History Main / AntiAntiChrist

* [https://transannabeth.tumblr.com/post/627641596621602816/lumendea-writing-prompt-s-eldritchsandwich This tumblr post]] tells the story of families who perpetually delay the apocalypse through the power of good parenting.

* ''Webcomic/KaitenMutenmaru'': Kid is prophecied to cause TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt as the cocoon of a Devil. [[spoiler:With the help of Mutenmaru, he narrowly averts his own fate by purifying himself and the world as planned by Thia.]]

* ''Webcomic/KaitenMutenmaru'': Kid is meant to cause TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt as the cocoon of the Devil. [[spoiler:With the help of Mutenmaru, he narrowly averts his own fate by purifying himself and the world as planned by Thia.]]

* [[https://writing-prompt-s.tumblr.com/post/178353069693/eldritchsandwich-solarcat-talieclandestine this tumblr post]] being one of the example.

* Peter Kelson in ''Film/LostSouls'' (2000) is told about his starring role in a prophecy a short while before it's supposed to happen.

* Peter Kelson in ''Lost Souls'' (2000) is told about his starring role in a prophecy a short while before it's supposed to happen.

** Marceline the Vampire Queen inverts this: She couldn't care less that her father is the Lord Of Evil, she just wants him to apologize for [[FelonyMisdemeanor eating her fries]]. This said, she has no intention of ever inheriting her father's powers or position. This might have to do with the fact that doing so would turn her into an out-of-control EldritchAbomination who dishes out pain and torture ForTheEvulz (as we discover when [[spoiler:her father tricks her into accepting them - and when Finn [[HeroicSacrifice takes the power himself in a desperate bid to secure Jake and Marceline's escape,]] it corrupts ''him,'' too!]]).

* [[MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter Vanessa]] on ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb,'' who resists her father's needling about [[DaddysLittleVillain becoming a supervillain]] like he is. Then again, she's pretty snarky and selfish herself.

* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'': Raven, or at least the closest you can get away with in a family-rated show. Notable in that she [[YouCantFightFate succeeds in bringing about her apocalyptic destiny]], but instead helps the world [[ResetButton get better]] afterward.

** Also, Kurt/ComicBook/{{Nightcrawler}}, who is the son of the villainous ComicBook/{{Mystique}} and (despite widespread FanonDiscontinuity) the demon Azazel. Aside from being a superhero, he has also continually thought about becoming a Catholic priest.

** Genesis, [[spoiler:who happens to be a clone from Apocalypse, has turned out as this, partly because of his very superman-style upbringing in a virtual reality, partly because he doesn't know who he is. So far]].
** Also, Kurt/Nightcrawler, who is the son of the villainous Mystique and (despite widespread FanonDiscontinuity) the demon Azazel. Aside from being a superhero, he has also continually thought about becoming a Catholic priest.
* A ''ComicBook/{{Magneto}}'' mini-series was about Joseph pretending to be Magneto so he could make Magneto's Acolytes renounce their project, which would kill one million humans. At this time, Joseph himself believed he was an amnesiac Magneto.
* ''ComicBook/Marvel2099'' had Sam Fisk, disgusted by his grandfather Wilson (The Kingpin) and his life of crime, discover he has inherited the legacy. Sam politely tells the legacy to get lost and becomes the new ''Daredevil''.
* ''ComicBook/WeaponHex'': Laura Kinney/Weapon Hex was engineered by Dr. Wyndham to be a suitable vessel for Mephichton, but she turned against him and his goals.

* ''American Jesus'' ultimately has President Jodie Christianson pull a HeelFaceTurn in the final volume, having seen too much of the good in people during his decades of trying to subvert it. Mostly due to his earthly family, which he only kept around for appearances, [[LoveRedeems never giving up on him]]. It comes to the point that not only does he forgive his father Satan for all the horrible things he did to him and his mother, but he pleads his case to the ''actual'' American Jesus [[HumanityOnTrial who is poised to punish humanity]] for falling for Jodie's schemes and letting him get this far, begging her to forgive both the fallen angels and mankind.
* The title character of ''ComicBook/{{Hellboy}}''. Whenever told by someone that he's destined to bring about the destruction of Earth and summon the [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Ogdru Jahad]], he usually responds by punching them in the face. It ultimately [[spoiler:costs him his life, but his sacrifice has given the human race a chance to actually ''survive'' the apocalypse.]]
* Orion from ''ComicBook/NewGods''. Subverted in ''ComicBook/KingdomCome'' when despite all his efforts at trying to democratize Apokalips, he still became [[{{ComicBook/Darkseid}} his father]]'s son.
* ComicBook/{{Raven}} from ''Comicbook/TeenTitans'' is the daughter of Trigon, a [[GodOfEvil god-like demon]] and DimensionLord who gave birth to her for the sole purpose of preparing his invasion of Earth. Her mother didn't approve, however, so she had her daughter raised in the city of Azarath, where she learnt to keep her demonic side in check. Raven eventually joined the titular team in an effort to fight her father.
* Danny Wormwood from Garth Ennis' ''ComicBook/TheChroniclesOfWormwood'' is the Anti-Christ but has no interest in starting Armageddon, much to his father's chagrin, as it can't be started without him. He's even pals with [[RefugeInAudacity Black Hobo Jesus]].
* Semi-used in ''Chosen'', in which the Antichrist believes himself to be Jesus and wants to help people. Then his dad and a bunch of demons [[MoralEventHorizon rape him for years]] and it turns him evil.
%%* Tazio from Ronald Russel Roach's ''[[http://www.3rhp.com/aqhp/aq1.htm Armageddonquest]]''.
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* Creator/MarvelComics:
** Daimon Hellstrom, '''ComicBook/SonOfSatan'''! And frankly, with a name that's just barely not "Demon Hellstorm", what do you expect? Due to the nature of the Marvel Universe, [[spoiler:a certain fallen angel named Lucifer (who may or may not be the real thing) was weakened and split into many fragments after landing on Earth. These fragments compete with each other and several arch demons like Mephisto for the title Satan. Each has their own hell dimension to boot.]] The many hell lords made a temporary truce, and spent a great amount of time devising a way to get '''all''' their genetic material into one human baby, so that he truly would be the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin undisputed son of Satan]]. On his birth satanic cults moved to make sure Daimon was evil, but despite both the genetics and the upbringing, he ended up being a hero! [[spoiler:He later has a FaceHeelTurn and goes to simply being TheAntichrist.]]
** All that super natural genetic modifying ended up being more successful than thought, as "Satan" had a daughter too!... or not as Satana (eventually) turned on her fathers and became a hero too. [[TheDevilIsALoser Yeah, evil is stupid]]. She's still a bit mean (and a member of the ComicBook/{{Thunderbolts}}). To be fair, as ''Webcomic/SaturdayMorningBreakfastCereal'' pointed out, fallen angels are still ''angels''. Evil isn't something they're really designed for, and falling isn't something they're "born" doing.
* Inverted by Loki in ''ComicBook/EarthX''. After the reveal that GodsNeedPrayerBadly because they're really shapeshifting aliens, and Odin is a human who's enslaved them, Loki decides to bring about Ragnarok -- because it's the right thing to do. Loki in every version is destined to bring about the Ragnarök and in several had no intention to, but either [[BecauseDestinySaysSo destiny demanded it]] or was [[PutThemAllOutOfMyMisery pushed far enough]] to do so. Special mention goes to the [[Comicbook/LokiAgentOfAsgard third-fourth incarnation]] who managed to both destroy and save Asgard with it at the same time.
* In the ComicBook/ChickTract [[http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/1047/1047_01.asp?wpc=1047_01.asp&wpp=a First Bite]], Satan's ChosenOne gets converted to Christianity on his ''[[EasyEvangelism first mission]]''. EpicFail, [[MeaningfulName Igor]]!
* ''ComicBook/{{Spawn}}'' was recruited by the armies of Hell to lead an invading army, but ends up becoming a superhero instead. But the devil is fine with that too, because every villain Spawn kills swells his army of evil with another soldier.

