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The Four Gods are apparently exempt from [[Four Is Death]], [[Subverted Trope|except when they aren't]]. Note: The subversion may be caused by the fact that while the Japanese version has only four gods, the cultural memory of there being five dragons in the Chinese version makes the four get treated as if it was five, except when the four is treated as four.
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== Anime and Manga ==
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* There is a "Four Gods' Shield" found in all three ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics (Video Game)|Final Fantasy Tactics]]'' games.
* ''[[Final Fantasy Type-0 (Video Game)|Final Fantasy Type-0]]'' has four countries named after the four beasts, and the beasts are prominently featured on the flags and coats of arms of the countries.
* The four gods appear as the bosses of each major world in ''[[Makai Toshi Sa Ga]]'' (''Final Fantasy Legend''), each guarding a sphere that allows you to continue climbing the tower, and Kōryū (called "Ko-run" in the English version) is also present as both a random encounter monster type and a form that Monster player characters can turn into. They reappear in [[SaGa 2|its sequel]] as forms that Monster player characters can turn into. In a slight variation, each one also represents one of the [[Elemental Rock -Paper -Scissors|four western elements]], with Genbu as Earth, Seiryū as Water, Byakko as Air, and Suzaku as Fire.
** The four elemental schools of magic in ''[[Romancing Sa ga 3]]'' are named after the Four Gods.
* Four of Maria's subweapons in the ''[[Castlevania]]'' series are based on these four -- an overhead fire attack with birds, a running lightning cat that hits repeatedly, a flying dragon that hits for ice, and a turtle shell shield. The Item Crashes for these, where applicable, summon the actual Gods, and she also uses their power to revive Richter and grant him invincibility if he's defeated at the start of ''Symphony of the Night''.
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* ''[[Arcana Heart (Video Game)|Arcana Heart]]'' has [[Chinese Girl|Chinese]] [[Robot Girl]] Mei Fang, who has attacks named after the Four Gods, and following Soulgain's trend, she also has an attack based on Kirin called ''Kirin Jacket''.
* In ''[[Lost Kingdoms]],'' four of the six most powerful cards in the game are based off of the four gods: The White Tiger, the Blue Dragon, the Phoenix, and the Great Turtle.
* The Four Gods appear in the ''[[Shin Megami Tensei]]'' game series, and in ''[[Persona 2 (Video Game)|Persona 2]]'' they have a fusion spell (Celestial Veil/28 Mansions Protection in Japanese) that blocks all [[Elemental Rock -Paper -Scissors|elemental damage]], which is useful for exactly one battle, right after you [[Guide Dang It|technically]] gain the ability to cast it.
** ''[[Persona 3 (Video Game)|Persona 3]]'' and ''[[Persona 4]]'' both have the Four Gods as Personas, along with Kohryu, who can only be obtained by fusing the Four.
** ''[[Devil Survivor (Video Game)|Devil Survivor]]'' also features four guardians associated with the cardinal directions, but it's a different set, consisting of the Four Heavenly Kings, instead. Oddly, Seiryū still makes an appearance, albeit as a mundane demon and without the other usual three.
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** The Dragon-God also happens to have Yin and Yang sides (Dark Dragon and White Dragon), the former controlled by the [[Dark Magical Girl]]. To further complicate the matter, there's also the Black Kirin, apparently under the [[Big Bad]]'s control.
* In ''[[Seiken Densetsu]] 3'', Kevin's has a technique (and associated gear) corresponding to one of the Four Gods for each possible final class.
* ''[[Legend of Dragoon]]'', in keeping with its [[ClicheCliché Storm]] status, has an attack called Summon Four Gods. Surprisingly, it is just a non magical martial arts technique, and not a spell that unleashes the [[Endofthe World As We Know It]]. It looks pretty cool though, and the [[Cool Old Guy|old]] [[Badass Grandpa|guy]] who pulls it off displays fantastic acrobatic skill for his age.
