Comic Books
"I am God made man... the living incarnation of a Norse thunder deity sent here by my father in Valhalla to purify the earth again."
— Thor, The Ultimates
Fan Works
Sam Coleman: So, um. We've heard from the biology department. Do you think—?
Houston Brooks: Maybe. I don't know. Dr. Ling wants to set up a means of communication. Figure out if she can still talk and ask questions only Graham would know the answers to.
Rick Stanton: Okay, but hold on. I got to listen to the recordings. I still don't know what to think. And if it is her, what do we do? This isn't like a species we thought was extinct but made a secret comeback, or someone waking up at the morgue 'cause they were declared dead prematurely. This is literally rising from the dead like... Titan Jesus.
Houston Brooks: Maybe. I don't know. Dr. Ling wants to set up a means of communication. Figure out if she can still talk and ask questions only Graham would know the answers to.
Rick Stanton: Okay, but hold on. I got to listen to the recordings. I still don't know what to think. And if it is her, what do we do? This isn't like a species we thought was extinct but made a secret comeback, or someone waking up at the morgue 'cause they were declared dead prematurely. This is literally rising from the dead like... Titan Jesus.
— Monarch discussing the revelation that half of Monster X is an Inhuman Human Vivienne Graham, Abraxas (Hrodvitnon)
"God fated them to meet on that bus, that much had to be true. It was like an angel and a lost mortal meeting on the mortal’s brink of collapsing into sin, only to then be swooped out of that wicked fate by said angel, said angel, in this case, Luz. And, as for Luz, much like the Christly figure of Jesus, she had holes in her hands, though not because she had been crucified, but rather because of her godly power to take away powers from those who could be deemed as “unworthy”. And with the way the moonlight had shone on her like she was some sort of deity, Luz became something more to her than a friend. She became her saviour."
Julia Wittebane on Luz Noceda, All For Luz, Chapter 7.
Films — Live-Action
Catwoman: You don't owe these people any more. You've given them everything.
Batman: Not everything. Not yet.
Batman: Not everything. Not yet.
Literature
"To high mountain-peaks of sanctity he would have climbed, had not the tendency been thwarted by the burden, whatever it might be, of crime or anguish, beneath which it was his doom to totter. It kept him down, on a level with the lowest; him, the man of ethereal attributes, whose voice the angels might have listened to and answered! But this very burden it was that gave him sympathies so intimate with the sinful brotherhood of mankind, so that his heart vibrated in unison with theirs, and received pain into itself,and sent its own throb of pain through a thousand other hearts, in gushes of sad, persuasive elegance."
— The Scarlet Letter on Reverend Dimmesdale
Kaladin: I'm putting it all on the long bet. If I die, then they'll come out, shake their heads, and tell themselves they knew it would happen. But if I live, they'll remember it. And it will give them hope. They might see it as a miracle.
Syl: Do you want to be a miracle?
Kaladin: No. But for them, I will be.
Syl: Do you want to be a miracle?
Kaladin: No. But for them, I will be.
— The Way of Kings (2010) (first book of The Stormlight Archive)
Live-Action TV
Dean Pelton: Are you making a religious film?
Abed: All films are religious to me.
Dean Pelton: Nice. But is it a movie about Jesus?
Abed: Is The Matrix? Is RoboCop? Is Superman Returns? All stories are about death and resurrection.
Dean Pelton: I've got one, Wrath of Khan.
Abed: That's a good one.
Dean Pelton: Spock sacrifices himself for the crew and gets reborn. How good was Ricardo Montalbán in that?
Abed: All films are religious to me.
Dean Pelton: Nice. But is it a movie about Jesus?
Abed: Is The Matrix? Is RoboCop? Is Superman Returns? All stories are about death and resurrection.
Dean Pelton: I've got one, Wrath of Khan.
Abed: That's a good one.
Dean Pelton: Spock sacrifices himself for the crew and gets reborn. How good was Ricardo Montalbán in that?
Tabletop Games
"The Emperor Protects."
Video Games
"We believe in the Daughter of the Lamb, hallowed savior and anointed vessel, whose blood with our blood, sin with our sin, mind with our minds, life with our life, lifts us up from the depths, transcends base temptation, and delivers us all from ego. We commend ourselves to the New and Unknown, borne by our common strength, and guided by the Lamb."
— Father Simon Wales, on Eleanor Lamb, Bioshock 2
"Appears before Judgment Day to save the virtuous. He is a universal figure, appearing in myth around the world. Many stories involve his death and rebirth."
— Persona 3, Compendium Info for Messiah
Web Original
"A lot of people of a lot of faiths are waiting for the Messiah, but even if one arrives, how are you going to tell the difference between him and Fred Rogers?"
— Cracked
Web Video
"You're a Jesus, Harry."
"Now, in stark contrast to the devilry of Mr. Potter, is George Bailey. George is an upstanding citizen, a good-natured man who was taught to love thy neighbor and help thy brother in their time of need... and in the same way that Jesus was said to be the savior of mankind, George stands as the one bastion of goodwill and compassion against the encroaching avaricious business empire of Mr. Potter. The savior of Bedford Falls, who keeps it from falling into a haven for debauchery and greed."
