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{{trope}}
[[File:literalrockgod_5532literalrockgod 5532.jpg|link=Sound Horizon|frame|What happens when you start calling people "rock gods".]]
 
{{quote|''"The teacher comes to point the way and the students end up worshiping the pointer."''
 
{{quote|''"The teacher comes to point the way and the students end up worshiping the pointer."''|An old saying, often attributed to '''Buddha'''}}
 
Isn't it interesting that the defining additional information coming from the creator of a medium is called the [[Word of God]]?
 
Sometimes, a fandom seems to be dedicated to not only the specifics of the show, but to every word or comment that is issued from the creator's mouth. Often anything the creators say, even when not related to the fandom, will be adopted into their vocabulary and mindset. If the creator decides to [[Anvilicious|drop an anvil]], it will always be [[Some Anvils Need to Be Dropped|an anvil in dire need of dropping]] according to the fans. If they decide to [[Author Filibuster|suddenly insert a long diatribe that otherwise has nothing to do with the rest of the story]], hey, it's their book/comic/show/whatever, they can voice their opinions if they want! If the creator seems to be [[Small Name, Big Ego|getting more and more full of themselves]], well they're entitled to it because they're just that awesome! These reactions can vary from mild to extreme, but basically the object of [['''Creator Worship]]''' will always have fans ready to make ''some'' kind of excuse for whatever they do.
 
The creators themselves may become aware of the power they hold. Some will use it conservatively, to promote unity and not impose their opinions to the masses. Others will wield it like a weapon, boldly stating their position on subjects and obviously hoping their followers will... follow.
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Such worship may come to resemble established religions, with [[Complaining About People Not Liking the Show|vicious]] attitudes towards non-fans.
 
When it goes wrong, or when the inverse happens, see [[Scapegoat Creator]] and [[Fallen Creator (Darth Wiki)|Fallen Creator]].
 
