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The Big Boss of the universe in monotheistic religions. The Alpha And The Omega, the Big Cheese, the Big Guy in the Sky, the Almighty, the Creator, the Capital G, the Ceiling Cat.
 
[[Breaking the Fourth Wall|If all of existence is one big story,]] ''He's'' the [[Big Good]].
 
Metaphysical human concept or not, he's got a pretty large chunk of humanity as believers and followers, thanks in part to best-selling books such as [[The Bible (Literature)|The Bible]] and [[Useful Notes/Islam|the Qur'an]] which feature God as a prevalent character, if not the main character.
 
Using God as a character rather than simply referring to the [[Powers That Be]] or [[The Lowest Cosmic Denominator|using terms without religious connotations]] is a dicey proposition, as it is just about the only thing you can do, other than a series finale [[Clip Show]], that is 100% guaranteed to piss off a chunk of the viewers.
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Shows in which God plays a major role tend not to last very long, regardless of their various good points. This is a major reason for [[Have You Seen My God?]] and [[Pieces of God]]. Since depicting God is attempting to portray an infinite divine being in human terms and ideas, this is problematic at best. Rather than giving God an explicitly defined human shape and face, most tend towards a human-like figure with an obscured face, one or two giant hands in the sky, or even nothing more than an [[No Indoor Voice|ALL CAPS WORD BUBBLE]].
 
God is also not always seen as the benevolent ruler of everything, hence why tropes such as [[God Is Evil]] exist. Some of this is [[Alternate Character Interpretation]] from [[The Bible (Literature)|The Bible]] (or other similar works), but some of it is authors liking to throw in a twist or subvert audience expectations. Works which feature [[Rage Against the Heavens]] often feature God being a jerk, if not outright malevolent, to his creation, though some would say he's [[Lawful Good|more concerned with perfect justice]] [[Good Is Not Nice|than just being nice]].
 
In pretty much every case, though, God is shown as being [[The Omnipotent|very powerful]]. Since God is believed by followers to be the driving force behind the ''entire universe'', this also makes a good deal of sense. Also common is a portrayal of God as the ultimate [[The Chessmaster|Chessmaster]], and capable of executing a eternity spanning [[Plan]]. This, of course, leads people to wonder [[What the Hell, Hero?|why God doesn't just solve the problem of evil]] with a single metaphysical finger snap, but that's a discussion best left to theologians.
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** There's also a strong fan theory that {{spoiler|the girl is actually ''not'' the one with powers, but instead they belong to her seemingly-normal [[Deadpan Snarker]] boyfriend, who lets everyone believe she has them because he doesn't ''want'' them}}.
* [[Serial Experiments Lain|Lain Iwakura]] may or may not be God. We're not quite sure. At any rate, even if she's not God, her power level makes the whole point kinda moot.
* In ''[[Pani Poni Dash!]]'', God is a cat that changes colors every episode and lives in a vending machine.
* In ''[[Code Geass]]'', God {{spoiler|is the collective will of every person that has ever lived (and maybe ever will live, they're not too clear on it)}}. Charles and his brother want {{spoiler|to kill it.}} Instead, Lelouch {{spoiler|geasses it}}, ruining their plans.
* The Almighty One in ''[[Ah! My Goddess (Manga)|Ah My Goddess]]''. Father of Belldandy and Skuld, as well as Urd, who was produced by a tryst with <s>[[Satan]]</s> the Ruler of Demonkind. [[Wild Mass Guessing|Theorized]] to be Baldur.
* {{spoiler|Akito}} in [[Fruits Basket]].
* [[Angel Sanctuary]] of course. Features [[God Is Evil]] in a really, really nasty way. God not only forced an Original Sin down on his angels ( {{spoiler|when growing in their tubes they live from their own Mother, Adam Kadamon; during her captivity in Eden Alexiel also is made to Eat fruits from the Tree of Enlightenment. Which grows from Adam Kadamon's eye.}} Yuck. That the fruits look like baby heads doesn't make it any better. ) - nope, he also considers all of his angels failed experiments and wants to end the world. {{spoiler|Oh, and he's a computer program.}} Neat one, Kaori Yuki - neat one.
