Blasphemous Boast: Difference between revisions

* 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."

* Zoro of ''[[One Piece]]'' has been described as being "more arrogant than God", due to the swordsman making several of these. Fitting that this comes up in an arc where the [[Big Bad]] is a guy who actually [[A God Am I|thinks he IS God]]. (Who then kicked Zoro's ass with ease.)

** Also [[If Jesus, Then Aliens]]. He says that there is definitely no magic, and a bit later she says "An atheist like you?", and he doesn't mind.

** The title of {{spoiler|Fiamma of the Right}} translates to "The One Above God."

* The [[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann|Chouginga Gurren Lagann]] is described as "One who matches the gods." Considering that its power is supposedly tantamount to a sub-Universe, this makes some sense.

* At the climax of the anime of [[Devilman Lady]], the final villain claims to be the new incarnation of God. Our heroine's response? "If you're God, then I'm the Devil, and I will continue to rise from Hell to battle you!"

* In episode 11 of ''[[Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt|Panty and Stocking With Garterbelt]]'', we discover that Garterbelt the priest was formerly a crime lord, murdered and then revived. He threatened to [[Refuge in Vulgarity|break God's dick with his ass]] and then God zapped him with a [[Bolt of Divine Retribution]] that turned his hair in his famous [[Funny Afro]]. Yes, it's [[Refuge in Audacity|that kind of show]].

 

== Comic Books ==

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

{{quote|Deny me all you want, but with [a Chaos Emerald], even a god must bow before the Ultimate Life Form.}}

 

== Fan Works ==

* In [[Time Braid]], Sakura once makes reference to Naruto having 'more chakra than God' after being exposed to the various side effects (namely, he can't have sex with normal women without knocking them unconscious by overwhelming them with his aura, and there's a similar problem with his using the Yamanaka mindwalk jutsu).

* "[[Nobody Dies|Welcome to NERV.]] God's in His heaven because [[More Dakka|He's scared of our superior firepower.]]"

 

== Film ==

* ''[[Dune]]'' (the 1984 film): "Usul, we have [[Worm Sign]] the likes of which even God has never seen."

* ''[[500 Days of Summer|Five Hundred Days of Summer]]'': a reference by the protagonist's younger sister to his ex dating a guy "with abs like Jesus".

 

== Literature ==

* Toyed with at a few points in the ''[[Circle of Magic]]'' series. A character will compare another character to a god - Briar thinking that with Rosethorn near it's as if her Mila of the Green is standing there - and immediately dissemble, thinking to themselves that they meant no disrespect.

 

* ''[[The Daily Show]]'' used the money version to highlight different Middle East countries. There were the conservative, "death to America" countries, and then there were those with more money than God.

* There's a season two episode of ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'' actually called "House Vs. God". Chase keeps a running tally on a whiteboard with House's successes on one side and God's on the other. {{spoiler|It ends in a tie.}}

 

== Music ==

* 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"

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

 

* In [[Greek Mythology]], the gods are quick to take offense and retaliate when they catch anybody doing this.

** [[Odyssey|Ulysses]] would have saved himself several years of hardships had he not bragged to Poseidon to the point of refusing him a sacrifice, or mocking his son Poliphemus after blinding him. As a man of proverbial wit, you'd expect him to know better than anger the god of seas, [[What an Idiot!|especially if you and home sweet home are hundreds miles of sea apart]].

* Some versions of the [[Flying Dutchman]] myth says that the Captain of the ship swore such an oath to round the Cape of Good Hope if he had to sail until the Last Day. When God appeared and asked him to give up his foolhardy quest, he cursed God and repeated the oath. His punishment was to sail, with a crew of ghosts and cowards, until the Last Day.

 

 

== Theater ==

* Ajax rejects the [[Jerkass Gods|gods']] help and boasts that he will be the best fighter on his own merit. ''[[Ajax]]'' is primarily about how this is a [[Downer Ending|bad]] [[Idiot Ball|idea]], but also a [[Tragic Hero|noble]] one.

 

== Video Games ==

* A guy named Glass in [[Fire Emblem]] has gained some notoriety by claiming that his swordplay is so peerless that even the gods fear it. Considering the fact that he's just the level 2 boss, this turns out to be one of the most epic cases of [[Suicidal Overconfidence]] ever.

 

 

== Web Original ==

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

{{quote|'''Subject 19''': So come on! Give me a real challenge! Give me a fight against a God!}}

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

{{quote|"If I'm really as evil as you say I am, then let God strike me down where I stand." (ZAP!) "Ha! Nice try, jackass! Next time, give it your A-game!"}}

 

== Western Animation ==

** Canonically they're referred to unicorns (despite [[Winged Unicorn|their wings]] and presumably also integrated earth pony traits). 'Alicorn', while popular in the fandom, hasn't really made it past [[Fan Nickname]] yet. So yes, Trixie ''is'' technically claiming to be more powerful than either Celestia or Luna—although to be fair the Princesses are so much in a league of their own that the idea of lumping them in with the "common" unicorns might well not even occur to most ponies, Trixie herself potentially included.

* ''[[Angry Beavers]]'' did a similar spoof as [[The Simpsons]] did at one point, with Daggett claiming that they were "Bigger than sliced bread", with people acting in an identical manner to [[John Lennon]]'s "Bigger than Jesus" boast. Subverted, however, when Daggett clarifies that he ''[[Blatant Lies|meant]]'' that they were physically bigger than a loaf of sliced bread, placating the fans.

 

== Real Life ==

* John Lennon's "[[Bigger Than Jesus]]" comment wasn't really a boast. He was actually saying that it was a bad thing. Given John Lennon's later songs like ''God'' and ''Imagine'' (where he [[Outgrown Such Silly Superstitions|very blatantly considers it a good thing]]), it's not too hard to see why he was misinterpreted so easily.

* Nick Lowe's debut album was named ''Jesus of Cool''. Unsurprisingly, it was renamed for the USA market to the much-less-cool-sounding ''Pure Pop for Now People''.

* From ''[[Long for This World]],'' on [[wikipedia:Aubrey de Grey|Aubrey de Grey]], "My wife borrowed my notebook and wrote to me in big block letters: {{smallcaps|He is more sure of himself than God.}}"