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[[File:buddy_christ.jpg|link=Dogma|frame|[[Memetic Mutation|Who's awesome? You're awesome!]]]]
{{quote|''[[Trope Namer|Jesus was way cool]] <br />
''Everybody liked Jesus <br />
''Everybody wanted to hang out with him''|'''[[King Missile (Music)|King Missile]]''', "Jesus Was Way Cool"}}
It's an interesting phenomenon: [[Jesus]] is generally presented as an admirable or at least benign figure, even in non-Christian or even ''anti''-Christian media. Atheists, Buddhists and authors of stories unflattering in their portrayal of [[God Is Evil|the Almighty]] or [[Religion Is Wrong|religion in general]] are nonetheless complimentary to that nice Jewish boy. This is often used as a [[Take That]] ("Jesus was cool even if his followers all suck"), as a number of the examples show.
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** On another occasion, the bullies confront Bart after Lisa converts to Buddhism, responding to his "Who cares?" by telling him there's a man who cares, who has long hair, works as a carpenter, and has some crazy ideas about peace and love. {{spoiler|His name's Gunther, and he's dating Jimbo's mom. Sometimes he buys them beer.}}
* ''[[Lucy the Daughter of The Devil]]'', revolving around a pending Armageddon, has Jesus as a laid-back deejay.
* In an ''[[American Dad (Animation)|American Dad]]'' [[Alternate Continuity|Christmas episode]], the Rapture occurs and Stan and Francine were left behind. Jesus comes back to lead people against the Anti Christ. He doesn't have his superpowers (except for being able to withstand freezing temperatures and [[Walk On Water]]), but he's still a [[Kung Fu Jesus|badass]]. He's
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