Automoderated users, Autopatrolled users, Bureaucrats, Comment administrators, Confirmed users, Moderators, Rollbackers, Administrators
213,951
edits
Rage Against the Heavens: Difference between revisions
no edit summary
No edit summary |
|||
| (18 intermediate revisions by 9 users not shown) | |||
Line 1:
{{trope}}
[[File:
{{quote|''"[[No Good Deed Goes Unpunished|You've always thrown everything you could at me!]] [[Iron Woobie|Well I can take it!]] [[Hoist by His Own Petard|And now I can give it back!]] [[Smite Me,
|'''[[The Unfavorite|Zuko]]''' (yelling at a massive thunderstorm)|''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'', "[[Avatar: The Last Airbender/Recap/Book 2/09 Bitter Work|Bitter Work]]"}}
Battling [[The Legions of Hell]] is one thing, this goes the opposite direction. Are you a bad enough dude to take on the gods?... or angels? Or even [[God|the Big Guy Upstairs?]]
Line 10 ⟶ 11:
Sometimes, the higher planes of existence are revealed to be run like a mad, hopelessly bureaucratic corporation -- [[Celestial Bureaucracy|too concerned with rules, regulations, and maintaining the]] [[Balance Between Good and Evil]] to give a damn about the helpless mortals stuck in the middle. Other times, the writers may just go for the full subversion of conventional morality and propose that [[God Is Evil]] (the Gnostics' position).
[[The Other Wiki]] calls this ''[[wikipedia:Misotheism|misotheism]]''
See also [[Crisis of Faith]], [[Smite Me,
If someone actually succeeds in this endeavor, see [[Kill the God]].
{{examples}}▼
▲{{examples}}
== Anime
* In ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (manga)|Fullmetal Alchemist]]'', {{spoiler|[[Big Bad|Father]] uses the power of the souls of Amestris to pull God down to Earth and absorbs God.}}
* This is essentially the plot of ''[[Amatsuki]]'', in which the titular world is ruled over by the god Teiten, who really couldn't care less about what happens to its inhabitants, as long as they don't interfere with his own plans (and if they do, there are ''severe'' consequences). He also predicts the fates of all living things so that he may control them. The demon [[Anti-Hero|Bonten]], who lost everyone he loved because of Teiten, decides he's tired of this way of life and takes action once it becomes evident that Teiten intends to destroy the world. Hapless protagonist Tokidoki, the only one whose fate has not been decided, is part of a plot made by Bonten and the demons to overthrow Teiten and escape the awful fate that awaits them. [[Refusal of the Call|Except he doesn't like the idea of being made a god]].
Line 24 ⟶ 25:
* In ''[[Code Geass]]'', the Emperor and his partner{{spoiler|-slash-twin-brother}} V.V.'s modus operandi is to slay the gods who drive humanity to lie to and hurt one another. However, since "God" in this universe is seen as the collective unconsciousness of mankind, their world would result in [[Instrumentality]]. This might be quite a brilliant case of in-universe characters [[Did Not Do the Research|not doing their homework]]. Charles is well aware, and it's exactly what he wants. However V.V. might not have known since Charles was going around his back due to V.V.'s previous betrayal (that V.V. doesn't know Charles knows about)
* When ''[[Guyver]]'' Zero rebelled against his alien creators, the Advents, and was slain by their loyal general Archanfel, the Advents decided that ''no'' human could be trusted and left Earth, throwing a giant planetoid at it. Archanfel destroyed the planetoid at the permanent cost of his health, and has spent the last 110,000 years or so plotting to turn humanity into an army of vengeance against his "gods".
* The manga ''[[Innocent Bird]]'' deals with a demon gone good and a heaven completely mad. Not that the evil forces are any
* ''[[Saint Beast]]'': The premise behind the series is disharmony in Heaven and revenge against Zeus.
* ''[[Saiyuki]]'' Gaiden, a prequel to the main story's plot (both of which are on-going), explains the story of how the 4 ({{spoiler|possibly 5 or more since Hakuryu/Jeep seems to indeed be the Gojun, Dragon King of the West Army}}) main characters of the current story were banished from heaven for trying to overthrow the ruling gods. As the Gaiden story is on-going, we still don't know quite what happened.
