History Main / GodWasMyCopilot

* In the ''Literature/{{Dragonlance}} Chronicles'', the [[ObfuscatingStupidity apparently-senile]] wizard Fizban turns out to be Paladine, the head of the good gods. He's pretty bad at hiding his true nature at points, occasionally dropping the "doddering old fool" act and giving everyone chills due to his seriousness. And most D&D players got suspicious when he started casting spells without any of the arcane rigmarole Raistlin has to use, and they had previously heard the legend of Paladine and had the lack of his constellation in the sky (along with that of BigBad Takhisis) specifically noted as meaning the two were on the mortal plane, and AllMythsAreTrue.
** This is played with by Fizban's apparent {{Expy}} Zifnab in ''Literature/TheDeathGateCycle''. He has the same mix of senile eccentricity with flashes of remarkable wisdom and power, and at one point even says that he's a god, but is really just a very crazy old man with a lot of plot-centric information locked up in that confused brain. The dragon that is his constant companion, however, ''is'' a semi-divine being.

** As in the novel, the story of the game is mentioned to also have taken place, the cab driver is either [[DistinctionWithoutADifference not Caine, or Caine using one of the 10 dot "plot device" discipline abilities]] to make it happen.

* Over and over again in Literature/TheBible, people run into a supposed stranger who is usually eventually identified either as God or "The Angel of the LORD". (The resurrected Jesus also made a few appearances in this manner.)
** Somewhat averted in that a couple of times, [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane it's not clear whether or not "the man" was an angel, or just a helpful human dude.]]

** A June 2021 update gives [[spoiler: Cu Chulainn (Caster)]] voice lines [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial telling Norse Servants to pretend not to know him]], and [[BlatantLies pretending not to know any wolves and ravens despite having the former in his art]]. This, along with notably lacking [[spoiler: Cu Chulainn's]] signature weapon and passive skill, implies that from the start of the game he has actually been the Norse god Odin.

* In ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'', the final chapter of the "Observer on Timeless Temple" arc reveals that the "King Solomon" who has been trying to destroy human history is Beast One, one of the [[BeastOfTheApocalypse Evils of Humanity]], that stole his Spirit Origin and his powers. Where's the real King Solomon, then? ''He's [[MissionControl Doctor]] [[{{Adorkable}} Roman]]'', having won the 2004 Holy Grail War and [[IJustWantToBeNormal wished to be a human unburdened by kingship and magic]].

* In the ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'' series' fourth book, ''The Battle of the Labyrinth'', Hera reveals at the end that she had been secretly helping Percy through the entire quest by doing things such as paying Geryon to let them through his ranch and guiding his arrow, even though Percy had prayed to Apollo and Artemis for help, and believed it was by their guidance he shot straight.

* ''The Stone of Cold Fire'', one of the many, many, ''[[{{Sequelitis}} many]]'' sequels to ''WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTime'', features two mysterious dinosaurs who periodically help the protagonists throughout the movie. The final scene implies rather strongly that they were either Angels or Aliens who took on the form of dinosaurs.

* ''The Stone of Cold Fire'', one of the many, many, ''[[{{Sequelitis}} many]]'' sequels to ''WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTime'', features two mysterious dinosaurs who periodically help the protagonists throughout the movie. The final scene implies rather strongly that they were Aliens.

* The ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse2013'' short "[[Recap/MickeyMouseS2E8MumbaiMadness Mumbai Madness]]", has Mickey help an elephant go to a shrine on top of a steep mountain. The ending of the short strongly implies that the elephant is actually the Hindu god Ganesh.

** The pair, despite being dirt poor, sacrificed the one thing they DID have (a goat) for their unexpected guests. Not only did they (as per their wish) die at the exact same time [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments their bodies turned into a pair of trees that were forever hugging each other]].

* Also occurs in the Bhagavad Gita: the great hero Arjuna rides into battle with [[GodinHumanForm God In Human Form]] Krishna as his charioteer. Krishna then spends most of the story explaining the subtle philosophy by which the battle is justified, as well as the nature of existence itself (at one point revealing his [[TheOmniscient All-Knowing]], [[TheOmnipresent Infinite]] and [[TheOmnipotent All-Powerful form]] to Arjuna), and most of it goes right over Arjuna's head. This makes this OlderThanFeudalism.

