History Main / BlasphemousBoast

* A variant: When Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space, Nikita Krushchev said in a speech "Gagarin flew into space, but didn't see any god there", presumably intending to mock the stupidity of people who still believed in God. This line is [[BeamMeUpScotty often misattributed to Gagarin himself and mangled into something like "I didn't see any God up there"]], which Gagarin, a devout Russian Orthodox Christian, would ''never'' have said.

* Similarly to the Turkish one above, in Romanian there's an insult that roughly translates as "[Fuck] your mother's Easter and gods [[FloweryInsults today and tomorrow]], you asshole".

* ''Film/BatmanBegins:'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwDiXlZlwds SWEAR TO ME!]]

* Music/PorcupineTree's "Slave Called Shiver"

* A traditional (and nowadays very badly reacted to, usually by lynching) curse word in Adana, Turkey region is "I [[PrecisionFStrike fuck]] your God and Prophet", which is an apocryphal story of local Turks and Kurds reacting to the [[BavarianFireDrill attempt of]] local Armenian resistance forces to pretend they are Muslims after committing a massacre.

* Near the start of the life of the UsefulNotes/PlayStation, Sony released an ad campaign in the US that explicitly stated that the Playstation was "More powerful than God", attempting to prove that it wasn't for kids. [[MoralGuardians Unsurprisingly]], shortly afterwards, the campaign was taken down.

** Polyphemus also made one. When he imprisoned Odysseus and his men and started eating them even after they offered him a gift of wine, Odysseus tried to appeal to the law of SacredHospitality made by Zeus. Polyphemus mocked him and said since he's the son of Poseidon, he doesn't have to listen to Zeus' laws. Karma kicked in when Odysseus got him drunk and blinded him.
** Queen Niobe brags in public that she has more children than "poor" Leto (the mother of Apollo and Artemis!). The two promptly take it upon themselves to [[DisproportionateRetribution avenge their mother]] by [[RevengeByProxy killing each and every one of the queen's children]] and she turns to stone from grief.

** In one version of the story, Medusa got turned into a monster after having an affair with Hephaestus, and then claiming that she was more beautiful than his wife Aphrodite, goddess of beauty.[[note]]In the other, more commonly-told--thanks to Creator/{{Ovid}}'s ''[[Literature/TheMetamorphoses Metamorphoses]]''--story she is a priestess of Athena raped by Poseidon in Athena's temple.[[/note]]

* Music/KanyeWest's "[[AGodAmI I Am A God]]" is this in ''spades''. The streaming version of this song credits 'God' as a feature. That's not even mentioning the album that it's on is called {{Music/Yeezus}}.
** However, he also somewhat subverts this trope by adding:

* "The Devil Went Down To Georgia" has the Devil make a bet with Johnny as to who's the better fiddler - Johnny immediately replies - "It might be a sin, but I'll take that bet, and you're gonna regret 'cause I'm the best that's ever been!" And once the contest concluded...

-->'''Cirno:''' [[HulkSpeak CIRNO SMASH PUNY GOD WITH]] [[AnIcePerson GLACIER-]][[DropTheHammer MALLET!]]

* In Creator/OrsonScottCard's horror novel ''The Lost Boys'' (no vampires appear) a young software engineer will tell anyone who listens that he makes more money than God. If only he had actually told people the dollar amount, he might have found out sooner that his boss was cheating him royally.

* In ''VideoGame/OctopathTravelerII'', Dolcinaea claims that she's a better singer and dancer than Sealticge, the literal goddess associated with dancing, during the Grand Gala.

* ''Literature/{{Unsong}}'': The Comet King does not take it lightly when the devil pisses him off.

-->'''King Glayder:''' Grow strong and noble as not even the heavens are the limit!

-->'''Arthur:''' You want to know what I've become? [[KillTheGod Godkiller would be appropriate]].

-->'''Arthur:''' Agrona has exhausted my patience. You have ten seconds.

* ''Fanfic/TheBridge'': After Grand King Ghidorah repeatedly boasted that he is a god, Kaizer Ghidorah retorted, "You are no god, but I am the Devil." before kicking his ass.

* ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTensei'': [[NotQuiteTheAlmighty Demiurge]] is a recurring demon, and this tends to occur very often by the nature of his existence. His repeated claims to be the one true God are betrayed [[InterfaceSpoiler by the name listed in his text boxes.]] In VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiStrangeJourney, the quest to defeat Demiurge is titled ''False God in Chains''.

* John Lennon's "BiggerThanJesus" comment [[SubvertedTrope wasn't really a boast]], but a complaint about excessive CreatorWorship.

The exact form can vary. One of the most common forms is a variant of saying one has "more X than God" (usually something that the deity in question wouldn't even bother to possess according to the theology). Also, the most common thing to top is money (especially someone in the {{Fiction 500}}). A more serious forms is claiming to be greater than God.