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== Film ==
* In ''[[Star Trek V: theThe Final Frontier (Film)|Star Trek V the Final Frontier]]'', the Enterprise crew meets an evil alien playing at being God. It may be noteworthy that the original concept called for the being to ''actually be'' God.
* ''[[Oh, God!]]'' and its sequels (starring [[George Burns]] as God)
* ''[[Time Bandits]]'' with Sir Ralph Richardson, slightly hedged since he was billed as "the Supreme Being."
* ''[[Bruce Almighty]]'' with [[Morgan Freeman]].
* ''[[Field of Dreams]]'' The Voice - unknown actor, listed in credits only as "[[Character Asas Himself|Himself]]"... implication clear!
* ''[[Monty Python and The Holy Grail]]'' goes all-out subversion of the usual delicacy about the Almighty with a Terry Gilliam-animated God who peers out of the clouds and issues orders to Arthur and the knights of the Round Table, while complaining about people being deferential to Him and how depressing the Psalms are. And all of this back in 1975.
* In ''[[Dogma]]'', God appears in two incarnations. First, He's a rather shabby and gentle old man who unfortunately gets the crap kicked out of Him by demonic underage murderers on rollerblades; second, ''she'' is [[Alanis Morissette]] in a silver tutu, and is fond of doing handstands. It's also mentioned that God is a Skee-Ball addict. Although it's implied that God's appearance as Alanis is because that was the form the protagonist needed to see most. It is also implied that God was once as vengeful and wrathful as He/She was portrayed as in the Old Testament (Sodom and Gommorah, the ten plagues, etc), but became less so as time passed. He/She no longer keeps an angel employed to fulfill His/Her wrath and gives His/Her Skee-Ball tickets to neighborhood children.
* Monotheism seems fairly rare in the [[Star Wars]] Galaxy, but there is one notable exception, the [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Sunesi Sunesi] species, a devoutly religious race that believes in the [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Maker Maker], an all-powerful deity who made the universe and all its inhabitants. The Force ''might'' be God or like God. Its interesting to note that the one Sunesi Jedi in the [[Expanded Universe]] believes that his ability to use the Force is "a gift from the Maker."
* Humorously, the Narrator in ''[[George of the Jungle]]'' apparently is God (in the straight-to-video sequel, he drags away a villain who told him to shut up into Heaven - complete with heavenly music, cartoon cherubs, and screams of terror), and generally screws around with the villains who often get tired of his narrating.
* God is played by none other than Paul Sorvino in ''[[The DevilsDevi'ls Carnival (Film)|The Devils Carnival]]''.
 
== Literature ==
 
* References to "the Creator" as the antithesis of the Dark One are everywhere in the ''[[The Wheel of Time (Literature)|Wheel of Time]]'' series through phrases like "the light of the Creator", but, Inquisition aside, there doesn't seem to be much religion involved, and the Creator itself never appears in the series ([[Canon Dis Continuity|not even as a mysterious voice in the first book]]). The lack of religion has been explained by the fact that in-universe Creator and Dark One are very much real, and everyone knows that (for example, saying the Dark One's true name aloud will have dire(ct) consenquences). The Creator seems to be a very hands-off kind of deity. In one of the books, it's implied that he created all worlds, but doesn't particularly care if one of them dies in the way that a gardener plants all the flowers in a garden, but doesn't care if one of them wilts. The characters seem to acknowledge and accept this. That doesn't explain why prayers and catechisms are addressed to him, though.
* An interesting take in ''[[DDD]]'' by [[Kinoko Nasu]]: [[The Multiverse]] being the way it is, even the phenomenon of "God" was most likely [[Clap Your Hands If You Believe|willed into existence by humanity's beliefs]]. However, while [[Our Monsters Are Different|demons are incomplete beings]] (which is why they need humans to define their existence), if God was truly omniscient and omnipotent, then He would have no need to interact with human beings, since He only needs Himself.