{{examples}}
 
== Actors ==
* [[Bruce Lee]].
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* [[Osamu Tezuka]], ''the'' God of Manga, the man who opened the door.
* Some anime studios get this kind of worship, including [[Production I.G]], [[Gainax]] (until the 4th episode of ''[[Gurren Lagann]]'', which was so bad to Gainax's fan base that the fan base left for Kyoto Animation, that and one of the founders of Gainax left the studio becuse of it, though the rest of the show plus ''[[Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt|Panty and Stocking With Garterbelt]]'' still give them quite the fanbase), [[Kyoto Animation]] (Until Endless Eight of Haruhi, which the moe hating part of [[Kyo Ani]]'s (which was most of it, if not nearly all of it, as the rest of it just merge with the rest of the moe fan base) fan base left for Studio Shaft), [[Studio BONES]], [[Studio Shaft]],[[Sunrise (company)|Sunrise]], [[Studio Ghibli]], and [[Madhouse]]
* [[Akira Toriyama]] of ''[[Dragonball Z]]''.
* [[Hayao Miyazaki]] and [[Studio Ghibli]] enjoy this in spades. Nearly every film they make is considered a masterpiece by the world at large, to say nothing of their serious fans, and if you say ''anything'' negative about any one of his films, you must prefer [[All Anime Is Naughty Tentacles|tentacle porn]] to [[True Art]].
** For an example, some of the aforementioned serious fans became ''very'' hostile towards [[Pokémon (film)|Pokémon]] when it debuted a movie on the same day as [[Ponyo Onon athe Cliff Byby Thethe Sea|Ponyo]] debuted, blaming its lukewarm reception on ''[[Pokémon: Giratina and The Sky Warrior]]''.
* [[Go Nagai]], the creator of ''[[Devilman]]'' and ''[[Mazinger Z]]'', the manga that arguably started the [[Humongous Mecha]] genre.
* [[Hideaki Anno]] until the ending of ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' (and ''the End of Evangelion'' for that matter) where he became somewhat of an anti-Christ for all of anime, even to the point where his e-mail was clogged with death threats.
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** One group has taken it so far as to dedicate an FC to this.
* Half jokingly, fans of ''[[Super Dimension Fortress Macross]]'' call Shoji Kawamori "The Holy Floating Head".
* [[CLAMP]], creators of ''[[Cardcaptor Sakura]]'', ''[[Tokyo Babylon]]'', ''[[Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle]]'' and ''[[XxxHolic×××HOLiC]]'' just to name a few, are almost single-handedly responsible for taking the shojo genre beyond just kittens and sparkles and making it about a deeper story and the characters themselves. They're also known for [[Ho Yay]], [[Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle|tearing out]] characters' [[Eye Tropes|eyes]] [[Wish|at]] [[X 1999|a moment's]] [[XxxHolic×××HOLiC|notice]], and [[X 1999|convoluted plans]] that [[Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle|you need charts and graphs]] to even [[Magic Knight Rayearth|attempt to comprehend]]. Hardcore CLAMP fans tend to joke that the main writer for the group, Nanase Ohkawa, is actually running the universe and no one's caught on yet.
* [[Satoshi Kon]] enjoys this to a certain degree, partially due to his untimely death.
* [[Yoshiyuki Tomino]], creator of the ''[[Gundam]]'' franchise. Generally agreed to be an eccentric creator much like Hideaki Anno, but is also one of the very few whose entire opus (yes, even [[Garzey's Wing]]) is generally liked.
* It's more than likely that fans of his [[Axis Powers Hetalia|brainchild]] worship [[Hidekaz Himaruya]] for being just plain awesome. Especially since [[Memetic Mutation|he's a troll-king alpaca that is always late for everything.]]
* The [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica|Magica Quartet]] ([[Studio Shaft|Iwakami, Shinbo]], [[Nitroplus|Urobuchi]], [[Ume Aoki|Ume-tentei]]) is quickly becoming this. It should be noted that in case of Urobuchi, this is [[Creator Worship]] meets [[God Is Evil]].
* Hiromu Arakawa of ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]''.
* [[Masashi Kishimoto]] gets a bit of this, but in particular gets a lot of it from the video game company ''[[Cyber Connect 2]]'', who makes a lot of good licensed games based on the ''[[Naruto]]'' series that even Kishimoto himself loves and approves of.
 
 
== [[Comic Books]] ==
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== [[Fan Works]] ==
* Little Kuriboh, for ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series|Yu-Gi-Oh the Abridged Series]]''.
* The late Durandall, a.k.a. Brian Randall, author of ''[[Kyon: Big Damn Hero]]''.
* Any [[Big Name Fan]].
 
 
== [[Film]] ==
* [[Alfred Hitchcock]] was and is still considered the master of suspense. He coined turns like [[The Mac GuffinMacGuffin]], and gave a number of interviews describing his tactics in constructing good stories.
* [[George Lucas]]. The godfather of modern entertainment. It has been said that the original ''[[Star Wars]]'' trilogy didn't ''invent'' movie marketing--justmarketing—just perfected it. His popularity has decreased somewhat since the prequel trilogy came out, with George Lucas bashing being popular now. But his name and image should not be taken lightly.
* [[Peter Jackson]] has his followers for his take on ''[[The Lord of the Rings (film)|The Lord of the Rings]]''. Although he also has his ''serious'' detractors among hard-core fans of the original books, as well as from fans of the original ''[[King Kong]]'' and the book of ''[[The Lovely Bones]]''.
* [[Steven Spielberg]]
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* [[David Fincher]]
* [[Zack Snyder]]
 