* Medusa's current explanation for her actions in ''[[Soul Eater]]'' (she'll come up with something else soon enough). While she's previously alluded to wanting to get rid of gods, she's now claimed it's in the nature of witches to do so.
* One of the major villains in ''[[The Twelve Kingdoms]]'' stages a rebellion against the monarchy of the kingdom he lives in and, by extension, the setting's rule-by-divine-appointment system. His ultimate motivation for his actions is eventually revealed as being an attempt to get the [[Powers That Be]] to prove their existence by [[Smite Me,
* The central premise of ''[[Angel Beats!]]''. {{spoiler|Subverted. See... in Angel Beats, the characters ''wish'' they could
* ''[[Bastard!!]]'' involves this, with the main heroes fighting a legion of angels who have arrived on Earth to destroy humanity
* ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]''...maybe. [[Mind Screw|Who can tell?]]
Line 35 ⟶ 36:
==
* ''[[Spawn]]'' spends as much time battling crazy people and demons, as he does fighting angels who apparently can't tell that he's a good guy. Created solely to be Hell's general makes some angels think his turn is inevitable. Ironically the ruler of Heaven, being just as evil as the devil, is NOT the one true God, who actually is implied to have some sympathy for the hellspawn.
* John Constantine, main character of ''[[Hellblazer]]'' (which is partly in [[The DCU]]) finds himself in this position half of the time. The other half he's against the boys downstairs. Probably worth mentioning that he holds ''both'' sides in roughly the same contempt.
Line 45 ⟶ 46:
** [[Fantastic Four|Reed Richards]] manages to do this ''literally'', though in a subverted manner: [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|he builds a portal into heaven and, after fighting through hordes of angels and hammering on the pearly gates until he, Sue, and Johnny get let in,]] he politely asks God (represented by [[Jack Kirby]]) to bring Ben Grimm back to life.
* Ditto DC's [[Justice League of America]].
* Partly inspiring ''[[Spawn]]'', ''[[Ghost Rider
* A ''[[What If]]'' featured [[Dr. Doom]] [[A God Am I|retaining the Beyonder's power,]] plus a few [[Mineral MacGuffin|extra trinkets,]] then taking on the status quo all the way up to [[Physical God|the Celestials.]] The applicable quote being "What man has wrought, let no god put asunder."
* [[Lex Luthor]]'s beef with [[Superman]] is made of this.
Line 55 ⟶ 56:
== Fan Works ==
* Very early on in ''[[With Strings Attached]]'', John yells “Fuck you!” and throws the finger at the heavens to express his resentment at being sent to another planet. Which is pretty damned reckless of him, given that it very well ''could'' have been God who sent them there.
* Asuka Soryuu Langley rages against the heavens in the final installment of ''[[Neon Exodus Evangelion]]'', declaring to God that she doesn't need him. {{spoiler|Later, God tells her that she might well have a point, so He doesn't hold it against her.}}
Line 65 ⟶ 67:
* ''[[Pitch Black]]'': Richard B. Riddick has this to say on the matter to the holy man:
{{quote|'''Riddick:''' Think someone could spend half their life in the slam with a horse bit in their mouth and not believe? Think he could start out in some liquor store trash bin with an umbilical cord wrapped around his neck and not believe? Got it all wrong, holy man. I absolutely believe in God... And I absolutely hate the fucker.}}
* The remake of ''[[Clash of the Titans]]'' features this extensively, and is usually ''[[Narm|hilarious]]''. Mostly because the various mortals who try to fight the gods have absolutely no clue how to go about it. There's scene of the paltry survivors of a kingdom's soldiers coming back and being congratulated on their
* In the obscure movie ''Wholly Moses'', after an entire film worth of the world dumping on him, the title character has it out with God. Despite some really great cameos by Richard Pryor and John Ritter, the movie would have been forgettable if not for his great response to God's questioning.
{{quote|"Who are you to question God?"
Line 84 ⟶ 86:
* John Milton's ''[[Paradise Lost]]''. However, it should be noted that the book itself is ''not'' a criticism of God or religion, and is only interpreted as a story like this because it centers around Satan in an effort to show his downfall and folly. [[Your Mileage May Vary|Though the critics are divided on that point, actually...]]