* Eru Iluvatar in ''[[The Silmarillion]]'', also known as "The One".
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* Agents of God are present in ''[[The Dresden Files]]'', and the Man Himself is referred to as the "White God" by various supernatural entities. Other gods exist as well, though it's implied that most of them aren't very active any more. {{spoiler|Odin seems to be doing well for himself, though.}}
* Monotheistic religious texts, listed below. Some readings treat Him as the ''protagonist''. Some treat Him as the ''author''; [[Author Avatar]] may apply.
** [[The Bible (Literature)|The Bible]] (Christian).
** The Book of Mormon (Latter-Day Saints).
** The Torah (Jewish).
** The Qur'an (Muslim).
** Bahá'í religious texts.
* In the ''[[Dragons (Literaturenovel)|Dragons]]'' series, God {{spoiler|is the first dragon, named Godith. ''All'' dragon's names [[Theme Naming|start with G.]] [[Running Gag|Every last one.]]}}
* Never actually makes an appearance in [[Good Omens (Literature)|Good Omens]], but his plans and motives are speculated about a lot. His ineffable nature {{spoiler|is invoked by an angel in an argument that helps stop the apocalypse}}.
* [[HPH.P. Lovecraft]] subverted the notion of an omnipotent god perfectly. He gives us many gods of varying unspeakable power, but the undoubtedly omnipotent one is Azathoth, who is not a loving, merciful creator who watches his beloved creations from on high, but is an [[Eldritch Abomination|incomprehensible mass of literal, mindless chaos that dreams up and devours entire realities randomly.]] The only reason we still exist is not because we're loved, it's because Azathoth is ''asleep''.
* Christ is a [[Death By Origin Story]] character via accounts of Thomas Didymus in ''[[Literature/Dirg For Prester John|Dirg For Prester John]]'', but whether or not he was divine is unclear. God proper is highly debated through the series.
 
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* Though Heaven, Hell, and a living personification of all evil exist in the [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|Buffyverse]], God is almost conspicuous in His absence. Buffy herself comments that there's "nothing solid" on the matter. However, there are The Powers That Be. They may be gods, but they're not God. It's implied that a divine miracle occurred in Season 3 when it snowed to prevent Angel from committing "Suicide by Sunrise." However, it's left ambiguous enough that it ''could'' also have been Santa Claus looking out for vampires with souls. The whole "White Christmas" thing being his entire shtick and all.
** Or {{spoiler|Jasmine. Could be Jasmine, saving her future grandfather. Which would explain a lot of stuff behind Angels motivation in season five}}.
* Cited as the prime mover behind Sam's inability to get home in ''[[Quantum Leap (TV)|Quantum Leap]]''. (Or, more accurately, as the force which caused the Quantum Leap Project to go awry in the particular way that it did; the series finale heavily implies that Sam is subconsciously keeping ''himself'' from getting home.)
* God appears inside ''[[Herman's Head]]'' once, taking the form of Leslie Nielsen to better meet Herman's expectations.
* In the first season finale of ''[[The Sarah Silverman Program]]'', the titular character meets, is saved by, sleeps with, and then dumps the Morgan Freemanesque entity which she refers to as "Black God." When God makes his first appearance, she asks him, consistent with her character's casual racism, "Are you God's black friend?" A later episode has them reconciling and briefly dating, and God is portrayed as clingy, emotionally insecure, and prone to coming on too strong.
* The re-imagined ''[[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined]]'' is fairly explicit about God's existence in-universe, and while He doesn't exactly show up, we do learn some things about Him, like the fact that He is very much like the Jewish/Christian/Muslim God in that he is omnipotent and omniscient, but unlike the Jewish/Christian/Muslim God in that He doesn't much care for smiting and [[Do Not Call Me Paul|doesn't like being called "God."]]
