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{{trope}}
{{quote|''"Hang on Lord!
''We're gonna fight for you!
''Hang on Lord!
''We're gonna fight for you!"''
|''[[Jesus Christ Superstar]]'', Peter and others trying to rescue Jesus}}
Has the [[Love Goddess]] turned into a [[Damsel in Distress]]? Has [[The Messiah]] fallen victim to a mob hating unbigoted goodness? Is the pantheon dying because people have forgotten that [[Gods Need Prayer Badly]]? Or has it even come to pass that [[God Is Dead]], and now need resurrection badly? In either case, dear hero, it's time for you to [[Jumped At the Call|Jump At The Call]] and
And yes, ''failed'' rescue attempts ''do'' count as examples. However, fighting alongside the deity to save the world does not. The deity has to personally be in need of rescue, or at least be perceived as such.
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* In ''[[Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?]]'', our hero has to rescue his patron deity during the final story arcs of both of the first two seasons. Granted, he has to rescue her from a kidnapping in both cases, but they're still rescues.
== [[Film]] ==
* In ''[[Dogma]]'', {{spoiler|Yahweh is in a coma for most of the movie. One of the protagonists rescues him by slaying
* ''[[Jesus Christ Superstar]]'': Fails miserably in the 1973 version: Peter and the others try to save Jesus, but are overwhelmed by the
* In ''[[Hercules (
== [[Literature]] ==
* A trilogy of novels set in ''[[Scarred Lands]]'' are about a priest who tries {{spoiler|and finally succeeds}} to resurrect the dead god he used to worship until the [[Gotterdammerung|Divine War]] This is actually played interestingly. In the Scarred Lands, priests gain their magic powers from their deities. Because their god died, his priests can only access the most basic of spells. {{spoiler|After he's resurrected, the main character still can't cast spells, despite being his former high priest. The consequence of bringing his god back to life means he can no longer truly have faith in him, because he's now aware of his own mortality, and can't see him as an infallible being.}}
* Discussed in ''[[The Bible]]'': Peter grabs a sword to save Jesus from the roman soldiers, but Jesus stops him and recommend pacifism. At some point, Jesus also states that he could easily save himself, or summon a legion of angels to his aid, if he wanted to. This would would go against the entire point though.
* In ''[[Percy Jackson and The Olympians]]'', the quest of Grover and the other satyrs is to find their god Pan, who was said to be dead. Heck, book three of the first series is about saving Artemis, and book one of the second series is about saving Hera. Rick Riordan loves this trope.
* In ''[[The Mists of Avalon]]'', [[Enigmatic Empowering Entity|The Lady of the Lake]] is trying to rescue her pagan pantheon, which is dying from the advances of Christianity.
* This is what drives the plot for most of ''[[
== [[Live
* In ''[[Hercules: The Legendary Journeys]]'', [[Love Goddess|Aphrodite]] need to be saved sometimes.
* The
== [[Tabletop
* ''[[Dungeons
** In the adventure ''For Duty and Deity'', the high priestess of Waukeen gathers a group of adventurers who worship the goddess and sends them to the Abyss to rescue her from the demon lord Graz'zt.
** ''Dungeon Magazine'' #21, adventure ''The Chest of the Aloeids''. Hermes has been captured and trapped in the title container. A group of [[PC]]'s who worship the Greek deities must rescue him so he can take his place among the other gods on Mount Olympus.
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* In ''[[Lunar]]'', the main [[Damsel in Distress]] turns out to be {{spoiler|the goddess Althena}}.
* ''[[God of War|God Of War: Chains of Olympus]]'' tasks Kratos with rescuing Helios.
* The main plot of '[[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon|''Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time/Darkness/Sky'']] actually involves the player trying to save Dialga
* ''[[Jade Empire]]'': This drives a large part of the plot. The Water Dragon is not only in charge of rain, but she's also the deity in charge of escorting the deceased to the afterlife for reincarnation. Without her, the world's getting overrun with angry and tormented ghosts. {{spoiler|Of course, you don't ''have'' to rescue or restore her if you're playing Closed Fist.}}
* ''[[Kid Icarus]]'': The first and second games involve saving Palutena.
* ''[[MapleStory]]''. During the Sixth Job promotion, the player has to rescue the Goddesses of Maple World, Grandis, and Tynerum, who have become trapped by the [[Background Magic Field| Sol Erda]] after attempting to stem the torrent of Erda that resulted from the fusion of all three worlds. Naturally, this means rescuing them is needed to accomplish that and preventing [[The End of the World as We Know It]].
== [[Web Original]] ==
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* In ''[[South Park]]'', the kids work very hard to save
▲* In ''[[Hercules (Disney film)|Hercules]]'', Herc has to save Zeus and the other gods from Hades and the Titans.
▲* In ''[[South Park]]'', the kids work very hard to save Muhammad -- a divine [[Superhero]] fueled by holy power equal to his teammate [[Kung Fu Jesus|Jesus]].
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Religion Tropes]]
[[Category:Goals and Objectives Index]]
[[Category:Plots]]
▲[[Category:Save Your Deity]]
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