* ''[[Discworld]]''
** Happens a couple of times, perhaps most notably in ''[[
** The trope is also referenced for analogy's sake in
{{quote|'''Rincewind:''' Let's just say that if complete and utter chaos was lightning, he'd be the sort to stand on a hilltop in a thunderstorm wearing wet copper armour screaming, "All gods are bastards."}}
** It's been stated about Commander Vimes that he wishes he could arrest the Creator of the universe for doing such a crummy job.
* Another literary example is ''[[Inferno]]'', by [[Larry Niven]] and [[Jerry Pournelle]]. The protagonist, trapped in Hell, ineffectively declares war on a clearly evil and sadistic God (although, being a sci-fi author, he refers to God with joking names like "Big Juju" and "The Builders").
* The basis of the plot in Julian May's ''[[Galactic Milieu]]'' trilogy centers around the main protagonist rebelling against galactic civilization and it's implied Ascended state because of his immense ego and jealousy of his brother's mutation. The trilogy is basically a homage to ''[[Paradise Lost]]'', and is subverted rather neatly: {{spoiler|the creator of the galactic civilization is the antagonist himself, after trip through a one-way time gate and a [[Heel Face Turn]]. The post-climax confrontation between the antagonist and his future self directly alludes to the antagonist playing the part of Lucifer in a modern-day allegory.}}
Line 92 ⟶ 95:
* Many characters in the ''[[Everworld]]'' series end up at odds with various gods. One in particular, an alien god known as Ka Anor, eats other gods. The series' [[Magnificent Bastard]] is also {{spoiler|planning to overthrow all the pantheons and install herself as the absolute ruler of Everworld.}}
* In ''Heaven's Bones'', the gypsy Trueblood urges on a mad surgeon's creation of living "angels" from kidnapped women, and plots to use them to storm Heaven and oust the residents, including God, so he can become a deity. Subverted in that {{spoiler|Trueblood is an escapee from [[Ravenloft]], and doesn't grasp that God honestly isn't the sort of [[Physical God]] he's used to hearing about from D&D's pantheon-style faiths}}.
* In [[Cormac McCarthy]]'s ''The Crossing'', a priest tells the story of a heretic who lost his entire family and demanded that if God exists, that he reveal himself by [[Smite Me,
* Michael Swanwick's ''[[The Iron Dragon's Daughter]]'' features an [[Omnicidal Maniac]] war machine that plans to destroy all of creation as revenge for being created. {{spoiler|Most of the events that happen to and around the title character are a decades-long [[Plan]] to ruin her life to the point that she would be willing to help. Apparently it needs a pilot to pull the trigger}}.
* Percy Shelley's ''Prometheus Unbound'' is all about Prometheus' efforts to overthrow the tyrannical rule of Jupiter for the benefit of both gods and humans.
Line 103 ⟶ 106:
* Job: A Comedy of Justice by [[Robert Heinlein]] largely boils down to this theme in the end.
* Duck in ''[[Who Cut the Cheese?]]'' by Mason Brown when the cheese runs out.
* In ''[[Star Wars]]'' [[Expanded Universe]] stories, the Hutts once had two gods, Evona and Ardos, also the names of the twin suns of their home planet Varl's system. Shortly after the Hutts became a space-faring species, some sort of cataclysm (possibly a roaming black hole) obliterated one of the suns and caused the other to go supernova, burning Varl's atmosphere and rendering it uninhabitable. The modern Hutts point to this as proof they are ''better'' than the gods, as they survived.
== Live-Action TV ==
Line 109 ⟶ 113:
* Used in later seasons of ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' and ''[[Stargate Atlantis]]'' to a lesser extent. After building up the concept of the ''Ancients'' as the most powerful race ever, Daniel Jackson can't wait to meet them. But after he finds out that their belief in free will is so strong that they will not even interfere in someone's plans to annihilate an entire galaxy, he takes the opportunity to rage at them a little.
** Michael Shanks (the actor who plays Daniel) even stated in an interview that he likened a scene in ''[[The Ark of Truth]]'' in which Daniel pleads an ascended Ancient to help him as Daniel talking to God.
