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* In the ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' episode "Fear Itself", Oz dresses for Halloween as God (which basically consists of wearing his own clothes an a name tag saying "Hello, my name is GOD"). This is the punchline to Willow having dressed up as Joan of Arc, because of their similarities, such as the close relationship with God. He runs with it in dialogue.

-->'''Grace''': Oh, God.

-->'''Ruby:''' Guess again. [[hottip:*:She's just succeeded in tricking him into opening Lucifer's cage, thereby setting the Devil loose on the world. [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Whoops]].]]

* ''ThirtyDaysofNight''

* ''[[{{MASH}} M*A*S*H]]'' occasionally played with a twist of this set-up with Father Mulcahey;

** ''ANightmareOnElmStreet2010'' has this in the trailer:

-->Later, after having to listen to annoying "spooky" sound effects in a haunted house, the noises finally stop:

* ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet'' (original) has this early exchange:

-->'''Mulcahey':'' I did, sir.

-->'''Mark''' Jesus Christ!!
-->'''Jesus''' MARK JONES!!!

* In ''[[http://www.uponatable.com/comic/2002/12/03/damnation-in-the-den-of-elemental-sin-part-2/ Once Upon a Table…]]'', Jesus insists that he be addressed as Mark Jones.

* There's an older ''{{Batman}}'' comic containing an exchange between Commissioner Gordon and TheJoker, after the Joker suddenly walks into the commissioner's office:

* In the ''{{Bones}}'' episode, "The Witch in the Wardrobe", Hodgins gives Angela a neck massage, which she [[NotWhatItLooksLike enjoys a little too much.]]

* In ''NeverwinterNights2'':

* In just about every ''SouthPark'' episode that features Jesus, some character will exclaim "Jesus!", prompting Jesus to inquire, "Yes?"
* In an episode of ''FamilyGuy'', where Peter has convinced others that he has healing abilities and is the Messiah.

* Subverted in ''{{Futurama}}''.

* In ''BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', the Joker pulls of a more family-friendly version on a copyright official.

* In ''SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'', when Jimmy and Lois see the demon Superman is fighting:

-->'''Snake:''' "''Shut up, for Christ's sake, I know how to climb a ladder, Jesus ow my EAR!!''"\\
'''Jesus:''' "''Sorry, bro.''"\\
'''Snake:''' "''Thanks, Jesus.''"\\
'''Jesus:''' "''It's coo.''"
** Taken to its logical extreme when Snake, disgusted by Otacon's pantswetting, calls out Jesus' name. Jesus appears, is also disgusted, and calls out God's name. Subsequently, *God* appears, and is disgusted to the point of regretting ever creating piss.

--->I don't believe in God. People have called me God, though- "Oh God, no! Oh God, no!"

'''God:''' That is correct.

-->''Lois:'' (sees a giant golden idol in Peter's image) Oh my God!\\
''Peter:'' Yes?\\
''Lois:'' That's not funny.

* Used often in the ''MetalGear [[AffectionateParody Awesome]]'' series of Flash shorts:

--> --''[[TheMatrix The Matrix Reloaded]]''

'''Woolley:''' "God Calls Me God".

* One of the shorts in the collaborative ''TheMatrix'' parody, ''The Matrix Has You'' involves a scene where a carpenter accidentally puts a nail in his thumb and shouts: "Jesus '''CHRIST'''!" Cue Jesus sighing and asking "Whaddya want?"

'''Sir Humphrey':'' No Bernard, it's just your boss.

* In the ''{{XXXenophile}}'' short ''Now Museum'', a statue of four ancient goddesses comes alive and they teach a female night guard that [[LesYay men aren't everything]]. During her ImmodestOrgasm she yells out "Oh My God!"... The goddesses reply "Yes?"