* Season 4 of ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'' brought us Judeo-Christian mythology (with some amount of Islamic mythology added in regards to Lucifer's history), with the appearance of Castiel (an angel), who insisted that God did exist. At the beginning of season 5, {{spoiler|Sam and Dean were mysteriously transported onto an airplane, and Castiel was brought back from the dead, both of which he attributed to an act of God.}}
{{quote| '''Castiel''': There is someone besides Michael strong enough to take on Lucifer. Strong enough to stop the apocalypse.<br />
'''Sam''': Who's that?<br />
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** A {{spoiler|mysterious disappearance}} in 5x22, "Swan Song," led many viewers to speculate that {{spoiler|Chuck is God}}.
* In ''[[St Elsewhere]]'', Howie Mandell met God in an out-of-body experience. God was also played by Howie Mandell. As he explained, "I made you in my own image, didn't I?"
* Gets a minor reference in ''[[NCIS (TV)|NCIS]]'':
{{quote| '''Suspect:''' ''(to Gibbs)'' [[Deus Ex Machina|It was the hand of GOD!]]<br />
'''Ziva:''' ''(watching)'' Can Gibbs arrest God?<br />
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* ''[[Dragonlance]]'' has the Highgod, who created the lesser deities but has only intervened in Krynn's history to prevent its destruction. Chaos is the entity that opposes the High God, and it is from Chaos that the universe was created.
* In [[Forgotten Realms]], the Overgod Ao (who created the universe Faerun inhabits) is visited by his "boss" in the Avatar Trilogy. He is described as a "being of pure light" and is strongly implied to be the Judeao-Christian God.
* God is a major character in the ''[[Demon: The Fallen (Tabletop Game)|Demon: The Fallen]]'' background fluff, although not [[Have You Seen My God?|so much in the actual game campaigns]]. All the Fallen have known God personally at the dawn of time, but ever since their Rebellion and incarceration in the Abyss came to hate Him (except the relatively small Reconciler faction). There are also indications that in oWoD, [[Samus Is a Girl|God is actually female]] and that She has [[Heroic Sacrifice|sacrificed Her life to save the world]] centuries before the Fallen broke free from the Abyss.
** The only one giving any info on the subject are [[Unreliable Narrator|the same demons who hate God's guts]], so the proverbial grain of salt is necessary here...
* In ''[[KULT (Tabletop Game)|KULTKult]]'', he's called the Demiurge, and [[God Is Evil|is evil]]: Humans were immortal superbeings before he took all our powers away and made us what we are.
 
 
== Video Games ==
 
* The ''[[Shin Megami Tensei (Franchise)|Shin Megami Tensei]]'' games have an... [[God Is Evil|interesting]] (but there are [[God Is Good|occasional exceptions]]) relationship with God to say the least.
** In ''[[Shin Megami Tensei I]]'' he makes no direct appearance, but everyone on his side is working to build a kingdom on Earth where all men and demons shall fall prostrate before him for eternity, even completing a massive Cathedral that will serve as his Terrestrial Throne, and from all appearances, even though he doesn't show up, God approves of the above. We also learn that he long ago sealed away all the other demons and deprived them of the right to meddle in Man's affairs, but now they are back and aren't leaving without a fight.
** In ''[[Shin Megami Tensei II]]'', He is specifically named as YHVH and is a vain dictator who has created the universe in such a way that it will be subjugated under him forever. He essentially states that He exists [[Gods Need Prayer Badly|because people believe in Him]], making ''humanity'' the real source of all evil.
** In ''Shin Megami Tensei III'' it is heavily implied that {{spoiler|Kagutsuchi is a facet of God}} and that He is the "true enemy" of all who live.
** In ''[[Strange Journey]]'' it is implied that the evil God from the other games has been broken into pieces in the games backstory and that his pieces have got a life of it's own. The game also reveals, albeit subtly {{spoiler|that God forgot his love for humans.}}
** In the first ''[[Devil Survivor (Video Game)|Devil Survivor]]'', he's not seen, but implied to be, as opposed to his other appearances, very reasonable, and even though his angels wanted to subjugate the Earth as soon as demons came back, he was the one who decided humanity should have one last chance to save themselves and decide their fate.