 
== [[Literature]] ==
* "[[J. K. Rowling]], creator of ''[[Harry Potter]]'', is either the primal mistress of all evil, or the supreme, almighty goddess deserving of our unreserved worship. The ''[[Harry Potter]]'' fandom does not allow any opinion between these two extremes." ~ [https://web.archive.org/web/20121215033205/http://wiki.fandomwank.com/index.php/JK_Rowling Fandom Wank Wiki]
* [[Jane Austen]] of ''[[Sense and Sensibility (novel)|Sense and Sensibility]]'' and five other novels.
* [[Chuck Palahniuk]] (author of ''[[Fight Club]]'').
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** Hubbard and Heinlein are actually involved in a pretty interesting anecdote involving this trope being played straight-up. As the story goes, Heinlein challenged his contemporary and rival Hubbard to see who can come up with the most ludicrous-sounding religion while still convincing people that's it's legit. Heinlein pulled out of the competition when he decided that people were all too willing to latch onto it and take it seriously...of course, [[Misaimed Fandom|Hubbard didn't....]]
** The religion spawned by Heinlein's work, ''The Church Of All Worlds'', survived for years though. It petered out along with the hippy movement.
* [[Ayn Rand]] wrote several popular novels, including ''[[Atlas Shrugged]]'', which formed the basis for the philosophy of [[Useful Notes/Objectivism|Objectivism]]. She remains its figurehead to this day.
* [[Terry Pratchett]] of ''[[Discworld]]'' fame. His fans celebrate his birthday (April 28th28) as the "Creator's Birthday".
** This started as a joke in the Discworld Diary (another being that [[Big Name Fan]] Stephen Briggs's birthday is Patrician Day), but it is certainly the case that any statement he makes on alt.fan.pratchett (which rarely discusses the actual books) will be treated as a bit more significant than if J. Random Poster said it. Half of them will still disagree with it, because they're a bloody-minded bunch (again, taking on his mindset!) but they'll do it in a more measured way.
** His French translator, Patrick Couton, Grand Master of [[Woolseyism]], has been referred to as Metatron, as in "Voice of God".
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** Interestingly, Joss is also considered to be evil by these very same fans for the angst he puts his characters through, bordering on misanthropic. If the Cult of Joss were an actual religion, it would be a [[Religion of Evil]].
** This Creator Worship is in no small part responsible for ''[[Dollhouse]]'' getting a second season. It's a safe bet that had ''[[Dollhouse]]'' been made by someone else, there's no way it would've gotten that far, if only because of the inboxes full on hate-mail his fans could unleash like no other.
** [[TV Tropes (Wiki)|This very wiki]] was founded by Whedonites and so, even by internet standards, this is a [[Stealth Pun|holy site]] for them.
** So, in other words, obey the Josspel.
* JMS, aka [[J. Michael Straczynski]], creator of ''[[Babylon 5]]''. There was once a website called the Church of Joe, where his more obsessive fans could sign up to be clergy in a religion worshipping the Great Maker, Joe Straczynski himself.
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* [[Gene Roddenberry]], creator of ''[[Star Trek]]'', is sometimes called The Great Bird of the Galaxy by his fans, after a Romulan god.
** This doesn't even begin to describe it. A lot of the older TOS fans positively worship the man, and it's practically [[Fandom Heresy]] to say anything against him. While Trek fans certainly do owe him some credit for creating the franchise, he also essentially abandoned TOS by the end of the second season (Season finale as a [[Poorly-Disguised Pilot]], anyone?), and his meddling in the TOS film era eventually led to him getting [[Kicked Upstairs]]. These same fans tend to vilify Rick Berman and Brannon Braga, who, while making some [[Star Trek: Voyager|questionable]] [[Star Trek: Enterprise|choices]] later in their term of presiding over the Trek series, helped to rescue TNG from the ruins of its first season, which had the most Roddenberry influence, and make it the classic it is today.
* Ron Moore himself has varied from being considered a saint for reviving ''[[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined(2004 TV series)|Battlestar Galactica]]'' and doing it so well, or the Antichrist for changing it so much.
* There was a big to-do concerning a personal appearance of Rockne S. O'Bannon, the brains behind ''[[Alien Nation (TV series)|Alien Nation]]'', ''[[SeaQuest DSV]]'', and of course ''[[Farscape]]'', his biggest cult hit. There was an interview around the same time that said he was creating a new sci-fi show called ''Cult'' which would focus on loony fans of a show within a show series.
** ''[[Farscape]]'' screenwriter Justin Monjo also achieved God status among John/Aeryn shippers for specific shippy episodes he penned. They called themselves Monjonians and even had a prayer: ''Hail Monj, full of 'Scape, Rockne is with thee...'' When told about this, several of the show's actors agreed he was a God and were declared to be honorary Monjonians. I am not making any of this up...
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* JJ Abrams, creator of ''[[Alias (TV series)|Alias]]'', ''[[Lost]]'', and ''[[Fringe]].''