* In the ''{{Discworld}}'' novel ''Discworld/SmallGods'', where Brutha, the protagonist, literally carries his god (currently in the form of a tortoise) around with him:

* In the episode ''Devil's Due'' of ''StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', a woman who may be the devil transports Picard off the ''Enterprise'', toys with him for a while, transports him back to the bridge in his bathrobe, and causes him to paraphrase Mae West (above):

** This was also partially related to an earlier episode (Oz wasn't there) where they all turned into their costumes - Oz figured if it happened again he could just reverse the spell, what with being God and all.

Named after the dialogue exchange quoted above, when Smith starts copying himself over Bane.

* In ''{{Chicago}},'' while discussing hiring a con-artist lawyer:

If a CardCarryingVillain, they'll wryly comment that they're quite the opposite.

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* A variant occurs in the MarvelComics miniseries ''[[{{Captain Mar-Vell}} Captain Marvel]]'': when Mar-Vell confronts the leader of a religion based on him, she says "Oh my God!" and he responds, "I hope you don't mean that literally."

* There's an older ''{{Batman}}'' comic containing an exchange between Commissioner Gordon, and The Joker, after The Joker suddenly walks into the Commissioner's office:

* In volume one chapter three of ''ComicBook/TomStrong'', the titular superhero release the artificial intelligence Quetzalacoatl 9 from his Aztech creators.
-->'''[[EvilOverlord Moctecuzoma]]''': Oh God. Oh, great '''God'''...
-->'''Quetzalacoatl 9''': [[AC:Exactly.]]
* {{Batman}}, ''Under The Hood'':
-->'''Batman''': ''Oh '''God'''...''
-->'''Red Hood/Jason Todd''': ''No. Wanna guess again?''
* {{Empire}}:
-->'''Lucullan''': Oh dear God.
-->'''Golgoth''': You may call me [[EvilOverlord Golgoth]].
* In the {{XXXenophile}} short ''Now Museum'', a statue of four ancient goddesses comes alive and they teach a female night guard that [[LesYay men aren't everything]]. During her ImmodestOrgasm she yells out "Oh My God!"... The goddesses reply "Yes?"

-->'''Woman''': Oh, sweet Jesus!
-->'''Wonderboy''': It's Wonderboy, actually. Close, though!
* From TopTen: the police get called to a crime scene, which turns out to be the murder of [[NorseMythology Baldur]].

-->'''King Peacock''': Actually, Baldur's more of a teutonic antecedent of Jesus, but you're in the right ballpark.

-->'''Bud White:''' Jesus Fucking Christ!\\

--> '''Roxie Hart:''' Jesus, Mary and Joseph!
--> '''Mama:''' You're talkin' to the wrong people, honey.

'''Jesus:''' You said it man. [[MemeticMutation Nobody fucks with the Jesus.]]

--> '''Bobby Shelton''': Who are you?
--> ''*The Devil sticks up his thumb, and a flame comes out of it, like a cigarette lighter. He lights a cigar with the flame, then extinguishes the flame by blowing on his thumb. Bobby Shelton's reaction is a mixture of shock and disgust.*''
--> '''Bobby Shelton''': My God!
--> '''Devil''': ''*wry smile*'' Guess again.
** An earlier entry in this series (''Oh God! Book II''), had God mess with the heads of several psychologists by [[RealityWarper toying with whether it was day or night]]. When He finally seemed to have stopped and departed, one sighed, "Thank God!" and His voice responded, "You're welcome."

--> '''J.P. Monroe''': Jesus Christ!
--> '''Pinhead''': Not quite.

--> '''Victim''': Oh, God!
--> '''Freddy''' (gesturing to his face with the claws): ''This'' is God.

--> '''Jesse Braun''': Oh, God!
--> '''Freddy Krueger''': No. Just me.
* Inverted in ''[[SeventeenSeventySix 1776]]'', where the obnoxious and disliked John Adams discovers that Thomas Jefferson, after a week of writer's block, hasn't finished the Declaration of Independence.
--> '''Adams''': Good GOD! A whole week! The entire earth was created in a week!
--> '''Jefferson''': Someday, you must tell me how you did it.
* Played straight in the first {{Wishmaster}} movie, when, after the Jerkass Genie has arranged something horrible to happen, the (unwitting at the time) wisher says "Oh my god!", with the JG replying "Not yet, mortal. Soon".