* In ''[[Wild Palms]],'' Senator Anton Kreutzer, founder of the religion of Synthiotics and leader of the Ancient (by postmodern standards) Conspiracy of the Fathers, exults, "We are storming Heaven!" (Not in a supernatural
* In ''[[Star Trek]]'', Klingon legend presents this as ''fait accompli''. The very first Klingon, it is said, turned on the creator gods and killed them. Why he did this is somewhat unclear, but it seems to make perfect sense to the Klingons themselves. They often say simply, "they were more trouble than they were worth," but this may be a Klingon joke.
{{quote|"And when the two hearts began to beat together, they filled the heavens with a terrible sound. For the first time, the gods knew fear. They tried to flee, but it was too late. The Klingon hearts destroyed the gods who created them and turned the heavens to ashes. To this very day, no one can oppose the beating of two Klingon hearts."}}
* Shades of this appears on ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]''. For the main characters, they're pissed at Heaven, not God, and actually want God around, because He's their only chance for coming out of the Apocalypse with their minds, bodies, and souls intact. The demons don't want God around for obvious reasons, and the angels (Zachariah in particular) don't want him around because without God, ''they're'' running Heaven.
Line 132 ⟶ 136:
== Music ==
* The musical [[Ur Example]] is the 4 hour metal epic [[Food for the Gods]], which culminates in Satan leading an army of the demons and damned alike into a war on heaven in which they storm the pearly gates and lay waste to paradise in an attempt to kill God himself. {{spoiler|And it works. [[Pyrrhic Victory|Sort of]].}}
* "Dear God" by XTC. Look up item 7 on the [http://www.faqs.org/faqs/music/xtc-faq/ Chalkhills FAQ] to read about the track's confusing discographical history. (I considered including a link to a lyrics page, but to appreciate it you '''must''' hear the song.) The child who sings the first
* "Elysian Fields", from the ''Youthanasia'' album by Megadeth. The song describe a group of men assaulting Heaven.
* A large number of [[Religion Rant Song|ReligionRantSongs]] are built on this trope.
Line 144 ⟶ 148:
== Tabletop Games ==
* The pencil-and-paper RPG ''[[In Nomine]]'' concerns the eternal war between Heaven and Hell. Players usually take on the roles of angels or demons, and a good number of [[Dungeon Master
* ''[[Old World of Darkness]]'' game ''[[Demon: The Fallen]]'' has fallen angels prying themselves out of Hell to find that God and all the angels seem to have taken a holiday. A good number of them want to restart the war against Heaven: Luciferians want to go on with the war Lucifer started, Faustians want to use mankind as a weapon against God and Raveners want to destroy God and everything He created.
* This is the entire point of the Silver Ladder in ''[[Mage: The Awakening]]'', and in fact has already happened once before. The inhabitants of the Awakened City build a ladder construct up to the Supernal, and kicked all the gods out or killed them. The new human overlords then became the Exarchs, and reshaped the cosmos so that people couldn't follow them, breaking the cosmos and releasing [[Cosmic Horror
{{quote|'''[[Chaotic Good|Random Free Councillor]]:''' Knew those guys were up to no good.}}
* Inverted in ''[[Scion]]'', where the Titans seek to overthrow the Gods... and it's your job to stop them. In part because you're the child of one of those gods; even if you don't like your divine parent, you're automatically on the Titan shitlist just for that half of your DNA. Although there is nothing to stop you [[Calling the Old Man Out]], which in the ''Scion'' setting is basically this trope.
* The fantasy RPG setting ''[http://www.fur.com/~ollie/rym3.html Rym]'' has as part of its backstory the Creator civilization, a race of humans who built a computer that was so powerful it decided it was a god. It declared war on the real gods (dragging its terrified and helpless human makers into the fray along with it) and succeeded in killing all but one of them with its deicidal robotic dragon.
* ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]''
**
** The same book gives details for a [[Prestige Class]] called the Ur-Priest, a type of divine spellcaster that gains spells by stealing them. (You heard that right, they [[Stupid Evil| steal divine power from gods.]]) The only reason anyone would take this class, more-or-less, is if they hated gods. Not coincidentally, this is a popular Prestige Class for the aforementioned vashar.
