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== Anime & Manga ==
* Seen in the opening credits of ''[[Death Note (Manga)|Death Note]]'', with the symbolic double-whammy of [[How Do You Like Them Apples?|an apple]] being passed between the [[Knight Templar]] [[Villain Protagonist]] and the god-figure. This, though, is half symbolism (since the protagonist's moral decline after receiving the titular [[Artifact of Doom]] is related to original sin) and half show in-joke (since the god in question is addicted to apples).
* Subverted in the ''[[Trigun]]'' manga when, {{spoiler|Knives and the plant integration are being broken apart physically and mentally, the subversion lying in the sense of loss and failure used in this scene as opposed to the sense of creation and connection in the original.}}
* The unknown hand the title character of ''[[The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya]]'' reaches out to with a flash of light in the opening sequence is sometimes considered to be a reference to this.
* In the finale of ''[[Revolutionary Girl Utena]]'', Utena reaches her hand to Anthy {{spoiler|who lies inside the symbolic coffin of her fear and self-loathing where she's been most of her life. Their hands reach for each other, touch in perfect example of this trope...[[Subverted Trope|and suddenly slip.]]}}
* There's a picture of the original photo itself in episode 11 of ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica (Anime)|Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]''. {{spoiler|Apt, since Madoka essentially becomes God and bestows her holiness on Homura.}}
* In ''[[Nichijou]]'', [[The Gadfly|Mai]] pulls this off on episode 4, in the MIDDLE OF AN EXAM, by touching a drawn hand on a chalkboard.
 
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== Films -- Live-Action}} ==
* ''[[E.T. the Extraterrestrial (Film)Extra-Terrestrial|ET the Extraterrestrial]]'': E.T.'s glowing finger on the promotional poster for the movie, as it touches the finger of the young boy, is an example of a [[Sistine Steal]].
* Some promotional material for ''[[Bruce Almighty]]'' included this, with Jim Carrey's nether regions covered by [[Censor Steam|a cloud]] and the only part of god showing being the arm.
* In ''Rocket Man'', after inadvertently waking up early from suspended animation, one of the activities the protagonist does to kill time during the 8 month voyage is make a painting of ''Creation of Adam'' (illustrating himself and his monkey copilot) using tubed food.
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== Literature ==
* Parodied in the ''[[Discworld (Literature)|Discworld]]'' illustrated novel ''[[Discworld (Literature)/The Last Hero|The Last Hero]]'', in which [http://files.myopera.com/Quinnuendo/blog/HPIM3268.JPG Cohen the Barbarian gives the middle finger to God (or rather Blind Io, the Disc's Zeus figure) and to ''the entire pantheon of major gods''.]
 
 
== Live-Action TV ==
* An episode of ''[[Arrested Development (TV series)|Arrested Development]]''. Justified, somewhat, as it was a "re-enactment" of the painting in question rather than just a parody.
* In the TV series version of ''[[The Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy (TV series)|The Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy]]'' the subsection of the Babel fish entry on the non-existence of God represents God and Man using the famous Sistine depictions.
* Used in every version of the opening credits of the long-running British arts programme ''[[The South Bank Show]]'', with an animated spark between God's finger and Adam's.
* [http://www.thepiemaker.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/pushing-daisies-s2-1.jpg This] promotional image created for ''[[Pushing Daisies]]''.
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== Western Animation ==
* The ''E.T.'' example above is made even more explicit in an episode of ''[[Animaniacs (Animation)|Animaniacs]]'', where Michelangelo faces a deadline, gets help from the Warners, and is horrified to see that they've painted God as E.T., and it's too late to change anything because the Pope has arrived. But as he's [[Steven Spielberg]], he loves it.
* Of course, a ''[[The Simpsons (Animationanimation)|Simpsons]]'' [[wikipedia:Image:Simpsons-michaelangelo.jpg|reference]].
** Mr. Burns invokes this trope in his own short film, in which his own face replaces that of Adam.
* ''[[Wakfu (Animation)|Wakfu]]''
** In season 1 episode 6, the ceiling of the throne room in the Katrepat Castle features such a parody, with Count Vampyro in Adam's spot.
** Another one with The Mmmmmmmmmporpg and Maude in episode 12 of season 2, during [[Bullet Time]]. Plus [[Lampshade Hanging]] by Ruel.
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