History Main / BlasphemousBoast

* In ''Literature/TheArtsOfDarkAndLight'', elfking Mhael's speech to the Amorran embassy when they [[AntiMagicalFaction object to his magic]] ends on this note, disparaging the Church's equivalent of the Bible. The elves, he says, have much older and better scriptures:

[[caption-width-right:220:This is one of her ''less'' blasphemous utterings.]]

-->-- ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'', "Charisma"

* One episode of ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'' had a cult leader get shot by his pregnant twelve year-old wife for pulling one of these during a three-person MexicanStandoff. He had, idiotically, told the girl to shoot the liar in the room. As Olivia tries to talk the girl down, he keeps yelling more and more fire and brimstone scare tactics at the girl until he claims that he was greater than God. She immediately shoots him because "[[NiceJobFixingItVillain He told a lie.]] No one is greater than God."

* ''Webcomic/AwkwardZombie'': In [[VideoGame/FireEmblem Marth's]] [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/index.php?page=0&comic=121718 ranking system]] (and [[https://twitter.com/katietiedrich/status/1075199051463909376?lang=en its extended version]]) for the social status of the members of the ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' cast, the "royalty" tier -- including, of course, himself -- is ranked above the "divinity" tier. Given that "divinity" in this context means actual deities like [[VideoGame/KidIcarus Palutena]], Marth evidently feels himself to be more important than gods.

* A variant in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'', Sanger's {{Catchphrase}} and BadassBoast is that "I am the sword that cleaves evil! There is nothing I cannot cut!" (This becomes "smites evil" in the English localization.) When fighting more powerful opponents, he sometimes replaces "evil" with something more dramatic and context-appropriate, including at one point [[DeusEstMachina "God"]].

* VideoGame/SonicExe has "I AM GOD" as his CatchPhrase, despite being a demon.

-->'''Sheriff Teasle:''' What in God's name would posess him to make a man like Rambo?\\

* Regarding the UsefulNotes/RMSTitanic, it was famously said that "God Himself cannot sink this ship." [[DoNotTauntCthulhu It would appear God objected...]]

* In a SF short story (author? title?) where two competing washing powder companies compete for the most white-washing powder. When it's physically impossible to wash whiter, one company resorts to "only God washes whiter than Brand X" and then the other to "only the Devil can withstand Brand Y". Thus a narrow aversion, but still a baaaad idea. HilarityEnsues.

* Professor Pyg makes one in '''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight''' after Batman confronts him while he is converting one of his victims into a Dollotron.

-->''''Abbie:''' You have one chance right now! You tell me something, ''anything'' that will help me find her or so help me I will rain legal brimstone down on you so hard it'll make ''God'' jealous!

--->'''Sheriff Teasle:''' What in God's name would posess him to make a man like Rambo?\\

* Claire Stanfield of ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}'' He suffers from a severe case of {{UsefulNotes/solipsism}} (the philosophical idea that only the reality of a person's self is absolute, and that everything else could very well just be a figment of their imagination), and believes himself to be the complete ruler of reality. He claims at one point that he thought up God and made the divine ruler bestow him with his seemingly otherworldly abilities of strength, agility, and stamina (He actually got them from his time spent as an acrobat in the circus). The fact that he is able to back up his claims by holding his own against legitimately immortal beings causes one to at least consider his viewpoint.

* Shiki makes one in ''LightNovel/TheGardenOfSinners'', claiming her eyes can see the death of anything, even God himself. [[spoiler:[[FridgeBrilliance May not be so blasphemous after all]], considering she is connected to the Origin and is a RealityWarper.]]

* ''LightNovel/HighSchoolDXD'': The Devils who explain it to him state that Issei's [[EmpathicWeapon Sacred Gear]] could overpower God himself, [[GatheringSteam given enough time]]. This counts as PlayingWithATrope, as it's later clarified that AllMythsAreTrue and God is (well, [[GodIsDead was]]) an extant entity with defined powers, making this assessment of a Balance Breaker's potential an accurate statement of fact.

* Touma in ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'' claims that his [[AntiMagic hand]] cancels anything, and can even cancel the divine. Index is slightly skeptical because, among other things, he happens to be an atheist (at least at the start of the series) and [[InvokedTrope offers to test his claim]] [[WardrobeMalfunction on her blessed clothing]]. [[{{Fanservice}} It works]].

* ''ComicBook/GodLovesManKills'' has its penultimate showdown between the team and the SinisterMinister William Stryker, who [[FantasticRacism wants to rid the world of mutants because they are not "children of God"]], at a revival. When Stryker points to [[DarkIsNotEvil Nightcrawler]] and questions his humanity, Kitty Pryde angrily tells the preacher that she chooses her friend over Stryker's God. Stryker points a gun at Kitty ("Let those blasphemous words, child, be your epitaph!"), only for him to be brought down by a policeman's gun.

* ''Music/{{Summoning}}'' has the song "Mirdautas Vras", which is a war anthem [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings of the Orcs of Mordor]], sung in [[ConLang the Black Speech]]. Since they're in the servant of Sauron, essentially a fallen angel, it mocks his enemies, the "gods"/archangels of Middle-Earth:

* ''LightNovel/IsItWrongToTryToPickUpGirlsInADungeon'': [[{{Gonk}} Phryne Jamil]] boasts that she is more beautiful than the goddess Freya. This eventually gets her killed by Freya's followers (just Ottar in the anime), who were enraged that she made such a claim.

* VideoGame/ShinMegamiTensei: [[NotQuiteTheAlmighty Demiurge]] is a recurring demon, and this tends to occur very often by the nature of his existence. His repeated claims to be the one true God are betrayed [[InterfaceSpoiler by the name listed in his text boxes.]] In VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiStrangeJourney, the quest to defeat Demiurge is titled ''False God in Chains''.

* Regarding the UsefulNotes/RMSTitanic, it was famously said that "God Himself cannot sink this ship." It would appear God objected...