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* A Silicon Valley joke:

* [[TeamFourStar]]'s DragonBallZAbridged has this little bit in the Cooler's Revenge retelling:

* In ''[[YesMinister Yes, Prime Minister]]'', young civil servant Bernard has been instructed to change the locks to keep his senior, Sir Humphrey, out. Sir Humphrey had a spare unofficial key however and appears, apoplectic with rage, before a terrified Bernard.

** From a ''Yes, Minister'' episode:

* Episode 16 of ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'''s second season has this quote:

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

* {{Batman}}, ''Under the Hood'':

* 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".

* Inverted in the BillCosby concert film ''Bill Cosby: Himself''.

-->'''Pristine:''' Whenever things look dark, there's always one person I turn to.

* A variation occurs in TheOblongs.

* In the DresdenFiles, Harry gets through explaining about necromancy to Butters, and then:

* In chargesdotcomdotbr, there's a vertically-challenged interviewer named Tobby who interviews well-known people (or their [[Expy expies]]). While interviewing Romário, Tobby asked how Romário would define himself. Romário arrogantly asked how to define such a wonderful, perfect and talented person and Tobby's response led Romário to congratulate him for making a good definition.

'''Patchett:''' No, Mr White, Pierce Morehouse Patchett..

* ''{{Empire}}'':

* ''Paparazzi'' features this exchange - and consider that Wonderboy is stupid enough for this to actually be a mistake on his part.

** "The dinosaur was quoted as saying, 'Jesus - [[DeaderThanDisco haven't you got anything more current?]]'"

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

** It should be noted that at this point in the movie, Bruce actually has been given God's powers, making this a play on the trope.

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

** Let's not forget the Web episode in which the Ghostfacers meet Cas.

* In just about every ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episode that features Jesus, some character will exclaim "Jesus!", prompting Jesus to inquire, "Yes?"

* In the Dark Comedy play ''The Ruling Class'', The 14th Earl of Gurney, Jack (played marvelously in the film version by PeterOToole) is convinced that he is Jesus Christ, the Messiah. When one character exclaims "Jesus Christ" he calmly answers, "Yes?"

* Classic variation from MaeWest, in the movie ''Night After Night'':

** Similarly, in ''[[TheOnceAndFutureKing The Sword and the Stone]]'' the curse "Castor and Pollux blow me to Bermuda!" is more effective than planned.

* In the ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' episode "Fear Itself", Xander came dressed as James Bond for Halloween, just in case they get turned into their costumes like they were in a previous Halloween episode. Willow dressed up as Joan of Arc, because of their similarities, like the time she was almost burned at the stake for being a witch, or her close relationship with God. Oz reveals his costume as a simple name tag that reads: "Hello. My name is God" He runs with it in dialogue.