* God is one of the many, many, ''[[The Dev Team Thinks of Everything|many]]'' things that will show up in ''[[Scribblenauts]]'' if you type him into the game. He's {{spoiler|strong enough to beat up the Kraken and Cthulhu (at least with the aid of a shotgun and skateboard), but not strong enough to kill Death}}.
* "Creator" is the final boss of the first ''[[Final Fantasy Legend]]''. Said deity can also be killed via [[Chainsaw Good|Chainsaw]] due to [[Good Bad Bugs]] it is also explained in [[Romancing Sa GaSaGa]] as a legend of a man who challenged a god, and said weapon is usable by characters in [[Romancing Sa GaSaGa]] [[Guide Dang It|If you can find it.]]
* ''[[Final Fantasy XIII (Video Game)|Final Fantasy XIII]]''. {{spoiler|The whole trigger of the plot is that the fal'Cie want to summon God by creating a mass sacrifice/slaughter of humans, hoping that the violence is enough to attract His attention. Even the fal'Cie Orphan, who's the one supporting all of Cocoon in the first place, has a death wish for that reason. The fal'Cie [[I Cannot Self-Terminate|can't do it on their own though]].}}
* God is a [[Bonus Boss]] in ''[[Dragon Quest VII]]''. The greatest power of the Supreme Being? [[Useless Useful Spell|Terrible jokes.]]
* [[Xenosaga (Video Game)|Xenosaga]] has U-DO, God in the very [[Useful Notes/Gnosticism|Gnostic]] sense, a sort of manifestation of the collective unconscious in a single rather <s>malevolent</s> [[Blue and Orange Morality|alien]] consciousness.
* Similarly, ''[[Xenogears (Video Game)|Xenogears]]'' has U-DO's more-or-less equivalent, the Wave-Existence.
* ''[[Dragon Age]]'' calls him The Maker. But there's no doubt that it's Him, with his church being modeled heavily after the Catholic ''and'' the Eastern Church, and the story of his Prophetess being an amalgam of Jesus, Mary, Mohammed, and Joan of Arc.
** Also a case of [[Have You Seen My God?|Have You Seen My Maker?]] as He got fed up with humanity's sins and left them to rot after they executed His Prophetess. Or so His [[The Church|Chantry]] says.
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* Random soldiers in ''[[Metal Gear]] Solid: Peace Walker'' will occasionally claim they had a vision of God in the back of a truck. If you choose to investigate, you can find God and ''recruit him to MSF''. He has the highest Intel stat in the game, but apparently E-rank cooking skill. {{spoiler|He's actually [[Hideo Kojima]] himself, foreshadowed somewhat by a minor character being named [[Meaningful Name|Cosima Caminandes]] (written in kana as 'kojima kaminandesu', or "Kojima is god").}}
* God (or some form thereof) also appears infrequently the ''Tales'' series.
** ''[[Tales of Eternia (Video Game)|Tales of Eternia]]'' makes God (or Seyfert as He's known here) into a ''[[God Is Good|total dude]]''. He ''gives you'' the [[Infinity+1 Sword|Infinity Plus One Skills]] needed to defeat the [[Big Bad]].
** In ''[[Tales of the Abyss (Video Game)|Abyss]]'', we have Lorelei, the aggregate sentience of the Seventh Fonon which has a Christianity-like religion centred around it (complete with a Jesus parallel, although it's a little different in that she's female). The game is a little unsure on whether or not it's actually ''the'' God equivalent of the ''Abyss'' world or a [[Crystal Dragon Jesus]].
* ''[[Arc Rise Fantasia]]'' features three gods {{spoiler|although two of them are effectively magic rocks... it's complicated}}, but only one of them is a true "God" parallel. {{spoiler|She}} is also a ''massive'' [[The Woobie|woobie]], to the extent that if you aren't close to tears in the ending there is something seriously wrong with you. {{spoiler|L'Arc, [[You Bastard]].}}Very well.
