History Main / SaveYourDeity

* In ''Disney/{{Hercules}}'', Herc has to save Zeus and the other gods from Hades and the Titans.
* Disney/{{Moana}} is on a quest to restore the heart of the creator goddess Te Fiti.

* This is what drives the plot for most of ''Discworld/SmallGods''.

* ''[[VideoGame/GodOfWar God Of War: Chains of Olympus]]'' tasks Kratos with rescuing Helios.

* ''VideoGame/JadeEmpire'': This drives a large part of the plot. The Water Dragon is not only in charge of rain, but she's also the deity in charge of escorting the deceased to the afterlife for reincarnation. Without her, the world's getting overrun with angry and tormented ghosts. [[spoiler: Of course, you don't ''have'' to rescue or restore her if you're playing Closed Fist.]]

* In ''WebVideo/{{Kickassia}}'', the cast tries to revive Santa Christ after Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses accidentally shoots him. Their chosen method of resurrection is a parody of ''Literature/PeterPan'' - they get everyone they know to repeatedly chant, "We believe in Santa Christ!"

* In ''Literature/TheMistsOfAvalon'', [[EnigmaticEmpoweringEntity The Lady of the Lake]] is trying to rescue her pagan pantheon, which is dying from the advances of Christianity.

* In ''Series/HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys'', [[LoveGoddess Aphrodite]] need to be saved sometimes.
* The "Blink Of An Eye" episode of ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' takes place on a planet where the people are living in the stone age when ''Lightbringer, Groundshaker'' arrive. This deity inspire them to much greatness, but also cause them much harm. Over the ages that follow, they develop their culture and technology in their quest for their deity - Eventually realizing that she is stuck in the sky. Eventually they work together with the crew of USS Voyager to save her. [[spoiler:And yes - "Lightbringer, Groundshaker" ''is'' Voyager: Time itself pass differently on the planet. This episode is a rare case of a pre-warp civilization being portrayed as justified in their religious belief in humans/starfleet.]]

* The Sun Myth is a common narrative in mythology that usually involves saving the [[ThePowerOfTheSun solar deity]]. Examples include [[Myth/JapaneseMythology trying to get Amaterasu back]], [[Myth/EgyptianMythology defending Ra against Apep]], [[Myth/AztecMythology sacrificing people to fuel the Sun]] (a "myth" you can even participate in!), and several european solar goddess myths that appearently gave rise to Literature/{{Rapunzel}}.

* In ''WebVideo/{{Kickassia}}'', the cast tries to revive Santa Christ after Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses accidentally shoots him. Their chosen method of resurrection is to get everyone they know to repeatedly chant "We believe in Santa Christ!"

* In ''Film/{{Dogma}}'', [[spoiler:Yahweh is in a coma for most of the movie. One of the protagonists rescues him by slaying his mortal form]].

Has the LoveGoddess turned into a DamselInDistress? Has the MessianicArchetype fallen victim to a mob that hates unbigoted goodness? Is the pantheon dying because people have forgotten that GodsNeedPrayerBadly? Or has it even come to pass that GodIsDead, and now needs resurrection badly? In either case, dear hero, it's time for you to [[JumpedAtTheCall Jump At The Call]] and saveY your deity!

-->--''JesusChristSuperstar'', Peter and others trying to rescue Jesus

Has the LoveGoddess turned into a DamselInDistress? Has the MessianicArchetype fallen victim to a mob that hates unbigoted goodness? Is the pantheon dying because people have forgotten that GodsNeedPrayerBadly? Or has it even come to pass that GodIsDead, and now needs resurrection badly? In either case, dear hero, it's time for you to [[JumpedAtTheCall Jump At The Call]] and SaveYourDeity!

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* In ''Film/{{Dogma}}'', [[spoiler:Yahweh is in a coma for most of the movie. One of the protagonists rescues him by slaying his mortal form]].
* ''Film/JesusChristSuperstar'': Fails miserably in the 1973 version: Peter and the others try to save Jesus, but are overwhelmed by the Romans -- Jesus' surrender clearly saves them from getting slaughtered. Various theater versions of the play may handle this scene in different ways, since it's mostly a matter of choreography.

* In ''Disney/{{Hercules}}'', Herc has to save Zeus and the other gods from Hades and the Titans.

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* In Fiona Patton's ''Literature/TalesOfTheBranionRealm'' novel ''The Granite Shield'', a historical fantasy set in an alternate Britain, the monarchs are the hereditary [[RoyaltySuperPower avatars]] of a fire god, the Living Flame, and the head of its religion, the Triarchy. For the past hundred years, however, the royal family has converted to a competing religion, [[StopWorshippingMe denied their own divinity]], and literally imprisoned the Flame within their own bodies. Until a Triarch woman gets the bright idea to seduce the monarch, have his firstborn child, and raise it to overthrow its father and return the Flame to prominence.

