Clap Your Hands If You Believe: Difference between revisions

* The ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' [[Big Bad]] of seasons 9 and 10, [[Sufficiently Advanced Alien|the Ori]], are [[Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence|ascended beings]] who thrive on worship. And they also ''lose'' their powers when not worshiped, {{spoiler|hence how The Ark Of Truth beats Adria, forcing the Priors to realize that the Ori, and by extension, Adria herself, were ''not'' gods.}} A fitting end.

** The [[Big Bad]]s of the previous eight seasons, [[A God Am I|the Goa'uld]], are a more figurative example. Once a significant number of people stop believing that a particular Goa'uld is a god, it's usually a sign that said Goa'uld is about to lose out.

** In the [[Doctor Who/Recap/S31/E13 The Big Bang|fifth season finale]] {{spoiler|the Doctor was erased from existence, but Amy remembered him and somehow magically brought him back.}} It... ''sort of'' [[It Makes Sense in Context|makes sense in context.]]

* Earlier, in "[[Doctor Who/Recap/S26/E03 The Curse of Fenric|The Curse of Fenric]]", a cross works only if the bearer has faith in it, and other objects of faith work equally well: a WWII Russian soldier fends off vampires with a soviet badge, and both the Doctor and Ace are able to hold them at bay with no physical object, through their faith in each other. The priest who doubts his faith however...

== Western Animation ==

* One episode of ''[[Freakazoid]]!'' spoofs the ''Peter Pan'' example above, with Cosgrove asking the viewers to revive a defeated Freakazoid with their applause.

'''Crowd:''' HUGGBEES! }}

* Parodied in an episode of ''[[Earthworm Jim (animation)|Earthworm Jim]]'' where, after his super-suit gets stolen, Jim tries various generic ways of gaining super powers (including space radiation and radioactive arachnid bites). One of his attempts is to plead to the audience where he tells the viewer he will get powers if the audience were to "Believe! Believe and clap very hard!" prompting: