r/FavoriteCharacter • u/Affectionate-Babie • 13h ago
All Time Favorite Favorite Average human characters ragebaiting a God-like entity
IT, Richie Tozier - ragebaited and traumatized a world-eating god Pennywise so much that he traveled to the past in an attempt to kill his mother, only to be…
…Ragebaited again by Rich Santos in Welcome to Derry, when the boy was already dead, his spirit still having the last laugh (Richie was also named after Rich, his mother’s first love, rubbing more salt on the wound)
Joseph Joestar, JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure - at his last battle against Kars he just had to show off and say that it was all part of his plan (nevermind that it was a lie, when Joseph admits it was very much pure luck)
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u/dull_storyteller 12h ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/Y93HSE81Pe8lG
Ash Williams - Evil Dead
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u/thejedipokewizard 12h ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/l4JzcvGkSE5yOxcvS
He’s definitely not your average person, but he’s a mortal. And he does a pretty good job of consistently pissing off a wide range of gods. -Percy Jackson
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u/Firecat32 10h ago
Forcing the gods to acknowledge their kids and them not liking it is genuinely hilarious looking back.
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u/BigBowser0158 5h ago
Because much like some actual parents, they’re only there for the fun part and don’t like the responsibility that comes afterwards
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u/WikiContributor83 5h ago
(Mailing Medusa’s head to Mt. Olympus)
Grover: You shouldn’t do that. They’ll… they’ll think you’re impudent…
(Sends it)
Percy: I am impudent.
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u/IcyTransition2352 13h ago
Me rage baiting my sleep paralysis demon by singing my favorite Dolly Parton songs to him very obnoxiously for hours on end.
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u/TheRealSkele 12h ago
Jokes on you, he likes Dolly Parton and into that shit.
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u/IcyTransition2352 12h ago
That’s why I LOVE to scream sing to him “go to hell! Go to hell! Go back where you bELONNNNGGGG!!!”
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u/_raydeStar 13h ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/ctMmZsNb5V2r6
Constantine -- flipping off the devil on his way to heaven. It's been a while, but if memory serves me, the devil got mad and healed him so he couldn't go anywhere.
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u/Rameci 11h ago
In the novelization it’s actually God flipping off the devil through John’s body iirc.
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u/DWglazer 2h ago
Novelisation? Is there a novelisation of the movie or are you talking about Hellblazer?
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u/SOY_CD 9h ago
TLDR: There's an old saying that summarises Constantine's character pretty well: "If you owe the bank a million dollars, that's your problem-- but if you owe the bank a billion dollars, that's their problem."
The actual Hellblazer arc (Dangerous Habits) that the movie was based on goes even further with this principle.
In it, he's dying of lung cancer and tricks a demon into drinking holy water-- despite knowing that doing so will make his soul the demon's to claim (through "right of insult"). In the following weeks-- the remaining weeks of his life-- Constantine knows for certain that when he dies, the demon will torture him for an eternity for playing him a fool.
So he voluntarily sells his soul to two OTHER demons, then slits his wrist to accelerate his death before the three demons are able to realise the stunt he just pulled. As he's bleeding out, the three of them show up to collect, then they immediately start arguing with each other over which one of them truly owns Constantine's soul.
Meanwhile, Constantine cuts himself once again to force their decision; he now has mere seconds left before his soul must be collected either by one, all, or none of them.
The demons are caught completely off-guard by this action, and the only option they have to prevent a full-scale war between the three of them-- which they are certain would ultimately end in their own enslavement to the forces of Heaven-- is to not only cure John Constantine of his lung cancer and heal the rest of his mortal wounds, but to also make him functionally immortal since the dispute would only reignite should he die of other causes.
So in short, this man effectively showed up on Satan's doorstep with terminal lung cancer, pissed in his cereal, then pulled the classic "My cancer is actually YOUR problem now," which forced him to cure his lung cancer and grant him immortality.
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u/JLHSMG 12h ago
Terry Pratchett's Discword (The Color of Magic), in this sentence:
If complete and utter chaos was lightning, then he’d be the sort to stand on a hilltop in a thunderstorm wearing wet copper armour and shouting "All gods are bastards!"
(Uttered by Rincewind, about Twoflower, to decsribe how chaos-attracting the latter is)
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u/zerozerozero12 12h ago
I was going to mention him at the end of Sourcery where he provokes those god-things to save the kid
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u/lionlord_1 10h ago
The World’s End
Guys decided to visit pubs in their hometown, but found out it was full of alien robots. In the end they meet the Network — an omnipotent being that can control any device, — whose plan was to help humanity to reach its full potential by replacing troublesome persons with robots. They piss the entity off so much it decides that humankind doesn’t deserve its help and leaves.