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* The title character of ''WebAnimation/{{Satina}}'' is the off-spring of [[BigRedDevil Lucia, Queen of Hell]] and [[StrawLoser regular human David]]. Despite her demonic ancestry, Satina is a [[CheerfulChild friendly, cheerful, curious little girl]], but with the appearance of a hairless, naked little devil. However, since [[HowDoIShotWeb she can't control her powers]] yet, she tends to [[HilarityEnsues cause trouble]].

* ''WesternAnimation/HazbinHotel'': Charlie is the daughter of Lucifer but is a kind-hearted and optimistic person who wants to solve Hell's OverpopulationCrisis by [[AscendedDemon redeeming sinners and get them into heaven]] rather than the annual genocidal purges that have been going on. She's also the only one who genuinely believes that ''everyone'' has the ability to be better, despite having spent her entire life surrounded by people who were sent to hell for being utter bastards in life and continuing in that behavior in death.

* ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'': Main character, Ragna the Bloodedge is the reincarnation of an EldritchAbomination that nearly destroyed the world almost a century earlier in the setting, with its remains being used as his new replacement right arm. The second game reveals his destiny to be the harbinger of destruction and the catalyst to revive the beast to destroy the world. This makes him the enemy of nearly the entire cast. Naturally, he has a ScrewDestiny attitude and while he starts off as a vengeance fueled AntiHero, some CharacterDevelopment helps push him toward being a more straightforward hero and by the end of the fourth game, [[spoiler:has successfully managed to avert TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt and restore the world to a more prosperous state.]]
* ''VideoGame/BrutalLegend'': Eddie Riggs is either this or MessianicArchetype, [[ProphecyTwist depending on which translation of the prophecies you believe.]] [[spoiler:Makes sense, as he is the spawn of that world's previous hero and villainess.]]

* ''WebAnimation/HazbinHotel'': Charlie is the daughter of Lucifer but is a kind-hearted and optimistic person who wants to solve Hell's OverpopulationCrisis by [[AscendedDemon redeeming sinners and get them into heaven]] rather than the annual genocidal purges that have been going on. She's also the only one who genuinely believes that ''everyone'' has the ability to be better, despite having spent her entire life surrounded by people who were sent to hell for being utter bastards in life and continuing in that behavior in death.

* While not quite Satan, you are kind of given this role in ''Franchise/BaldursGate'', as you are a child of Bhaal, God of Murder, and part of his plan to come back to life again. Both Balthazhar and [[spoiler:Imoen]] share it (given that they share a father with you), though with ''major'' variations. The second does it best, since she's just good, and not tricked into KnightTemplar actions that will backfire. [[spoiler:In ''VideoGame/BaldursGateIII'', the Dark Urge PlayerCharacter is yet another Bhaalspawn and is faced with the choice of whether to become one of these or give in to their murderous impulses]].

* While not quite Satan, you are kind of given this role in ''Franchise/BaldursGate'', as you are a child of Bhaal, God of Murder, and part of his plan to come back to life again. Both Baltazhar and [[spoiler:Imoen]] share it (given that they share a father with you), though with ''major'' variations. The second does it best, since she's just good, and not tricked into KnightTemplar actions that will backfire.

* Greed in ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist''. His father (actually called Father) is an EldritchAbomination, and Greed has fallen out with the [[WellDoneSonGuy old man]]. Because he is "greedy", Greed isn't interested in his father's [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt plans]], and because of his massive ego, wants to accumulate a large number of followers, unlike Father, who views humans as insects and wants to wipe them out. For Bonus points, Greed even gets a CrucifiedHeroShot. In one of the final chapters, we find out [[spoiler:(after much pestering from Ling) that accumulating a large number of followers/ becoming [[TheEmperor the king of the world]] / taking Father's place and [[PhysicalGod consuming God]] wasn't what Greed really wanted at all. In fact, Greed admitted that all he ever wanted was [[IJustWantToHaveFriends "to have friends like them"]].]]

* Naofumi Iwatani from ''Literature/TheRisingOfTheShieldHero'' is treated as [[TheAntiChrist "The Devil Of The Shield"]] by The Three Heroes Church who vehemently worship the Sword, Spear, and Bow Heroes whom they believe are [[GodInHumanForm ever-reincarnating deities]] that are meant to get strong enough to kill the Shield Hero[[note]]Most of this rhetoric stems from how [[YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters The Shield Hero is heavily-favored]] within the [[ALittleBitBeastly Demi-Human]] kingdoms whom the Shield Heroes of the past often helped out [[MessianicArchetype to be seen as their peoples' great savior]].[[/note]] Within the course of the first season, Naofumi had to fight an uphill battle to become recognized not as this bad guy that most of the Royal Family and The Church saw him as; slowly swaying the public to his side through his many actions and deeds in his travels. [[spoiler:[[TheTheocracy By the time that The Three Heroes Church planned to launch their coup to uproot the Monarchy]] and do away with the current Four Heroes that were summoned for being nuisances and for ruining their own reputation as Heroes; the Pope had to come up with an extremely petty reason to justify killing Naofumi: Not giving thanks to God after purchasing some Holy Water from the Church.]]

** Two youths were unfortunately were subjected to "[[BodyHorror surgery]]", because they were chosen to become the leader of an evil cult. With the help of his father, one of them manages to escape, and decides to fight them as well as his so-called destiny. This is the story of Kotaro Minami, a.k.a. ''Series/KamenRiderBlack''.

** Speaking of Shadow, he [[ZigZaggedTrope manages to simultaneously be an example of]] a MessianicArchetype, a DarkMessiah, TheAntiChrist, and an Anti-Antichrist in one character, thanks to the people involved in his creation having wildly different intentions for him. [[ArmiesAreEvil GUN]] (supposedly) wanted an immortal SuperSoldier and took advantage of [[AllLovingHero Professor Gerald]], who was desperately looking for a way to save his terminally ill granddaughter Maria. Unable to crack the code of immortality Gerald made contact with the [[StarfishAliens Black Arms]], whose leader, [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Black Doom]], offered some of his genetic material for the project in exchange for a promise that Shadow would help him gather the [[GreenRocks Chaos Emeralds]] so he could [[PlanetLooters plunder Earth]] for HumanResources. Gerald didn't want Shadow to be a weapon and devised [[KillSat a plan]] which would allow him to defeat the Black Arms and let him become close to the [[AllLovingHero peace loving]] Maria. GUN got panicked by Gerald's research and tried to shut it down but Maria was killed in the crossfire. With her dying breath, Maria [[LastRequest made Shadow promise]] to bring happiness to Earth. Learning of Maria's death, Gerald crossed the DespairEventHorizon and JumpedOffTheSlipperySlope. He tampered with Shadow's memories to make him think he promised Maria revenge and the world would be better off without humans; the plan being to have Shadow initiate a ColonyDrop to take revenge on Earth and spite the Black Arms in one go. Ultimately, Shadow breaks free of the reprogramming, stops the colony drop, carries out the original plan for stopping the Black Arms, and joins GUN ([[ConspiracyRedemption which has since cleaned up its act]]) to protect Earth from danger and give humanity a chance to be happy. All of this while having it heavily implied from context clues he is made in the (arguably mocking) image of the half-god half-hedgehog being we know as Super Sonic, who was prophecised on ancient murals that Gerald was clearly very familiar with. - And later a totally different Satan Analogue was reincarnated in his image.

