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* ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'': Ishtar from Mesopotamian mythology is a highly haughty goddess of beauty and love, who, due to her attitude (and failure to be useful), gets much mockery from a lot of other Servants (including other Divine Servants). Gilgamesh even puts an equivalent of the "Kick Me" prank that instead says "I'm a useless goddess" on her.

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* In ''Manga/BinboGamiGa'', there's Momiji, the goddess of poverty and misfortune, who was sent to Earth to end the BornLucky status of [[MsFanservice Ichiko Sakura]], who's absurd good luck was unbalancing the Earth. Momiji is a DisabledDeity with only one good hand to use, not so pretty, having ACupAngst (an advantage [[BuxomIsBetter Ichiko exploits well to bother her]]) and, as the goddess of poverty she is, Momiji usually sleeps under a river like a hobo.

* Thor has shades of this in ''Film/{{Thor}}'' where his brashness leads Odin to exile him to Earth [[BroughtDownToNormal without his powers]], during which time Loki takes great pleasure in tarnishing Thor's image. While there he is forced to learn humility and seek out the aid of humans. Only once Thor sets aside his {{pride}} does he regain his godly powers and is allowed to return to Asgard. Played even more straight in ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' where the God of Thunder has drowned his grief in booze and food, becoming an obese alcoholic[[note]][[DespairEventHorizon Of course]], when you're hit with a long TraumaCongaLine within the span of a few days that culminates in the ultimate one that [[NiceJobBreakingItHero you could have stopped had you just gone for Thanos' head rather than his chest to make him suffer]], with no way to undo that last screwup, who wouldn't feel so guilty he'd wallow away like that[[/note]].

* Thor has shades of this in ''Film/{{Thor}}'' where his brashness leads Odin to exile him to Earth [[BroughtDownToNormal without his powers]], during which time Loki takes great pleasure in tarnishing Thor's image. While there he is forced to learn humility and seek out the aid of humans. Only once Thor sets aside his {{pride}} does he regain his godly powers and is allowed to return to Asgard. Played even more straight in ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' where the God of Thunder has drowned his grief in booze and food, becoming an obese alcoholic[[note]]Of course, when you're hit with a continuous string of tragedies and losses that culminate in the ultimate one that you could have stopped had you just gone for Thanos' head rather than his chest to make him suffer, with no way to undo that last screwup, who wouldn't feel so guilty he'd wallow away like that[[/note]]

* Thor has shades of this in ''Film/{{Thor}}'' where his brashness leads Odin to exile him to Earth [[BroughtDownToNormal without his powers]], during which time Loki takes great pleasure in tarnishing Thor's image. While there he is forced to learn humility and seek out the aid of humans. Only once Thor sets aside his {{pride}} does he regain his godly powers and is allowed to return to Asgard. Played even more straight in ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' where the God of Thunder has drowned his grief in booze and food, becoming an obese alcoholic.

[[caption-width-right:350:[[HowTheMightyHaveFallen Hard times have fallen on the God of Thunder]][[note]]Thor from ''Film/ThorTheDarkWorld'' (left) and ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' (right)[[/note]]]]

[[caption-width-right:350:[[HowTheMightyHaveFallen Hard times have fallen on the God of Thunder]][[note]]Thor from ''Film/ThorTheDarkWorld'' (left) Thor from ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' (right)[[/note]]]]

** Bilious, the Oh-God of Hangovers, one of several new gods created by the temporary death of the Discworld/{{Hogfather}}. His sole lot in life is to absorb the hangovers that should have gone to Bibulous, the God of Wine and Things On Sticks.

* Thor has shades of this in ''Film/{{Thor}}'' where his brashness leads Odin to exile him to Earth [[BroughtDownToNormal without his powers]], during which time Loki takes great pleasure in tarnishing Thor's image. While there he is forced to learn humility and seek out the aid of humans. Only once Thor sets aside his {{pride}} does he regain his godly powers and is allowed to return to Asgard.

