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* John Galt in ''[[Atlas Shrugged]]'', complete with {{spoiler|a [[Crucified Hero Shot]] as he's enduring [[Electric Torture]] at the hands of the villains}}. Subverted, since he's not acting out of altruism.

** Arguably Galt is an ''inversion'' of at least some components of the trope. His plan of {{spoiler|going on strike in order to bring economic activity to a halt, and thus causing civilization to collapse and rebuild itself}} involves ''witholding'' a "salvation" and forcing society to confront the actual consequences of its morality of Comtean altruism (the morality which is basically at the core of the Messianic Archetype). Applying [[Fridge Logic]] to his plan's obvious consequences (i.e. lots of people die as a result of {{spoiler|civilization's collapse}}) had led to some readers seeing Galt as a [[Dark Messiah]] instead of a Messianic Archetype.

* Father Zosima in ''[[The Brothers Karamazov]]'' is a mix of the Messianic Archetype and [[The Obi-Wan]].

* Rand al'Thor from Robert Jordan's ''[[Wheel of Time]]'', a [[Chosen One]] hated and beloved. Prophecy states that his blood will spill to free mankind from the Dark One, most people think to mean that Rand must die, including himself (the insanity doesn't help him not to think such a thing). ([[Like You Would Really Do It|Yeah, right, sure he will.]])