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[[The Other Wiki]] calls this ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misotheism misotheism]'' -- hatred of God or the Gods. This trope seems at least partially connected to [[Darker and Edgier]], and can turn out the same horrible results.
See also [[Crisis of Faith]], [[Smite Me Oh Mighty Smiter]], [[Nay Theist]], [[God Is Evil]], and [[Satan Is Good]]. Often a part of a [[God and Satan Are Both Jerks]] storyline. Can result in [[A God Am I]], [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?]], and/or [[Broke Your Arm Punching Out Cthulhu]]. For a more [[Post Modernism]] take, compare [[Rage Against the Author]].
If someone actually succeeds in this endeavor, see [[Kill the God]].
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== Anime & Manga ==
* 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
* The [[Anime]] ''[[Angel Sanctuary (Manga)|Angel Sanctuary]]''; in addition, the manga goes above and beyond this, where God is presented as disinterested in the affairs of Earth and Heaven, remaining aloof {{spoiler|even when the structures of both are crumbling down.}} As it turns out, {{spoiler|God truly doesn't care about the damage being done throughout the series, having designed the universe as a means to test an equation}}. {{spoiler|And in the end he tries to destroy the current creation with those creepy baby angel things. Alexiel and Rosiel were apparently created to destroy the world as well. It's complicated. }}
* Guts, the main character of ''[[Berserk]]'', spends more than a year hunting and killing apostles, the subordinates to the [[Big Bad|God Hand]].
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* ''[[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 (Comic Book)|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.
* Jesse Custer, the main character of the comic book ''[[Preacher (Comic Book)]]'', sets out to find God and make Him answer for abandoning the cosmos; this eventually escalates to the point where {{spoiler|Jesse dies to bait God back to Heaven, where the Saint of Killers kills him}}.
* Reversed in the ''[[Lucifer (Comic Book)|Lucifer]]'' comics, where Satan actually ends up defending heaven against the forces of the Lilim. He is not unaware of the irony. Yet he manages to {{spoiler|''persuade'' God to pass over his reign to someone else through logic: what is the most difficult thing for an omnipotent being to do? To do nothing at all.}}
* [[Will Eisner]]'s ''Contract with God'' is one of the few examples where we learn that it's not a good idea to think God owes you something for reasons other than getting a bolt from the blue.
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== Radio ==
* Thomas gets a couple of these in ''[[Old
{{quote| '''Thomas:''' I mean, you're the one who got us all into this mess! You're the one who gave [[Complete Monster|people like me]] free will! What'd you do that for? It was asking for trouble! You're the one who gave us desires and urges and... and organs that work to their own agendas! You should step in and take control of the situation, but you obviously can't! You've lost the plot, mate!}}
:: God's reaction is to calmly and dispassionately turn him into a small pile of sewage, and cut Hell's space in half.
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* ''[[Final Fantasy]]''
** The {{spoiler|Occuria}} in ''[[Final Fantasy XII (Video Game)|Final Fantasy XII]]'' served as the gods of Ivalice. It is actually the ''villains'', however, that are trying to defeat the gods, having manipulated the world for ages, to "return history to the hands of man". Ironically, although that is the primary goal of the villains, it is eventually the protagonists (of their own volition, though) that fulfill this for them.
*** And most likely due to this, the Lucavi are able to interfere with humanity leading to [[The End of the World As We Know It]], the loss of high technology including airships, the domination of ignorance through the religion of St. Ajora and eventually the erosion of all magic by the time of [[Vagrant Story]]. So [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]].
** Earlier than that, in ''[[Final Fantasy II (Video Game)|Final Fantasy II]]'' {{spoiler|After the Emperor is killed, his dark half goes to hell and [[Like a Badass Out of Hell|takes over,]] but his Light half goes to Heaven and... takes that over too.}} Yeah, {{spoiler|this guy is so evil his ''good side'' somehow managed to overthrow God.}} [[Badass]] much?
* The cross-platform ''[[Shin Megami Tensei]]'' videogame series; the first two fit the concept best, but all of them include various gods as enemies.
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** There's two of the endings. {{spoiler|If you refuse to hand the Gran Centurio to the archangel Marietta and attack her instead, you get to kill her, and then Yggdra, now apparently insane with power due to the Gran Centurio's influence, declares her intention to wage war against the Gods. Given how her army had to sweat blood to defeat just ONE angel, and not even a very strong one, this most likely won't end well...}}
** The same game has {{spoiler|Nessiah}}, a fallen angel wrongly punished by Asgard, who has spent the past thousand-odd years preparing to take revenge on the gods for what's been done to him. {{spoiler|Because said preparations have involved manipulating human nations into bloody wars, the protagonists of the game aren't too keen on allowing this, and stop Nessiah from carrying out his revenge at the last minute, despite his pleas for them to stand aside. Ironically, [[Cassandra Truth|Asgard is actually incredibly corrupt]], just as Nessiah tries to explain...}}
* Also from ''[[Dept Heaven]]'', [[Knights in The Nightmare|Meria]]/[[Spell My Name With an "S"|Mellia]] does this in one ending.
* In ''[[Princess Maker|Princess Maker 2]]'' your daughter can take on the God of War (before taking on puberty).
* In ''[[Xenogears (Video Game)|Xenogears]]'' the main characters fight against a Heaven-like city in the sky, a [[Corrupt Church]] and they seek to kill "God". The protagonist's giant robot is called "The Slayer of God". Also the game's slogan is "Stand tall and shake the heavens."
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* Done with an '''excellent''' reason in [http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=1366#comic this] ''[[SMBC]]'' comic.
* ''[[Order of the Stick (Webcomic)|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.}}<br />{{spoiler|Considering how their last attempt at civil interaction with humans and the Good gods resulted, it's reasonable logic deducing that the only way the Good deities will take anything the Goblins say as even being valid is to give them a wake-up call. Besides, the Plan is not, in fact, to destroy everything ''or'' kill the other gods -- those things are merely what might happen if things go south.}}
* ''[[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.
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** Which, on the basis that the dominant religion in these countries is Catholicism and that Castellan (ie Spanish spoken in Spain) also has some remarkably descriptive blasphemous phrases, especially compared with Northern European Protestant equivalents (with the exception of "Christ on a bike", for example, British English really doesn't do much with blasphemy apart from the basic "Christ's sake/bloody hell/etc"), seems to imply that Catholicism takes both piety and impiety to extremes [[Eddie Izzard|that other "cake or death" religions]] just can't muster. [[The Crusades|Which is probably for the best, really.]]
* You. Yes, you. At least everyone did this once, because of all the world's misery.....
** [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|Or because your]] [[What Do You Mean
*** '''GODDAMMIT!!!'''
* [[Mikhail Bakunin]], a rather big name in anarchist political ideology and a self-identified anarcho-collectivist is attributed as having said these words: "The first revolt is against the supreme tyranny of theology, of the phantom of God. As long as we have a master in heaven, we will be slaves on earth. A boss in Heaven is the best excuse for a boss on earth, therefore If God did exist, he would have to be abolished."
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