* Aqua from ''LightNovel/KonoSuba'' who is possibly the TropeCodifier and known by the InUniverseNickname of ''Damegami'' (Useless Goddess). Most of her divine powers have no use beyond party tricks, and she tends to either [[ForgotAboutHisPowers forget about her genuinely useful abilities]] or [[NiceJobBreakingItHero use them in ways that make matters worse]]. Added to that, she is childishly jealous of the younger goddess Eris for being a ReasonableAuthorityFigure with a highly successful church; by contrast Aqua sent her own church vague[=/=]petty commands and left it to its own devices, causing it to become filled with deranged lunatics. As a result, whenever Aqua tries to explain who she is, Eris followers assume she's crazy and her own followers ''try to kill her for blasphemy''. Kazuma makes no attempt to hide his utter disdain for Aqua's incompetence and has stated many times he'd happily trade her off if he could.

** Reg, God of Club Musicians, the patron of all struggling semi-successful musicians whose role in life is to eke a perilous living on the margins of success and lives in perpetual fear that they aren't going to get paid for the latest crummy gig in a craphole venue.

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* ''Film/ClashOfTheTitans2010'': [[EverybodyHatesHades Hades]] gets the short end of the divine stick as the unloved master of TheUnderworld and is treated like an uninvited guest on Mount Olympus. However, while the other GodsNeedPrayerBadly, Hades is empowered by mortal ''fear'', so when TheDogBitesBack, he bites hard.
* Thor has shades of this in ''Film/{{Thor}}'' where his brashness leads Odin to exile him to Earth [[BroughtDownToNormal without his powers]], during which time Loki takes great pleasure in tarnishing Thor's image. While there he is forced to learn humility and seek out the aid of humans. Only once Thor sets aside his {{pride}} does he regain his godly powers and is allowed to return to Asgard.
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* Aqua from ''LightNovel/KonoSuba'' who is possibly the TropeCodifier, who is known by the InUniverseNickname of ''Damegami'' (Useless Goddess). Most of her divine powers have no use beyond party tricks, and she tends to either [[ForgotAboutHisPowers forget about her genuinely useful abilities]] or [[NiceJobBreakingItHero use them in ways that make matters worse]]. Added to that, she is childishly jealous of the younger goddess Eris for being a ReasonableAuthorityFigure with a highly successful church; by contrast Aqua sent her own church vague[=/=]petty commands and left it to its own devices, causing it to become filled with deranged lunatics. As a result, whenever Aqua tries to explain who she is, Eris followers assume she's crazy and her own followers ''try to kill her for blasphemy''. Kazuma makes no attempt to hide his utter disdain for Aqua's incompetence and has stated many times he'd happily trade her off if he could.

* Aqua from ''LightNovel/KonoSuba'', earning her the InUniverseNickname of ''Damegami'' (Useless Goddess). Most of her divine powers have no use beyond party tricks, and she tends to either [[ForgotAboutHisPowers forget about her genuinely useful abilities]] or [[NiceJobBreakingItHero use them in ways that make matters worse]]. Added to that, she is childishly jealous of the younger goddess Eris for being a ReasonableAuthorityFigure with a highly successful church; by contrast Aqua sent her own church vague[=/=]petty commands and left it to its own devices, causing it to become filled with deranged lunatics. As a result, whenever Aqua tries to explain who she is, Eris followers assume she's crazy and her own followers ''try to kill her for blasphemy''. Kazuma makes no attempt to hide his utter disdain for Aqua's incompetence and has stated many times he'd happily trade her off if he could.

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}'', while Trivia is not bullied, he doesn't get any recognition by the other gods. Not even the BigBad of the episode bothers capturing him when he captures every god.

