History Main / LoserDeity

** Focalors (AKA Furina) is the god of Justice and water who serves as the official ruler of Fontaine. Despite having more open authority than Barbatos, her people treat her more as an amusing mascot rather than a figure worthy of reverence with the Chief Justice being the one who has more de-facto power despite being officially her underling. She's prone to large and bombastic statements that are prone to [[OpenMouthInsertFoot backfiring]] such as attempting to charge the Traveler on frivolous charges and quickly backing down once they attempt to challenge her. It's also shown that despite being the overseer of trials she lacks authority even over that since [[ComputerizedJudicialSystem trials are determined by a magical supercomputer]] that she has no direct control over.

** Malacath is the Daedric Prince of [[AllTheOtherReindeer Spurned and Ostracized]], and is the patron deity of the [[OurOrcsAreDifferent Orcs]]. He was originally the [[OurElvesAreDifferent Aldmeri]] ancestor spirit Trinimac, but was [[GodEating "eaten"]] by the [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Daedric Prince of Plots]], Boethiah, when Boethiah needed to "speak with Trinimac's voice" in order to convince the Chimer to leave for Morrowind. Trinimac was later excreted by Boethiah, becoming Malacath, and his remaining followers were transformed into the [[OurOrcsAreDifferent Orcs]]. The other Daedric Princes do not consider Malacath to be a "real" Prince. Given that he's the patron of pariahs, this is rather appropriate. As [[MadGod Sheogorath]] puts while talking about [[GodOfOrder Jyggalag]], "Malacath is more popular at parties! And Malacath is not popular at parties!"

** In this verse, "The Imperial Truth" has shifted into basically "all the gods are losers, and our emperor is better than all of them because he's ''not'' a god." All of the get potshots aimed at them, such as The Nightbringer being friendless or Slannesh needing drug rehab.

* ''VideoGame/GenshinImpact'': Barbatos is the god of freedom and wind, and one of the archons that comprise the Seven, the seven elemental gods that rule over Teyvat. In Barbatos's case, though, "rule" is a loose term--due to his ideals as the God of Freedom, he refuses to exercise any sort of rule over his nation of Mondstadt, and since an archon's power is directly proportional to how proactive they are in ruling their territory, Barbatos is the weakest member of the Seven despite being one of the oldest of them. Unlike the other archons, Barbatos hasn't shown himself to his people in a long time, and people from other nations look down on him believing that he is never there for his people. [[spoiler:As it turns out, Barbatos prefers to wander the world as the bard Venti, who has alcoholic tendencies, isn't terribly responsible, and is treated with very little respect even among those who know his identity. One time, he even got thrown out of his own church when he tried to reveal his identity, as his followers could not believe someone like him could be their god.]]

* Lucoa from ''Manga/MissKobayashisDragonMaid'' has shades of this. She was once the Aztec Dragon God, Quetzalcoatl, however one incident of her consuming cursed liquor which led to a scandal caused her to be exiled from godhood. Even among the main cast she sometimes gets chastised for her ShamelessFanserviceGirl tendencies.

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

** Hestia 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. After their familia has a miraculous victory against Apollo in a Familia War Game, they inherit all of his wealth and attain incredible popularity.. until it's revealed Hestia blew all their savings on additional expenses rather than paying off their debts.

** Soma, might be the best example of all. Unlike Hestia, Soma is completely lacking in motivation or enthusiasm, being a barely functioning, shell of a person who has abandoned his familia after losing faith in them. His familia is a trainwreck, with all of them being addicts to his wine and committing atrocities to get another taste. He slowly grows out of this though after Lili resisting the wine rekindles his faith in mortals once more.

** In this verse, "The Imperial Truth" has shifted into basically "all the gods are losers, and our emperor is better than all of them because he's ''not'' a god." All of the get potshots aimed at them, such as The Deceiver being friendless or Slannesh needing drug rehab.

** Soma, might be the best example of all. Unlike Hestia, Soma is completely lacking in motivation or enthusiasm, being a barely functioning, shell of a person who has abandoned his familia after losing faith in them. His familia is a trainwreck, with all of them being addicts to his wine and committing atrocities to get another taste. He slowly grows out of this though after Lili resisting the wine rekindles his faith in people once more.
** Ishtar has a very poor reputation among her fellow gods. But unlike Hestia, the reason for this is not because of poor living conditions, as Ishtar enjoys quite a comfortable life of luxury. Instead she's viewed as a thoroughly vile person who abuses her own familia members, causing her territory to be viewed as forbidden grounds that outsiders should not venture into.

