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* Black☆Star from ''[[Soul Eater]]'' frequently refers to himself as "the man who will surpass God" or "the man who ''has'' surpassed God'', although it's (probably) just his ego talking.

* The ''[[Mazinger Z]]'' is said to be so powerful that it effectively renders its pilot a [[Physical God]]. Then they had to go on and make an even ''more'' super [[Super Robot]].

:: And, if you read [[Shin Mazinger Zero]], he is NOT joking, although it crossed with [[Harsher in Hindsight]].

* When That Man is disposing of Pedro in ''[[Excel Saga (anime)|Excel Saga]]'', he remarks that "This is what happens to anyone who crosses me, even God."

* In ''[[Wanted (Comic Book)|Wanted]]'', Adam One doesn't see the point in Mr. Rictus advocating for [[Legion of Doom|the Fraternity]] to step out of the shadows, since they're "already sitting here with more money than God".

* The [[Ultimate Marvel]] version of [[Nick Fury]], aka [[Samuel L. Jackson]], after leading the first operation in the universe to successfully drive off [[Galactus|Gah Lak Tus]]:

...Is God gonna put up a fight, or just move over and let me sit down? }}

* In the first few issues of Young Justice (the comic obviously) Agents Fite and Maad are introduced and claim to 'have more clearance than God'.

* In ''[[Sonic Universe]]'', Shadow delivers a particularly epic one right to a god.

 

 

* [[James Bond (film)|James Bond]] villains:

** ''[[Goldeneye]]'':

** ''[[Tomorrow Never Dies]]'':

* MGM Studios used a less divine form, with the old slogan, "More stars than there are in the heavens."

* In the Godfrey Ho film ''Honor and Glory'', the bodyguard Jake Armstrong's business card is said to read "You couldn't be safer in the hands of God." He seems to actually believe it, too.

* Done accidentally, in the show ''High Tide''. One guy makes loads of friends, so much that they keep asking him to be godfather to their daughters. So one of the protagonists quips that, "You have more goddaughters than... God."

* Done in the ''[[Yes Minister]]'' episode "Doing the Honours" while discussing the Order of St Michael and St George. The Order has three grades: Companion (CMG), Knight Commander (KCMG) and Knight Grand Cross (GCMG). Jim Hacker's Principle Private Secretary Bernard Woolley explains what the abbreviations mean in the Civil Service:

'''Woolley''': "God Calls Me God". }}

* One episode of ''[[Law and Order SVU]]'' had a cult leader get shot by his pregnant twelve year-old wife for pulling one of these during a three-person [[Mexican Standoff]]. He had, idiotically, told the girl to shoot the liar in the room. As Olivia tries to talk the girl down, he keeps yelling more and more fire and brimstone scare tactics at the girl until he claims that he was greater than God. She immediately shoots him because "[[Nice Job Fixing It, Villain|he told a lie.]] No one is greater than God."

* A small one in ''[[Hercules: The Legendary Journeys]]''. Ioulus claims that the town that Herc and he saved should have built a shrine to them. A lightning bolt strikes a nearby bush. The duo speculate if it was the gods or not. So Ioulus tests the "lightning never strikes somewhere twice" concept by repeating the line right next to the bush. It happens again. Oddly enough this gives [[Cursed with Awesome|Ioulus precognitive abilities at the low, low cost of being fried with a lightning bolt]].

* In ''[[The Sopranos]]'', Jackie Aprile Jr. to his getaway driver before robbing {{spoiler|Tony's gang}}:

** But averted in that Jackie Aprile Jr. is in fact a [[Too Dumb to Live]] Darwin Award contender that has little claim to such authority.

* Wilhelmina in ''[[Ugly Betty]]'' episode "Betty's Baby Bump", regarding her latest scheme to regain control of MODE:

* Several episodes of ''[[Monk]]'', such as "Mr. Monk and the Billionaire Mugger" and "Mr. Monk and the Sleeping Suspect", include characters being described as having more money than God. In "Mr. Monk Goes to Jail", one character wrote a book entitled "Richer Than God: The Lambert Lawson Story".

* ''[[Doctor Who]]'' gives us this exchange:

'''The Doctor''': I'm the Doctor. If you don't like it, if you want to take it to a higher authority, there isn't one. It stops with me! }}

* ''[[Blackadder]] II'' episode "Bells".

* The [[Babylon 5]] mantra:

* There is an arc in [[Twin Peaks]] where Benjamin Horne reenacts the American Civil War with models as a way of solving the personal problems that caused his nervous breakdown. However as he gets better the side he chose (the South) starts to win. As his troops are about to enter Washington D.C. he says (in an affected Southern Drawl) "Only God can stop us now; and I believe in my heart that the Almighty is a Southerner!"

 

* House of Pain's song "Jump Around" has a non-blasphemous version: "I've got more rhymes than [[The Bible]]'s got psalms." Since it's accepted that the Bible has a finite number of psalms (150, to be exact), nobody gets offended (and the claim is still pretty impressive).

* [[Porcupine Tree]]'s "Slave Called Shiver"

I'll have more followers than Jesus Christ }}

* Lil B has claimed to be God, to be the Devil, and to look like Jesus. He also claims to be "The Based God."

** This deserves details:

Bitch, suck my dick. }}

* [[Jacques Brel]] was notorious for his blasphemous boasts in his songs. (See the article itself)

* The song "Creation & Destruction" by [[Immortal Technique]] is a [[Boastful Rap]] taken [[Up to Eleven]].

When God said, "Let there be light", '''I turned it the fuck off''' }}

** And the stinger at the end of that verse:

* The song "Disasters" by the Non-Prophets

Thinking when you hear these jokes you laugh just to feel smarter }}

 

* In the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series|Yu-Gi-Oh the Abridged Series]]'' movie trailer, a brief scene involves Yugi getting swarmed by fans and exclaiming "I'm more popular than Jesus!".

* ''[[Darwin's Soldiers]]'':

* This little gem from [[Time Cube]]:

* [http://bash.org/?190199 This] bash.org quote.

* [[The Nostalgia Critic]]:

* In ''[[Mario Plush Forever]]'', {{spoiler|Giga Bowser}} claims to be more powerful than Master Hand. Big mistake.

* From ''[[Super Mario Bros Z]]'':

'''Mecha Sonic:''' I'm not a monster! I'm a GOD! }}

* ''[[Dragon Ball Abridged]]'' - Frieza incites a [[Bolt of Divine Retribution]] this way.

 

 

== Web Comics ==

* In the ''[[Bob and George]]'' fancomic ''Jailhouse Blues'', one weapon that [[Mega Man (video game)|Mega Man]] gains [[Power Copying|after defeating]] "Obviously Compensating For Something Man" is "More Ammunition Than God."

* ''[[The Last Days of Foxhound]]'': Psycho Mantis on Ocelot:

* ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'':

* ''[[Touhou Nekokayou]]'': Referred to as a "Blasphemous ... um ... Battlecry" in [[The Rant]] for [https://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=thcomic109 comic #109]:

* ''Awesome Hospital'' alters a [[Stock Phrases|dialogue standard]] of the [[Medical Drama]] for context, [http://www.awesomehospital.com/?p=39 but retains the sentiment]:

'''Dr. Guitar Solo''': In ''this'' hospital, '''I ''AM'' HENDRIX!''' }}

 

== Tabletop games ==

* ''[[Warhammer]]'' uses this a lot with the chaos gods. A random Chaos worshiper deems himself greater than the gods and usually finds himself cursed.

* From the flavor text of the ''Netrunner'' card 'Fortress Architects':

"[[Fiction 500|You're working for Saburo Arasaka, not God.]]" }}