped out the lands of the first game when he tried to steal [[Artifact of Doom|The Tower Heart]]. He uses all the magic he's gathered at the end of the game to become an [[Eldritch Abomination]] that only his [[The Dragon|Dragon]] fanatically praises as a god, from that point it's your responsibility to [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?|take him down.]]}}

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* ''[[VG Cats]]''' Aeris seems to [http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=284 have this problem].

* ''[[The Order of the Stick]]'':

** Vaarsuvius, {{spoiler|after hir [[Deal with the Devil]]}}, has a borderline case of this. S/He ends up trying to {{spoiler|destroy [[Big Bad|Xykon]] singlehandedly and actually does a lot of damage to him, but mostly just pisses him off.}} [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] [[Better Than a Bare Bulb|(like most everything in the comic)]] by the Three ~~Fiends -- one~~ of them warns V that the {{spoiler|soul splice}} tends to do this (it's later stated that was just a half-truth aimed at lowering V's inhibitions in order to actually invoke the trope).

** Vaarsuvius, {{spoiler|after hir [[Deal with the Devil]]}}, has a borderline case of this. S/He ends up trying to {{spoiler|destroy [[Big Bad|Xykon]] singlehandedly and actually does a lot of damage to him, but mostly just pisses him off.}} [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] [[Better Than a Bare Bulb|(like most everything in the comic)]] by the Three Fiends—one of them warns V that the {{spoiler|soul splice}} tends to do this (it's later stated that was just a half-truth aimed at lowering V's inhibitions in order to actually invoke the trope).

** [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0301.html "We have become like unto tiny refreshing GODS!"]

* ''[[Xkcd]]'' parodies this [http://xkcd.com/676/ here].

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* Parodied in [[The Nostalgia Chick]]'s review of ''[[Teen Witch (film)|Teen Witch]]'', where the [[Bratty Teenage Daughter]] gains witch powers and the Chick views her as being able to do whatever she wants.

* The Mysterious Somebody from the ''[[Protectors of the Plot Continuum]]'' was a badfic clone of {{spoiler|[[The Thrawn Trilogy|Joruus C'baoth]]}}, and inherited the canon character's God complex. His [[Famous Last Words|last words]] were even [[Shock and Awe|"let there be light"]]. Being a [[Star Wars|Force-user]], he was [[Physical God|correct in that regard]].

* Implied in the way that the site [[Acts of Gord]] is ~~written -- Gord~~ sees himself as god over his video game store, making him a local deity.

* Implied in the way that the site [[Acts of Gord]] is written—Gord sees himself as god over his video game store, making him a local deity.

* Inverted (subverted? averted?) in [[Orion's Arm]] with the [[Deus Est Machina|Archailects]] who tried explaining that they weren't gods to the modosophont masses but eventually gave up and let themselves be worshipped. You'd expect this to happen fairly often considering the frequency of [[Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence|transcension]], but then again most new transapients are still insects to the weakest archai.

* ''[[Paw Dugan]]'': Reviewing his favorite video game music, Paw shouts "I'm the god!" when reviewing ''[[Sim City]]''. And later, it's a power up against [[Enemy Within|Dark Paw]] in his [[Battle in the Center of the Mind]].

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* ''[[Super Mario Bros Z]]'': Mecha Sonic tends toward this mindset, especially when he gets his hands on four of the Chaos Emeralds.

* Invoked in the "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGw5ip2EokY Puzzle of the Lambs]" episode of [[EPICMEALTIME]], where they play God and make a "[[Biological Mashup|culinary abomination]]".

* The [[Mary Sue~~|Mary Sues~~]] and [[Marty Stu|Gary Stus]] in the [[Anti Cliche and Mary Sue Elimination Society]] have fanatical belief in their own superiority when compared to the rest of the Multiverse's residents. Willowe and Runoa, however, want to take this a step further and make it ''fact''.

* The [[Mary Sue]]s and [[Marty Stu|Gary Stus]] in the [[Anti Cliche and Mary Sue Elimination Society]] have fanatical belief in their own superiority when compared to the rest of the Multiverse's residents. Willowe and Runoa, however, want to take this a step further and make it ''fact''.

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* An episode of ''[[The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron]]'' had his [[Cloudcuckoolander]] friend Sheen get zapped with an [[Devolution Device|Evolution Ray]] [[Goal-Oriented Evolution|evolved brain]], giving him [[Psychic Powers]] and [[Super-Powered Evil Side|power madness]]. Naturally, it [[Status Quo Is God|was only temporary]].

* Beast-Era Megatron, starting in the [[Grand Finale]] of ''[[Beast Wars]]''. After discovering his G1 namesake's old flagship, the Nemesis, he starts raining fire on the landscape while quoting the Covenant of Primus, which is the closest thing we've seen to a [[Robot Religion|Cybertronian Bible]]. He clearly considered himself to be god-''like'' throughout ''[[Beast Machines]]''. In the last couple of episodes, he started raving about actually becoming one - [[Eucatastrophe|and he nearly did, too]].

** In ''[[Transformers Cybertron]]'', Megatron sought the series' [[Plot Coupon~~|Plot Coupons~~]] in order to become a god. Starscream wanted this power for himself, which was what led him to betray Megatron. Successfully, too; an [[Enemy Civil War]] resulted. As a result of their progress towards godhood, the final battle between Starscream and [[Mid-Season Upgrade|Galvatron]] caused further damage to the fabric of reality.

** In ''[[Transformers Cybertron]]'', Megatron sought the series' [[Plot Coupon]]s in order to become a god. Starscream wanted this power for himself, which was what led him to betray Megatron. Successfully, too; an [[Enemy Civil War]] resulted. As a result of their progress towards godhood, the final battle between Starscream and [[Mid-Season Upgrade|Galvatron]] caused further damage to the fabric of reality.

* [[Avatar: The Last Airbender|Admiral Zhao]] launches into a particularly [[Large Ham|hammy]] example of this in the first season finale:

{{quote|'''Zhao''': I am... a ''legend'' now. The Fire Nation will for generations tell stories about the great Zhao, who darkened the moon! They will call me Zhao the Conqueror! Zhao the ''Moon Slayer''! Zhao, the ''INVINCIBLE''!}}

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** 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 adutls and 21 children dead, including Koresh himself.

** Charles Manson, mastermind behind the Tate-Bianca murders claimed to be [[Jesus]]. He also claimed to be [[Satan]].

*** The above 3 could all just be cases of narcissistic and / or anti-social personality disorders, ie. [[The Sociopath]], meaning that they were all just [[Manipulative Bastard~~|Manipulative Bastards~~]] who ''told'' people that for money, power and [[For the Evulz]]. Jim Jones for instance used to be a con-man who reportedly once told a fellow criminal of a scheme to swindle people with a new religion, while Charles Manson has also claimed he was simply "nobody", and isn't considered insane by the state of California since he was simply locked up in prison for the rest of his life.

*** The above 3 could all just be cases of narcissistic and / or anti-social personality disorders, ie. [[The Sociopath]], meaning that they were all just [[Manipulative Bastard]]s who ''told'' people that for money, power and [[For the Evulz]]. Jim Jones for instance used to be a con-man who reportedly once told a fellow criminal of a scheme to swindle people with a new religion, while Charles Manson has also claimed he was simply "nobody", and isn't considered insane by the state of California since he was simply locked up in prison for the rest of his life.

** 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.