* God is the final boss in ''[[The Simpsons Game]]''. As if that wasn't crazy enough, you get to fight him in {{spoiler|a DDR parody, complete with a remix of the Scorpions' "Rock You Like A Hurricane" as the final boss theme}} !
* In ''[[The Binding of Isaac (Video Game)|The Binding of Isaac]]'', God calls to Isaac's mother to make a sacrifice using her son, thus starting the game's events. {{spoiler|[[Heel Face Turn|God later saves Isaac's life at the last second.]]}}
* The {{spoiler|Golden Spider}} from ''[[Asura's Wrath]]'', is a [[Big Bad]] example that spins the threads of all of existence, allowed the Deities of the game to use [[Ki|Mantra]] and made the gohma attack to test the Deities' resolve.
** His real name is {{spoiler|Chakravartin}}, which means {{spoiler|Ideal Universal Ruler}} in [[Hindu Mythology]]. Unfortunately, [[God Is Evil|He's evil]], and doesn't really fit the Benevolent part that being an Ideal Universal Ruler comes with being.
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* Shortly after 9/11, God made an appearance in [http://www.theonion.com/articles/god-angrily-clarifies-dont-kill-rule,222/ The Onion.]
* In [[The Salvation War]], God declares that the gates of Heaven are closed, and that everyone is going to Hell so they should just lay down and die. [[Rage Against the Heavens|Humanity doesn't takes this very well.]] {{spoiler|He was killed on July 14th 2010 by the Archangel Michael.}}
* On [[That Guy With theThe Glasses]], a God-like stand-in called Santa Christ makes occasional appearances, usually doing something incredibly awesome and helpful (like erasing a reviewer's memories of a horrible movie) and then doing something else very nice for the reviewer (such as curing their diabetes or giving them a present). Everyone is always very happy to see him. {{spoiler|In the second year anniversary video, he is shot, but rises from the grave in three days. When the Chick asks why it took a full three days, he points out that she never rose from the grave and thus has no point of reference.}}
* The Creator in the [[Whateley Universe]] is said to be the only entity more powerful than the Lovecraftian Outer Gods.
* God in ''Messed Up Bible Stories'' on [[YouTube]] (see [http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=0886D8914D5FA08F&feature=iv&annotation_id=annotation_858663 here]) , which is portrated by basically a speaking, glowing ball of light.
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* God pops up rather frequently in ''[[Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal]]'' strips, in which He is depicted as a large yellow disk/sphere; basically, a halo from classical depictions of saints and Biblical figures. [http://zs1.smbc-comics.com/comics/20100708after.gif "Why do you look like a golden pizza?"]
* Although he doesn't appear directly, God is an indirect presence behind the scenes in ''[[Misfile]]'', depicted as an all-knowing entity that lets his [[Celestial Bureaucracy|angelic bureaucracy]] handle the actual work...or does he?
* Lord Cyrios, the creator of the [[Daily Grind]] universe, has never appeared directly in the comic, but [[Our Fairies Are Different|the Fae]] claim to be will-less bodies inhabited by his spirit, and several dead characters--like Tharka's sister Benjamina and Jolene's [[Mentor|mentor]] Stenni Eelstad--have shown up saying they work for him now.
* ''[[Fans]]'' has God interfere with Rikk's making a [[Deal Withwith the Devil]] to save his friends.
{{quote| "He did not realized what you have known for years.<br />
"Which is what, just to refresh my memory?<br />
"There is more than one being in the universe who desires souls. I am not Satan. I AM THAT I AM!" }}
* In ''[[Jack (Webcomicwebcomic)|Jack]]'', God is a more-or-less constant presence behind the scenes, since the comic is essentially about the morality of the afterlife, and how to deal with it. When Sie finally showed up in the flesh, so to speak, Sie manifested as a sheep.
* ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' had one (just off-screen) appearance by God, though this was a near-death experience hallucination ''and'' part of [[Unreliable Narrator|unreliable narration]]. Also, He urinated on Kiki's head. One reader on the forums was offended.