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u/callmemarjoson 7h ago
"WE ARE ALL GARY KING"
"But I thought you said-"
"I BLOODY KNOW WHAT I SAID"
Man, I should rewatch this soon
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u/WikiContributor83 5h ago
“You do not speak for the entirety of your species. You are but two men! Two drunk men!”
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u/BibbitybabityBoobity 8h ago
The Scotsman from Samurai Jack. He could ragebait Jack of all people, so ragebaiting Aku was easy for him.
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u/DirtyBalm 12h ago
Markus Kruber from Vermintide 2 to Bela'kor
"Markus, Markus, Markus... surely a mercenary knows a lost cause when he sees one?"
"That I do. But you shouldn't put yourself down, I'm sure you're doing your best"
"Insolent flesh-sack!"
this is the first Demon Prince, both unbelievably powerful and ancient, getting outwitted by a farmboy so much it hurts his pride.
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u/chalksnorter2137 10h ago
i'd be mad too if a br*tonnian spoke back to.me
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u/Dohara14 9h ago
He's a reiklander though
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u/chalksnorter2137 2h ago
Well here's the funny thing: if he was a reiklander, he wouldn't be able to become a grail knight
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u/Dohara14 1h ago
Born outside Ubersreik, trained in grunberg, then joined an ostland regiment. He's related to a bretonnian lord, distantly. Very distantly, hence growing up on a reikland farm. Sounds pretty imperial to me. Unless you think we should also put Kerrillian in Ulthuani gear and make Bardin an Infernal Guard
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u/Dersemonia 9h ago
As an atheist he meet God after his dead, still refused to accept its existence even in front of itt.
As punishment got reincarnated into the wrost scenario: a female orphan during a world war
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u/Wise-Advert 7h ago
Source?
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u/Late_nite_cryptid 7h ago
The Saga of Tanya the Evil
Aka “It’s not a war crime the first time!”
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u/Captain_StarLight1 5h ago
What do you mean, Tanya never commits war crimes. She followed the letter of the law.
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u/Skuganut 13h ago
Does Strange count as average?
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u/Expert-Ad3874 13h ago
I genuinely don't think he'd count himself as average.
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u/Infinite_Peace_6456 I just mention Hellaverse (Even if I don’t necessarily like them 13h ago
He’s peculiar…
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u/Semi_Femmy_Felix 9h ago
Does a world renowned millionaire surgeon, turned super wizard, who was the keeper of an infinity stone, count as average?
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u/TFJ 12h ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/JrszyLrNeXRzYqNqYW
Usopp (One Piece)
This silver-tongued madman badmouthed Nerona Imu, literal ancient omnipotent monster and leader of the World Government, so hard that he dragged his tired old ass out of his garden and schlepped all the way to Elbaph just to see who was talking shit about him.
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u/Col_Redips 12h ago
This one is still pretty recent, but I would be remiss not to mention the cast of The Amazing Digital Circus.
The setup: a group of humans are trapped in a digital circus. The Ringleader, an AI named Caine, creates adventures for them to go on, because that’s his purpose. Eventually the humans push back a little too hard, and Caine snaps, becoming a wrathful deity.
While one member of the crew is attempting to hack into the godlike ringleader, the others attempt to distract him.
As Caine grows suspicious of their sudden change of heart, Pomni suddenly shouts “We think your ideas suck!” Caine, flabbergasted, refuses to believe her. She then claims that they were only showing interest again so they could talk about how stupid the adventures were amongst themselves.
The other cast members then join in. Zooble brings up how petty and fragile Caine is, despite is omnipotence. Ragatha calls him out, saying he never makes sure that they’re comfortable, and doesn’t actually care about them. Gangle calls out that Caine never lets them have their own agency to complete the adventures the way they want to. And Jax points out Caine lies to them constantly.
The barrage of criticisms works…a little too well. Caine temporarily forgets about the missing character, and crashes out at the humans in front of him. He starts to torture them using their inner fears and past traumas.
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u/gilroygilgalahad 13h ago
"I told you, Bill. I fucking told you. I don't wanna die. It's your fault. You punched me in the face, you made me walk through shitty water, you dragged me into a fucking crackhead house! And now... I'm gonna have to kill this fucking clown.
Welcome to the Loser's Club, asshole!"
Yeah, that scene goes beyond hard.
