Kill the God: Difference between revisions

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To kill the [[Our Gods Are Greater|gods]], or even [[God]] (or a [[Crystal Dragon Jesus]] [[Expy]]) Himself, is a daunting task. You're often dealing with an [[Immortal]], [[Nigh Invulnerable]], [[Physical God]] that can probably snuff the light out of you in an instant.

But that doesn't sit well with how deities are portrayed in stories, where they have a [[Anyone Can Die|tendency to die]], as mythology often shows. As a result, you may have a setting where you can [[Title Drop|Kill The Gods]]. This makes sense if the character who kills the god is its equal or [[The Old Gods|greater]] in power, [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu|although it's not unheard of to see someone who's weaker than the god kill them anyway]].

But that doesn't sit well with how deities are portrayed in stories, where they have a [[Anyone Can Die|tendency to die]], as mythology often shows. As a result, you may have a setting where you can [[Title Drop|Kill The Gods]]. This makes sense if the character who kills the god is its equal or [[The Old Gods|greater]] in power, [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?|although it's not unheard of to see someone who's weaker than the god kill them anyway]].

If the [[Gods Need Prayer Badly]], this could be accomplished by everybody ceasing worship at once and letting the god just shrivel up.

Of course, once you do this, [[God Is Dead]]. See also [[Rage Against the Heavens]]. Compare [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu]], which might be their cause of death.

Of course, once you do this, [[God Is Dead]]. See also [[Rage Against the Heavens]]. Compare [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?]], which might be their cause of death.

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== Anime & Manga ==

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== Comics ==

* It happens in ''[[Preacher]]''. {{spoiler|The Saint of Killers}} REALLY lived up to his name.

* It happens in ''[[Preacher (Comic Book)]]''. {{spoiler|The Saint of Killers}} REALLY lived up to his name.

* In ''[[Thorgal]]'', Ogotai {{spoiler|gets shot in the back with his own plasma gun. He wasn't a real god, just a dangerously delusional and terribly powerful alien psychic, but from the characters' [[Physical God|power level]], he certainly counts. And he did have a [[Mayincatec]] civilization doing mass human sacrifices for him}}.

* One of the enemies of the [[Marvel Comics]] version of ''[[Thor]]'', Desak, wants to kill every god in the universe because of the actions of his home planet's [[Jerkass Gods]].

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* The ending of the first and third ''[[Silent Hill]]'' games.

* One of the branching paths in ''[[Guardian Heroes]]'' allows you to [[Rage Against the Heavens|storm the gates of Heaven]] and kill God.

* The ''[[Shin Megami Tensei]]'' series has this alongside [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu]], what with being able to fuse gods like [[Classical Mythology|Pallas Athena]], [[Hindu Mythology|Vishnu]], or [[Japanese Mythology|Amaterasu]] and getting them to fight other demons based on deities.

* The ''[[Shin Megami Tensei]]'' series has this alongside [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?]], what with being able to fuse gods like [[Classical Mythology|Pallas Athena]], [[Hindu Mythology|Vishnu]], or [[Japanese Mythology|Amaterasu]] and getting them to fight other demons based on deities.

** ''[[Shin Megami Tensei II]]'' ends with the protagonist slaying {{spoiler|YHVH, an egotistical caricature of ''the'' Judeo-Christian [[God]]}}. He pays ''[[Fate Worse Than Death|dearly]]'' for this after {{spoiler|YHVH}} [[As Long As There Is Evil|comes back]].

** ''[[Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne (Video Game)|Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne]]'' has the protagonist defeat {{spoiler|Kagutsuchi}}, a mere avatar of {{spoiler|YHVH}}. However, by completing the secret True Demon ending, {{spoiler|he ultimately becomes the general of a demonic army aiming to take down YHVH once and for all}}.

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* In ''[[Dark Souls]]'', you end up killing all of the deities mentioned in the opening cutscene. Granted, most of them are in pretty bad shape by the time you actually meet them. A few of the other bosses are minor gods as well, but they can be killed like any other enemy in the game.

* ''[[Neverwinter Nights 2 (Video Game)|Neverwinter Nights 2]]: [[Expansion Pack|Mask of the Betrayer]]'' {{spoiler|gives you the opportunity to finish off Myrkul with the Spirit-Eater curse. This is also [[Death By Irony]].}}

* Overlapping with [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu]], this is the entire reason the Grey Wardens were created in the ''[[Dragon Age]]'' [[The Verse|'verse]]: the [[Big Bad|archdemons]] are the slumbering gods of the [[The Empire|Tevinter]] [[Vestigial Empire|Imperium]], awoken by darkspawn. If killed by a normal mortal, they'll come back to life via [[Body Surf|body surfing]] to the nearest darkspawn. If a Grey Warden is in proximity, however, it'll jump to the Warden and their souls will [[Mutual Kill|mutually annihilate]].

* Overlapping with [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?]], this is the entire reason the Grey Wardens were created in the ''[[Dragon Age]]'' [[The Verse|'verse]]: the [[Big Bad|archdemons]] are the slumbering gods of the [[The Empire|Tevinter]] [[Vestigial Empire|Imperium]], awoken by darkspawn. If killed by a normal mortal, they'll come back to life via [[Body Surf|body surfing]] to the nearest darkspawn. If a Grey Warden is in proximity, however, it'll jump to the Warden and their souls will [[Mutual Kill|mutually annihilate]].

* The second half of the plot of ''[[Star Ocean Till the End of Time (Video Game)|Star Ocean Till the End of Time]]'' deals with the party trying to stop [[The Maker|The Creator]] from destroying the galaxy. {{spoiler|[[Subverted Trope|Subverted in that he's actually a computer programmer]], but he's still the closest thing to a god that the Star Ocean universe has}}

* Part of the [[Planescape Torment|Lady of Pain's]] backstory is that she once fought the god of portals for control of Sigil and won by killing him. He was not a minor god, either. She then killed everyone who worshipped him and destroyed all written lore about him, leaving only one priest alive (perhaps as a reminder) and killing anyone who thereafter joined him.