History Main / NotSoOmniscientAfterAll

* The FatalFlaw of ''{{Exalted}}'''s Sidereal faction is to get into large groups, predict the future, and then make horrible, horrible decisions. One time they did this, right before the Usurpation, lead to the temporary annihilation of the Solars, mass deaths among the Terrestrials, and genocide against the Solar's allied races, in order to [[{{Gotterdammerung}} establish a lesser but safer and more stable response to the Golden Age]]. So many beings in ''{{Exalted}}'' have ScrewDestiny as a passive power, though, that this eventually lead to the deaths of nine tenths of the human population of Creation.

* BlazBlue had the supercomputer Takamagahara which was omniscient by virtue of being able to observe every single variation in the time-space continuty at once. However, when BigBad [[CardcarryingVillain Hazama]]/[[CompleteMonster Terumi]] pitted [[AntiHero Ragna]] [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast The Bloodedge]] and [[PersonOfMassDestruction Kusanagi]]: [[RageAgainstTheHeavens Sword of the Godslayer]] against each other, all three minds got so occupied with observing the possibilites of the battle that it lost track of one possibility for 1/470000th of a second. That lasp in attention, it turns out, was all Hazama/Terumi needed to infiltrate Takamagahara and expose it to a magical supervirus, thus putting it out of commission.
* In Dragonfable:
--> '''Vaal''': How can I be omniscient when people do not tell me what they are doing?!

* [[DoctorWho The Doctor]] can often be perceived as omniscient; he's one of the most intelligent beings in all of the universe, with an excellent knowledge of culture, science, history and language, and manipulative enough to initiate many a XanatosGambit. To many, he appears like a God figure, with titles such as 'The Lonely Angel' and 'Oncoming Storm'. But he ''can'' make mistakes, and he makes them hard.

->''I make mistakes like the next man. In fact, being -- forgive me--rather cleverer than most men, my mistakes tend to be correspondingly huger.''

->''I make mistakes like the next man. In fact, being--forgive me--rather cleverer than most men, my mistakes tend to be correspondingly huger.''

Maybe he's just a wannabe, a self-deluded TedBaxter or a KnowNothingKnowItAll who talked his way into some undeserved credibility. Or maybe he used to be omniscient, but lost his touch - a dethroned [[TheChessmaster Chessmaster]] who is no longer on top of the ThirtyXanatosPileup, a God who surrendered part of his divinity to be able to live among mortals as one of them, or something.

* In ''{{LOST}}'', Ben starts out as TheOmniscient but gradually slips down from the top of the ThirtyXanatosPileup.

This turning point is likely to be a retroactive MoralEventHorizon, or at least a DethroningMomentofSuck, as it turns out that all the sacrifices were for nothing. If the character has any insight, then such a event is likely to be a MyGodWhatHaveIDone HeelRealization.

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* In ''{{Watchmen}}'', Dr. Manhattan is a [[TheOmniscient omniscient]] NonLinearCharacter. During the storyline, something happens that make him lose his omniscience while still being a NonLinearCharacter.

* [[DoctorWho The Doctor]] can often be perceived as omniscient; he's one of the most intelligent beings in all of the universe, with an excellent knowledge of culture, science, history and language, and manipulative enough to initiate some XanathosGambits. To many, he appears like a God figure, with titles such as 'The Lonely Angel' and 'Oncoming Storm'. But he ''can'' make mistakes, and he makes them hard.

* For one brief moment Destiny from ''TheSandman'' had his omniscience foiled. Lucifer destroys a page in the book of destiny to Destiny's total surprise (in fact it's the first time he shows ''any'' emotion). However the ash falls to spell [[spoiler:"Yggdrasil"]] both answering Lucifer's previous question leaving him with no choice about what to do next, as Destiny had told him.

* For one brief moment Destiny from ''TheSandman'' had his omniscience foiled. Lucifer destroys a page in the book of destiny to Destiny's total surprise (in fact it's the first time he shows ''any'' emotion). It returns instantly, though, as the ash falls in a way that shuts down Lucifer's claims about free will.

->''I make mistakes like the next man. In fact, being -- forgive me -- rather cleverer than most men, my mistakes tend to be correspondingly huger.''
-->-- Albus Dumbledore, ''HarryPotter/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince''

* Cryptos the Omnipotent of ''FlakyPastry''. While he is a successful, business-running wizard, calling yourself "The Omnipotent" is kind of just asking to get called on it.

* [[MagnificentBastard Vetinari]] of ''{{Discworld}}'' fame definitely fits the bill, if rarely. See ''Discworld/{{Thud}}!'' and his reaction to [[Awesome/Discworld what A.E. Pessimal did during the riot]].

* [[MagnificentBastard Vetinari]] of ''{{Discworld}}'' fame definitely fits the bill, if rarely. See ''Discworld/{{Thud}}!'' and his reaction to what A.E. Pessimal did during the riot.
-->"Excuse me, are we talking about ''the same'' A.E. Pessimal? Little man, very clean shoes?"