* The Lords of the Burning Dawn of ''[[Tenchu]] 2'' are named after the Four Gods.
* One of the "secret skills" in the first ''[[Star Ocean 1 (Video Game)|Star Ocean]]'' allowed the unlocking of super techniques which augmented existing techniques with the power of the Four Gods.
* In ''[[Guild Wars]] Factions'', the mission to become "Closer To The Stars" has the players defeat celestial creatures inspired by the Four Gods (with a kirin in place of a tiger). Interestingly these celestial avatars actually ''look'' like constellations, with visible stars and traced lines making the "skeleton" of the creature.
* In ''[[Mega Man (Video Game)|Mega Man]] 10'', the [[Dual Boss|Dual]] [[Mini Boss|Minibosses]] of Solar Man's stage are two phoenixes. One of them is named "Suzak".
* ''[[Bloody Roar]]'' played with this a little throughout the series. The tiger came first in Beastorizor ([[Market -Based Title|later renamed Bloody Roar 1]]) through [[Bare -Fisted Monk|Long]] (who is a [[Voluntary Shapeshifting|zoanthrope]] of a tiger), whom later had an evil clone in the form of [[All Girls Want Bad Boys|Shenlong]] ([[Evil Albino|who is an albino tiger]]) with a [[Balance Between Good and Evil|yin-yang theme between the two]] (before [[Draco in Leather Pants|Shenlong eventually grown more compassionate and less evil]]). Next came Primal Fury (Technically Bloody Roar 4 and the same as [[Updated Rerelease|Extreme]]) which had [[White -Haired Pretty Boy|Cronos]], who, [[EverythingsEverything's Better With Penguins|besides being a penguin]], [[The Phoenix|is also a flame-covered phoenix]]. Then comes [[Four Is Death|Bloody Roar 4]] (which is actually 5) there was [[The Dragon|Ryoho]] who was a water dragon of Gaia that was [[Game Breaker|so]] [[God Modders|powerful]] his dragon form had to be sealed off every so often. Finally, in the [[No Export for You|rediculously rare manga Bloody Roar The Fang]] (which takes place along Primal Fury's time), the trope is played straight with powerful zoanthropes representing the four gods, among the prominent ones being a tortoise zoanthrope with a snake for a tail. Out of them, only Long and Shenlong aren't considered as godly in status.
* ''[[Tokimeki Memorial|Tokimeki Memorial 2]]'' has the local [[Delinquents]] gang, the Four Heaven Kings, using the Four Gods themes, each of them wearing on their coats' back a symbol of the respective god they represent : [[Knight Templar Big Brother|Sou-Banchou]], the leader, is Seiryū ; [[Giant Mook|Kinniku-Banchou]] is Genbu ; [[Hot Blooded|Hi no Tama-Banchou]] is Suzaku ; and [[The Dragon|Kogarashi-Banchou]] is Byakko. [[Why Do You Keep Changing Jobs?|Baito-Banchou]], on the other hand, being the [[Sixth Ranger]] in the gang {{spoiler|and the only one of the Four Heaven Kings you don't have to win against, [[Hopeless Boss Fight|just survive until she goes for her next part-time job]], as she's [[Nigh Invulnerable]]}}, doesn't have a Four Gods theme.
* In ''[[Digimon World 3]]'', the four cities of Asuka Server are named Seiryū City (East Sector), Suzaku City (South Sector), Byakko City (West Sector) and Genbu City (North Sector). [[Dark World|Amaterasu Server]] names its counterparts of the same cities using their Chinese names - Qing Long, Zhu Que, Bai Hu, Xuan Wu. The actual [[Mons]] based on the Four Gods (see above) don't make an appearance, though, but they do show up in most other ''[[Digimon]]'' games past that point.
* ''[[The Legend of Zelda Majoras Mask]]'': The four giants of Termina. They don't line up perfectly with the four gods, but there is one of them in each direction:
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