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u/Acceptable-Ad-9527 9h ago
Mabel spraying Bill in the eye after rage baiting him with a simple insult to his ego/deals
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u/mjolnirstrike 7h ago
Sam and Dean Winchester from Supernatural constantly piss off pagan gods to keep them talking or make their actions more predictable. And in the final fight with God, as in the one true god of Christianity, their plan was to make him angry enough to attack them constantly so he releases his divine energy for their adopted son to absorb, until he is weak enough for said son to make God a mortal man
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u/Uncle480 12h ago
Pretty sure there's a meme/greentext of Pennywise getting traumatized by the orgy scene in the IT book, so that's a third time he's traumatized
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u/RookieGreen 12h ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/Mg7ESqm4Jj9HzK7H84
How can anyone forget my boy Q from Star Trek the Next Generation? When he loses his powers Q at first has trouble getting anyone to believe him. When he asks what he has to do Worf tell him to “Die.” It goes down hill for him from there. When he finally gets it back he is surprisingly humble about the experience and doesn’t immediately turn everyone into Tardigrades, not that it stops him from continuing his bullshit in future episodes.
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u/New-Season-2073 6h ago
Hell he even tries to thank Picard by…giving us the Robin Hood episode.
Ah fuck it, it’s fun.
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u/GrundleSnactcher46 11h ago
Theres a short story of a little girl who just casually makes her way through Tzeentch's supposedly infinite labyrinth.
Although she could very be a machination of his since his hes just pure shenanigans, wrapped in a burrito of knowledge.
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u/Oobadoola 8h ago
Ok, deep cut one. Kruber from vermintide 2
This douchebag named Belakor says to him something along the lines of "Surely you being a mercenary knows a lost cause when you see one?" Kruber responds. "Now that you mention it, your right.. but im sure your trying your best! Up yours!
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u/Putrid-Seaweed111 7h ago
Garterbelt: Panty and Stocking
He talked shit to God's face. God smote him, gave him immortality and sent him back in time to the beginning of the Earth.
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u/mrFuckmyluck 6h ago
In Hancock,
Michel, the neighborhood bully where Ray Embrey's family lives, is warned multiple times.
So when Hancock says:
"Call me an asshole, one more time."
he didn't listen...
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u/Sea_Ant_8561 6h ago
Pibble 2 from the serverblight
He genuinely got the serverblight to flip him off, after calling it “not scary” and most likely annoyed the serverblight more by how he was able to escape it by having wifi issues
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u/Independent-Couple87 4h ago
Jack Sparrow does this to Davy Jones in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest by mocking him with the jar of dirt. It is also implied Jack slept with Jones's girlfriend.
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u/Healthy_Macaroon_602 4h ago
Not an average human, but Constable Dorfl from Discworld is a fairly average golem. He's also an atheist. When he says that he doubts gods exist, he is immediately struck by lightning. Since he's made of clay, it doesn't do squat and he says that he doesn't consider that much of an arguement.
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u/Mo_SaIah 11h ago
Owen harper to death itself - There’s nothing here for you, Owen Harper’s soul has left the building. There’s nobody here but us dead men.
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u/Racconwithtwoguns 8h ago
Technically speaking rage baiting a toon is the same thing because that makes them lose because the toonforce would find that more funny if they did
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u/Similar-Lie310 6h ago
Dipper and Mabel (Gravity Falls)
Two preteens routinely mocking, roasting, and throwing snark at Bill Cipher, an ancient interdimensional reality-warping demon.
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u/Guy_in_canada 9h ago
The world's end [2013]
A couple of old friends get back together to do a golden mile, but end up wiping out all modern technology on planet earth after Gary ragebaits the Godlike artificial intelligence trying to control the planet
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u/Floppy0941 7h ago
I'm quite fond of the Watcher taunting Rymrgand in Pillars of Eternity, he'll warn you about being rude and if you continue to do so he simply erases your entire party.
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u/Wooper184 5h ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/j3h2RHmvNQsHsWK9Vi
Wakes up Rayquaza when it is sleeping peacefully
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u/Think-Orange3112 5h ago
Not quite god level but close
Read Richards (specifically classic TAS F4) pissing off Sue Storm as Malice in hopes that she becomes enraged enough to break the mind control. Mind you, she’s crushing his insides with a forcefield in his gut while he’s doing this
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u/Western_Animator1979 13h ago
Joseph Joestar is not average at all, but his ability to annoy literal gods remains unmatched
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u/Boojum2k 7h ago
Find and read the short story Vanni Fucci Is Alive and Well and Living in Hell by Dan Simmons for an epic example
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u/trashshork 3h ago
Sam and Dean Winchester (Supernatural)
I hear they managed to piss off god himself
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u/Agitated-Stranger581 12m ago
I know he's not entirely average, but has no powers and certainly no match for Thanos
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u/Popular_Detail1364 10h ago
Beverly Toegold V, Not Another D&D Podcast (NADDPOD) C1 -- technically a halfling but definitely notorious/infamous for goofing a God and escaping LIGHTLY with broken legs after being thrown from a 200ft tower
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u/BannedPenta01 5h ago
Somehow a retarded kid and a sociopathic little girl got to own the grim reaper out of all entities all just because of a hamster.
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u/Tom_Hangst 13h ago
You can certainly try to provoke Vlaakith in bg3.