->''"The fact is, apart from killing Baldur, Loki [[LaserGuidedKarma mostly just causes problems on purpose and gets cartoonishly walloped by the consequences]]. He's not some [[AdaptationalBadass glamorous prince of darkness]], he's a '''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes''' antagonist."''
-->-- ''WebAnimation/OverlySarcasticProductions'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdMXFQ-AE8o&t=8s Miscellaneous Myths: Loki's Wager]]

* Kosuda's sex god in ''Manga/BGataHKei'': He's not only the guardian of one of the greatest losers imaginable (Kosuda), he fits the loser archetype quire well himself. He is completely useless and never gives out any useful advice, with his incompetence showing everywhere. He fails to be seen at one point and usually only wastes Kosuda's time, who has to figure out everything for himself. Kosuda even complains about this in the manga.

* ''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 [[ConspicuousConsumption Joon]] doesn't have much respect for her.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}'', while [[OddJobGods Trivia]] is not bullied, he doesn't get any recognition by the other gods [[OldWindbag because he constantly drones on about inane things]]. Not even the villain of the episode he appears in bothers capturing him when he captures every god.

** Beerus's brother and the [[FunWithAcronyms GoD]] of Universe 6, [[FatBastard Champa]], is also one of these; fitting, as it has the ''third'' lowest mortal level behind Universes 7 and 9. On one hand, Universe 6 is certainly better off than Universe 7 in some regards (its Saiyans aren't nearly extinct, for one), and it has its fair share of powerful fighters such as [[ImplacableMan Magetta]], [[ProfessionalKiller Hit]] and [[FusionDance Kefla]], which have given Universe 7's fighters plenty of trouble. On the other hand, Champa is even lazier than his brother, preferring to have his angel Vados do all of the work, while also getting into petty squabbles with Beerus over menial things like which universe has the best food. And while the positives ''are'' notable ones, it's also Champa's own laziness that allowed [[BitchInSheepsClothing Frost]] to run the place undetected, and Universe 6's earthlings ended up destroying their own planet through constant warfare, which led to the events of the Universe 6 Saga in the first place. Taken even further in the manga, where its mortal level is actually ''lower'' than Universe 7, and its fighters are {{Adaptational Wimp}}s that get eliminated far more easily than in the anime.

** Beerus's brother and the [[FunWithAcronyms GoD]] of Universe 6, [[FatBastard Champa]], is also one of these; fitting, as it has the ''third'' lowest mortal level behind Universes 7 and 9. On one hand, Universe 6 is certainly better off than Universe 7 (its Saiyans aren't nearly extinct, for one), and it has its fair share of powerful fighters such as [[ImplacableMan Magetta]], [[ProfessionalKiller Hit]] and [[FusionDance Kefla]], which have given Universe 7's fighters plenty of trouble. On the other hand, Champa is even lazier than his brother, preferring to have his angel Vados do all of the work, while also getting into petty squabbles with Beerus over menial things like which universe has the best food. And while the positives ''are'' notable ones, it's also Champa's own laziness that allowed [[BitchInSheepsClothing Frost]] to run the place undetected, and Universe 6's earthlings ended up destroying their own planet through constant warfare, which led to the events of the Universe 6 Saga in the first place. Taken even further in the manga, where its mortal level is actually ''lower'' than Universe 7, and its fighters are {{Adaptational Wimp}}s that get eliminated far more easily than in the anime.

** Beerus's brother and the [[FunWithAcronyms GoD]] of Universe 6, [[FatBastard Champa]], is also one of these; fitting, as it has the ''third'' lowest mortal level behind Universes 7 and 9. On one hand, Universe 6 is certainly better off than Universe 7 (its Saiyans aren't nearly extinct, for one), and it has its fair share of powerful fighters such as [[ImplacableMan Magetta]], [[ProfessionalKiller Hit]] and [[FusionDance Kefla]], which have given Universe 7's fighters plenty of trouble. On the other hand, Champa is even lazier than his brother, preferring to have his angel Vados do all of the work, while also getting into petty squabbles with Beerus over menial things like which universe has the best food. Taken even further in the manga, where its mortal level is actually ''lower'' than Universe 7, and its fighters are {{Adaptational Wimp}}s that get eliminated far more easily than in the anime.

* ''LightNovel/IsItWrongToTryToPickUpGirlsInADungeon'':

* Myth/NorseMythology: Despite Loki's modern status as a clever, cunning, ManipulativeBastard, Loki has more instances of him being humiliated and disgraced than having any real success, making more of a pathetic SmugSnake. Naturally, his scheming has him suffer multiple consequences:

->''"The fact is, apart from killing Baldur, Loki [[LaserGuidedKarma mostly just causes problems on purpose and gets cartoonishly walloped by the consequences]]. He's not some glamorous prince of darkness, he's a '''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes''' villain."''

** And there's also his [[MoralEvenHorizon killing of Baldur]], which kickstarts the Ragnarok prophecy. His reasoning for this heinous act? [[ForTheEvulz Loki thought it was funny]]. Cue him being bound to a rock with his son's intestines forced to have a snake drip acid into his eyes for eternity.