** Its SpiritualSuccessor, ''VideoGame/{{Xenoblade}}'', follows this up with Alvis, whose apparent nature constantly changes throughout the game, from a mysterious enigma to just a normal "seer" to one of Zanza's disciples, until it's finally revealed that he's the true God of the universe, having formerly been the AI used by Zanza and Meyneth to create the universe while granting the two of them some of his power (which Meyneth could handle, but went to Zanza's head).

* ''ComicBook/TheTransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye'': One of the crew members ([[spoiler:Rung]]) is actually the mortal incarnation of [[spoiler:Primus himself, TopGod of the Transformers]]. Several other characters the crew encounter as friends or enemies turn out to be [[spoiler:the rest of his pantheon, the Guiding Hand; HangingJudge Tyrest is Solomus, god of wisdom, the {{psychopomp}}-like Necrobot is Mortilus, god of death, MadDoctor Pharma is being possessed by Adaptus, god of change and transformation, and the [[TheOmniscient all-knowing artifact]] called the Magnificence is all that remains of Epistemus, god of knowledge. However, there’s nothing actually divine about these gods — they’re just the five first and oldest members of the species, who were mythologized into godhood by subsequent generations as [[TheFogOfAges all memory of the first days faded]], including their own.]]

* ''ComicBook/TheTransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye'': One of the crew members ([[spoiler:Rung]]) is actually the mortal incarnation of [[spoiler:Primus himself]]. Several other characters the crew encounter as friends or enemies turn out to be [[spoiler:the rest of the Guiding Hand; Tyrest is Solomus, the Necrobot is Mortilus, Pharma is Adaptus (or at least his avatar), and the Magnificence is Epistemus.]]

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* ''The Stone of Cold Fire'', one of the many, many, ''[[{{Sequelitis}} many]]'' sequels to ''WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTime'', features two mysterious dinosaurs who periodically help the protagonists throughout the movie. The final scene implies rather strongly that they're angels.

** A recent update (June 2021) gives [[spoiler: Cu Chulainn (Caster)]] voice lines [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial telling Norse Servants to pretend not to know him, and pretending not to know any wolves and ravens]]. This, in addition to not having [[spoiler: Cu Chulainn's]] telltale skills or weapon, implies that from the start of the game he has actually been the Norse god Odin.

** A second example in the same arc could be called LouisCypher Was My Copilot. That fuzzy animal mascot [[PokemonSpeak Fou]], who keeps [[CovertPervert hiding in]] [[VictoriasSecretCompartment Mash's shirt]] and whose power you've been using to [[RareCandy increase your Servants' stats]]? It's short for Four. As in, ''Beast Four'', another Evil of Humanity. He mentions [[VisualNovel/Tsukihime Primate Murder]] as another of his names.

** A second example in the same arc could be called LouisCypher Was My Copilot. That fuzzy animal mascot [[PokemonSpeak Fou]], who keeps [[CovertPervert hiding in]] [[VictoriasSecretCompartment Mash's shirt]] and whose power you've been using to [[RareCandy increase your Servants' stats]]? It's short for Four. As in, ''Beast Four'', another Evil of Humanity. He mentions [[Literature/AngelNotes Primate Murder]] as another of his names.

* In ''VideoGame/LoopHero'' it is revealed after the defeat of Omega that [[spoiler:the camp manager who assisted the Hero is actually Yota, the Goddess of Probability]] who had helped guide the Hero to this outcome.

* In ''Anime/MaiOtome'', it turns out that Mikoto, the chubby black cat that hangs around Mashiro, is mentally connected to Mikoto, the petite but deceptively-strong goddess who lives in the Black Valley with Mai and uses astral projection to keep people away from the Harmonium Organ, and is possibly [[spoiler:connected to the [=HiME=] from the original series, which is hinted to be the distant past of this universe.]]