A God Am I: Difference between revisions

* Every other appearance by [[Thanos]] has him stealing an artifact or power source that gives them godlike power. This was most obvious when he acquired the Infinity Gems.

* ''[[Thunderbolts]]'' #120: [[Norman Osborn]] loses his shit, resulting in the following exchange;

'''Green Goblin''': "I am God!" }}

* The Skull of ''[[Earth X]]'' has the power to control the minds (or at least bodies) of every human being on Earth. Not surprisingly, he declares himself to be God. Ironically, he's more of [[Touched by Vorlons|a pawn]] of the "real" gods of the setting, the Celestial Host.

'''Stantz''': "Um... No."

'''Gozer''': "Then die!"

'''Zeddmore''' (to Stantz): "Ray. If someone asks if you are a god, you say, 'yes!'" }}

* ''[[Dreamscape]]''. When Tommy Raye faces off against Alex Gardner in the President's dream, he tells Alex "In here, I'm God." And, because of his mastery and knowledge of dream warfare, he is.

* 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}}.

* 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.

{{quote|'''Jane''': You see, I find religion very relevant to my work. When you spend your days in a helicopter dicing with actual death, sometimes you look down at the ground so far below you, and you find yourself thinking, "I'm a bit like God."

'''James''': Okay.

'''James''' I... don't think God's the one with the X-ray vision. }}

* Parodied on ''[[Bottom]]''; Richard Richard is every so often given to convincing himself that he's the Second Coming (or on one notable occasion [[It Makes Sense in Context|the Mother of God]], which in his tiny mind amounted to the same thing), citing his own virginity as the reason that he's been kept 'pure', because he's 'better than everyone else in the world'. The more likely explanation behind said virginity is that he's merely a repugnant, violent, pathetic, sweaty pervert with ludicrously pretentious delusions of grandeur, among them his tendency to convince himself he's the Son of God.

** In ''Baldur's Gate II'', Jon Irenicus tries to make use of {{spoiler|the main characters}} divine nature to help him become a god himself, so {{spoiler|he can get his revenge on the elves that exiled him}}.

** In ''Throne of Bhaal'', all the remaining children of Bhaal gather their armies in Calimshan for a [[Final Battle]] to resolve [[There Can Be Only One|which will become the God of Murder]]. The final claim is made by {{spoiler|Bhaal's priestess Amelissan}}, who [[Batman Gambit|played all the other Bhaalspawn against each other]] to get rid of any other contestants. However, it didn't work out as planned.

'''Solar:''' You wield great power, and play with energies that make you immortal. That does not make you a god. }}

*** At the end of Throne of Bhaal, the player character has the option to become a god.