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''Prove to me that you're divine; change my water into wine!"''|''[[Jesus Christ Superstar]]'', "Herod's Song"}}
[[Carl Sagan|Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence]]. Therefore, when an ordinary-looking character [[God Guise|claims to be]] [[God]], [[Satan]], [[Magicians Are Wizards|a wizard]], [[My Future Self and Me|time traveller]], [[Artificial Human|robot]], or [[Human Alien|alien]], skeptics nearby will often demand a
Often expressed as "If you're <X>, then do <Y>!"
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* In ''[[Oh, God!]]'', Jerry Landers asks the [[George Burns|old man]] claiming to be God to prove it by making it rain. On cue, it suddenly starts to rain... inside Jerry's moving car.
** Later, God proves His divinity in a courtroom by making a deck of cards appear and disappear in plain view. He concludes his visit by vanishing in full view of the audience, and there are no recordings (audio and written) of His testimony.
* Played with in ''[[Bruce Almighty]]'', when Bruce tries to catch God ([[Morgan Freeman|the other one]]) with a [[How Many Fingers?]]
** Apparently, God also pulled the same stunt on Gandhi, who took it a lot harder than Bruce.
* [[M. Night Shyamalan]]'s ''[[The Last Airbender]]'' has one of these.
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'''Bill and Ted:''' "Whoa..."
''[quadruple air guitar]'' }}
** Double subverted in the sequel; when the heroes' [[Evil Twin
* ''[[Star Trek V]]'': "What would God need...with a starship?"
* In ''[[The Man From Earth]]'', John Oldman quietly subverts his friends' attempts to prove him wrong by explaining that most of his knowledge WOULD fit in with textbooks because that's what happened. Then he {{spoiler|starts explaining that he was both a student of the Buddha and the resulting inspiration for the biblical Christ}}, to everyone's dismay, but he still cannot (or at least will not) give them true proof of his immortality. At the end, {{spoiler|he unwittingly exposes himself to be the father of his psychologist friend, (said friend looks to be twice John's age) giving the man a heart attack and proving, in the viewer's eyes, that his story was true}}.
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'''Lister''': "I'm serious."
'''Cat''': "So am I!" }}
* For a show that dealt with fake gods, ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' only ever used this test once, and indirectly at that. When Gerak becomes a Prior of the Ori and is asked to destroy Jaffa who refuse to believe, Teal'c asks him what makes him believe they are gods, citing various impressive miracles they could have performed.<ref>For added rhetorical punch, they're all feats that the Goa'uld regularly performed as part of ''their'' [[God Guise]]</ref>
* ''[[The Bionic Woman]]:'' Jaime Sommers has been replaced by her evil twin, and dropped into prison in her place. After escaping, and getting cornered by the cops, who have been joined by her boss, she tells him to ''whisper'' any question he wants, across a hundred yards of open field, to prove who she really is.
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