Incredibly Inconvenient Deity: Difference between revisions

* ''[[Evan Almighty (Film)|Evan Almighty]]''. The beard example comes from there and is particularly jarring, given that it had no practical purpose whatsoever. Then there are the MANY birds entering Evan's office through the window.

* Depending on your views of [[The Bible (Literature)|The Bible]], [[The Bible (Literature)|The Bible]] has stories very much like this - especially if you consider that many of the Christian values lots of cultures have now were novel - to say the least - to the people of that culture.

* [[Justified Trope|Justified]] in ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Small Gods|Small Gods]]'', where the Great God Om lacks the power to do things in a way that would be at all convenient for [[The Chosen One]], Brutha, because [[Gods Need Prayer Badly]] and it's gotten to the point where Brutha is the ''only'' one who actually believes in him.

* Daedric quests in [[The Elder Scrolls (Video Game)|The Elder Scrolls]] series of games can get this way. Kill a bull netch with a fork to please Sheogorath! Fake the apocalypse for Sheogorath! Cast a spell of mass disrobing at a dinner party for Sanguine. Commune with Boethia at his shrine (on the sea floor). Kill and soul-trap one member of every sapient race for Hermaeus Mora. You are not repulsive enough to worship Namira. The Shivering Isles expansion to Oblivion takes this to the next level as you travel to the plane of Sheogorath (where attempting to grow a beard attracts divine punishment).

* God ''and'' the devil in [[God, the Devil Andand Bob]].