** And while Abrams may have created ''Lost'', Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse perfected it. Fans have even given them a [[Portmanteau Couple Name]] of "Darlton".
*** He also did so well with the third ''[[Mission: Impossible]]'' that [[Tom Cruise]] realized he was going to need him for a fourth to be made.
** And now ''[[Star Trek (film)|Star Trek]]'' as well. While some of the pre-existing [[Fan Dumb]] will vilify him, the newer fans who were lured in by this movie will defend him to the last.
* Tim Kring, creator of ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]''. Of course, given the [[Sophomore Slump]] of season 2, bashing him has also become a bit of fun.
* David Simon of ''[[The Wire]]''. The fact that this is mostly justified--hejustified—he and everyone else who worked on ''[[The Wire]]'' pay far more attention to detail, characterization, and plot than nearly anyone else working in television--makestelevision—makes fandom all the more frustrating for the unlucky few who ''do'' take issue with some aspects of his work.
** Reinforcing the appearance of deity is that if you criticize him online, there's a non-zero chance that he'll actually see it and respond (usually witheringly).
** Simon also wrote the book that gave rise to ''[[Homicide: Life Onon the Street]]'', so he's been at least a demiurge for some time.
* [[The Daily Show|Jon Stewart]]. Among the reasons cited by fans:
** He [http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/27/business/media/27stewart.html?_r=2 reports on important issues glossed over by other sources]
** Regular viewers of The Daily Show end up being [https://web.archive.org/web/20130515011312/http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2010_04/023446.php more knowledgeable about news than audiences of "serious" news sources]
** Stewart actually reads his guests' books
** Targets of his satire may be on the right or the left. It's a merit-based system.
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** Also, he ran for President. In character. [[Rule of Funny|And it was awesome.]]
*** And Colbert won the popular vote in the [[Marvel Universe]]! Obama is still pres, however.
**** Even better - in the [[Neon Genesis Evangelion]] fanfic ''[[Nobody Dies (Fanfic)|Nobody Dies]]'', Colbert ran for President and ''won''. Jon Stewart is his Veep.
* [[Aaron Sorkin]], creator/writer of ''[[Sports Night]]'', ''[[The West Wing]]'', and ''[[Studio 60 Onon the Sunset Strip]]''.
** [[Writer on Board|That last one lost him a bit of standing.]] However, he did then write the screenplay for ''Charlie Wilson's War'', which was well-received and stuffed to the gills with all the Sorkin tropes we know and love.
** [[The Social Network]] has been so overwhelmingly well-received that any damage Studio 60 might've done to his standing is utterly irrelevant.
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* [[Michael Jackson]], whose fanbase [[Vocal Minority|seems to consist]] entirely of worshippers who aren't distressed by anything he did. Someone released ''doves'' when he was pronounced not guilty at his child molestation trial, and since his death he's been elevated even higher.
* Richey Edwards of [[Manic Street Preachers]], despite barely being able to play an instrument and never once singing on a studio track - not to mention having vanished in 1995 after possibly drowning himself in the Severn. A certain section of fans were and are known as the "Cult of Richey". Guitarist and vocalist James Dean Bradfield once remarked that even after his disappearance Cult of Richey types would stand in front of Richey's traditional but now-vacant position onstage, staring at where he usually was and nowhere else for the entire gig.
* For a while, [[The Beatles]] qualified. Yoko Ono is now the official priestess of John Lennon, for those interested in his cult. And there are still a few members of the cult of Paul McCartney out there.... [[Tropers/Anonymous Mc Cartneyfan|<grin>]]
* [[Weird Al]] Yankovic, current high priest of comedy, has a surprisingly obsessive fanbase.
** To be fair, the he's kind of the only game in town when it comes to parody tunes.
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== [[Professional Wrestling]] ==
* Many wrestling fans believe that [[Vince McMahon]] should be hailed as the sole creator and protector of modern professional wrestling.
* Fans of the original [[ECW]] often give Paul Heyman the full-on [[Creator Worship]] treatment. There's a reason why the word "[[Drinking the Kool Aid|Kool-Aid]]" seems to come up a lot while discussing ECW and its [[Fan Community Nicknames|mutants]]?
* [[Smart Mark|Smart Marks]]s (especially the Internet Wrestling Community) worship Dave Meltzer. [[Ric Flair]], in his autobiography, compared Meltzer's ''[[The Wrestling Observer Newsletter]]'' to The Bible.
 