** In ''[[Forgotten Realms]]'', the [[Artifact of Doom|Scepter of the Sorcerer Kings]] was crafted by ancient, evil wizards who wished to "rid the world of meddling deities". While their overall plan obviously failed, the Scepter seems to be one of the few mortal-made items that even gods are afraid of. Using one of its powers causes Toril to be completely purged of one randomly-chosen deity's influence for ten days; during that time, followers of said deity have no access to their spells above 2nd Level, artifacts and shrines associated with that deity don't work, and the deity itself cannot send omens or manifest avatars on Toril. Worse, all gods and divine magic are blind to its location. Most developers of the game are hesitant to even mention this artifact in a work, as it's [[Story-Breaker Power]] is dangerous even when compared to other artifacts.
** The ''[[Planescape]]'' campaign has the Athar. None have ever been known to actually try to oppose the gods directly (none of them are that stupid) but their organization claims that gods are frauds who do not have the right to impose their wills on mortals the way they do. The Athar range from [[Axe Crazy]] fanatics to serious intellectuals who promote the virtues of mortal achievement. The organization does have divine spellcasters (in fact, their leader at one point was one) who worship what they call The Greater Unknown, something that they believe to be the true source of all divine power. Oh, and [[Player Character]]s were more than welcome to join this group if they wanted.
** The Player Characters themselves assume this role in the module ''Die, Vecna, Die!'' (Of course, if heroic PCs are going to oppose any god, it would likely be Vecna, and given his apocalyptic goals in the adventure, they should.) Even if the heroes are triumphant at the end, they cannot actually slay Vecna, but they can halt his evil plan and save all reality from a dark fate.
== Theater ==
Line 177 ⟶ 185:
* ''[[God of War]]'' has Kratos kill one god, Ares, for whom the title was named. In the sequel, {{spoiler|the Gods of Olympus betrayed Kratos as he was growing too powerful, so Kratos allies himself with the Titans, whom the Olympians had defeated years before. Considering what [[Sociopathic Hero|Kratos is like]], he'll probably kill every god in existence in ''God of War 3''.}}
** [[Word of God]] has it ''God of War'' is an attempt to explain why there are no more Greek Myths. Kratos killed them all.
** In the 2018 sequel, featuring a Norse setting, Kratos opposes one of the Norse Gods, Baldur, the main antagonist of the story. In a bizarre twist, {{spoiler|Kratos' son is actually Loki.}}
* Sort of an afterthought in ''[[Drakengard]]''. It only occurs in two endings of the game, and [[Story-Boarding the Apocalypse|no one really knows if the Grotesqueries are the gods or not]]. The sequel clears that up ({{spoiler|yes, they are}}).
* ''[[Neverwinter Nights 2]]: Mask of the Betrayer'' culminates with an assault against the residence of Kelemvor, the god of the dead, by those who think the Wall of the Faithless is an unjust punishment. If you join them, said god doesn't allow you to demolish the Wall, claiming that it would damage the cosmic balance, but allows you to literally tear your soul out of it just so that you stop causing any more trouble.
* ''[[The Simpsons Game]]''. {{spoiler|After failing to save Springfield by [[Rage Against the Author|beating up Matt Groening]], the Simpsons to take their case to God, whom they eventually defeat in Dance Dance Revolution-ish minigame.}}
* In ''[[Sacrifice]]'', the centaur [[Last of His Kind|Jadugaar]] seeks the death of the gods after [[Noodle Incident|Stratos somehow caused his people to be slaughtered]], seeking to free the mortals of the world of their petty bickering. His resentment is so high that he is even willing to obey [[Omnicidal Maniac]] Marduk if it means killing off the gods.
Line 199 ⟶ 207:
** Moreover, {{spoiler|The entrapment of the Wave Existence seems to have been an accident that happened billions of years before humans evolved, while the Zohar was used as an energy source, nobody knew how it worked. The closest being to God in game is the Wave Existence, though it itself appears uninterested in the concept and just wants to return home.}}
*** It's heavily alluded to that Grahf knew who was who, as he was always talking about "true power" {{spoiler|and trying to complete his botched contact with the Wave Existence by merging with Fei, his original body's next incarnation}}.
** In ''Xenoblade X'' the player works for the organization [[Fun with Acronyms|BLADE]]: '''B'''eyond the '''L'''ogos '''A'''rtifical '''D'''estiny '''E'''mancipator. In simpler terms this amounts to something like "Outside the rules/influence of reality/God. [[Screw Destiny]]". [[Blind Idiot Translation|The translators failed to realize what this meant]], despite being a ''Xeno'' series theme, and made it '''B'''uilders of the [sic] '''L'''egacy '''A'''fter the '''D'''estruction of '''E'''arth, making BLADE look like a mere construction company instead of badasses who remove obstacles for the actual rebuilders. [[Artifact Title|It also means BLADE is no longer outside of reality ("Xeno")]].
