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* [[Fantastic Four|Adam Warlock]] for a stint had the [[Fan Nickname]] of "Space Jesus".

* X-Men has three, all related in some way or another:

** Second came [[Nineties Anti-Hero|Cable,]] as mentioned above.

** And now we've got Hope Summers, the first mutant born after the [[Brought Down to Normal|Decimation]], prophesied to be the last hope of mutantkind. What this means at this point is still anyone's guess, but she's become kind of a walking [[MacGuffin]] for everyone with ideas regarding the future of mutants.

 

== Tabletop Games ==

* [[Crystal Dragon Jesus|Abel]] in ''[[Anima: Beyond Fantasy]]'', who's an [[Captain Ersatz|Manga/Anime Ersatz]] of Jesus <ref>albeit ''far'' more violent than him (having forged several [[BFS|magical swords]] that need [[Blood Bath|blood from supernatural entities]] in order to maintain their magical properties) and with a more than strong dislike of the supernatural</ref> complete with Apostles and even a crucifixion.

 

* Colette is set up for this role due to her duties of [[The Chosen One]] during the first third of ''[[Tales of Symphonia]]''. {{spoiler|It gets kind of subverted after that, when Lloyd takes the centre stage in the story.}}

* Gordon Freeman, of ''[[Half-Life]]'' fame: "And yet [[La Résistance|unsophisticated minds]] continue to imbue him with romantic power, giving him such dangerous poetic labels as the One Free Man, the Opener of the Way." There's even an Easter egg scene showing him in a stained glass window, complete with crowbar.

** More than that, it turns out that he has survived in [[Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence|a different form.]]

* Yuna from ''[[Final Fantasy X]]''. Worshiped and loved by everyone around her? Check. {{spoiler|Heroic Sacrifice}}? Check. ''Walking on water''? Check.

* The [[Our Orcs Are Different|orcs]] of ''[[Dungeon Crawl]]'' are still looking for their messiah. If playing as an orcish priest of Beogh, you can ([[Dark Messiah|usually violently]]) convert the [[Goddamn Bats|numerous orcs]] into loyal followers by convincing them ''you'' are that messiah. And Beogh will eventually grant powers up to and including, yes, ''walking on water''. You don't HAVE to [[Heroic Sacrifice|die]], as per the original Messianic Archetype, although [[Everything Trying to Kill You|the rest of the dungeon]] makes this [[Nintendo Hard|the most likely outcome]].

* ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'': {{spoiler|[[The Hero|Sora]], who has always been [[The Messiah]], but is heading this way as of the [[Wham! Episode|secret ending]] to ''Birth by Sleep''.}}

** And, as the trailer for ''Mass Effect 3'' indicates, everyone is now waiting for Shepard to return to Earth and save them all...

* Sol Badguy from [[Guilty Gear]].

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