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* A trilogy of novels set in ''ScarredLands'' are about a priest who tries [[spoiler:and finally succeeds]] to resurrect the dead god he used to worship until the [[{{Gotterdammerung}} Divine War]] This is actually played interestingly. In the Scarred Lands, priests gain their magic powers from their deities. Because their god died, his priests can only access the most basic of spells. [[spoiler:After he's resurrected, the main character still can't cast spells, despite being his former high priest. The consequence of bringing his god back to life means he can no longer truly have faith in him, because he's now aware of his own mortality, and can't see him as an infallible being.]]

* In PeterPaysTribute, the main character expy ends up saving not one, but two gods.

* In ''HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys'', [[LoveGoddess Aphrodite]] need to be saved sometimes.

* For most of the run of {{Bionicle}}, the plot revolved around finding a way to awaken (and later save, and even later return to his body) Mata Nui, the [[CrystalDragonJesus Great Spirit]]. Although, to avoid controversy, Mata Nui was never truly "worshiped" in the way a god of a real religion might be.

* In ''{{Dogma}}'', [[spoiler:Yahweh is in a coma for most of the movie. One of the protagonists rescues him by slaying his mortal form]].
* ''JesusChristSuperstar'': Fails miserably in the 1973 version: Peter and the others try to save Jesus, but are overwhelmed by the Romans -- Jesus' surrender clearly saves them from getting slaughtered. Various theater versions of the play may handle this scene in different ways, since it's mostly a matter of choreography.

* In Fiona Patton's {{Branion}} novel ''The Granite Shield'', a historical fantasy set in an alternate Britain, the monarchs are the hereditary [[RoyaltySuperPower avatars]] of a fire god, the Living Flame, and the head of its religion, the Triarchy. For the past hundred years, however, the royal family has converted to a competing religion, [[StopWorshippingMe denied their own divinity]], and literally imprisoned the Flame within their own bodies. Until a Triarch woman gets the bright idea to seduce the monarch, have his firstborn child, and raise it to overthrow its father and return the Flame to prominence.

Has the LoveGoddess turned into a DamselInDistress? Has the MessianicArchetype fallen victim to a mob that hates unbigoted goodness? Is the pantheon dying because people have forgotten that GodsNeedPrayerBadly? Or has it even come to pass that GodIsDead, and now need resurrection badly? In either case, dear hero, it's time for you to [[JumpedAtTheCall Jump At The Call]] and SaveYourDeity!

* ''JesusChristSuperstar'': Fails miserably in the 1973 version: Peter and the others try to save Jesus, but are overwhelmed by the Romans -- Jesus' surrender clearly save them from getting slaughtered. Various theater versions of the play may handle this scene in different ways, since it's mostly a matter of choreography.

* In ''PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'', the quest of Grover and the other satyrs is to find their god Pan, who was said to be dead. Heck, book three of the first series is about saving Artemis, and book one of the second series is about saving Hera. Rick Riordan loves this trope.

* In ''TheMistsOfAvalon'', [[EnigmaticEmpoweringEntity The Lady of the Lake]] is trying to rescue her pagan pantheon, which is dying from the advances of Christianity.

* The Sun Myth is a common narrative in mythology that usually involves saving the [[ThePowerOfTheSun solar deity]]. Examples include [[Myth/JapaneseMythology trying to get Amaterasu back]], [[Myth/EgyptianMythology defending Ra against Apep]], [[AztecMythology sacrificing people to fuel the Sun]] (a "myth" you can even participate in!), and several european solar goddess myths that appearently gave rise to Literature/{{Rapunzel}}.

* The Sun Myth is a common narrative in mythology that usually involves saving the [[ThePowerOfTheSun solar deity]]. Examples include [[JapaneseMythology trying to get Amaterasu back]], [[EgyptianMythology defending Ra against Apep]], [[AztecMythology sacrificing people to fuel the Sun]] (a "myth" you can even participate in!), and several european solar goddess myths that appearently gave rise to Literature/{{Rapunzel}}.

* ''VideoGame/KidIcarus'': The first and second games involve saving Palutena.

Has the LoveGoddess turned into a DamselInDistress? Has the MessianicArchetype fallen victim to a mob hating unbigoted goodness? Is the pantheon dying because people have forgotten that GodsNeedPrayerBadly? Or has it even come to pass that GodIsDead, and now need resurrection badly? In either case, dear hero, it's time for you to [[JumpedAtTheCall Jump At The Call]] and SaveYourDeity!

* The main plot of ''VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeonExplorers of Time/Darkness/Sky'' actually involves the player trying to save Dialga from -- Dialga.