* In ''[[Bayonetta]]'', you fight angels as your primary enemies and use demons from Hell as finishers for the bigger ones. Not only do you kill angelic bosses that are bigger and more powerful with each one, but you eventually {{spoiler|kill Jubileus, the Creator, in the most awesome way ever to kill a god. You summon something even bigger and punch her into the sun. YOU BEAT GOD BUY PUNCHING HER FROM THE END OF THE MILKY WAY INTO OUR MOTHERFUCKING SUN!}} And it is awesome to do.
* The creation of the darkspawn in ''[[Dragon Age]]'' stemmed from the mages of the Tevinter Imperium attempting to invade the Golden City, where the Maker lived. In retaliation he threw them out and turned them into darkspawn, and the city is now known as the Black City. There's even a verse from the Chant of Light that tells them the consequences of what they've done.
Line 206 ⟶ 215:
You have brought Sin to Heaven
And doom upon all the world.'' }}
** It's actually not very clear if this is actually what happened, given that this is solely the Chantry's version of events, and the Chantry is itself rather power hungry. Given the Chantry's intolerance and controlling nature, the leaders would be quite willing to lie, if only to ensure the continuation of their power. Besides, quite a few characters express doubts about this (Like Avernus), and it's quite clear in-universe that the history is generally written by the winners. It doesn't help that even now, the Tevinter Imperium is [[
** One of the DLC for the sequel reveals that {{spoiler|the Imperium did indeed invade the Golden City, which unleashed the Darkspawn. However, this may not be the whole story: one of the Magisters responsible implies that by the time they got there, the Black City had already been formed.}}
* In ''[[Tales of Symphonia]]'', the [[Big Bad]] is the leader of the angels who guide the [[Crystal Dragon Jesus]] church. The Goddess is {{spoiler|actually his [[Dead Little Sister|Dead Big Sister]], and the entire system of the [[Chosen One]] is an [[Evil Plan]] bent on reviving her into [[Grand Theft Me|a new body]].}} He goes the extra mile and makes it a [[Xanatos Gambit]]: {{spoiler|If one Chosen fails than the next Chosen is automatically qued up and ready for sacrifice.}}
* Susano, in ''[[Ōkami|Okami]]'', yells at the gods to stop tormenting him for their amusement and ''dog''ging his
* In the final act of ''[[Discworld Noir]]'', {{spoiler|Mooncalf}} denounces all gods on top of the Temple of Small Gods. [[Jerkass Gods|This being the Discworld]], he is immediately incinerated by [[Bolt of Divine Retribution|about a dozen lightning bolts]]. [[The Grim Reaper|Death]] gives him points for style, though.
* At the climax of ''[[Narcissu|Narcissu -Side 2nd-]]'', Himeko, a self-proclaimed "fake Catholic," [[Clifftop Caterwauling|ascends Mt. Fuji]] in order to air her grievances with God; this is the last item on her list of things to do before she dies.
* Legends in ''[[Final Fantasy VIII]]'' state that the god Hyne created humans as tools to shape the land for him after he used up much of his power in creating the world andputting down the monsters that contested him. Then, after sleeping for a long time, he was astonished at how rapidly the human population expanded, so he casually [[Would Hurt a Child|culled off many children]] in a bid to control this boom. In a rage, the rest of the humans declared war on Hyne, and, through [[Zerg Rush|sheer numbers]], they cornered him, forcing him to sacrifice his magic and secretly hide it in the bodies of [[Gender-Restricted Ability|women]], while making the humans believe it was actually hidden in the half of his body he left behind in his escape.
* ''[[Portal 2]]'': "All right, I've been thinking. [[When Life Gives You Lemons]], don't make lemonade. Make life take the lemons back! ''Get mad!'' 'I don't want your damn lemons! What am I supposed to do with these?!' Demand to see life's manager! Make life rue the day it thought it could give [[Crazy Awesome|Cave]] [[Large Ham|Johnson]] lemons! Do you know who I am? I'm the man who's gonna burn your house down! ''WITH THE LEMONS!'' I'm gonna get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that ''BURNS YOUR HOUSE DOWN!''"