 
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== Theater ==
* [[William Shakespeare]]. Playwright of...err, a lot. There was a time in history when "Bardolatry" (as it was called by [[George Bernard Shaw]]) was the primary attitude. The modern critic is more likely to regard Shakespeare's collection of plays as just that: a collection of plays, written as entertainment for an Elizabethan audience, rather than "a map of life". Nonetheless, Bardolatry is very much alive.
 
 
== [[Video Games]] ==
* [[Nintendo]]. Having revitalized the industry after the Video Game Crash Of 1983 and still remaining a strong contender in the hardware and software departments after many companies have come and gone, it's easy to see why they have loyal fans to their name. In addition, many people and sub-companies who work for them get their own individual worship.
** [[Shigeru Miyamoto]], he who created [[Super Mario Bros.|Mario]], ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]'', ''[[Pikmin]]'', and had a hand in the creation a whole lot of other franchises people love. (He also acted as the producer for installments in series he didn't make himself, such as the Wii [[Punch -Out!!]] game and the [[Metroid Prime]] games.<ref>with said games not being developed by the Nintendo EAD division Miyamoto typically works with, and also developed in North America instead of Miyamoto's home country of Japan</ref>.)
** Masahiro Sakurai, the creator of ''[[Kirby]]'' and ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'', is known and loved for his awesome games, and [[Even the Guys Want Him]] for his gentle mannerisms and boyish good looks. As ''Brawl'' managed to create such a [[Broken Base]], in-fighting over his credibility has become quite common in the fandom of the latter, but the former's base still fully respects him big time.
** [[Shigesato Itoi]], acclaimed Japanese personality and creator of the ''[[MOTHER]]'' series.
** [[Retro Studios]] has gotten some worship as of late, as they have revived the ''[[Metroid]]'' series into an [[Metroid Prime|enjoyable mix]] of FPS and [[Metroidvania]] action. And after that, they [[Donkey Kong Country Returns|revived]] the ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'' series in the leave of [[Rare]].
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* [[BioWare]] (makers of ''[[Baldur's Gate]]'', ''[[Jade Empire]]'', ''[[Knights of the Old Republic]]'', ''[[Neverwinter Nights]]'', ''[[Mass Effect]]'', etc.).
** [[They Changed It, Now It Sucks|Except for]] [[Ruined FOREVER|when a]] [[Unpleasable Fanbase|new game]] is announced.
* [[Sid Meier]], as in ''Sid Meier's [[Civilization]]'', ''[[Sid MeiersMeier's Pirates!]]'', ''[[Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri]]'' and ''Alien Crossfire'', ''[[Railroad Tycoon]]'', etc.
** Brian Reynolds, Sid Meier's long-time partner, also enjoys a bit of this status, as the mastermind behind ''[[Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri|Alpha Centauri]]'' and ''[[Rise of Nations]]''.
* [[Valve]], for masterpieces such as the ''[[Half-Life (series)|Half-Life]]'' series, ''[[Portal (series)|Portal]]'', ''[[Team Fortress 2]]'' and ''[[Counter-Strike]]'' (although ''Counter-Strike'' was originally a ''Half-Life'' mod taken over by Valve, and ''Portal'' was originally a student project that had its team hired to perfect it using Valve's own development methodology). But [[Steam]] is pretty cool [[DRM|or extremely uncool]] depending on who you speak to, of course.
