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== Anime and Manga ==
* Kenji from ''[[
* ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' is a clear-cut example: Usagi was initially [[The Chick]], but became and was actually called [[The Messiah]] by the third season. Coupled with Minako's [[Flanderization]], it caused them to swap roles, promoting Usagi to [[The Hero]] and reducing Minako to [[The Chick]].
* Kira Yamato in ''[[Gundam Seed]]'' essentially became one of these in the sequel series ''Destiny'', earning the [[Fan Nickname|moniker]] "Jesus Yamato" in the process.
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== Comic Books ==
* [[Doc Savage]] is a really good doctor (creating antibiotics for plagues) who becomes a [[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic|REALLY]] good doctor (making the blind see, the lame walk, raising the dead from 3000 years ago) after just a decade's experience. {{spoiler|Then he falls from grace by fracturing his skull and goes to Hell to fight the devil}}.
* According to [[Alex Ross]], Superman started out in [[The Golden Age of Comic Books]] as a strongman akin to Samson. By the [[The Silver Age of Comic Books|Silver Age]] [[Curt Swan]] era, he had come to be much more representative of a heavenly savior. And, of course, he [[Back
** In ''[[Kingdom Come]]'', Superman also fulfills the [[Second Coming]] aspect.
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