* Hestia from ''LightNovel/IsItWrongToTryToPickUpGirlsInADungeon'' is regarded as a joke among her fellow gods. For a long time she was unable to recruit anyone into her Familia and initially survived by freeloading off Hephaestus. She also had a reputation as one of the only virgin gods who was never able to find a man in heaven. Loki in particular has great fun bullying Hestia over her poverty and short stature. Even after Hestia lucks out and recruits her first member, Bell Cranel, they are forced to face poor living accommodations of an abandoned church with Hestia working several part-time jobs to help them get by.
* Aqua from ''LightNovel/KonoSuba'', earning her the InUniverseNickname of ''Damegami'' (Useless Goddess). Most of her divine powers have no use beyond party tricks, and she tends to either [[ForgotAboutHisPowers forget about her genuinely useful abilities]] or [[NiceJobBreakingItHero use them in ways that make matters worse]]. Added to that, she is childishly jealous of the younger goddess Eris for being a ReasonableAuthorityFigure with a highly successful church; by contrast Aqua sent her own church vague[=/=]petty commands and left it to its own devices, causing it to become filled with deranged lunatics. As a result, whenever Aqua tries to explain who she is, Eris followers assume she's crazy and her own followers ''try to kill her for blasphemy''. Kazuma makes no attempt to hide his utter disdain for Aqua's incompetence and has stated many times he'd happily trade her off if he could.

** King Kai for the most does his job quite well, but he became a joke among his fellow Kais due to being the only one who died thanks to Goku, necessitating a halo above his head.
** Shin, the Supreme Kai of Universe 7, seemed like a proper God at first, but the more time is spent in his company the more it becomes clear [[GodIsInept he's terrible at his job]]. He's practically [[AChildShallLeadThem a child]] with little experience and prone to making mistakes, which is especially prevalent when his ancestor Elder Kai is released and shows him how it's done. Elder Kai has called him out on being an idiot, while even Goku teases Shin for being less useful than Elder Kai.
** Beerus is this in spades. At first, he is presented as a [[TheGodsMustBeLazy lazy]] {{Jerkass God|s}} who gets away with acting like a SpoiledBrat due to his status as a DestroyerDeity. Except we later find out he's ''not'' supposed to act that way and many Gods of Destruction from other universes do a far better job at maintaining order than he does. Beerus himself is even shunned as an outcast due to his universe harboring Son Goku, who everyone blames for creating the Tournament of Power that would wipe out several of the universes.
* Aqua from ''LightNovel/KonoSuba'', who might be the most [[TropeCodifier well-known example]] in the anime community due to the memetic statues. She is dubbed "The Useless Goddess" and Kazuma's verbal punching bag. Most of her divine powers have no use other than for party tricks, and the ones that do have use [[NiceJobBreakingItHero often make matters worse]]. Kazuma makes no attempt to hide his utter disdain for Aqua's incompetence and has stated many times he'd happily trade her off if he could have.
* Hestia from ''LightNovel/IsItWrongToTryToPickUpGirlsInADungeon'' is regarded as a joke among her fellow gods. For a long time she was unable to recruit anyone into her familia and initially survived by freeloading off Hephaestus. She also had a reputation as one of the only virgin gods who was never able to find a man in heaven. Loki in particular has great fun bullying Hestia over her poverty and short stature. Even after Hestia lucks out and recruits her first member, Bell Cranel, they are forced to face poor living accommodations of an abandoned church with Hestia working several part-time jobs to help them get by.

* In ''Manga/BinboGamiGa'', there's Momiji, the goddess of poverty and misfortune, who was sent to Earth to end the BornLucky status of [[MsFanservice Ichiko Sakura]], who's absurd good luck was unbalancing the Earth. Momiji is a DisabledDeity with only one good hand to use, not so pretty, having ACupAngst (an advantage [[BuxomIsBetter Ichiko exploits well to bother her]]) and, as the goddess of poverty she is, Momiji usually sleeps under a river like a hobo.
* ''Anime/LittlePollon'': Almost all the gods of Greek mythology are portrayed as losers and have many human weaknesses. Zeus is a short perverted guy with BlindingBangs who is often beaten up by his wife, Apollo is a lazy drunk who forgets to do his job, Eros is so ugly that his mother is ashamed of him, Poseidon can't swim, etc. Even Athena, despite being the wise OnlySaneWoman, is disliked by the others for her prickly attitude and is considered an "old spinster".