--> '''Katherine''': Oh God...
--> '''Lucifer''': God? God is love. I don't love you.

* Painfully popular in what we might call the amateur porn of the internet, especially when it involves FoeYay being taken to its logical conclusion...

-->'''Applejack''': [[OhMyGods Holy Celestia!]]
-->'''Big Mac/Thor''': Not quite.

* Variation: in ''TheMasterAndMargarita'', a Soviet bureaucrat shouts "the devils take me", having been thoroughly exasperated by [[ThoseTwoBadGuys Behemoth and Korovyev]]. Being more or less devils, they enthusiastically agreed and promptly "took" him, leaving behind his empty animated suit. (One English translation has him saying "Damn me", with the same result).

* In the ''{{Discworld}}'' novel, ''[[Discworld/SmallGods Small Gods]]'', where Brutha, the protagonist literally carries his god (currently in the form of a tortoise) around with him:

** Inverted earlier in the novel - he sees an eagle and remembers Om, who ended up in his vicinity due to an eagle's failure to turn said god into lunch. The people he's traveling with at the time mistake this for a general exclamation.

* A running gag in-story in the [[BetsyTheVampireQueen Undead]] series by Mary Janice Davidson. Vampires cannot bear to hear Christ's name or any prayer, as it causes them physical pain. Betsy's tendency to take the Lord's name in vain is therefore unfortunate given her relationship with the vampire Sinclair. So every time she exclaims, "Jesus Christ!" Sinclair winces and says, "I've asked you not to call me that."
* In PoulAnderson's ''AMidsummerTempest'', when Jennifer exclaims "Dear God," Will says another Person holds that post.
* In [[ForgottenRealms Curse of the Azure Bonds]]. Paraphased:

* In {{Literature/Tales Of Kolmar}}, a character once exclaims "Goddess, Rella!" and Rella lightly responds "Not yet, but I'm working on it." She isn't; she just has a very irreverent sense of humor.

--->'''Prue''': Oh my god.\\
'''Little boy''': (complete with [[RedEyesTakeWarning Red]] GlowingEyesOfDoom and deep voice) Actually, quite the opposite.
** Later, in the season five finale ''Oh My Goddess'', where the sisters get turned into the greek gods and have to battle titans:
--->'''Paige''': So much for the titans.\\
'''Phoebe''': Thank God.\\
'''Piper''': You're welcome.

-->'''Bernard''': Oh my God!\\
'''Sir Humphrey''': No Bernard, it's just your boss.
** From a YesMinister episode:
-->'''Hacker''': How did Humphrey know where I was?
-->'''Bernard''': God moves in a mysterious way.
-->'''Hacker''': Let me make one thing clear. Sir Humphrey is not God. Okay?
-->'''Bernard''': Will you tell him or shall I?

--->'''James''': Look! Chocolate Jesus!
--->'''Carter''': Please! At work just call me Carter!
* In the ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' episode "Fear Itself" Oz dresses for Halloween as God (which basically consists of wearing his own clothes an a name tag saying "Hello, my name is GOD"). This is the punchline to Willow having dressed up as Joan of Arc, because of their similarities, such as the close relationship with God. He runs with it in dialogue.

* In the 4th episode of ''{{Blackadder}} Goes Forth'', Flashheart, a popular British pilot enters Blackadder's dugout. Private George and Private Baldrick are aghast
-->'''George''': MY GOD!
-->'''Flashheart''': Yes, I suppose I am.