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

* ''LightNovel/IsItWrongToTryToPickUpGirlsInADungeon'':
** Hestia 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. After their familia has a miraculous victory against Apollo in a Familia War Game, they inherit all of his wealth and attain incredible popularity.. until it's revealed Hestia blew all their savings on additional expenses rather than paying off their debts.
** Loki, in a different way to Hestia. While she enjoys a lifestyle of luxury and wealth as well as a much stronger familia, her own familia members are thoroughly sick of her due to her obnoxious and perverted behavior, and tend to treat her like TheFriendNobodyLikes. It's also clear she is AuthorityInNameOnly in her familia, with Ais, Riveria, and Finn being the ones actually running the show and often needing to tell her off and make her behave.
* ''LightNovel/KonoSuba'':
** Aqua, 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.
** In later novels, it is revealed that Aqua is good at exactly one thing: Convincing dead souls from other worlds to reincarnate in the New World and fight the Devil King. Her replacement Eris, who is better than her in every ''other'' way, just doesn't have the bombastic personality to convince people to dedicate their lives to an ImpossibleTask.

* Garagos, the god of [[WarGod War]], [[RapePillageAndBurn Plunder, Destruction and Mindless Slaughter]] in the ''TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms'', is sometimes portrayed as one of these, since he is forced to share the portfolio of war with another god, Tempus. Legends say that in ancient times, Garagos was a well-respected Greater Deity in the Netherese pantheon, but when the gods of war held a contest of arms to decide which of them was mightiest, Tempus slew all of them except Garagos, took the best bits of the portfolio of war for himself and left Garagos alive so he could embody the aspects of war Tempus had no interest in. Since that time, Tempus has been revered as the [[WarIsGlorious god of Honorable Combat and Glory]] and become [[GodNeedsPrayerBadly one of the most powerful gods of Faerun]], while Garagos has been relegated to being a mere demigod, forced into subservience to his hated rival (who could easily destroy him if he wished), worshipped by only the most AxeCrazy individuals and with an enormous chip on his shoulder about the whole situation.

* ''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".

** On the subject of Universe 9, there's a very good reason it has the lowest mortal level; its respective Kaioshin and God of Destruction, Roh and Sidra, make Shin and Beerus look competent at their jobs. They act the complete opposite of how their titles are supposed to act: Roh is an egotistical, short-tempered Kaioshin, while Sidra is a passive and indecisive God of Destruction that rarely destroys anything. Because of this disastrous combination, Universe 9 is a CrapsackWorld that's constantly in ruins, and its fighters for the Tournament of Power are picked based on how well they ''survived'' the universe. As a result, they were pit against Universe 7 in an exhibition match, where they lost by an absolute landslide. During the Tournament of Power proper, it's the first universe to be eliminated and [[CessationOfExistence erased from existence]], with the only reaction of its angel Mohito being a ''smile of relief.'' And keep in mind, when the Kaioshin and God of Destruction are gone, the angel then has to go into ForcedSleep. When Universe 9's own angel would rather do ''that'' than deal with Roh and Sidra, they're definitely these, no questions asked.
** While not to the same degree as the above, Beerus's brother and the [[FunWithAcronyms GoD]] of Universe 6, [[FatBastard Champa]], is also one of these; fitting, as it has the ''third'' lowest mortal level behind the above. On one hand, Universe 6 is certainly better off than Universe 7 (its Saiyans aren't nearly extinct, for one), and it has its fair share of powerful fighters such as [[ImplacableMan Magetta]], [[ProfessionalKiller Hit]] and [[FusionDance Kefla]], which have given Universe 7's fighters plenty of trouble. On the other hand, Champa is even lazier than his brother, preferring to have his angel Vados do all of the work, while also getting into petty squabbles with Beerus over menial things like which universe has the best food. Taken even further in the manga, where its mortal level is actually ''lower'' than Universe 7, and its fighters are {{Adaptational Wimp}}s that get eliminated far more easily than in the anime.

** And speaking of Beerus, he himself is this in spades too. 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. Most of the threats in ''Z'' were things that Beerus should have dealt with before Goku even knew about them, but he gave Freeza a pass and was asleep for Majin Buu's rampage. Beerus himself is even shunned as an outcast due to his universe harboring Son Goku, whom everyone blames for inspiring the [[GodOfGods Omni-King Zen'o]] to create the [[ThereCanBeOnlyOne Tournament of Power]], and Universe 7 has the second-lowest mortal level behind Universe 9.

* [[LordOfTheOcean Neptune]] in ''WebAnimation/UnbiasedHistory'' is depicted as this, albiet mostly for a short gag. The emperor [[TheCaligula Caligula]] wrestles with him on the beaches of Gaul and utterly humilates the God, taking his seashells as trophies (this is a reference to an incident in RealLife where the emperor was picking up seashells [[AttentionDeficitOohShiny instead of]] preparing an invason of Britain).