{{quote|'''
* ''[[Asura's Wrath]]'' [[Up to Eleven|takes this to a level]] even [[God of War]], or possibly even [[Bayonetta]] dosen't go to! The first boss's final state becomes ''bigger than the planet Earth'' and tries to crush you to death with his finger! And unlike Kratos or Bayonetta, the hero fights just by punching everything and making energy blast come out of his fists! And the rage just keeps getting hotter, as Asura kills the rest of the Seven Deities one by one. The storyline ultimately concludes in the last DLC-specific chapter "Nirvana" where Asura {{spoiler|assaults [[God|Chakravartin's]] immense fortress (bigger than ''entire galaxies'') and punches him out.}} Because those bastards [[Papa Wolf|made his daughter cry.]]
* In ''[[Knights of the Old Republic]]'', {{spoiler|Kreia}} gets as close as you can get to this trope in a world with no gods by wishing to destroy ''the force''.
* ''[[Bastion]]'' features a pantheon of about ten gods you can invoke over the course of the game. Of course it would appear they're not too happy with the way your old culture trivialized them, because doing so actually makes fights ''harder'' (but in return you get better rewards). So not only are you raging against them, they're raging right back.
== Web Comics ==
Line 224 ⟶ 232:
{{quote|'''Grand Abbie Janis:''' Because if [Parson] breaks things enough, there may be peace in Erfworld after all.}}
* Done with an '''excellent''' reason in [http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=1366#comic this] ''[[SMBC]]'' comic.
* ''[[The Order of the Stick|Order of the Stick]]'': Redcloak is operating on The Plan. {{spoiler|The Dark One learned the entire Goblin Race is created as mere cannon fodder and designated Always Evil so clerics can kill them with no problems. Being Goblins, their response is the gods must be either bullied or killed in order for Goblins to have a fair shot.}}
* ''[[Least I Could Do]]'': During the 2009 Valentine's Day dating contest, Rayne's older brother, Eric, wins a date with a pair of very attractive twins. Rayne's response? To string up a Bible and [[Kill It with Fire|ready his blowtorch.]] When [[Only Sane Man|John]] tries to stop him, Rayne responds with, "If you have a better method of [[Smite Me, O Mighty Smiter!|declaring war with God,]] I'd love to hear it."
* ''[[One Piece: Grand Line 3 Point 5|One Piece Grand Line 3.5]]'': Luffy's reason for wanting to go the the Grand Line is to kick Poseidons ass. Also to become Pirate King, but he can do both.
Line 230 ⟶ 238:
== Web Original ==
* ''[[The Salvation War]]'': Basically Yahweh (the "deity" behind the Abrahamic religions' monotheism) tells humanity that the Pearly Gates are closed, that they are all going to [[Hell]], and that they should all lie down and die, while Satan in turn sends demonic heralds to the national capitals of Earth to demand submission to eternal torment. Humanity's response is to declare war on [[Take a Third Option|both sides]] by [[Shoot the Messenger|shooting or blowing up the heralds]]. (An angelic diplomatic group going to Satan's capital and a lone angelic emissary later get theirs too.)
{{quote|God was turned away by Iron Chariots once before. Are you people all so pathetic as to forget the myths of your ancestors? When the Heroes at Troy wounded the Gods and drove them from the field? When the mortal hand of Rama struck down the demon Ravana after invading Sri Lanka on his bridge of hurled stone? Satan is the Prince of Hell; God may have put him there but he still has princely power and he controls who is to be tortured and who isn't. This is his moment to break free from the cycle-curse. If we can turn away the strength of God with Iron, then let us make common cause with the Prince of Hell and turn on heaven with full fury. Angels can make war; we'll kill them, and we'll drive God from his throne at point of sword, and exhort the moral of the spirits in heaven to rise against the injustice of a God turned against his own word.}}
:: This little exchange sums up that thread quite nicely:
Line 262 ⟶ 270:
{{reflist}}
[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]
[[Category:Religion Tropes]]
[[Category:Older Than Feudalism]]
[[Category:Plots]]
[[Category:Diabolical Plots]]
| |||