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** It's really telling that they're able to [http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Valve_Time almost completely disregard release schedules] and still have the fans remain on their side: yeah, they delay so much it's a [[Running Gag]], but the game that comes out in the end is usually so good that the fans are willing to forgive the wait.
* The guys at Rocksteady Studios earned a lot of well-deserved respect from Batman fans (and videogame fans in general) for their work in ''[[Batman: Arkham Asylum]]'' and ''[[Batman: Arkham City]]''.
* Will Wright, the man who either created or was tangentially involved in all "Sim" games by Maxis. The best-selling game designer ever (With ''[[The Sims]]'', its sequels and expansions, and all the numbered ''[[Sim CitySimCity]]'' games).
* Richard Garriot, AKA Lord British, creator of RPGs as we know them in the form of the fanatically loved ''[[Ultima]]'' series.
* Peter Molyneux, best known for boasting about incredible features and then failing to deliver them. Still loved mostly because you can't fault him for being enthusiastic about his own (High-quality) work. Responsible for ''Populous'', ''Black & White'', and ''Fable'', among others.
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** The other members of id's founding pantheon ([[John Romero]], Tom Hall, and American McGee) also attract their share of sycophants and loathers.
* Michael Kirkbride, who wrote much of the background religious lore for ''[[The Elder Scrolls]]'' and had a hand in the spin-off game ''Redguard'' and the main quest of ''Morrowind.'' Going on the Imperial Library forum or the Lore subsection of the official Bethesda forum and saying anything even a little negative about any of his work, or even claiming one of his characters can be wrong about things (not all that hard to believe, considering all of the series lore is presented through in-character opinions by multiple authors) will get you flamed, then firebombed, then regular flamed again.
* [[Telltale Games]] (formerly the beloved adventure game division of [[Lucas ArtsLucasArts]]) are on exactly the same wavelength as their fanbase, and most of the employees are moderators on the Telltale forums.
** And speaking of former [[Lucas ArtsLucasArts]] employees, [[Tim Schafer]] also has a devoted following.
* [[Hideo Kojima]], best known for the ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]'' series and ''[[Snatcher]]''.
** "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHspMsgpji8 Kojima is God. Kojima is God.]"
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== Webcomics ==
* For [[MS Paint Adventures|Andrew Hussie]] this [https://web.archive.org/web/20120807170516/http://hunkrump.tumblr.com/post/3268806333/guttyworks-i-was-going-to-sleep-but-ive-been verges] on the [http://fuckyeahandrewhussie.tumblr.com/ terrifying]
** There's been some scattered reports (nothing officially commented on by Andrew) that he and his girlfriend have actually been stalked by fans.
 