-->'''Baby-eating Bishop of Bath and Wells'''': Drugged, by God!
-->'''Blackadder''': No, by Baldrick actually, but the effect is much the same.
* Episode sixteen of ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'''s second season has this quote:

** Supernatural likes this trope. Other examples include: from 4.15,

** And, from season four's finale:

-->'''Ruby:''' Guess again. [[hottip:* :She's just succeeded in tricking him into opening Lucifer's cage, thereby setting the Devil loose on the world. [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Whoops]].]]
** Let's not forget the web episode with the Ghostfacers meeting Cas.

* [[{{MASH}} M*A*S*H]] occasionally played with a twist of this set-up with Father Mulcahey;
-->'''Mulcahey''': Good news, Colonel, that was the last of the wounded.
-->'''Potter''': Thank God.
-->'''Mulcahey''': I did, sir.
* In the episode ''Devil's Due'' of ''StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', a woman who may be the Devil transports Picard off the ''Enterprise'', toys with him for a while, transports him back to the bridge in his bathrobe, and causes him to paraphrase Mae West (above):

-->'''Angela''': Oh God, oh thank you God!
-->'''Hodgins''': "God" is a little formal. "Hodgins" will do.

--> Wife of statesman: "Oh my god!"
--> Statesman: "<his first name> will suffice while we're among us."

-->'''Bill Cosby''': It was because of my father that, from the ages of seven to fifteen, I thought that my name was Jesus Christ, and my brother, Russell, thought that his name was Dammit. "Dammit, will you stop all that noise?" And, "Jesus Christ, sit down!" One day, I'm out playing in the rain, and my father yelled, "Dammit will you get back in here!" I said, "Dad, I'm Jesus Christ!"
** Hilariously inverted in his Noah's Ark routine. When God reveals Himself and explains His plan, a skeptical Noah responds with "Who is this really?"

** Although, such obliviousness is pretty well par for the course wherever Grobnar is concerned.

-->'''Mobius:'''(to Sydney) Thank God you're alive!\\
'''Parker:'''You're welcome.

* Done rather frighteningly in Webcomic/TheFancyAdventuresOfJackCannon.

* [[http://onatable.comicgenesis.com/d/20021203.html Here]]'s a {{webcomic}} example.

-->'''Jenn''': Oh my God!
-->'''{{Satan}}''': What's your second guess?
* [[http://www.awesomepedia.org/journal/index.php?view=29#a "eh, Satan, hiii... ok, look, it's not that I don't WANT to talk, it's just that I'm kinda busy right now."]]

-->'''Abe''': Jesus Christ! Do you know who that is? Wait, I think I said that backwards.
* Done non-humorously in DominicDeegan [[http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2006-03-31 here.]]
-->'''Dominic''': Oh my God. No. God has nothing to do with this.

-->'''Schaefer''': You ''insolent'' [[CurseCutShort son of a-]]
* TheUnspeakableVaultofDoom uses this on at least two occasions. Once on a [[http://www.goominet.com/unspeakable-vault/vault/74/ book cover]] and once in a [[http://www.goominet.com/unspeakable-vault/vault/316/ strip]].

-->'''Jimmy''': Holy...
-->'''Lois''': Not the word I would use.
** A variation occurs in another episode where Bruno Mannheim finds himself on Apokolips and asks "Where in God's name are we?" to which Kanto replies "That depends. [[{{Darkseid}} Which God are you talking about?]]"
* BromwellHigh has an episode where one of the teachers build a robotic Jesus. Obviously, when said teacher says Jesus in dismay, the robot went "...Yes?".

* Used often in the ''MetalGear [[AffectionateParody Awesome]]'' series of flash shorts:

'''Snake:''' "''Thanks Jesus.''"\\

* Used in SailorNothing, with the variant that the villain responds to the word Hell as opposed to God.

--->I don't believe in God. People have called me God, though- "Oh God, no!" Oh God, no!"

'''Smith:''' [[TropeNamer 'Smith' will suffice.]]

[[IThoughtItMeant Nothing to do with]] WillSmith.

Not to be confused with MrSmith, which a character NOT named Smith uses it as a generic fake name.

* The aforementioned ''Film/TheMatrix'' example is the TropeNamer.