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* Creed from ''[[Black Cat (manga)|Black Cat]]'' does this after he {{spoiler|uses nanomachines to become immortal}}. He tells Sephiria that her death will be the result of her opposing God (in other words, him). In a rather comedic moment, Creed explains to Train that he can recover from any life-threatening wound in a few seconds except for damage to the brain. Train promptly supplies that makes him more like a zombie, to which Creed angrily replies that it makes him a god.
* [[Osamu Tezuka]]'s ''[[Phoenix]]'': volume Future, has main character Masato Yamanobe fill the role of God. Masato must begin the evolution of Earth anew when the current world is devastated by nuclear war (and it is hinted that this isn't the first time life on Earth has been obliterated). Masato doesn't want to be god and in fact tries to discourage the people he helps create from thinking of him in that way. The real god of the story is the eternal Phoenix, who gave Masato his power and immortality in the first place.
* Claire Stanfield from ''[[Baccano!]]'' doesn't need superpowers to convince him that he's God - he's just a [[Badass Normal]] [[wikipedia:Solipsist|solipsist]].
** It turns out that Claire Stanfield's god complex is hereditary, as his great-grandaughter Claudia has much the same worldview.
* ''[[Mirai Nikki]]'' has twelve already mentally unstable individuals empowered with precognitive diaries and [[There Can Be Only One|made to battle each other]]; the winner will become God once the other 11 are dead. As a result, it's probably easier to state which one of the diary holders ''do not'' suffer from this to one degree or another.
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{{quote|{{spoiler|Theodore}}: Well, yeah... but it's sorta more then that. I want everyone on earth to play role-playing games constantly! To play them like breathing! Imagine a world where everyone is completely absorbed in their own fantasies! Better yet, ''my'' fantasies! I want to create an imaginary world that everyone dreams of being a part of! A grand illusion with me as the Game Master, adored by all! Games are about ''control''! And when I have that control...[[Death Note|I will reign over a new world!]]}}
* Hardner from ''[[Rave Master]]''. Interesting in that the ultimate [[Big Bad]], Lucia, doesn't seem too concerned with anything godlike ([[Motive Decay|sometimes]]). It's more like Lucia's [[Artifact of Doom|Sinclaire]] wants him to have this sort of mentality.
* In ''[[Angel Beats!]]'', after the SSS manages to [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|oust Angel from her Student Council Presidency]], gets Naoi Ayato to succeed her; in all respects, he is this trope. Though {{spoiler|it becomes much more humorous after his [[Heel Face Turn]]}}
* In ''[[Psyren]]'', the [[Big Bad]] Amagi Miroku claims to be "the god of a new world." Also, {{spoiler|Usui leads the people of Neo Amakusa}} who view him as one.
* ''[[Fairy Tail]]'' gives us the Exceed, an ''entire race'' who view themselves as this over the humans. {{spoiler|Happy turns out to be part of this race}}.
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** That one's a bit more justified, since he's 1) a pillar of creation and 2) it takes 10-25 epic characters ''and'' another [[Physical God]] to take him down.
** In Zul'Drak, some of the Drakkari trolls have killed and eaten their Loa, the animal spirits they worship as gods, to absorb their powers. Gal'darah, who killed Akali and gained the ability to [[One-Winged Angel|transform into a rhinoceros]] says the page quote when killing a player. One of the other troll bosses who consumed his god, Moorabi, admits while dying that "If our gods can die... den so can we...", indicating that he doesn't think that he's invincible, or at least has come to realize that he is not.
* Spoofed in ''[[Disgaea: Hour of Darkness]]'', wherein {{spoiler|Vulcanus's}} plans to become God are met with bored remarks along the lines of, "That's it?" and [[Genre Savvy|"See? I told you it'd be selfish and unoriginal."]]
* In ''[[The World Ends With You]]'', {{spoiler|Joshua is Shibuya's Composer and not only runs The Game, but could erase the entire city if he so chose.}}
** He has been it for a long time though, and he doesn't act overly egoistic about it (no more than normal, really.). And he's not deluded about godhood - he is a god (of Shibuya's dead at least), and to reiterate, has been one for who knows how long but still probably pretty long.
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** There was an episode of BTAS that had Scarecrow scream out "WORSHIP ME, YOU FOOLS! WORSHIP ME!"
* 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 - [[
** 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.
* [[Avatar: The Last Airbender|Admiral Zhao]] launches into a particularly [[Large Ham|hammy]] example of this in the first season finale:
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