** Speaking of Shadow, he [[ZigZaggedTrope manages to simultaneously be an example of]] a MessianicArchetype, a DarkMessiah, TheAntiChrist, and an Anti-Antichrist in one character, thanks to the people involved in his creation having wildly different intentions for him. [[ArmiesAreEvil GUN]] (supposedly) wanted an immortal SuperSoldier and took advantage of [[AllLovingHero Professor Gerald]], who was desperately looking for a way to save his terminally ill granddaughter Maria. Unable to crack the code of immortality Gerald made contact with the [[StarfishAliens Black Arms]], whose leader, [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Black Doom]], offered some of his genetic material for the project in exchange for a promise that Shadow would help him gather the [[GreenRocks Chaos Emeralds]] so he could [[PlanetLooters plunder Earth]] for HumanResources. Gerald didn't want Shadow to be a weapon and devised [[KillSat a plan]] which would allow him to defeat the Black Arms and let him become close to the [[AllLovingHero peace loving]] Maria. GUN got panicked by Gerald's research and tried to shut it down but Maria was killed in the crossfire. With her dying breath, Maria [[LastRequest made Shadow promise]] to bring happiness to Earth. Learning of Maria's death, Gerald crossed the DespairEventHorizon and JumpedOffTheSlipperySlope. He tampered with Shadow's memories to make him think he promised Maria revenge and the world would be better off without humans; the plan being to have Shadow initiate a ColonyDrop to take revenge on Earth and spite the Black Arms in one go. Ultimately, Shadow breaks free of the reprogramming, stops the colony drop, carries out the original plan for stopping the Black Arms, and joins GUN [[ConspiracyRedemption(which has since cleaned up its act)]] to protect Earth from danger and give humanity a chance to be happy. All of this while having it heavily implied from context clues he is made in the (arguably mocking) image of the half-god half-hedgehog being we know as Super Sonic, who was prophecised on ancient murals that Gerald was clearly very familiar with. - And later a totally different Satan Analogue was reincarnated in his image.

** Speaking of Shadow, he [[ZigZaggedTrope manages to simultaneously be an example of]] a MessianicArchetype, a DarkMessiah, TheAntiChrist, and an Anti-Antichrist in one character, thanks to the people involved in his creation having wildly different intentions for him. [[ArmiesAreEvil GUN]] wanted an immortal SuperSoldier and took advantage of [[AllLovingHero Professor Gerald]], who was desperately looking for a way to save his terminally ill granddaughter Maria. Unable to crack the code of immortality Gerald made contact with the [[StarfishAliens Black Arms]], whose leader, [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Black Doom]], offered some of his genetic material for the project in exchange for a promise that Shadow would help him gather the [[GreenRocks Chaos Emeralds]] so he could [[PlanetLooters plunder Earth]] for HumanResources. Gerald didn't want Shadow to be a weapon and devised [[KillSat a plan]] which would allow him to defeat the Black Arms and let him become close to the [[AllLovingHero peace loving]] Maria. GUN got panicked by Gerald's research and tried to shut it down but Maria was killed in the crossfire. With her dying breath, Maria [[LastRequest made Shadow promise]] to bring happiness to Earth. Learning of Maria's death Gerald crossed the DespairEventHorizon and JumpedOffTheSlipperySlope. He tampered with Shadow's memories to make him think he promised Maria revenge and the world would be better off without humans; the plan being to have Shadow initiate a ColonyDrop to take revenge on Earth and spite the Black Arms in one go. Ultimately, Shadow breaks free of the reprogramming, stops the colony drop, carries out the original plan for stopping the Black Arms, and joins GUN (which has since cleaned up its act) to protect Earth from danger and give humanity a chance to be happy. All of this while having it heavily implied from context clues he is made in the (arguably mocking) image of the half-god half-hedgehog being we know as Super Sonic, who was prophecised on ancient murals that Gerald was clearly very familiar with. - And later a totally different Satan Analogue was reincarnated in his image.

* ''American Jesus'' ultimately has Jodie Christianson pull a HeelFaceTurn in the final volume, having seen too much of the good in people during his decades of trying to subvert it. Mostly due to his family, which he only kept around for appearances, [[LoveRedeems never giving up on him]]. It comes to the point that not only does he forgive his father Satan for all the horrible things he did to him and his mother, but he pleads his case to the ''actual'' American Jesus who is poised to punish humanity for falling for Jodie's schemes and letting him get this far, begging her to forgive both the fallen angels and mankind.