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* Michael Dante Di Martino and Bryan Konietzko, AKA [[Portmanteau|Bryke]] of ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' (It helps that they seem like pretty cool guys.)
* [[Mike Judge]], the man (and lead voice) behind ''[[Beavis and Butthead]]'' and ''[[King of the Hill]]''
* [[Seth MacFarlane]] of ''[[Family Guy]]''. Ever since the show was [[Un CancelledUncancelled]], however, a steadily increasing percentage of his fans have turned apostate.
* [[Butch Hartman]], creator of ''[[Fairly Oddparents]]'' and ''[[Danny Phantom]]''.
* [[Walt Disney]], the patron saint of [[Western Animation]]. His death is usually marked as the definitive end of the [[The Golden Age of Animation|animation Golden Age]].
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* [[Don Bluth]] has some very rabid fans, though few will venture to defend the movies made during his post-''[[All Dogs Go to Heaven]]'' pre-''[[Anastasia]]'' years.
* [[Lauren Faust]] for ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'', who is ([http://msmagazine.com/blog/blog/2010/12/24/my-little-non-homophobic-non-racist-non-smart-shaming-pony-a-rebuttal/ pretty justifyingly]) seen as the [[Team Mom]] to bronies and pegasisters everywhere.
** It is widely regarded that Lauren Faust's [[Author Avatar]] ([http://www.equestriadaily.com/2011/09/exclusive-season-1-retrospective.html as seen here]) is THE Third [[Winged Unicorn|Alicorn]] of Equestria. Since Alicorns in ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' tend to be [[Physical God|goddesses]], making [[Original Character|OCs]], particularly author avatars of them is usually considered as blatantly [[Mary Sue|Mary Sueish]]ish, unless you're Lauren Faust.
** A few others of the show's staff get their own recognition by the fanbase. Daniel Ingram is loved for composing the show's [[Awesome Music]], for example, and the writers of single episodes can get worshipped should their episodes get sufficiently popular.
* [[Lauren Faust]]'s husband, [[Craig McCracken]], also has this, for the [[Powerpuff Girls]] and [[Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends]].
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== Real Life ==
* [[Gary Gygax]] for ''[[Dungeons and& Dragons]]'' (at least up until 3rd edition). His recent death has all but granted him full apotheosis.
** Greg Stolze, another author of [[Tabletop Games]], gets the same treatment nowadays.
** In the ''[[Exalted]]'' community specifically, Michael Goodwin, also known as Nephilpal, has become synonymous with everything good there is about Exalted, and his presence on a controversial project make the [[And the Fandom Rejoiced|Fandom Rejoice]]. While he was an Ink Monkey for a time, he's now gone from the core team.
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* [[The Nostalgia Chick]]. When her [[Fan Dumb]] clashes with the Critic's the results aren't pretty.
* [[Atop the Fourth Wall]]
* Fred Rogers of ''[[Mister Rogers' Neighborhood]]'' is so revered he is a Great God of the [[TV Tropes]] Pantheon and a minor god in ''[[Dungeons and& Dragons]]''. ''Do not make any mention of him being anything less than the perfect mortal human being'' if you want to remain alive on the Internet.
* Andrew Hussie, creator of ''[[MS Paint Adventures]]'' is worshipped by his fanbase as [[Memetic Badass|godlike]], due to the massive amount of creativity and effort he puts into his work. His typical output is about five pages a day, or one 2-4 min flash movie in 3-53–5 days.
* Bill Watterson
* Charles Schulz
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** Which is a very literal case of creator worship (though most religions tend to be).
* Any popular self-help person gets this: Tony Robbins, Deepak Chopra, Wayne Dyer, Steve Pavlina, Abraham Hicks, Eckhart Tolle are several. It's enough that a "self-help guru" with sycophants is a standard image, a [[Truth in Television|truth.]]
** That being said, the [[Creator Worship]] of any self-help person by their adoring fans often attracts a [[Hatedom]] as well nowadays.
* Legendary bicycle mechanic and writer Sheldon Brown. Ask a question about bike repair and you'll invariably be sent a link to his site. The articles on his website are considered [[Word of God]] for anything bicycle related, although most people don't realize new writers have been updating the site since Brown died in 2008. He is also credited as a major contributor to the fixie craze.
* In US politics, Congressman Ron Paul is not the founder of the libertarian movement (or the Libertarian Party), but he ''is'' inarguably the founder of the libertarian movement's ''modern'' incarnation...and his fans sure don't mind letting people know it.
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