* ''[[Shortpacked (Webcomic)|Shortpacked]]'' has God appear every once in a while, usually trying to get people to bring back ''[[Star Trek (Franchise)|Enterprise]]''. [[Jesus Was Way Cool|Jesus]] has also shown up (though the one he appeared before had just had a nasty knock on the head), eating a chocolate Easter cross.
{{quote| '''Robin:''' ...why are you eating a chocolate Easter cross?<br />
'''Jesus:''' Did you know they sell these at the grocery store? What the ''fuck'' dude? }}
* God in ''[[Planescape Survival Guide]]'' {{spoiler|is more freqently called "Eldest" or "Aoskar," and appears in the form of a large red-bearded man. He is not the only god, however, and the betrayal of his wife thousands of years ago split his soul amongst 3 sacred artifacts and left his body without memory. He has since been put back together, but is now held captive and being drained of his essence by the Nothing.}}
* In ''[[Sinfest (Webcomic)|Sinfest]]'', God appears as hands popping out of clouds holding signs or wearing hand puppets. He has a snarky sense of humor, enjoys poking fun at the main characters, and loves to make the Devil his [[Butt Monkey]]. He hasn't shown up as much in the last few years' worth of strips, although his influence shows up in more subtle ways.
 
== Western Animation ==
 
* One of the three main characters of the short-lived ''[[God, the Devil Andand Bob]]''.
* In their usual style, ''[[South Park (Animation)|South Park]]'' depicts God as a bizarre-looking and somewhat surly mandrill/hippo creature in "Are You There, God? It's Me, Jesus". And he's a Buddhist who only lets Mormons into Heaven.
* God shows up in the ''[[Drawn Together]]'' episode "Gay Bash" to declare that, despite what Princess Clara says, he ''doesn't'' hate homosexuals, and he thinks fundamentalists are assholes (and homosexuals are adorable).
* God and Jesus both show up from time to time on ''[[Family Guy (Animation)|Family Guy]]'', with God being depicted as a bit of a wannabe ladies man with a thing for sniper rifles, who is embarrassed when someone reads from the book of Job. Unlike in ''[[The Simpsons (Animationanimation)|The Simpsons]]'', God is shown full-body with, naturally, [[Seth Macfarlane|Seth MacFarlane]]'s voice instead of the traditional deep bass.
** God is also depicted as every other stereotypical male; drunk, hits on the women, and loves to party.
* In ''[[American Dad (Animation)|American Dad]]'', also by MacFarlane, God is depicted as... [[Angelina Jolie]]. Though it should be noted this was just a form taken to keep Steve's (limited) attention. Looking into the "rack of infinite wisdom" turned Steve into a prophet, who had a solution to all conflict in the Middle East. In a later episode God is depicted as... well, he looks a bit more like [[Sean Connery]].<ref>Probably the most believable portrayal of God in all of fiction</ref>
* In the ''[[Futurama (Animation)|Futurama]]'' episode "Godfellas", Bender has an encounter with a galaxy-sized being that appears to be God (though, in a [[Shout-Out]] to ''[[Star Trek (Franchise)|Star Trek]]'', Bender theorizes that it's the remains of a satellite that collided with God). It seems to care about living creatures, but espouses a "light touch" philosophy to keep them from dependency. God also has a cameo in [[The Movie]] ''Bender's Big Score'', wherein he makes a sound of surprise and coughs up a [[Timey-Wimey Ball]] in response to the speaking of the universal time code.
* As said, God has shown up in ''[[The Simpsons (Animationanimation)|The Simpsons]]''. He's the only character with [[Four-Fingered Hands|five fingers]]. {{spoiler|As well as [[Mind Screw|five thighs.]]}}
* God doesn't actually show up, but in an episode of ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]'', Hawkgirl and Diana are fighting monsters/demons in Tartarus/Hell and all of a sudden the demons back off and Hawkgirl realizes why.
{{quote| Hawkgirl: That's right, I'm an ''[[I Lied|angel]]''. You can mess with me if you want to, but I don't think you want to mess with [[God|the Boss]]. '''*Points up*'''}}
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