* ''Film/ClashOfTheTitans2010'': [[EverybodyHatesHades Hades]] gets the short end of the divine stick as the unloved master of TheUnderworld and is treated like an uninvited guest on Mount Olympus. However, while the other GodsNeedPrayerBadly, Hades is empowered by mortal ''fear'', so when TheDogBitesBack, he bites hard.

** The Greek God Hephaestus, though the creator of many of his fellow Olympian's best weapons and items, was otherwise rejected and scorned. Upon being born, his mother Hera threw him down Mount Olympus for being ugly (making him the only unattractive god), which crippled him. He was given Aphrodite as a wife only to prevent other Gods from warring over her, and even then she ended up cheating on him with Ares in his own home.
** Ares is basically divine DumbMuscle, once ended up trapped in a jar and even gets sent packing by a mortal during the Trojan War. The Romans, on the other hand, made him one of their most important gods.

* Garagos, the God of [[WarGod War]], [[RapePillageAndBurn Plunder, Destruction and Mindless Slaughter]] in the ''TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms'', is sometimes portrayed as one of these, due to the fact that he must share his portfolio of war with Tempus, God of [[WarIsGlorious Honorable Combat and Glory]]. Tempus is undoubtedly the more popular and powerful of the two gods, and it is widely believed that Tempus could easily slay Garagos and only refuses to do so because it would result in him having to claim Garagos' portfolio as his own, potentially changing his fundamental divine nature. Garagos, needless to say, has an enormous chip on his shoulder about the whole situation.

* ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'': Shion Yorigami, a ''binbogami'', or a god of poverty. She has the ability to absorb misfortune for others, but due to PowerIncontinence it regularly leaks out, so nobody wants to be near her. She herself isn't immune to the misfortune she carries either, so she lives in a perpetual poverty such that she considers random weeds to be luxury food. Even her own twin sister Joon doesn't have much respect for her.

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}'', while Trivia is not bullied, he doesn't get any recognition by the other gods. Not even the BigBad of the episode bothers capturing him when he captures every god.

** ''ComicBook/{{Hellblazer}}'': {{Implied|Trope}}. God [[TheGhost stays offscreen]], but is arguably insane, CantTakeCriticism, and created the FirstOfTheFallen as a conscience he could beat up for backtalking. However, this is [[UnreliableNarrator according to the First himself]]; later appearances with different writers portray him closer to a BigGood.

* Anytime God appears in a Garth Ennis comic, he's bound to be this. Including a constantly-masturbating filthy old man in ''ComicBook/TheChroniclesOfWormwood'', a narcissist with a disturbing need to be loved by people despite the CrapsackWorld he makes for them in Preacher, and (offscreen) a creator who CantTakeCriticism and created the First of the Fallen as a conscience he could beat up for backtalking in ''ComicBook/Hellblazer'' (although this is according to the First himself, later appearances with different writers have God be considerably closer to a BigGood).

* Thor had shades of this in ''Film/{{Thor}}'' where his brashness lead Odin to exile him to Earth, during which Loki took great pleasure in tarnishing Thor's image. While there he was forced to learn humility and sought out the aid of humans. Only once Thor set aside his pride did he regain his godly powers and was allowed to return to Asgard.

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* Aqua from ''LightNovel/KonoSuba'', dubbed "The Useless Goddess" and Kazuma's verbal punching bag. Most of her divine powers have no use other than for party tricks, and the ones that do have use [[NiceJobBreakingItHero often make matters worse]]. Kazuma makes no attempt to hide his utter disdain for Aqua's incompetence and has stated many times he'd happily trade her off if he could have.

** Shin, the Supreme Kai of Universe 7, seemed like a proper God at first, but the more time is spent in his company the more it becomes clear he's terrible at his job. He's practically [[AChildShallLeadThem a child]] with little experience and prone to making mistakes, which is especially prevalent when his ancestor Elder Kai is released and shows him how it's done. Elder Kai has called him out on being an idiot, while even Goku teases Shin for being less useful than Elder Kai.